Horrible. The condition of the apartments and the management of the apartment is horrible, horrible, horrible
DO NOT EVER CONSIDER STAYING OVER HERE, eventhough this place is close to the somerville train station.
The apartment units are very old and need considerable maintenance. Though the maintenance team is renovating the interiors, the buildings need structural maintenance to fix plumbing and heating problems.
The aparments are infested with COCKROACHES and MICE. Over the last 10 months, twice I paid for pest control service, but the problem won't go away as COCKROACHES keep coming from other units.
The heat is included in the rent but the heat has no control and on mild winter days, the apartment gets hot like oven because of lack of proper ventilation.
The apartment complex is has only 70 units and is operated more like a personal property by the apartment superintendent (Kathy), and this horrible lady is extremely unfriendly to talk with.
The management, Rosko Phil Real Estate, is extremely rude and always come up with innovative ways to charge fees that are not mentioned on the lease. In last 10 months of my stay here, I have been charged fees for damaging the lawn for walking over it, late in picking up clothes from laundry and excessive use of hot water in the summer (btw, hot water and heat is supposed to be included in the rent).
I noticed that the apartments are usually rented to undocumented immigrants and people of Asian origin. The whole complex is full of Mexican and Hispanic origin, probably because such renters don't complain about outrageous and insensible charges for fear of getting evicted. read more