my boyfriend and i (25 and 22) moved to yarmouth pointe summer of 2023. while the price seemed decent for the size of the unit, we quickly realized that we would rather pay more for a smaller place than continuing to live in the conditions that the property had to offer. was warned about this place by previous tenants, and wish we had listened.
to start - cockroaches! our entire building had them, which is close to unheard of in the state of maine. took the office months to have the problem resolved, and still not sure that it completely is. kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom.
there's no air conditioning, and the windows are tall so window AC's aren't an option unless you find some way to rig it to make it fit. our unit got so hot that we had food melt and mold over night during warm weather, and even on cooler days, no ventilation or fans so the heat stuck.
there's no in-unit laundry, and though there's laundry offered on the property, the it's clear the washing machines are never cleaned. we - along with neighbors - had our laundry stolen straight out of the dryers by other tenants.
"emergency water shut offs" consistent almost monthly.
appliances are the same as they were when this place was built. constantly had flooding dishwashers, broken toilets, and the water in the shower changed temperature rapidly on its own. counters falling off walls in the kitchen - and the fix was filling it with caulk (this is where the roaches came from!).
each unit has 1 reserved parking spot, which often times are occupied by vehicles that don't belong there. visitor parking is available, but are taken by cars that never move. finding parking is near impossible.
maintenance takes forever to work on a request, gives you no heads up as to when they're coming, and the amount of unfinished requested i've still got open is beyond me. instead of replacing things, they choose to put bandaids on them for the next person to deal with. upon move out, we were charged for requests that were never completed.
kids run ramped there, no supervision and always playing in the parking lot. not their fault, but parents should probably be able to stop their kids from playing ding dong ditch or banging on the walls outside.
no overhead lights in the bedrooms or living room. random stains on the walls. carpets (covering entire unit except kitchen and bathroom) required to be cleaned before move out but ours clearly weren't (and were told that they would be). office is horribly rude, have been hung up on multiple times and it takes a while to hear back. various times i've seen articles about sketchy people driving through the lot offering things to people to get them into cars.
overall, wish i would have read reviews and listened to past tenants before signing for this place. i guess it works if you need it to, or if you like living in a hot, dirty, home from the 50's.
good luck to anyone who signs! read more