Berkeley House

I’ve absolutely loved Berkeley house! The location is great (you can definitely walk to campus). Maintenance is always super fast and I’ve never had any issues with mail or leasing!

Please let me start by sharing that I don't ever like leaving a negative review as I know we all have a bad day that we need grace extended for. BUT with the lies and false accusations made towards a roommate's review, I feel I am left with no choice but to protect THEIR character, corroborate her story, and place the blame where it truly lies. MOLD is an absolute issue at this property. When, in the other review, the staff - specifically April Searcey - wants to claim they were not aware of the issue during the lease, she is sadly boldface lying in written form. As she wants to lie in public on the web, we can respond with written proof where they were made aware of the issue during the lease term (ended July 21...you'll see pic July 21 where e-mail is asking me if I would like to follow up as my three e-mails had not been responded to). Couch pic and decor pic July 1. With everything we would report within our time there, they always want to point the finger back at you versus accepting responsibility. As the parent, I was there when the maintenance guy came in and was dumbfounded by the mold growing everywhere and clueless how to resolve it that he was even taking pictures and sending them to his supervisor. It was when my husband, who has owned a commercial construction company, arrived and could immediately point out where the issue was and that it was a leak in the ceiling. They just repaired the Sheetrock but did NOT repair the leak. So within a couple of days, the Sheetrock was wet again (pic attached). I sent daily pictures and e-mails after the "repair," during the lease term, with NO RESPONSE from management. They took out the moldy couch and just placed another couch in there KNOWING the leak was still active. With zero response from them and me really just caring for the next set of teenagers to live there being exposed to this, I called the City for some type of accountability. Our girls had a horrid cough and the third roommate was like, "I did notice I was having to use my inhaler a whole lot more." So, with all the mold that was seen, there is so much more behind the walls unseen. They know at some point in the year there was an issue with water and they had fans in hallways and such to dry it all out and one tenant kept turning off the fan/blowers because she didn't like the noise they made. We know that because they made that troublemaker move in with our girls temporarily to try to get her to stop turning off the fans on her upper floor. Supposedly a mold truck was there in their parking lot the other day. Prayerfully they are getting to the root of the issue before others move in. I would just strongly suggest you walk into this property, or any property managed by April Searcey, with your eyes WIDE OPEN. She's a great sales lady and a master with words - it's the lack of authenticity to them that is brought into question by her actions or truly lack thereof. There are many other things that I wasn't a fan of, but it doesn't put your health in extreme jeopardy like the above does. No place is going to be perfect, but you can certainly choose to stay away from dangerous ones. And cleanliness was not an issue on our girls' part. One is OCD, the other just stays on top of it, AND I had a professional cleaner come in throughout their time there to do deep cleaning for them as well.