By rwest November 26, 2014
I travel for a living in the oil and gas business and having worked in 11 different states in multiple locations over the past many years, it is quite common for me to lease hotels,cabins and apartments, or whatever I can find that is clean, safe, decent and affordable for the time I will be working in that particular area. My experience with Blue Ridge Apartments and its so called "management" staff has been excruciatingly painful since day one and the absolute worst experience Ive ever had in an apartment. The staff is very difficult to deal with, they rarely answer the telephone, and rarely, if ever, return a call should you decide to leave a message. The staff is extremely rude and condescending, and seem to be always fumbling around rather than taking decisive action when needed, especially the leasing agent I've had the great misfortune to deal with named Stephanie who is the epitome of rude and inefficient. I have yet to call to ask a question or to inquire about a required action where Stephanie has not absolutely failed, often citing being too busy to speak with me, the paying customer. This office staff seems to have a frequent rash of "computers are down" problems, you will get the reply of "I dont know" more times than not and they just show an overall sense of complacency over anything you need to address. These apartments are incredibly over-priced for what they are to begin with, primarily because of the resurrected oil and gas boom Midland is now experiencing so they have you over a barrel. And apparently they also feel like this is why they can be hateful and condescending to customers. The apartments are nothing special, the grounds even less spectacular but all that aside, how they treat the tenants is unbelievable and we work way too many hours to constantly feel harassed and not taken care of. Based on my having rented far more apartments than the average person does in a lifetime, I can safely say that you will be doing yourself an enormous favour by looking elsewhere to lease an apartment. Trust me, many months later, Im still sorry that Im having to deal with these folks. I should have taken the que on the very first day when Stephanie was rude to me and taken my business and my hard earned money elsewhere. This experience has SUCKED and I do not recommend this place at all. ...read more
By Anonymous October 10, 2014
This apartment complex is poorly managed. It is dirty. You can't walk around without stepping in dog waste. A resident in my building bought a blower to clean the breezeways because the complex doesn't do it. It takes 2-3 weeks to have maintenance requests answered. The office staff LIES and then tells you to call "corporate" if there is a problem. When questioned, they claim the person didn't know what they are doing, but the information given in error is not "their responsibility." Specifically, I was told I could go month-to-month with the same rent amount. But, I should have "known better than to think that was right" is what the assistant manager told me. Parking is not enforced, so people park in the fire lanes, handicapped spaces, and in resident's paid parking placed. Over half of the chairs at the pool are ripped. The exercise equipment is broken. The "free" business center has always been out of order or the printer out of toner. The security gates did not work for several weeks this summer and are broken more than working. But, they always smile with an excuse. DO NOT MOVE HERE! I can not wait to get out of here and never come back again. ...read more
By Anonymous October 10, 2014
This apartment complex is poorly managed. It is dirty. You can't walk around without stepping in dog waste. A resident in my building bought a blower to clean the breezeways because the complex doesn't do it. It takes 2-3 weeks to have maintenance requests answered. The office staff LIES and then tells you to call "corporate" if there is a problem. When questioned, they claim the person didn't know what they are doing, but the information given in error is not "their responsibility." Specifically, I was told I could go month-to-month with the same rent amount. But, I should have "known better than to think that was right" is what the assistant manager told me. Parking is not enforced, so people park in the fire lanes, handicapped spaces, and in resident's paid parking placed. Over half of the chairs at the pool are ripped. The exercise equipment is broken. The "free" business center has always been out of order or the printer out of toner. The security gates did not work for several weeks this summer and are broken more than working. But, they always smile with an excuse. DO NOT MOVE HERE! I can not wait to get out of here and never come back again. ...read more
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