Tenant Reviews for 918 Heights Blvd

Very bad place to live. The apartment was run down and had several water leaks through the ceiling. One of my windows was a very, very old slat design the never closed completely. They put a peice of cheap plexiglass over it. The front windows are old and cheap so the heat from the sun heats up the apartment in the summer. My ac ran constantly and never got under 85 during the day. The kitchen is a safety hazard. The pilot light from the stove kept the stovetop so hot I got a burn when I touched it. The cabinets were falling apart and homemade with cheap plywood. Overall the only way to describe the complex was cheap and in need of demolition. The owner won't pay to repair anything and until he does it will continue to go down hill. Stay away from this place.

My experience while living here was not ALL bad. I never had a problem with roaches or anything and that's about it. Now on the other hand.... My ac unit was broken all the time and they would have someone come over and say it waas fixed and it was definitely not. Then they say the wires were crossed. How in the crap do you cross wires!!?? The washer and dryer were always taking my money... And the bottom dryer never drys your clothes completely so in turn it takes more money !! We have had problems with other things as well like the water being so rusty it left a rust stain on my bathtub !!And also in the bathroom the sewage was awful!! The bathroom always had a smell to it. When I found a bigger place and let the office know I would be moving out their whole attitude changed. I was a very good tenant and never was late with my rent. I cleaned the whole apartment from top to bottom!! I was appolled to the fact the office staff starting acting like a few things in the aprtment that needed to be touched up was the wrost they had ever seen or something. It actually made me insulted and then I just got plain pissed off !! We were doing them a favor by going to the apartment, when we still had a day on our lease, because they had someone that wanted to move in. Oh not to mention the fact that had someone come in and look at the apartment the apartment was still mine even though I had already moved. To my knowledge no person should be in my apartment if it's still in my name !! They never left notes to say they were in my house and I wouldn't have even known that someone else was in house. This is completely unacceptable !! I did my walk through < as A favor for her time, and she started acting like a completely different person. Plus I add again the apartment was in great shape !! There must have been a few cleaning supplies left over in the sink and I was told her we would come by after we got off work. She said ok and they would leave the door unlocked, because I wouldnt have given them the keys otherwise, and when I went back over the door was locked and I couldnt get in to wipe the out which is all it required. We made a call to the office but of course no one answered so we called the next morning and she said they locked it we had plenty of time to clean !!! I was so offended that I did everything in good faith and the favor spit back in my face !!Never again will I be nice to people like this I thought everything was fine and come to find out they are just greedy and have no respect for other people or their time> I am so glad to be done with [place and if your looking for a place that doesnt every have in their to refund your deposit this is the place for you !! STILL APPOLLED !!!!!!!!!!!

This was a great find in the Heights. Low rents,nice updates, great location. Small complex, and secure parking. This place has been a comfortable home. Nt like those big complexes. I know who my neighbors are, maintenance is responsive. Grounds are well kept. I would recommend this apartment to any one looking for a gem in the Heights.

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By far the worst place I have ever lived in my life. The two places I rented out in college were light years better than this place. I moved into 600 Heights Blvd. in May 2010. Seeing as this is Houston, Texas, the month of May is when things are really beginning to heat up. This is also the time when my A/C was not working. I had to make several phone calls to the office because each time one of the maintenance staff was sent they pretended to somehow fix the A/C, but it still was not working. There was even a time that maintenance came over to respond to my phone call about the A/C, stepped inside and immediately said "Brrr it's cold." I finally had to type up a formal letter citing the property code that states the wrong-doing in refusing to not fix the A/C in Texas and that gives the renter the right to hire his/her own repair service and send the bill to the landlord. Things immediately changed when that happened. In no time at all they were calling me to inform me they would have an outside repair service come fix things. So after almost 2 months of no A/C in Texas summer heat, I finally had cool air again. Another consistent nuisance was the landlord not leaving notifications inside the apartment after they have entered while the renter is out. The lease they write up and require the renters to sign specifically states they must leave written notice of times they enter an apartment. They never ever do this. NEVER. The one time they did do this is when the aforementioned A/C incident was going on and I cited the lease in the letter that I wrote and articulated that I would be expecting the written notification. There is no proof that any maintenance work is done that is requested by the tenant when they are gone for this very reason. There is also no way to know how often or for what reason they may or may not have been inside your home which is extremely unsettling to me. Roaches were also an outrageous problem in my apartment. The little roaches were an almost daily occurrence. But it didn't stop there. One evening I found a total of EIGHT two-inch long cockroaches in my bathroom and bedroom. I called the next day and requested an extermination and they assured me this would be done in the early afternoon - while I was at work. As usual, there was no written notice/proof whatsoever when I returned home that this was done. I called to assure it was done and was only met with a response along the lines of "there should have been a note left that it was completed." Nothing else. For a 30-plus complex, there was only 2 washers and 2 dryers. That was a huge headache. Coupled with the fact that at least half of the time one or both machines (usually the washers) was broken was just a nightmare. The laundry experience leaves much to be desired. The manual walk-in gate is to be unlocked with a key for an added safety measure. 90 - 95% of the time the gate was held open with a rock or some type of paper or stick was stuck in the hole to prevent the lock from closing. Due to this the door would frequently not open at all until maintenance came by to fix the problem. The buildings also do not seem to be kept up well. Granted the complex was built in the 1970's, but simple repairs seem to not be made. Outlet covers are left broken, random holes are covered up in the cheapest way possible that will cause the hole to reappear within the year, etc. The rent is next to impossible to find anywhere else inside the loop - but there IS a reason for that! Unkempt and unprofessional. Absolutely would not recommend this company to anyone.

Problems included an apartment that flooded because of poor drainage outside, a poorly-lit parking spot where my car was broken into on a frenquent basis, weird neighbors, and a nasty laundry room. Oh yeah, there was also the night a guy got stabbed in the parking lot. Didn't see a dime of my deposit either. Every time I pass by these Heights Blvd dumps it seems they are getting worse.

This place is the worst management company I have ever dealt with. They will smile to your face, and then screw you over. I called the office at least twice a week about my AC in the summer and my heater in the winter, neither of them ever worked and they would send someone out to look at it for about 2 minutes then they left. I also went almost a month with a shower that had BOILING hot water. After the 10th call I made for them to fix it, it turned out to be freezing cold water. Since I moved out right before a weekend, my electricity could not be turned off till the following weekday, so in 3 days they racked up an electricity bill that was more than what I paid in an entire month, and who had to pay for it? Me. Got none of my deposit back, I had no idea that RE-cleaning a stove and fridge cost over $60... They are completely rude and do not care about their tenants, and all the apartments are old and dirty and way overpriced. Save yourself the hassle!!

It's almost impossible to get in touch with the leasing office when needed. Our climate control unit has been out for five days now, and instead of sending a technician...we get a maintenance guy with gold teeth who can barely speak English. Tsk tsk tsk