This is a review for the princeton property apartments in Lowell (imperial gardens)…read morePros: 1.Move in rent is low. 2.Heat, hot water and gas for cooking is included. 3.They have an online portal to request maintenance. You can also call, and they enter it for you right away. The maintenance crew usually very prompt. For almost all my maintenance requests, the turn around was with 48 hours. 4.There is a nice swimming pool that's open in summer. Cons: 1. Severe roach and mice problem. Roaches are there all the time, no matter how clean you keep your apartment. On top of roaches, in winter you have mice coming in thru heating ducts and holes in the wall behind the stove in the kitchen. I have had mice problems in both this winter and last winter. If you call maintenance about mice, they seem to get a little hostile over the phone. Last time when I complained about mice, they told me that their pest control guy comes only once a week and I have to wait for him. He came once, didn't find anything and he left without doing anything. Again while cooking, I see a little mouse that comes out from behind the control panel of the oven and then run back in. I call back again and they tell me to wait for another one more week before he comes again. And they also told me that all he can do is set traps. If he doesn't catch it, there is nothing they can do. Long story short: Be prepared to share your apartment with mice and roaches. 2. When I moved in my rent was around $950/month. In 2 years they raised it to about $1250/month. I was signing leases shorter than a year and they increase rent with every lease. So right now I am paying about $1250 for a one bedroom mice/roach infested apartment in Lowell! 3. Its happened at least 2 times (probably more) in my last 2 years of stay where they suddenly switched off hot water in the morning. When I call them they tell me that the guys who fix hot water come without notice and there is nothing they can do. Also one time they shut water off altogether (again in winter). I had to get out for work, so I go to local CVS and get a few gallons of water so that I could take a quick shower before leaving for work.

The property manager for one. This is the property up in New Hampshire Boulder Park. They take your…read moremoney before you get a chance to see your apartment. They'll show you an apartment, but trust me it's not the one you're going to get. The one you're going to get is basically pretty shabby looking. If you want one that's been refurbished you're going to be paying probably about 200 bucks more a month. This frequent breakdowns. They're very slow in fixing them until you threaten to call the city and have them come out then they fix them. The other thing they do is that there's a condominium complex above them. They encourage the apartment residents to walk up into the condo association with their dogs. They don't clean up after their dogs and it's disgusting. And the simple thing they could do is they've not done is they could put a notice on all of the buildings they have that's saying do not go up into the condominiums that's private property. They don't do that. They actually subtly encourage you to go up there which is just ridiculous. And the fact is there's an awful lot of section 8 housing in there so you can imagine the type of quality people that are walking up into the condos.

I highly recommend Venessa and I give her 10 stars! She handled two complex matters simultaneously…read morewith outcomes that were better than I anticipated. She was so easy to work with, very responsive, and clearly well respected in the court systems. Thank you for everything Venessa!

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I would rate these guys a 10 if I could! In a down market they got us over asking and earned every…read morepenny of their commission. John the owner listed it himself and had our best interest at heart the entire time. While he was very honest about the condition of the place and where we should price it, he was really respectful of our wishes and answer every question no matter how many we had to ask. When I say they went above and beyond I cannot even begin to tell you. They must have showed our place 60 times in 6 months and when it came to getting the deal done they did most if not all of the leg work. I cannot thank them enough and only wish they worked in other parts of the state so we could work with them. I worked in Real Estate for years and I can tell you, brokers/agents like this don't come around often!

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Don't use them. Find yourself another realtor. I hired them on two occasions to rent my condo in…read moreLowell but will never again. The first experience was great but the second one was awful. I would like say that in the eyes of a customer, one bad experience can ruin the reputation of the entire company. Nat is Dick Lepine Real Estate's bane. I felt uncomfortable with him from the start as he sized me up, repeated the same questions several times, didn't do any research on rental rates, and he failed to take personal responsibility for his own mess and tried to place all the blame on me when things fell through. Perhaps Jim Haley, the first real estate agent I dealt with, is a standout at Dick Lepine RE but I wouldn't take this chance. I don't know if the entire company is like this. My experience is that bad. I wrote a 2000+ word review of Dick Lepine but Yelp doesn't have enough space to put my whole review. You can read the full review here: http://myterribleexperience.weebly.com/. Although this weekend we pay our respects to this country's fallen heroes you must understand that Nat and Dick Lepine's realtor service is anything but heroic. Stay away from Nat and Dick Lepine RE. Warn your friends and family. Go to Zip Realty, Century 21, or any other place.

The bottom line is, although he seems to be a very nice guy, taking on Roger (and Dick Lepine…read moreRealty) would be an act of charity on your part. I wish I had more honest reviews to look at when I was making the decision to find a realtor. Roger, representing Dick Lepine Realty, was my seller agent for my condo in Lowell, MA. The agency seemed to be of the more passive post-it-and-forget-it philosophy of real estate. I suppose if you leave a listing up long enough, someone will eventually buy it. Bottom line is, I was essentially on my own for the sale of my condo. Roger put together a collection of comparable homes of similar size in the area that had recently sold. The average selling price of similar homes was roughly $185K, so he recommended listing mine for $176K. There was nothing wrong with my place at all (on the contrary, ), but I was okay with the price--that way I knew for certain I was well within the realistic asking price. He then took several photos of the place and later posted it on the MLS sites. Compared to other listings on most web sites, this one completely lacked effort. The description text was literally two sentences, all caps, that basically said, "condo for sale, 2 bed, garage. Easy to show." The photos looked depressing--really depressing. It was a collection of about 5 half-hearted snapshots. The main photo of the outside was gray and sad looking. The photo of my kitchen was nothing but a close up of one of the kitchen walls and the fridge door. The rest were no better. So I re-wrote the text for my listing to something much more descriptive and inviting, and then took my own photos that better represented what my place actually looks like. I then asked Roger to immediately replace the current listing with my updates, which he did. Months went by. I had a periodic flow of potential buyers visit the place, maybe once a week or so, but I rarely ever heard from Roger, and no one ever made an offer. Friends and acquaintances of mine would ask me, "Has your realtor done this? Has your realtor done that? Have you had an open house? Does your realtor follow up with the potential buyers after each visit? etc." to which my answer was invariably no. As my buying agent later told me: I had been abandoned. Other than posting an MLS listing, my realtor didn't really do much of anything; and like I said sometimes I wouldn't hear from him for over a month. The thing that was most frustrating is there was another unit in my complex that was also up for sale (and whose selling agent seemed to be much more on the ball). The other unit had a price tag that appeared less than mine, but because the unit was much smaller, its price per square foot was actually significantly greater--something a good agent would be sure to point out to any prospective buyers. It also had numerous inspection problems, whereas my unit was flawless. As the year bore on, I lost so many potential buyers to that other unit who were first attracted by the seemingly-cheaper price, only to walk away after the inspection. My agent never followed up with the buyer's agents, and in fact didn't really seem to do anything. Like I said, I was on my own here. My listing went up in early March. By mid-summer, another unit in my complex that was in similar excellent condition as mine went up for sale. Within a week, they had a buyer. That's when I started to do some market research, and discovered that Dick Lepine Realty had just as many condos listed as all the other major realtor companies, but had zero closings, whereas the other agencies had closing rates of 33% - 63%. Dick Lepine was grossly underperforming their peers, essentially posting and waiting while the others seem to be more actively engaged in selling their homes. That's when I called Dick Lepine's office to complain. It was an essentially fruitless conversation. He seemed to be a bit out of touch with what was going on, and his ultimate advice was that I need to lower my price. Considering the fact that my place was already very competitively priced, I wasn't too keen on doing this. However, I also realized that, given the lack of agency support I was receiving, my place wasn't going to sell otherwise. We dropped the price by $10K, and an investor snapped it up the very next day. Investors don't buy reasonably-priced homes; they buy undervalued homes to make a profit. I had to eat a significant loss just so I could be done with it and move on. What followed over the next month was a series of screw ups. He forgot to tell me I need to have my smoke detectors replaced, until the very last minute, forcing me to scramble to get it done in time for a fire inspection. He called my condo management company for a certificate I needed, and they told him how to get it, but he couldn't figure it out, so I ultimately had to do it myself, and pay an extra $100 to have it rush ordered in time for the closing

Company does not answer the phone at all, even during business hours. Absolute worst PM company…read moreI've ever dealt with.

remeber my face in the picture i was the one who you dissrespected and refused to resign my lease…read morebecause dreww listened to b.s.i not only cleaned your property when maintenance did nothing.one minuet drew said i was a great tenant but then dissrespected me.i even stopped a serious fire in my buliding.thanks for your respect.woudnt recomend yor place to dog!

We hired James for a complete yard transformation. After my yard transformation that came out…read moreAMAZING, he has been maintaining my yard bi-weekly for the last year. We even hired him to do our snow removal this winter and I also am hiring him for my junk removal . He is by far the most reliable landscaper we have ever had. He is very consistent with his mowing , edging, snow removal , spring/fall cleanups, junk removal, even all the minor repairs I have needed him to fix for me. He has a very polite & hard working crew. The team is very professional and knowledgeable. I am very pleased.

James is amazing. He gave me a very reasonable quote to clean up my very over grown yard. He worked…read moretirelessly. This yard has never looked so good. I wholeheartedly recommend him!

Let me start off by saying that I had a great experience with a property manager at Dutton Real…read moreEstate who showed me and two other women an adorable apartment in Lowell. We applied immediately and were accepted. A few days later we were going to meet with the owner of the apartment to sign the lease. When we arrived, the owner Henry Kucharzyk was ready for us to sign. I suddenly noticed that he wrote the wrong price on the lease, so I nicely pointed it out and he became angry. As we continued on in the lease, we found an illegal late fee that one of the other tenants cosigner (who's also a landlord) noticed. He was startled that she noticed and immediately walked to the back room and began bad mouthing us to the property manager. He said we were too intelligent and not the usual tenants he works with. He called us a "law suit waiting to happen". He then took the lease away from us and stormed out the door. He didn't say one word to us, he just left! We are now HOMELESS and start our college classes this week. This man was completely unprofessional and rude (not to mention his cut off shorts, and weird controlling demeanor). I urge you to never rent a house from this man.

Paul chess had done a complete survey of my property for a lot sale to a builder. My mortgage…read morecompany required the house and driveway to be labeled. All the survey la Ed was two words. Yet he told me he needed to do a new plan, even though the builder said it was OK to mark his up. Wanted $3500 for two words.came down to $2500 after discussion with the builder. "Estimate". Then bills $2950. There was no guess work involved..two words. His ethics were displayed when he stated you're selling a lot your making money, you need to pay new contract. No morals or ethics. Every job is "estimated" and other reviews also stated he is always over. Avoid this business, and paul

CUSTOMERS MUST AVOID THIS PROVIDER…read more This provider is unprofessional to the extreme, not to mention unethical. The provider did not deliver to the stated contract and invoiced prior to accepted completion of deliverables, essentially holding hostage the work with nothing to show for it. Yet, full payment is demanded. The provider will change his own contract terms but will try to hold you to the "t" and even leverage formatting errors he made as a reason the contracted deliverable is not required for payment. Further, he was highly unprofessional in communications and beyond argumentative, he was obnoxiously aggressive to the point that my wife feels unsafe in our home. (I am considering a restraining order against Paul Campbell). The guy obviously hates his job and hates his customers more. Finally, his "two man robotic survey crew" appears to involve an underage worker who somehow gets billed the same as an experienced surveyor. At the end of over a month of waiting for him to begin with more than one follow up (April 20 to May 24) and 60+ days of waiting for results after that, I have nothing whatever to show but him threatening legal action because I refuse to pay for lack of deliverable work. The guy doesn't deserve your business.

Are you living in a rooming house that has the usual problems? This is not your typical rooming…read morehouse environment. We do not have problems with loud noise, drugs, excessive drinking, tenant turnover. Tenants are allowed to have guests but they must be gone by 600 pm. Overnight guests are not allowed. If you use the kitchen or bath it must be left clean when you are done. These policies are what eliminates the typical problems found in rooming houses. I am looking for applicants who are comfortable with these policies. If this is not what you are looking for please do not apply. We are located in the heart of Lowell's downtown area, close to Lowell;s MBTA Train and Bus station. Friendly, secure building with laundry and on site management with multiple bathrooms, showers and kitchens along with a comfortable community room with plenty of movies for your enjoyment. . Income verification, credit checks and criminal checks are done for all applicants. Rents start at $550.00 per month includes all utilities.