The actual studios are nice, we did have to get treatment for roaches in the building. There are MANY dog owners who do not clean up after their pets, so the outside smells stay unpleasant and you have to watch where you step. The residents are overall friendly and courteous. You can hear when your neighbors are walking around but it's not terrible. Overall its a good short term rental read more

Mayton Transfer Lofts - Lots of dogs here - Apartments Near Me - Petersburg, Virginia

Definitely have to edit my review on this property. I have been having multiple problems with my washer, which is a new washer that was installed last year. I've had problems with this washer and dryer combo ever since it was installed. So recently it has not completed a full cycle and has been unbalanced. Maintenance came out twice and was unable to resolve the problem. They finally had a repairman come out, and he apparently told them I overloaded the washer. Um....based on what evidence? In the past, Mayton has gladly allowed me to use a vacant apartment to wash my clothes when there was a problem with this washer. Now, management is not allowing me to do this because it apparently is "my fault" the washer is broken. Additionally, I was advised any additional costs related to the washer will be passed on to me! There are a few problems with this. A) The washer is still under warranty, I would presume. B) My entire life I have always put the same amount of clothes in every washer I've owned and never had a problem. C) This isn't the first time the washer has had problems. D) The shaking and unbalancing unloosened some piece, and a pillowcase was found embedded somewhere in the washer. This apparently is my fault. I was told to make my own arrangements for laundry, so I decided to take my washer/dryer out of storage and install it in my apartment. I asked them to come out and turn the water off because I couldn't reach the valves. They said no, and I'm not allowed to install my own. Um...really? And people are supposed to be practicing social distancing, so all THEIR STAFF are working remotely, but I should go out and find my own arrangements in public. Please believe, I will not be paying any additional costs related to this washer. Please believe, if I can find a way to hook up my own washer and dryer, I will. Please believe, if management had purchased a decent washer and dryer to BEGIN WITH, I wouldn't be in this predicament. Thanks for being completely inconsiderate. read more

Absolutely the worst management team I've ever dealt with. No matter the issues they would rather argue than help they're residents.

Overal I really like this apartment complex. I really appreciate the little things (super high ceilings, deep kitchen sink, no carpeting , exposed brick face walls etc) now that I have move out of the area. I felt the rent was affordable ; close to the downtown area in Petersburg . Maintenance guy was super quick on getting to the work orders I put in. Online portal made it very easy to pay the rent each month read more

Mayton Transfer Lofts - I loved my apartment - Apartments Near Me - Petersburg, Virginia

Want to experience loud neighbors, filthy grounds, leaking ceilings, package/food delivery theft, and a management team that couldn't care less about any of your issues or concerns? Well come on down to Mayton Transfer Lofts where you'll get all that and more. No really, stay away from this place. You'll be paying to live in the fiery pit opposite of heaven. read more

I have lived here for about 5 months. Here is the good, the bad, and the ugly. Good: I have lived in quite a few apartments and the front office staff here is the best I have ever dealt with. Hands down. The rent is very competitively priced for the area. It is about 5 minutes from any gate on fort lee. You are in walking distance to about 5 or 6 pretty awesome places in downtown petersburg. The bad: the front gate is often broken. Not a big deal but annoying when you have to back up and turn around. The stove/oven is TERRIBLE for cooking. There is a hole that goes directly into the oven and heat just pours out of it. It honestly takes 30-45 minutes to pre heat the oven and even then it doesn't maintain temps properly. The ugly: These apartments are LOUD. It comes with the territory with an older building with character but you can hear every door slam on your floor, and whenever your neighbor watches a movie with any bass. I had my neighbors call the police for a noise violation because the music was too loud coming from my iPhone...... No other speakers, just my iPhone. This just happened once so it wasn't a big deal. The water pressure in the bathroom sinks is AWFUL. It is so bad I need to wash my face in the kitchen sink. If there was a mirror in the kitchen I would probably shave there too. Bottom line: I would live here again. The price is great and it is really close to fort lee and it is walking distance to multiple bars. read more

Mayton Transfer Lofts - Exposed beams in the hall - Apartments Near Me - Petersburg, Virginia

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My packages constantly get stolen and when reported to the office manager, nothing is ever done. I have found one of my packages in the elevator open and once they saw inside, they decided to leave it. So buyer beware! read more

For anyone wanting to move into the Mayton Lofts; on 250 E Bank St, Petersburg, VA 23803. There are a lot of negatives about this complex. -Walls are thin as paper, you could hear people walking in the hallway,you could have a two way conversation through the wall, it sounds like they're walking in your apartment. When I say thinnest walls ever, you're probably not going to get good sleep. -Parking is horrible. - Water doesn't stay hot for more than 10 minutes. -ROACHES, ROACHES, ROACHES; tried getting rid of it myself, with fumigating the whole apartment, but they just kept coming. -Trash is always overloaded. -Smells like MARIJUANA some of the time. -It may be convenient for military, but its not worth it. Trust me, coming from someone in the Armed Forces. -Dogs barking all the time. -Shower pressure is really low. read more

These are recently opened apartments inside a refurbished warehouse. They feature exposed brick and hardwood floors. The north facing view is quite nice. The high-ceiling design keeps the temperature moderate enough that I ran my air conditioner very little despite 90+ temps outside and have yet to need the heat. The kitchen is well designed with top quality appliances and the place has a very open feel. Maintenance is prompt (they replaced a damaged floorboard the day after I called). There are quite a few policies in place regarding noise, cleaning up after pets, etc. that keep the place clean and quiet. Parking is in a gated lot that requires a code at night and on weekends and the main entrance also requires a code. There is easy walking access to the Olde Towne area of Petersburg which features several good restaurants, a coffee shop, and access to the Appomattox River. So why not five stars? Some of the buildings around it are in a very poor state which detracts from the area. The mortar from the exposed brick walls will sometimes begin to flake off for seemingly no reason. It would be nice if the walk-through gates required a code like the drive-through. The fan over the range is not sufficient to the task. And the ceiling fan is so high up you have to have a ladder to clean it (the maintenance crew will lend you theirs). These are slight detractions. All together, a nice place to live. read more

By far the worst place I have ever lived. They tack on fees. No response in the office. I have been living here 2 years and now over paying by 200$ to live in a apt with nothing included in Petersburg. read more

You know how one very negative experience can completely ruin something that was otherwise pretty decent? That happened today for me for the Mayton transfer lofts. This is pretty much just a future warning for any military applicants. If there is a change within your orders that isn't short of a rapid deployment, you will still be held responsible for the duration of your lease. My situation: I had a school I was going to attend here at ft lee upon the conclusion of the course I'm about to finish. Due to changing circumstances, I won't be attending that next course and am heading to my next duty station sooner than expected. But the folks who work the front office over at Mayton transfer lofts did not deem that legitimate enough of a reason to let me off the hook for the next month's rent. So what I'm getting at: military personnel are aware how things can change. Courses get cancelled, you think you're on the roster for something when you're actually on the wait list, sequestration hits, so on and so forth. And these guys blew that off completely. "That's too bad. You're still on the hook for October." That's pretty much the verbatim response I got. Oh and the walls are thin you can hear everything your neighbor is doing read more

Military avoid this place at all cost! I lived in Mayton Transfer Lofts for two years. And this place claims to take care of military but all they care about is the bottom line and that's money. I signed a 24 month lease on 3 August 2014. My spouse got accepted to graduate school and had to leave in July. So I went to the front office and talked to them on 3 separate occasions about what is the best scenario for me to move out. They came to the conclusion that I could move out on 1 August 2016 and pay prorated rent for 1 day that was a total of $38. So I payed it and they said I would receive my security deposit in 45 days. So after 30 days I called them and asked them when they were going to be sending it out and they told me I had a balance of $700. I told them about what I was told and they told me I was told the wrong information and I have to pay for the whole month I didn't live there. And to top it off they had renters in my old unit soon as I left. The assistant property manager will not allow you to talk to anyone over her. She tried to convince me that she didn't even have anyone over her. If you can't trust the people that work in the front office to be subject matter experts then how can you hold that against a tenant? I'm going to do all I can to try to get them blacklisted so potential military tenants don't have to go through what I am. A big selling point to this place was the security of a secure parking lot. In the two years I lived there the gates might of been functional for 3 weeks. The wood floors quickly become a hazard with 12+ inch slivers coming off of them. And there is routinely dog feces in the elevator and hallways during the weekends. And to top that off you will constantly get the scent of Marijuana in the hallways. read more

We absolutely ADORE Mayton Lofts and the Olde Towne Petersburg Area. The neighbors at Mayton Transfer Lofts are so friendly. People actually speak to you! The staff is very attentive and quick to respond. It really feels like home for us. I was hesitant about the Petersburg Area but the Olde Towne Area and Mayton Transfer Lofts have put my mind at ease. It is safe and secure. I feel comfortable as a female taking the trash out and being in the Olde Towne Area. Couldn't be happier. read more

Stayed here 2 years ago. Did enjoy my time here until the day my car got broken into 10/31/17 (another woman's car was broken into that same night) and they wouldn't allow me to watch the security footage when I asked. They didn't even give me a follow up or let other tenants know that there was a break in on cars happening. Police roll by 1 or 2 times a night...no real security and they don't know if they want to keep the gate up or down. Never had any problems with pest...I've only only encountered 3 spiders, which were kind of big but no issue. They allowed me to stay another month after my lease was up until my other apt was ready so big thumbs up for that. HOWEVER, when my roommate and I first moved in, the apt was filthy. I mean the kitchen was just a mess...could've started a fire from all the grease build up in the oven. So of course we spent the first 2 weeks cleaning (like you should do anytime you move into a shared space....but the thing that gets me, is that they took 80% of my security deposit for "leaving the apartment uncleaned and for their cost of their cleaning crew" Fool..what? When I tell you I SCRUBBED, DUSTED, SWEPT, MOPPED, CLEANED THE HARDWOOD FLOORS CORRECTLY....and they still had the nerve to say I left it a mess. I should've took pics when we first moved in and when I moved out. And 2, they charged us for the high ceiling lights and other lights that weren't even burned out EXCEPT FOR ONE. 1 light bulb does not cost $80+. Of course the walls needed to be painted, that I understood plus the sticky wall tape ripped some of the paint/drywall off in one spot of the entire apt......but all of that other stuff was unesscesqary. Wish I can find the billing from it all because it was ridiculous. Y'all "hired" people to come clean the apt when I leave but when I moved in, nothing was cleaned. Idk if it was because the tenants (who they did tell us about) left out so late or something else. But yes, that was my only issue. Lack of security, rip off, smells like weed always, people let their dogs piss and shit in hallways, stairs, elevators, and parking even their is an ENTIRE dog station directly in the front. Walls are thin, neighbors above us...could hear them have sex from 3-5 AM...bed squeaks, moans, screams, and all. ‍ but other than that...it was ok. read more

Hands down, this is the BEST place I have ever lived. The building is charming and the apartments are absolutely beautiful. They are spacious and uniquely designed. The area is not the best but all the good things about this community more than make up for it. The office and maintenance staff are beyond nice...the kind of people that ask if you need help (and actually mean it!) bringing groceries in! I miss living here so much! read more

I lived here for a year and 3 months and i must say i enjoyed my stay. It was a very quiet neighborhood and a walking distance from some of petersburg's great eats. The office staff and the custodians were very sweet and nice but too bad I cant say the same for the maintenance team but they still did their job. The walls are paper thin and you could hear neighbors walking because it sounded like they were inside your apartment. Since the building was occupied by majority of soldiers from Ft. Lee, the sounds of stomping boots of soldiers were very common between 5 and 6am. I also didn't care for the loud dogs barking when you walked in the building and the smoking "pow wows" in front of the building. They should put the smoking section away from the door like the way they have the pet area behind the dumpster. Overall, Great and beautiful facility, peace of mind and great staff!!! read more

Realistically speaking, I don't think there is a perfect apartment, however, for the amount of money you spend and the rules you are expected to follow (financially as well as tenant related), you should have as close to perfect as humanly possible. My grievances are two pronged. The leasing staff, who lied during my move out and with held my deposit for reasons that were faulty and my experience as a whole with the Bosco (walls extremely thin) and the condo at Mayton (move out options were given incorrectly and now the leasing office is trying to charge me money that they know I don't owe). If Kiara tells the truth about what she told me about the rent responsible option, I should not owe any monies. Full transparency is all any of us ask for when we agree to pay for rental properties that should be above standard and being able to trust our leasing staff should go without mentioning. Unfortunately, this was not my experience at Mayton Transfer Lofts or The Bosco. read more

Lots of annoying calls and emails addressing noise and pet issues otherwise Great staff, Timely maintenance and beautiful apartments.

I really regret not reading these reviews. Ive lived here for about 3 weeks and absolutely HATE it! When signing my lease at the leasing office I was told there was a work order for the gate and after reading all these reviews I've realized the gate has been broken for months! 2 weeks in and my car was broken into! I called and asked and apparently a tenant broke the gate so they were working on insurance to cover it, the next time I walked in I was told the gate was being custom made. I filed a police report and notified the leasing office and I don't recall her name has the nerve to call me and tell me the person that had broken into my car had been apprehended. I called the police department to verify and that was a LIE. I don't feel safe taking my dogs out of my apartment to the doggy area (15 meters away from the building) which by the way is always full of dog poop! Who does that? People here don't pick up after their dogs. I was planning on holding off on writing a review but if I can keep anyone else from signing a lease here then I'm all about letting the truth be known!!! read more

Don't waste your time; find somewhere else in the area. I hate hate that I had to waste mine writing about how incompetent these people are. Between the less than shoddy parking lot (they promise gated but in fact one gate works 10% of the time) to the dogs who constantly urinate on the concrete by the front door (who lets their dog do that by the way?!) which you have to walk through to get inside. Aside from the charming brick walls in the units there is no reason to bother. The "company" has a deal with a towing company where they each get a percentage if this local felon who drives the truck can spot a car without a parking pass, because they have to compensate somehow for how lax "security" is on the lot. He can see a car 30 times but if the pass has slipped down on the dash has no issue towing it for a $150 return fee. *Also please update the parking passes - most of us don't have wires on the mirror to hook them to and we have to remember every time to keep it somewhere visible for the Neanderthal to notice.* It's a ridiculous gimmick. I know many people who clearly have lived here for months who fell victim to the caveman who drives someone else's tow truck's game. The maintenance people routinely enter units to "check on things" without giving prior notice or leaving notice after. In fact today I was in my underwear cleaning the house (because I assumed as it's my apartment that that shouldnt be an issue) when the door randomly unlocked and opened and two men walked in. I hid and was about to call the cops but they closed the door and I put on clothes and ran outside to confront. They said they had been given the wrong apt number apparently. Frankly I couldn't have cared less. I felt extremely unsafe in my own house and THIS IS THE THIRD TIME SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED. The girls in the office don't seem inept enough to make this mistake that often but clearly there is a weak link in their midst. I felt violated, and fully expect these people to enter without permission again at the rate they're going. Last, multiple checks, bank cards and parking passes have gone missing in the mail. I suggest a PO box; it's been necessary for me. These people take advantage however they can; clearly they are hurting for money, and so do not fall victim to their scheme. It will be a severe hindrance. Live on base if you have to but don't go through the humiliation and wasted time of living in Mayton Lofts. read more

Do not live here especially if you are military at Fort Lee. The building is disgusting and the personnel in the leasing office do not enforce any standards. They let tenants leave dog urine in the hallways, and smoke in the stairwells. They do not check their security cameras or hold anyone accountable for this kind of crap. The tenant above me continues to put garbage in his sink, causing a leak in my ceiling. It has happened four times, and I've been offered no compensation for this or other issues. Disgusting building, staff is unresponsive. Oh, and there is no security for the building parking lot, the gates are constantly open even on weekends. Several cars were broken into recently. read more

We love it here! I love the look of my apartment and my water pressure is great as well as all my appliances. The tenants are nice and the employees are very helpful. I love being in an area that I can safely walk to so many wonderful shops and restaurants. The gates have been working great lately and I have no leaks in my loft. There are multiple places to walk the dog and they provide bags to keep the areas clean. The only downside is that the non-brick walls are thin and the ceiling also. Luckily all my neighbors are very respectful of each other and we keep it down during the quiet hours. Did I mention how awesome the local restaurants are? We have definitely found Home. read more

What ever you do, DO NOT MOVE IN HERE!!!!!! I have a long list of complaints that include the following. It costs me almost $200 a month to heat my one bedroom apartment. The walls are so paper thin that I can not only hear my neighbor on the phone but I can also hear the other person on the phone with my neighbor. They allow pets and with the paper thin walls I hear the pets crying and barking all night. Cooking fumes invade my apartment at all hours and is so bad that the plug in air freshener I put in doesn't even mask the stink. It takes months for them to respond to repair requests. My apartment was not move in ready. The window inserts do not fit the opening so the apartment is extremely drafty. My apartment has a bare concrete floor and high ceilings which make the place very cold and uncomfortable. The bathroom in my apartment is no better than a bathroom in a cheap gas station; it has a permanently stained dirty floor and a god awful shower that sprays water every where. There is no medicine cabinet and thus no where to put my toothbrush and other toiletries. The toilet has run non stop since I've moved in and the management has no concern to repair it. I am military connected and had to make the mistake to rent this place sight unseen. Despite all the issues the management will not let me out of my lease or even try to alleviate the maintenance problems. They only have one maintenance person on staff whom they expect to maintain an enormous amount of units. read more

The good: The renovation job in this place makes it very charming, and the complex has some serious potential to be very nice, it also walking distance to great food. Rent is reasonable however, (the bad) Mayton has a serious security problem when it comes to securing their buildings and parking lots. Virtually everyone gets the same building code, and as such anyone can get into the buildings since the code never changes. The lots have gates which don't work, and if you walk the lot you will notice broken car window glass all over the place. I've had my car broken into twice now with the front office claiming I'm the first one to ever say anything. This is almost a weekly thing and if you live here you WILL have your car windows smashed. (If you move here make sure you have good glass insurance and never leave valuables in your car) Take a walk through the lot and you will notice a large amount of cars with garbage bags over their windows. The apartments are loud. Some units have nice new floors while others have "original flooring" meaning that it's nearly a century old and falling apart with nails sticking out all over the place. My apartment floor has a slight cant to it, enough where a golf ball will roll to one side of the unit. The staff does not enforce any rules, to include the people smoking marijuana in the buildings, pet waste near the building. If you live with your apartment facing south, you will hear loud zumba music blasting from the YMCA across the parking lot early in the morning. Downtown Petersburg is a rough place and I wish that Mayton would really improve their security though I think they're too cheap to do it. There are better choices in the area. read more

We moved in a month ago because we loved the look of the apartment. Great design, nice new building, nice kitchens, amazing staff, love the old area (the not scary parts), amazing history! I agree with the other reviews about the nice gates that are not always working or locked. We have found a lot of issues with our apartment that can't really be fixed, it's just what you get in an old warehouse. The exposed brick leaks rain water and the bricks flake and fall apart everywhere. It will get on your clothes and furniture. We are on the 3rd floor and we have a really bad bug problem. They are on our walls, ceilings and floors. There are holes and cracks in the brick walks, the bugs are nasty. The water pressure is really bad, but that might be this area of Petersburg. The appliances are ok, the washer and dryer are low end and very loud. The walls are very thin which allows you to hear your neighbors talking and watching tv. There is a train that goes by every couple hours. The noise doesn't bother us and my son loves seeing and hearing the train. It's not a bad place to live and it would be much nicer without all the bugs. read more

I can reiterate what most military members are saying on this review and that is do not live here. I've been here for 6 months and there have been numerous issues. The first week I moved in cars were being broken into due to lapsed security on the premises. They have two gates and at no point since I have been here have both gates functioned correctly. It's baffling to me how a maintenance problem, one that is a security issue, can persist for 6 months with nothing being done to correct it. The second issue is that the buildings are often dirty. One day I came in and there was vomit all over the floor leading to the elevator. The biggest issue I have is the general incompetence of the staff here, as mentioned below already. They tell you one thing when you move in and then write it off as a "miscommunication" later. To be specific they told me when I arrived here that all I needed was a 30 day notice with my order to break the lease. Now they want to charge me the full months rent and refuse to prorate it when I will only be there half the month. Bottom line is this, as a military member it is not worth living here unless you like living in a trashy complex and having your car broken into. There are better options in the area and there are several new lofts opening up nearby, do yourself a favor and research them before you decide on Mayton. I can assure you you will thank me later. read more

Had high hopes when I moved in. Should have realized that once they had your deposit they don't care about tenants by how they treat security. Not only has one gate not worked for close to four years but the other has been broken for at least two even though one of the selling points is security. As a woman living alone, that is an issue, but when I complained that the fire doors were always ajar because people use them as exits and the street gate is always open so someone can walk right into the building they didn't care. And the noise. You expect some noise in an apartment but the constant loud music with booming base was intolerable and when you complain they have to come and "hear it themselves" but they never show up. The final straw was when I could hear the downstairs neighbors fooling around and when someone's dog pooped on the hallway floor and it stayed there for days. If you value decent and considerate behavior and being secure in your home, don't move in here. read more

I have lived in Mayton Transfer lofts for almost a year. The old buildings are nice the apartments are beautiful with the dark wood floors and exposed brick very fashion savvy looking. There are several things that have happened in my experience of living here that are not satisfactory at all however. The parking situation sucks. There is a huge main parking lot for residents only. There are only 5 guest parking spots for 3 buildings. There is a back parking lot that is for guests but it is located behind the building and across the street very inconvenient for guests. You will receive a red tag for the resident parking and a blue for the guest parking lot. They have a tow company come through every night to scavenge for cars that do not have a red tag. I have been towed 3 times due to the rear view tag slipping off at times falling on the floor. $150 each time if your car is towed!!! Can be very frustrating so make sure your tag is secured to your windshield because they will tow you regardless if your car is registered with the leasing office or not. Other issues are with maintenance. Several times I put in a request to fix something and it takes a long time for it to be done. I would request for me to be home when they come in and they will enter anyway without me being home. I also had my mail stolen from my front door twice!! They have cameras set up at Mayton but at the time I asked could they rewind the tapes to see if I could identify who was stealing my mail and of course the cameras were not working. Magically now they appear to be working because they caught a picture of a car thief that was terrorizing the parking lot stealing items out of residents cars!! (Yes this really happened) The gates never work also. The bad has outweighed the good with this place. It's so sad because it is a beautiful apartment that I used to love but now I just can't wait to get the heck up out!! read more