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    Washing machine that wouldn't drain

    TL;DR: The District has some nice features, but they are GREATLY outweighed by the negatives. This is BY FAR the worst apartment we ever rented, mainly due to terrible management. The Positives This apartment complex is in a convenient (though somewhat noisy) location right off of 170 and just a few miles from the Delmar Loop It also has a ton of green space and is located next to a great walking path. While The District could learn a thing or two when it comes to customer service, they have always treated our pet with enthusiasm and even have a couple of (small) dog parks on the grounds. The maintenance staff is always friendly and does the best they can with the limited resources they are provided by The District. The Negatives Inattentive/ Greedy Management: The management at The District is very disorganized and treats its tenants like they're nothing but a dollar sign. They rarely answer their phones, and when they do they don't listen to you or give you the time of day. Toward the end of our stay, we realized the only way to have an actual conversation with the office staff is to visit them in-person, and even then they'll gaslight you to avoid addressing your issues. Not to mention they tried to raise our rent by 30% at the end of our lease, claiming "market prices". Infestation: Our apartment had several small holes behind the washing machine leading to the outdoors, a pretty wide gap below our front door, and the front door to the small (4-apartment) building was free-swinging. It was unsurprising when bugs entered our space. What was surprising was when our apartment let us live with cockroaches for weeks before sending someone in to take care of the issue. Mold: The bathroom had no fan and only a window in the shower for ventilation. This meant that moisture would inevitably accumulate unless you wanted to shower next to an open window (which is only feasible a small fraction of the year, due to heat/ cold). To no one's surprise, we ended up with mold in our bathroom. We reported the mold right away to maintenance through the ticketing system. We went weeks without a response, so we called our apartment and sent emails several times before they scheduled a staff member to come out to look at the mold. They then told us to clean the bathtub (which we had been doing incessantly and was not the problem). I asked (via several calls and emails again) what to do about the mold in the cracks between the tiles that couldn't be reached and the mold on the ceiling. They repeated the same instructions over and over, not giving us any direction. After many attempts (and plenty of other things to handle in my life), we gave up on it and lived with mold for months. The apartment ended up charging us for the mold damage, despite choosing not to fix it or to give us any detail on how to do it ourselves. Old/ Cheap Appliances: It felt like something new went wrong each week in our apartment. The worst of it included a refrigerator that quit running, a dishwasher that wouldn't start, a washing machine that didn't drain or completely wash our clothes, a leek in the roof that led to water dripping through our microwave every time it rained, and an outdated A/C unit that couldn't handle semi-hot temperatures (and had us living in 80 - 90 degree temps for weeks before we got on management's nerves enough to do something about it). It usually took weeks before someone would come by to take a look at the problem (due to understaffing). We placed multiple tickets for many of these issues (the dishwasher, washing machine, A/C, etc.) and most of these problems continued to pop up again after being "fixed". Fewer Features Than Advertised: The District seems to always gloat about their many amenities, but several of these areas were not available to us throughout our 2-year stay. Some amenities were closed due to Covid (which I understand), but some were closed for months on end for "maintenance". For example, this past summer the pool was unusable for most of the season. It was closed for a good month or two at the beginning of the summer due to maintenance needs. When it finally opened up again, it looked green (instead of its usual blue) so we avoided it. Then, we noticed it turned blue again, so we stuck our hand in it and it felt extremely chemically. We ended up not using the pool at all last summer, which was especially disappointing due to our broken A/C unit (see above). Dangerous/ Unattended Grounds: There were many things that were falling apart at the district, but the most concerning may have been the grounds. The parking lots and roads have many potholes which are often "fixed" before falling apart again only weeks later. The parking lots also have an inexplicable amount of glass scattered most of the time, which is especially concerning if you like to walk your dog near your apartment. There are dog waste bins throughout the grounds, but they are oftentimes overflowing with excrement and many people r

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    I hope I find bedroom two bathroom apartment or home with reasonable amount thank you

    One of the outlets (out of many) that were electrically burnt. They said this was ok to move in with!!

    DO NOT SIGN HERE! The leasing office is a nightmare. Unorganized and dishonest!!! The day we got our keys and walked into our apartment it hadn't even been inspected or cleaned. The electrical outlets were fried and a safety hazard. The carpet was ripped, stained and had debris all over the place. The kitchen floor had so much water damage it was warped and uneven. The stove did not work. This place was NOT move in ready as they promised!!! And they were NOT willing to let us tour any other apartments. Said they would have our place move in ready by the end of the weekend. We had all of our stuff there ready to move in and they were not willing to work with us or accommodate us at all. WE BROKE THE LEASE on our moving day!!! Save yourself the headache and do not sign here. AWFUL management and business.

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    To update my review: my realtor toured this property on April 18 and reported a natural gas smell…read more The owner claimed the fire department had checked and found no leak, but the fire department later stated they had no record of any such visit. We moved across the country on June 4, six weeks after reporting the issue, and the gas leak was still ongoing. A contractor later told us the levels were severe enough that we were fortunate a major incident had not occurred. The owner's contractor also improperly replaced the gas line with an undersized one, according to Spire, and I was the person contacting Spire throughout the process. They let me know that the pipe the contractor replaced was 1/4th inch too small and could lead to carbon monoxide or gas buildup in the lines. During the nine months we lived there, two additional gas leaks occurred in other areas of the system. After spending over $10,000 to move and paying rent for May while the house sat vacant, Stephanie Olsen told me over the phone that "this isn't working out" and that we would need to find another place if we continued being "ungrateful." We ultimately moved out early after 10 months, and paid April 2026 rent while the property was vacant and we were in a new rental. The house itself had numerous issues: filthy vents filled with years of dust and mold, insect infestations (basement had roaches, beetles and grasshoppers) requiring extermination, and a failing sump pump system with drain flies that contributed to a very strong basement odor. The home was at times uninhabitable due to the gas smell, causing headaches and dizziness for both me and my Mom, and we paid out of pocket for hotel stays. This experience was emotionally and financially exhausting. After being threatened with eviction, do you really think I felt comfortable reporting every issue with the house? Of course not. So we financially covered multiple issues due to fear of retaliation.

    To update my review. My realtor toured this property on April 18th and reported the smell of…read morenatural gas. The owner said she called the fire department and there was no gas leak. ( fire department had no record) We moved from across the country on June 4th . The gas leak was ongoing. The contractor hired by the owner was incompetent and replaced the gas line with too small of a line per spire. And I'm the one who contacted spire every time . We went on to have 2 more gas leaks in the 9 months we lived in this home . At other areas of the gas system. Stephanie Olsen definitely threatened to let me out of my lease in June when we spoke on the phone after I had just spent $8,000 dollars and payed rent for May( while the house was vacant). And no one would be happy with this situation. We left early and payed for April of this year while the house was vacant. This company and the homes owner were awful. Stephanie literally screamed at me and threatened to evict me on the phone until I was in tears. The house was literally inhabitable due to the extremely strong smell of gas, which was causing headaches and dizziness for me and my son. We paid to stay in a hotel. The vents were filthy with dust and mold that had not been cleaned for years. We had to pay for an exterminator due to a hornet and grasshopper infestation, a plumber for a failing sump pit motor infested with drain flies / worms, which also contributed to the basement odor. The list goes on but my point is - this was a nightmare both emotionally and financially for us. Do you really think I'm going to report every issue wrong with the home after I was threatened with eviction? Obviously not.

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    They are managing a property is in a residential neighborhood, and their tenant is causing late…read morenight disturbances. There have been repeated late-night parties, loud music, and heavy bass that carries into neighboring homes. I reported the issue to the property management company multiple times, but no effective action was taken. The noise was so severe on several occasions that I had to call the police just to get it to stop. In a residential area, this level of disruption is unacceptable, and management's failure to enforce basic quiet standards has been extremely disappointing. I would not recommend this company.

    I do not think that this company can be trusted. Avenue's site states: "Low Fee Guarantee - We…read morematch any competing proposal fee for comparable service. We won't be beat on fees." Avenue does not keep its word. I was in talks with Avenue, as I was considering using them as property manager for my rental. Per the request of the Avenue employee I was speaking with, I sent him a leasing agreement I had with a competing property management company. I did this to see if Avenue would actually stand by their word and make good on their "low fee guarantee." After talking with me on the phone about it, the Avenue employee actually agreed with me that my lease with this other company was an "apples to apples" comparison with their own. However, he said that they would charge me more than the other company. In other words, they would not honor their own guarantee. They do not keep their word. Also, there are multiple fake positive reviews of this company. I'm 99% sure that some of these fake reviews were posted by their employees. I would advise staying away from this company.

    Select Leasing & Management - The SL&M Team

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    We have been working with Joe Kelso and the staff at Select for 7 years. They have always been…read morevery attentive to our needs and the needs of our tennants. We are very pleased with the service they offer.

    If you own a property and need a property manager, RUN as fast and as FAR AWAY as you can from Joe…read moreKelso and this company. As a military spouse who has been sent to live back and forth CONUS and OCONUS for the last 16 years, I trusted them to manage my property while I was away. I naively thought that because I never heard much from them that things were going well and the home was being taken care of. Lesson learned even though I asked for mid lease inspections and was rarely alerted to any issues. What I discovered when the last tenant moved out abruptly last year was that their vendor had not fixed a roof leak and the tenant was fed up with living in inadequate conditions and unresolved maintenance requests (of which I have no access to and was never made aware of). When I asked Joe how something as big a roof leak could go overlooked (the job sent to a vendor but never completed) he completely lost it on the phone, yelling at me, talking over me, and basically telling me that because I didn't have a high value property, I wasn't worth his time and it was more of a hassle than it was worth for him. Nice thing to say to someone who has trusted you and provided you their business for nearly 2 decades regardless of the property price point. I was stunned. When I tell you I've never had someone be so rude and belittling over the phone toward me when supposedly acting in a professional capacity, I am not exaggerating. I should have changed agencies then, but they all seemed to have horrible reviews and I figured the "devil you know is better than the devil you don't" and I requested to only deal with one of the other agents in the office from that point forward, who happens to at least be polite and professional in all my dealings with her. I realized I could no longer trust their management and brought in outside vendors who pointed out issues with fascia, gutter, drainage, plumbing...the list goes on. Fast-forward to now, 20k in repairs after getting neutral eyes on the place, I have a new tenant who happens to do construction work and is pointing out other issues with the home that should have been addressed during the transition between tenants - missing garage door openers, lights not working, missing fire alarms! After he put in a number of maintenance requests, they decided to terminate my contract, which to be honest I'm grateful for and should have initiated myself last year when Joe crashed out and gaslit me on the phone over a simple question about their oversight of maintenance requests. In his email terminating the contract, Joe stated he's "committed to supporting a smooth and professional transition. Over the coming weeks, we will finalize all outstanding responsibilities and provide you with any necessary records, reports, and assistance to ensure continuity." We shall see...

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