Let me warn anyone considering living at The Grove at Piscataway or any BNE-managed property: everything looks polished and friendly--until the moment you sign the lease. After that, they change.
In our case, we reserved the clubhouse for our baby shower. The portal showed $0 rental fee, and staff told us only a $500 deposit was needed. We have emails and screenshots confirming this. After the event, out of nowhere, they demanded an additional $500 fee we were never told about, claiming we signed something vague and misleading. It was a classic bait-and-switch.
We questioned the charge. Their response? Threaten to evict us within four hours. That's right--while my wife was in the third trimester of pregnancy, dealing with mounting stress, they tried to bully us into silence. They even retroactively changed the ledger in the resident portal to make the charge look legitimate. We have the receipts.
This wasn't just a billing error--it was a blatant cover-up. When we pointed out inconsistencies in the contract (including the wrong address for the clubhouse!), they became hostile, unresponsive, and kept shifting their story. They lied to our faces and hoped we'd be too distracted to fight back.
You'd expect basic professionalism, honesty, or even an ounce of human decency from a management company handling hundreds of families. Instead, we got gaslighting, intimidation, and threats--right when we were preparing to welcome a child.
We're moving out, and we're sharing this everywhere--because what happened to us could happen to anyone. If you're thinking about renting here or anywhere under BNE Real Estate Group, take a second look at the contract, then take a long step in the other direction. read more