Lease prices fluctuate real low to extremely high. Blinds were broke when they moved in. The mail…read moresituation sucks, there's a mailbox but all the packages just left out on a table, why don't you have a mail room?? It's a cute building, but some parts are off..like the mail situation.

Left us with a sink that is broken, the pipe doesn't work and was left completely detached so we…read morecannot even use our sink for anything. When asking the office about anything they have so much attitude about any questions asked, highly unprofessional, rude, and have no idea what they're talking about. No uniformity in leasing agents answers to questions, they all seem confused. Was charged for electricity while I wasn't even living in my apartment over the summer. WiFi doesn't work. Coffee machine doesn't work.

We've been at our new apartment home for over a month. Absolutely love it. Quiet, serene,…read morebeautiful! Inez, the real estate agent is one of the most delightful, knowledgeable, considerate agents. She truly assisted us from Start to Finish! Moving can be a very stressful event. If it wasn't for Elfant Pontz the experience would had turned out harder. The staff had a checklist that enabled us to get everything done regarding our apartment home. I would recommend Elfant Pontz to anyone looking to live in any of their properties! It's worth it...Estupendo! Amazing! 10++++ kudos and stars!!!! Carlotta "Zaire" F.

Slum lords. The difference in the landlord i have now and…read moreelfant pontz is night and day. I would highly advise people to not rent from EP. 0/10, WOULD NOT RECOMMEND. When i first toured my apartment and moved in 3 years ago, the leasing agent lied about so many things. I understand it's her job to get people to move in but straight lying about it stuff that shouldn't be lied about it's crazy. For example the bathroom window was broken when i moved in but yet the agent told me everything was as is and no additional repairs would be made to anything in the apartment. How are they out here renting apartments with, broken windows? Thankfully the building owner fixed it. During my time renting from ep they were a terrible management company. Whenever i'd send maintenance requests it would go 1 or 2 ways. I would immediately get an auto response email noting the request has been received. After that, they would either contact me back asking me a bunch of questions about my request, essentially gas lighting me. Or they wouldn't follow up until i reached out again a week later and they'd always say they were busy. I started putting in the maintenance requests everything i did myself to work on the issue. Bc the way they are it seems like they try to do everything they can to get out of fulfilling maintenance requests. It's so crazy because one day last spring when i came home and was sitting in my car, i saw a rat running from the grass to the trash cans. I immediately sent a maintenance request for exterminating services. They emailed me back saying "are you sure you saw a rat and not a mouse?" That took me out because I'm not blind and it's pretty hard to mistake a rat for a mouse because the size difference. The next day i got home and i saw the rat again and instead of getting out my car i took pictures and emailed them, so they'd actually believe me. That's a prime example of how they would gaslight me with maintenance requests. They really tried to tell me I saw a mouse, mind you I have 20/20 vision. Lastly, they like to mix up words or don't know the meaning of damaged and not clean are. When i told them i was moving they sent me a vacate letter. On that it clearly indicated i would get my security deposit back less any damages. Nothing was damaged in the apartment and i have proof from videos and pictures. They made something up to keep part of the security deposit and said the stove wasn't clean so I was charged for that. I wouldn't recommend renting from EP. Believe the few scattered one star reviews about EP. Oh yeah the leasing agent came to inspect my apartment for painting issues a few months after i had my son in fall 2023 when he was 3 months old. Tell me why she came into my apartment after just finishing smoking a cigarette, so i could smell it on her. She smelled so bad that I had to cover my nose with my shirt. Everyone knows you aren't supposed to come around little babies smelling like cigarettes. Smh

Don't go there. I don't advise anyone to rent one of their apartments. These are scammers who don't…read moremake the security deposit and who don't care about you. This is unacceptable because they are trying to get you. I am French and never in France have I had this type of problem. I am very disappointed and I would not let the incompetent staff do it, even if it means taking legal action if necessary! I know that as I am a young French girl, they want to rip me off but I wouldn't give up !!

Student housing. I had a great time for this being a starter apartment. It's so expensive for…read morerenting out a room and very tiny. But beautiful and modern. No Fan and you had to pay extra for a tiny window lol. Management is awesome, always felt very safe inside. Community rooms are outstanding and gym is spacious --has starter workout pieces. Rooftop is absolutely breathtaking. I also had great internet WiFi in my room. It was cool living here, I wouldn't compare it to luxury apts, but it was so luxurious for student housing! The staff gives the best customer service and management is awesome!

The international House of the place that College students of all nationalities and backgrounds…read morelive while attending local Philly colleges. It is also a venue that's often used by several organizations to hold festivals that presents movies and art receptions etc. It is a well laid out space with a lot of of options if you need to hold or sponsor a special event. Within the last 12 months I attended two festivals BLACKSTAR and The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival. Both I enjoyed immensely, I was able to view movies in a very comfortable and reasonably priced theater. The International House always appears to be fairly clean and staffed with an employee at the 'front desk'. Check out their website for more details, you might like what they have to offer.

Talk about an interesting place. where else can you go to take cheap language classes, catch a…read morediverse and entertaining film festival, see a band, and potentially live in? and their not joking by International. picture a place that has bright college students from 30 to 40 different countries living under it's roof? this place runs rampant with culture. The film fests are the best though. they had a festival of films by Alejandro Jodorowsky, who is perhaps the most unique and artistic director of all time. and it had a Kung Fu festival that didn't show the traditional Jackie Chan/Sonny Chiba kind of films that you would expect. The are getting ready to had a Spaghetti Western festival next.

I never knew apartments could be this bad, nor did I know that management could be full of people…read morewithout common sense. The struggles I dealt with in my apartment made me wish I were homeless because that's what it felt like. I dealt with leaks in my ceiling even before move-in, and during, I had a mouse infestation, and when I brought up these complaints to management (JANE), Jane said AND I QUOTE "I have rats in my apartment too." I don't care that you live your life in the happy company of rats and rodents. That's your prerogative, not mine. You're not going to justify my terrible living conditions because you enjoy living in filth. Some people have standards and management clearly has none. To anyone thinking about renting with this terrible company, consider being homeless first, and then if that doesn't sound appealing, then pick any other apartment that is NOT UCA.

TLDR: DO NOT RENT AN APARTMENT UNDER UCA!!!!…read more Absolutely horrible experience. Mice ALL YEAR!!!, rusted nails all over the carpets, ceiling collapse, ignored by UCA staff. UCA completely took advantage of me and my roommates. They made all of the problems we experienced in the apartment seem like it wasn't a big deal. We had to deal with mice all year!! We put in so many maintenance requests and even called the manager several times. We were ignored. The mice were scratching our walls, invading our rooms. We had to box up all of our belongings and food. Even keeping blankets in trash bags were not safe because they would rip them up. When the manager FINALLY came to inspect our apartment, she said that she was an expert in mice and that the torn up trash bags were not mice.... We were so frustrated by UCA. UCA does NOT care about your SAFETY at all! THE CEILING OF OUR APARTMENT COLLAPSED due to a water leakage upstairs. Luckily the collapse was not in the bedroom because who knows how badly we could've been hurt... I called UCA IMMEDIATELY and no one picked up the phone. I called multiple times and left voicemails at the number the manager personally provided us since we've been dealing with so many problems throughout the year, but did not hear a response from Jessica (the manager) or ANY UCA staff member for the entire weekend. I even emailed the manager who then responded to make up excuses for what happened. She tried to explain that there was a hairline fracture in the pipes that they caught immediately.... her explanations did not make sense because the ceiling collapse (which was a large portion of the ceiling) should have been prevented. There were obviously no safety checks and after talking to the neighbors who lived above us, they informed us that they experienced a fire from their electric plugs and that the breaker had no labels on it. Extremely dangerous place to live. Additionally, there is someone named Robin who works for UCA and is extremely disrespectful over the phone. Whenever my roommates and I would call her, she would cut us off mid-sentence and there were many moments she would yell at us over the phone. Do NOT waste your money on UCA. The WORST experience.

I'm sorry to see Mr. Laren is still in the property mismanagement business. My experience goes…read moreback several years to my college term in Philadelphia, but it is still very fresh in my memory. I rented an apartment from him on Pine Street, and there were multiple issues even before I moved in. He never did any of the work that was written into our signed lease; he had a habit of completely shutting off the heat in the winter (during the middle of the night), while my neighbors and I complained about nearly freezing). Magically, the heat would turn back on around 6 AM. I ended up in court with him, for a fire caused by what the Philadelphia Fire Department attributed to "faulty wiring," where I lost several of my belongings. Mr. Laren was rude, unprofessional, and offensive. We ended up settling in my favor, and I was allowed to get out of the lease three months early. I'm beyond sad that students today are still dealing with the misfortunes I had to endure during college- a time when we should be supported and encouraged to explore our minds in school, rather than fight greedy, ill-intentioned older people who simply want our money in exchange for the lowest possible service and investment in our welfare as tenants.

I signed a commercial lease with Constellar, paid first, last, and security deposit, and was…read morescheduled to take possession June 1. Despite full payment and a fully executed lease, the landlord failed to deliver the space and went silent. Their lawyer later claimed--falsely--that the lease was null and void due to unrelated negotiations with a third party. Then they sent me an email asking if I was enjoying my tenancy, and a request to leave them a review. I am now preparing to pursue legal action for breach of contract and damages. Tenants should proceed with caution.

AVOID THIS PLACE LIKE THE PLAGUE. Terrible management. Staff is friendly, but the entire system…read moreseems very unorganized. The team clearly lacks a manager. I spent over 2 hours standing in the office during move in waiting for them to "find my key"? Then they said they needed to clean my room? I ended up having to get a new room and sign a new lease. And there were no carts so I had to move in everything by hand in many trips. And the entire time I was hearing the smoke alarm beep sounds it makes when it's dead coming from like 5 DIFFERENT ROOMS in the hallway??!! What kinda place is this?? I fear for my safety and will be reporting them to all agencies possible if this is not addressed

I lived in this building (Block A) for 9 months! And it`s a disaster! First of all there is a lot…read moreof mouses in the units and the management don`t do anything about it! The second thing is the utility bill! We turned on the heat frequently and not all the time since me an my roommates weren`t in the apartment during the day and yet we got the minimum of $100 a month electricity bill and the maximum of $400! But worst of all is how they pay you back your security deposit! Before we move out, the manager had a walk in to see if there are any damages. There were no damages. She said she will send us a copy of her inspection form which she didn`t. A week later, I asked her to send me a copy which she replied as, you will get a copy when you move out and we return your security deposit. I got the security deposit back in a month and a long list of damages such as broken bathroom mirror, broken cabinet, damaged furniture! Things that are non-existent! She never mentioned any of these items during her walk in because there was no damage! Now they charged me $197 for the damages that do not exist! I cannot believe this! And she never sent me her inspection form so I can show it to her and say where are the damages in your inspection form???!!!!! This building is a nightmare and a financial disaster! Stay away from it!

What ever you do , do not live here . The management company was turned over multiple times, in…read morewhich every time I was hopeful for new leaders and business people. Drexel arms failed to meet expectations every time . We had mice in our apartment for about 6 months, things constantly broken with ignored service requests , outrageous rent, and freshmen parties outside my window every night. After moving out , the management company incorrectly had my security deposit noted and had no intention of returning my $800 security deposit. I would discourage all students from living here even though they attempt to create a "cool, party " feel, when it's really no one in the building participating .

After being completely screwed over by another hotel in the area (ahem, AKA University City) this…read morehotel offered to help get us into a hotel for a short term stay for a phenomenal price while we await our daughters arrival. We had to be close to CHOP as our daughter is being born with a couple very rare heart and chest wall defects that require open heart and chest surgery. I spoke with Chris and he was wonderful and reassuring that everything would be handled correctly and that we were in good hands- which is so refreshing after our poor experience with AKA.

Loved everything about the place. Was gonna go for it til the places my american bulldog on The…read morerestricted lis American Pit bulls Rottweilers Akitas Cane Corsos Presa Canarios Bull Mastiffs Staffordshire Terriers Dobermans German Shepherds Boxers Malamutes Huskies Dalmatians Chow Chows Fila Brasileiros Wolf hybrids This list most banned dogs, where does my beloved 12 year old rank not there and this is piece info you should know that I'm really tired of explaining this so: No, the American Bulldog is not a Pit Bull. They may seem like the same, but they're actually quite different. While both breeds descend from the Old English Bulldog, the American Pit Bull Terrier is a cross of the Bulldog with the Terrier. They crossed these two breeds to create a more muscular and agile dog that could perform better in bull-bating and ratting. The Pit Bull is recognized as part of the Terrier family while the American Bulldog is part of the Molosser dog family. The temperament of the American Bulldog resembles that of an English bulldog. They are a gentle and affectionate dog that gets along well with children and can be regarded as a large lapdog. They can prove to be friendly dogs and very family-oriented, especially if they are trained at a young age. As I said he's 12, with arthritis and starting to lose his hearing and vision. He limps around, at this point the beloved Lab would maul him to death. He's too old and arthritic to hurt a bird at this stage of his life. Great stereotyping going on. Money wasn't an issue nor my credit, I'm a physician assistant and make quite a nice livelihood but I'd rather live in a hole in the wall than automatically rejects me on a dog they never met. Yeah it definitely won't be by any properties owned by you.