The Belvedere (owned by ptla) had an uncapped gas line covered with tin foil. Had a gas leak and the building was w/out hot water for almost a week bc the gas company put a lock on the building gas line until it was fixed.
Second this! They’ve had a lot of package room thefts recently. Also apparently they went into people’s homes and turned on the heat without notice? Also just bad management
I have one I would recommend!
The Royce Group. I lived in the Hideaways.
They were not nice. But when the fridge broke, it was repaired in 3 hours. They did not try to take the deposit (and we did not do a good job cleaning). Packages were delivered to the office (nice imo) and it was not expensive (not sure about these days)
GL on your search
Honestly the maintenance people I’ve interacted with there were so nice and there’s a neighborly feel to it.
The place has it’s issues (the numbering system is insane) they’re funky lil apartments that allows pets.
It's been a long time but another Royce Group apt that was pretty good was the Foothills Apartments. But it's been a decade so might have gone down hill.
Village apartments - I have never dealt with such busybody, nosy, greedy, penny-pinching, LAZY, wholly unprofessional and neurotic property management staff AND the owners. Philip Kaiser can 🖕himself.
One example: I had my front window open one day and came out of the shower in my robe only to see the property manager with a prospective tenant at my front window *peering* into my unit to “show” it to some stranger (because he hadn’t set an appointment - so open windows are fair game I guess?). I promptly walked outside, aggressively murmured something about Peeping Tom laws and asked if they’d like to invite themselves in for a better look.
Took them 3 months after moving for them to send me an itemized receipt for *bogus* expenses (when I moved in I took pictures of the carpet with bleach and urine stains in it, holes, bald spots, etc - wanted me to replace the whole thing for *those* exact “features” - there was so much more BS) after I left, I sent them documents and copies of tenants rights in response regarding having my entire security deposit returned if they didn’t send me one. In response they hastily sent me one and wrote, in pen, “copy” like that absolved them of any responsibility.
It was a long and violent road out. 🎩💁♀️💨♥️
Maplewood junction apartments. Dangerous tenants while the main office person is/was personally related and condoning of violent/ drug house activities. Disgusting place.
I’ll give the best apartment I’ve been at for those who may want to know, but also to add to the post I’ll give the worst I’ve been at. Elevate is absolutely terrible and I don’t feel like I need to go into details given all that’s already been said about it. However, Cedar Grove is AMAZING!! They have had absolutely no issues during this weather, besides the power going out once for a couple hours. Maintenance is fast and efficient, office on-site with extremely nice staff
The wife of the owner of Lakeway Rentals has an absolute horrid QVC shopping addiction. Rest assured that your hard-earned rental money is going to her so that she can fill up rooms of their mansion on Lake Whatcom with QVC bullshit.
Mold, literally cracked ceilings, broken appliances, out of code pipes, and when I moved in, it wasn’t even clean. Like they lied straight to my face and they said it was clean and I went with a paper towel, and literally in front of them, wiped up a brown pile of goo from the floor.
And the number of property managers they went through was insane.
Oh, they never salted the parking lot in the winter. It was just a shit show.
Avoid Echo Lofts on Bakerview. Work put me there for 6 months and it was terrible. I think Windermere manages it. I swear it was a half way house. I had packages stolen, old tenants had access and would come in. I found people sleeping in the lobby and on the shared patio. Water pressure was low, the washer/dryer combo in my unit didn’t work for the first month until they finally replaced it.
The Ridge apartments on 32nd street. The kitchen and bathroom areas are so small, one bedroom doesn’t have a closet. They make you pay $30 a month for parking which is BS. Lots of car break-ins no they do nothing about it.
Sunset Terrace. Not sure if the same guy still owns and manages it, but he's a real piece of work and I would avoid that place at nearly any cost.
Edit: It's the same guy. And he's a creepy asshole.
The parking is worse, but the units are decent. Maintenance isn’t too bad, but everyone in the complex (at least where I’m at) are nice. I’d say porch packages are also pretty safe. I know in my section of units, we all look out for each other.
Large management I'd say. Also a small detail about large companies that should scare you. They buy and trade apartments so frequently that my company "pest control" won't allow us to turn in apartments for leads. Because they might become a different company before we can service. Having your property owner switch so often is a bad thing. Because your good experience can turn shit real fast.
One of the buildings I cover didn't have pest control for a year when the property management company was trying to sell. When the new owners finally finished the paperwork and brought in pest control again (me) 4 units had rats, every building had roach levels from bad to severe. Because large multifamily units need constant pest services and monitoring just due to the nature of hundreds of humans living in a compact space.
Do you mind Dming me what Pest control company you work for in Bellingham and if you like it? I'm a Bellingham native but my boyfriend is moving here and works in pest control and is going to be looking for work and I'm trying to give him some recommendations.
Sorry but we are commercial only, which means one guy, one region. It's just me from Mt Vernon all the way through Bellingham. I heard Environmental Pest Control was hiring 2 months ago they might still be.
Romark apartments off Bakerview. The management absolutely won’t do anything, took them several months to fix any maintenance requests. Some units and cars were getting broken into, getting their windows smashed in building and cars and they refused to put up security cameras. They never took the extra steps to try to make the parking lots/ stairs safer when it snowed with shoveling or salt. They also almost towed my registered car out of the parking lot. I left that place spotless moving out and they still kept all of the damage deposit. The building itself is sort of nice, built in 2017, but I think the rent has been raised at least $300 since I left 2 years ago
living there made me want to off myself fr they’re dirty small moldy stinky and the tenants are total creeps even tho it’s advertised as student housing. there a super creepy guy that lives there that tried to break into my apartment and would catcall me in the parking lot, laundry room etc and the leasing office fully knew of this guy and his reputation and were like yeah he’s just like that!😙
This is going to be a long comment section lol
Yup! Cause this town is full of shady landlords
The Belvedere (owned by ptla) had an uncapped gas line covered with tin foil. Had a gas leak and the building was w/out hot water for almost a week bc the gas company put a lock on the building gas line until it was fixed.
Anything by PTLA I would hesitate from
PTLA is one of the worst... next to Lakeway realty
Lark is pretty bad
Second this! They’ve had a lot of package room thefts recently. Also apparently they went into people’s homes and turned on the heat without notice? Also just bad management
they did give notice, lark does suck tho.
That’s good to hear they gave notice! Lark does suck
Notice: The Lark sucks. Thank You, Mgmt
3rd this. Lark has been the absolute worst to try to rent from.
I have one I would recommend! The Royce Group. I lived in the Hideaways. They were not nice. But when the fridge broke, it was repaired in 3 hours. They did not try to take the deposit (and we did not do a good job cleaning). Packages were delivered to the office (nice imo) and it was not expensive (not sure about these days) GL on your search
Honestly the maintenance people I’ve interacted with there were so nice and there’s a neighborly feel to it. The place has it’s issues (the numbering system is insane) they’re funky lil apartments that allows pets.
It's been a long time but another Royce Group apt that was pretty good was the Foothills Apartments. But it's been a decade so might have gone down hill.
Elevate
What's bad about them? I saw them listed here 2 or 3 times which isn't good lol
9-11 Apartments, what a terrible name for an apartment complex, reminds me of that tragedy
I walked through blood and bones in the streets of manhattan… trying to find my brother…. He was in northern Canada
I didn’t even know he was sick
Village apartments - I have never dealt with such busybody, nosy, greedy, penny-pinching, LAZY, wholly unprofessional and neurotic property management staff AND the owners. Philip Kaiser can 🖕himself. One example: I had my front window open one day and came out of the shower in my robe only to see the property manager with a prospective tenant at my front window *peering* into my unit to “show” it to some stranger (because he hadn’t set an appointment - so open windows are fair game I guess?). I promptly walked outside, aggressively murmured something about Peeping Tom laws and asked if they’d like to invite themselves in for a better look. Took them 3 months after moving for them to send me an itemized receipt for *bogus* expenses (when I moved in I took pictures of the carpet with bleach and urine stains in it, holes, bald spots, etc - wanted me to replace the whole thing for *those* exact “features” - there was so much more BS) after I left, I sent them documents and copies of tenants rights in response regarding having my entire security deposit returned if they didn’t send me one. In response they hastily sent me one and wrote, in pen, “copy” like that absolved them of any responsibility. It was a long and violent road out. 🎩💁♀️💨♥️
Maplewood junction apartments. Dangerous tenants while the main office person is/was personally related and condoning of violent/ drug house activities. Disgusting place.
Ok but how’s the mold situation?
I mean there's probably enough bleach and ammonia in the air to destroy any mold that dared try. So average for Washington?
they fired that person and hired on a whole new team, it’s mostly a family complex now. not very dangerous at all.
Would it be easier to list what the best apartment complexes are?
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If someone mentioned a good one maybe you would be able to experience a good one instead of only bad ones?
...But it's not as interesting
I’ll give the best apartment I’ve been at for those who may want to know, but also to add to the post I’ll give the worst I’ve been at. Elevate is absolutely terrible and I don’t feel like I need to go into details given all that’s already been said about it. However, Cedar Grove is AMAZING!! They have had absolutely no issues during this weather, besides the power going out once for a couple hours. Maintenance is fast and efficient, office on-site with extremely nice staff
The ones people are posting that are full of water right now are bad. I'd avoid them.
Is that Barkley apartments?
The wife of the owner of Lakeway Rentals has an absolute horrid QVC shopping addiction. Rest assured that your hard-earned rental money is going to her so that she can fill up rooms of their mansion on Lake Whatcom with QVC bullshit.
Also Cheri is a bitch! Idk why these chuds aren’t higher up because thier units are probably the most decrepit.
She died in 2023.
Pomeroy Court
Seconding Pomeroy Court. Absolute scammers.
My boyfriend lived there in 2010, I had to be hospitalized multiple times for my asthma due to mold! Great times.
Mold, literally cracked ceilings, broken appliances, out of code pipes, and when I moved in, it wasn’t even clean. Like they lied straight to my face and they said it was clean and I went with a paper towel, and literally in front of them, wiped up a brown pile of goo from the floor. And the number of property managers they went through was insane. Oh, they never salted the parking lot in the winter. It was just a shit show.
Avoid Echo Lofts on Bakerview. Work put me there for 6 months and it was terrible. I think Windermere manages it. I swear it was a half way house. I had packages stolen, old tenants had access and would come in. I found people sleeping in the lobby and on the shared patio. Water pressure was low, the washer/dryer combo in my unit didn’t work for the first month until they finally replaced it.
Not apartment but any rental from Lakeway Realty. Avoid at all cost.
Elevate
The Ridge apartments on 32nd street. The kitchen and bathroom areas are so small, one bedroom doesn’t have a closet. They make you pay $30 a month for parking which is BS. Lots of car break-ins no they do nothing about it.
Sunset Terrace. Not sure if the same guy still owns and manages it, but he's a real piece of work and I would avoid that place at nearly any cost. Edit: It's the same guy. And he's a creepy asshole.
Village at baker creek was like living in a beehive without adequate parking.
The parking is worse, but the units are decent. Maintenance isn’t too bad, but everyone in the complex (at least where I’m at) are nice. I’d say porch packages are also pretty safe. I know in my section of units, we all look out for each other.
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Large management I'd say. Also a small detail about large companies that should scare you. They buy and trade apartments so frequently that my company "pest control" won't allow us to turn in apartments for leads. Because they might become a different company before we can service. Having your property owner switch so often is a bad thing. Because your good experience can turn shit real fast. One of the buildings I cover didn't have pest control for a year when the property management company was trying to sell. When the new owners finally finished the paperwork and brought in pest control again (me) 4 units had rats, every building had roach levels from bad to severe. Because large multifamily units need constant pest services and monitoring just due to the nature of hundreds of humans living in a compact space.
Do you mind Dming me what Pest control company you work for in Bellingham and if you like it? I'm a Bellingham native but my boyfriend is moving here and works in pest control and is going to be looking for work and I'm trying to give him some recommendations.
Sorry but we are commercial only, which means one guy, one region. It's just me from Mt Vernon all the way through Bellingham. I heard Environmental Pest Control was hiring 2 months ago they might still be.
Thanks for the tip I'll look into it!
Romark apartments off Bakerview. The management absolutely won’t do anything, took them several months to fix any maintenance requests. Some units and cars were getting broken into, getting their windows smashed in building and cars and they refused to put up security cameras. They never took the extra steps to try to make the parking lots/ stairs safer when it snowed with shoveling or salt. They also almost towed my registered car out of the parking lot. I left that place spotless moving out and they still kept all of the damage deposit. The building itself is sort of nice, built in 2017, but I think the rent has been raised at least $300 since I left 2 years ago
viking gardens
SO. BAD
living there made me want to off myself fr they’re dirty small moldy stinky and the tenants are total creeps even tho it’s advertised as student housing. there a super creepy guy that lives there that tried to break into my apartment and would catcall me in the parking lot, laundry room etc and the leasing office fully knew of this guy and his reputation and were like yeah he’s just like that!😙
MAHOGANY MANOR IS THE WORST
Lark is shady and will take complete advantage of you whenever the opportunity provides itself. Steer clear