10/30/09

terrible completely terrible

by bls1989

I moved to richmond almost two years ago now, my roommate and I at the time saw this great deal with what I've now come to know as Metor. The building is really falling apart and it's just plain dirty. They charge you a butt load for some piece of crap apartment that is covered in roaches, spiders, and other weird bugs. BUT you will never see them upon your walk through with that brain child of a property owner named Jim. It's mostly family owned, I mean what do you expect, they are so sweet to you until you sign that lease then they don't care anymore. They will suck you out of as much money as they possibly can. They tell you that you are signing a 12 month lease when if you read all of the leases end july 31st, no matter when you sign? I mean it's hard times now and if you are late they charge you ten thousand fees or take you to court no problem if you don't drop a massive amount of money within a few days. I tried getting out of the apartment I was in, but they continued to make up excuses of why I couldn't sublet it out or told me that my NEW renter would also have to lay down a deposit also... 1,200 deposit on a 640 a month apartment? You've got to be kidding me. Terrible completely Terrible, please do yourself a favor and DO NOT rent from these people. They are scammers and money hungry, it's pathetic. Just to keep my apartment they told me I needed to fork over 1,200 dollars in five days ( this being five days before the new rent was due) I'm sorry, but being a human being.... in the real world. It really isn't possible for me as a college student to pull that money out of my butt. I tried explaining my situation to Jim's thick headed wife Debbie, but of course you tell them something... they hear, but never make note or remember what was said. They lie and lie and lie and lie just to cover their own butts. They have definitely proudly earned their spot as one of the WORST rental companies in Richmond

• Pros: location
• Cons: everything

10/14/09

love it

by asteebs

Chose the place because of the newly done hard wood floors, new tile in kitchen and in bathroom. Of course there are some cracks in the walls, but Richmond is all about history and with that you get 100 year old buildings with cracks in the walls. havn't run into any pest problems yet. Maintenance came night of our call for power outage. They came a couple days after our complaint for the AC vent being pretty loud. Nothing they could do about it but they answered our call in a timely manner! I think Metro is pretty good. I think the main thing is that you have to know Richmond and what type of atmosphere you are looking for.

• Pros: newly rennovated, timely service, good block
• Cons: happens rarely, but parking is a hassle

07/01/09

It's the fan!

by limyboo

Don't be too swayed by all the reviews that you read for Metro Properties. They have an abundance of different apartments that you can choice from. From the very beginning working with them I had many different options of properties to chose from. I didn't have a preference as to where in the city I was so I could chose anywhere from the VCU area, to the Fan, to the museum district and even some further west.

I am currently renting with Metro properties and have been completely satisfied with my experience. My apartment is very well sized and upon moving in everything was redone. All walls had been painted, all floors had been redone, we had a brand new fridge and diswasher. After a few weeks in the apartment it started to get warm outside and so naturally I went to turn on the AC and it worked great for a few days but then started to not cool as well. I called Metro and they had it fixed that day...and I've had no problems since.

Keep in mind that Richmond is a very historical city and a lot of the buildings in the fan are extremely old. They are most definitely not going to be perfect, if you want perfect don't move into the fan. All of the fan buildings have lots of charateristics and charm and that is what makes them unique. That's the fun of living in the downtown Richmond area...living in historical buildings and being in walking distance of one-of-a-kind restaurants, bars, and stores!