J R Owens Corp

First of all– they purposely write fake reviews to give themselves higher ratings. And How can you add a review from your own account? Absolutely the worst management company I have ever had to deal with. Totally unethical and what I just stated above proves that to me. Disgusting. I’m positive they do that to try to offset the negative ratings of people like myself who have no problem letting everyone know how terrible they are. They’re Unsupportive. My best friend and I live here for only one year and BESIDES the location, our experience was awful. There is an infestation of rats in the alley where we parked our car, so beware. These rats will eat the wires in your car. Try to nusle up inside when it’s cold. Speaking of cold, we tried using the heat in the winter– the place is so old, which they like to call «Historical»… That’s cute an all except when we tried to use the heat in the winter our BGE bill ended up costing up to HALF the amount of our rent. We complained to management and maintence several times with no support all winter. There was clearly unproperly sealed windows, cracks in the walls, etc causing huge drafts. So even when we tried to seal windows– it did nothing because of the structural problems. Even when the heat was on it was still freezing. After I threatening to take legal action– only THEN did they comp. us 1 month worth of rent. Which really was NOT enough for the fact that we suffered all winter in physical and financial distress.
The person who showed us the place — Rosemary, we saw her at the end of our lease when she was showing new prospective tenants our place. I shared with these people what we went through at that location (as when I was looking for new places I gladly welcomed the perspective of the people who had previously lived there). This employee was obviously not happy about this, however, she cared more about making her money filling the space than being ethical. I asked her why she didn’t share any of this info with us when we moved in. She wrote me an email later rudely telling me not to talk to these prospective tenants. This place does not care about YOU, they care about running a shady business. They deserve to be reported.

I lived here for one year. It was mostly a good experience. They are a bit slow on service requests sometimes because they aren’t staffed like a big corporate apartment complex, but you get to know the people that work there and develop a report with them. Sometimes some of the staff are in a bad mood, but most of the time they are really nice and helpful. The unit I stayed in had parking, which was a huge plus for this area as it’s hard to come by, and the cost was reasonable. The biggest plus was this was the first place that I got most of my deposit back, I’ve been really screwed over in the past. But being that I kept the place in really good shape, they offered for me to use their cleaning service and just deduct that out of my deposit, and that was all that was deducted so that was really nice. Overall I had a really great experience there and I would recommend living in one of their units.

I lived in an apartment owned by this company for about 8 months. I had to cut my lease short because the upstairs neighbor clogged up his sink so bad, the pipe burst into my bathroom and the ceiling almost caved in. Additionally, other tenant brought cockroaches with him and infested the entire building. Before those situations happened, it was basic. Met my needs for «shelter.»
For $ 575 a month, the studio apartment was okay and I felt safe. Needed new windows, new floors, and the 40+ years of paint scraped off the walls. The building was built in 1880 — so it was a expected. Also, I didn’t use the washer/​dryer. The first time I used it, someone was taking my underwear out of the machines and it was way too dark and cramped for my liking in the basement. I personally wouldn’t rent from them again, but I would recommend JR Owens Corp to someone if they are just starting out and need something cheap. If you are polite and on top of things (maintenance requests, rent, etc.) they will be okay and won’t bother you.
Even with the ceiling damages, they had no problem with me ending my lease early because the damages were extensive. I received my security deposit back in full.

I’ve lived in an apartment owned by this company for almost 7 years. I love my apartment. I’ve never had a problem with the staff. I find them friendly and responsive when I have a problem. My washer and dryer unit went up and was replaced in less than a week. The management company is responsive when you need them and they leave you alone otherwise — a great combination in my book. There are innate problems with the building that are due to the building being old and on the historic registry for the neighborhood — and I’m happy to work with those in exchange for the great place I have.

My wife and I rented a one bedroom with J.R. Owens for 2 years. The apartment was really nice, in a great location, at a surprisingly reasonable price. The only major downside was that it was tough to heat in the winter time.
I’d tend to agree they could improve their responsiveness to maintenance requests (we had some re-​occurring issues with our stove and the washer/​dryer), but they were never rude and in some ways I kind of liked that they were more hands-​off (they never gave us any trouble for getting a dog, painting a wall, etc.). They worked out an early move-​out with us, and gave us back our security deposit (95% — very reasonable) within 45 days of moving out. I’ve had several bad landlords in the past, and JR Owens is definitely not one of them.

The apartment I lived in was average. I lived there for 5 years, rent would go up, however there were never any improvements. Maintenance requests would always take a least a few days to fulfill. The staff is very unresponsive, they had to be contacted numerous times for any response or action to be taken. Moving out was a huge pain. The staff was late to the move out inspection. Once I moved out it took over the 45 days they quoted to get my security deposit back. They claimed this timeframe was noted in the lease I signed, it wasn’t. Glad I no longer have to deal with an unprofessional leasing office.

I lived in an J.R. Owens unit for two years and I am so happy to finally be out. Two weeks after moving in, there was a bedbug infestation. Instead of hiring professional exterminators, they just used their maintenance guy with spray you can buy at Target. The problem took three months to eliminate, and when I would call after finding more bugs, they accused me of being paranoid and said that maybe my pets had fleas – I had to freeze the bugs in a baggie as proof. The building was also roach infested, but regardless of how many times I called, they only sent their regular maintenance guy with cheap spray. Regular maintenance requests took forever and were only cheap fixes. The emergency line was a beeper number. There was a small fire in the building one time, and by the time the guy had responded to his pager, the fire dept. had already broken down the door. The staircase was rickety and parts of it kept falling off. The floor was in horrible condition and clearly not well cared for. The building is practically falling apart, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was in violation of several city codes.

We rented from JR Owens for two years. The rent was reasonable and the apartment was average. My biggest issue is with the rude or non-​responsive staff. Repairs requests are ignored completely or not done in a timely manner. When they are done they’re not done well.
Security deposits with this company are an issue. They will take their time providing you with any information about your deposit and they will then outright rip you off whith inflated repair costs or non-​existing issues. One example is that we were charged $ 35 for a soap dish near the bathroom sink that was missing when we moved in. Judging by the matching cup/​toothbrush holder that was still there, this item is a $ 6 item at your local home depot that would take all of 5 minutes to install. The list goes on and on, they’re sketcy and in many ways untrustworthy.
My car was broken into twice while in their «secure» parking lot behind my building. I asked if they would be willing to install a light back there to discourage such activity and I was told by the maintenance man, «we’re not gonna spend thousands of dollars so you can save fifty cent.»
«Thousands of dollars»? «fifty cent» ?
It cost me several hundred to get my car window replaced, twice. I later found out by talking to other tenants that the maintenance man who lived in the basement was highly suspect and has been accused of breaking into cars and helping himself to people’s jewelry and other valuables in apartments. Things went missing with no sign of a break in. This guy had a key, coincidence? I think not.
All in all JR Owens is a terrible property management company with lowlives and inept people who are incompetent if not outright criminal in the way they «manage» their apartments.