Gaslight Property

Gaslight apartments are the apartments that take advantage of location but not put in any efforts in cleaning up the building spending some money on the building make it up today’s !! When I asked them about why is the building always dirty and no cleaning crew they said they have one !! And said we want it to stay historical!!! Please look at the pictures and see if this is historical or what !!!
I missed up by giving them a 5 stars it should be only 2

Before moving into a Gaslight Property I lived in an old, run down Italianate in the West End. It had no insulation and plumbing problems galore. It was heaven compared to Gaslight. The first Gaslight property I moved into was on Hillcrest Ave. in College Hill. While being shown it I was told that it was a quiet complex and a nice neighborhood. BS. I lived there for two months and between the domestic violence, gunshots, open air drug deals in the parking lot, and the hallways constantly smelling like drugs I demanded to be moved to a different apartment. After viewing several other place I settled for a building on Ludlow called Tudor Court. The apartment is nice and the location is great. What they failed to mention to me, and to everyone else who moves in this building is that they have an ongoing bed bug problem that their incompetent maintenance staff (they won’t hire professional exterminators) is incapable of taking care of. I’ve had to throw out everything in my place that was upholstered and wash every piece of clothing I own, costing me a ton of time and money. Think they’ll compensate you for your inconvenience? Get real. There is zero urgency to take care of your concerns on their part. You’ll be paying what I would consider to be «premium» quality in rent. The service and amenities you will get are anything but. As in the previous reviews, I hope you don’t mind total strangers roaming around your place while you’re not home, it’ll happen about once a month. Run, don’t walk away from Gaslight Properties. I wouldn’t renew my lease if they cut my rent in half. It’s the highest rent I’ve ever paid and the worst place I’ve ever lived. Save yourself a ton of misery and DO NOT RENT FROM GASLIGHT.

Gaslight Property isn’t perfect, but I would rent with them again.
Many of my friends have faced big problems, but luckily I hadn’t. For one, they raise prices as often as possible. This means raising rent yearly in some buildings, they started charging some buildings (with dumpsters not curb pick up) for trash removal, and now they are going to start charging for heat. For some reason in 3 years, my rent never went up, I never had to re-​sign a lease, etc. I ended up getting a steal for what I was paying. The biggest problem of all is that they have been getting rid of all the affordable apartments in Gaslight. When I moved into the neighborhood, apartments were as low as $ 500 for a single bedroom, now you can’t even get an efficiency for that rate. A single bedroom is more in the $ 650 – 800 range. That’s fine, but grad students can’t afford that, so I am not sure who they plan on renting to. When my friend had to be relocated they put her in an apartment that was $ 200 more a month. What a joke. If you can pay $ 700−800/month for an apartment why wouldn’t you rent a house or even buy one if you have a down payment?
As for me, I only faced a few minor/​medium problems.
1. My building had some bug problems but they exterminated and the problems went away, which is more than I can say for some companies in the neighborhood.
2.Some of the maintenance workers are loud and ridiculous. They would blare Taylor Swift in the hallway (yuck) while I am trying to work from home.
3. They didn’t take the trash to the curb every week and at some point it got so bad I had to take my garbage to a dumpster in a the parking lot across the street. I had to complain over and over before the problem was resolved.
4. One time they «accidentally» sent me an eviction notice which I didn’t think was too professional.
5. They love to do random «inspections» where they literally walk in and out. I always made sure to be home because that is creepy, but I realize not everyone can be. I hope you like random men going through your apartment.
6. The thing that angered me the most in 3 years actually occurred right before I moved out. I had slept away one night and when I came home there were 2 maintenance men in my apartment UNANNOUNCED. In the past they had always put up a notice at least a full day in advance. It is totally unacceptable to come into a tenants’ apartment without notice.
Overall though, they are good, but made some mistakes that I did not approve of. I locked myself out once and they came immediately. Every time I had a maintenance problem they came immediately. I loved my apartment for the price. They ACTUALLY RETURN YOUR DEPOSIT which smaller owners won’t. As I said, when we did have a bug problem they actually took care of it immediately, which again, other apartment owners won’t.
For comparison, they are 100x better than Clifton Colony.

After living for 4 months at 3209 Bishop St gaslight property, I have a pretty good idea of this apartment building. Here is the breakdown:
Pros: Affordable, very close to campus, quiet surroundings by the Burnet Woods park, heat, cooking gas and one parking spot are included in the rent, very responsive maintenance (all issues were resolved promptly), no bed bugs in this complex (unlike Gaslight’s two other Bishop St buildings down the road)
Cons: Worn-​out wood floors and the management shows no interest in resurfacing them, paper-​thin walls (I can hear neighbors next to me and below me walk, sing, talk, watch TV etc as though they are in my own apartment), first floor neighbor’s cigarette smoke enters my apartment and the management hasn’t solved this issue so far. Stinky bugs crawl inside the apartment through holes in the old balcony door, pipes creak every time I wash dishes (does not bother me that much). My car was broken into and ransacked 2 times so far in this 4 months here. My neighbors’ (old lady next door) car was also broken into 2 times within a month! No valuables were in both cars on both occasions and nothing was taken. Most likely, some crackheads break into cars out of despair. So, I posted about this security issue on Gaslight facebook page, but the post was deleted. I then sent a message to the property manager Aimee to install security cameras and possibly a fence and a gate. Update: The manager called and told me that Gaslight won’t do anything about break-​ins as they think it’s expensive and not helpful installing any cameras etc. Therefore, I guess the break-​ins will continue with some frequency here.

Gaslight Property is an asset to the Clifton Community as well as the University Communities in and around Clifton. Gaslight Property is family owned and operated by a long time Clifton Gaslight Family. I have watched Gasllight Property rehab buildings, clean up streets and make them more desirable and safe for renters and neighboring home owners. Gaslight Property gives back to the Clifton Community as well. I have seen their signage and sponsorship at local festivals and events.
I have lived in Clifton Gaslight for more than a couple of decades and I may have never rented from Gaslight Property, but my adult child rented a lovely apartment on Ludlow. If a problem or concern is brought to their attemtion, they quckly respond ams try to rectify it.

good: maintenance are nice and fast.
bad: rooms are small and old.
attention: their managers are evil. they rerent my apartment half year before my lease end without my agreement. When I try to pick a new apartment from them, they charge higher price which is different from what they show on their website. My friends was informed the listed price (which is show on their website) for the same room. They are so greedy. They use lower price to get new customer and raise price after one year.

I think they are good.
My bathroom faucet was leaking. I called their office and the maintenance personnel came to get it fixed within a week. The window blinds were also replaced — twice, since the first time the size was not right. And all of the services were free. Every time I visited them, they were friendly and nice.
I have also heard my friends whining about them, but in my opinion that was because my friend did not follow what was written on the lease. I think in general they are doing decent.

Mike Gasperetti was the most helpful individual I could have possibly worked with. Knew what he was talking about and def did not try to be shady like most clifton renters.
The apartment was top notch, definitely better quality than what is traditionally found in clifton.

I also moved into a re-​innovated apartment building. I will admit that at first there was a lot of things that needed fixing but they were really quick to have someone come in and do it. I have had bug problems for the last 2 of the 3 years living there and that is probably my biggest complaint; however, it seems inevitable as compared to the others postings. They have come in and sprayed multiple times but every summer they come back. The people living in the building are mostly students (as I am) so therefore noise hasn’t been too much of an issue, at least not in this building. I would even go to say that the walls pretty sound proof except that I can hear when my neighbor runs the water but I can live with that. If you do run a lot of water in your sink you can hear the pipes creaking so that has been kind of annoying, but again, nothing that isn’t tolerable. I’m from Chicago originally so I think the pricing for the apartment is extremely awesome but apparently thats kind of pricey-​ish for around here from what I understand. But there’s free parking out back and heat and water included. Overall I would definitely recommend this place for students or young professionals. I lived with gaslight for 3 years and I’m leaving only because I’m leaving the state so there you go!

Like the first reviewer I too moved into a renovated apartment on Lowell avenue. Like he mentioned before the floors were great, bathroom and kitchen redone with new cabinets, and tile.
I have had a little better experience than Alex had. I have been living in my apartment for two years and I feel like the company has done a good job. There is a maintenance man that lives on site and he is very nice and you will even see him walking his dog every morning in the back lot. The service is timely and convenient.
Most of the people living in my building are post grad students or later undergrads so the activity level is nice.
I did have some of the problems Alex described including the overflow of a toilet and the bugs. But, we are in Clifton and the bugs aren’t nearly as bad as some of the buildings I lived in nearer to UC Campus. Also, the Gaslight people came every Friday, to my building at least, to spray in every apartment.
The owners are nice, the owners daughter however, is not. When you call ask for one of the owners as they are much more understanding. They always call me back if I leave a message. The daughter seems like she has a stick up her butt for some reason and would get an F– in any hospitality class.
My 2 years at Gaslight Properties have been a very swell experience and I plan to live here until I graduate. I would recommend any of their properties to any others looking for a place in this area.
Update: I recently moved downtown and Gaslight did a poor job handling my move out. We were nickle and dimed for a lot of stuff that we really shouldn’t have been. It is still a nice place to live if your going to school or work in one of the many hospitals but for the price it is a little small. It is a nice building though and the free heat is always great.

As I first walked in to sign my lease for Gaslight Properties, a girl was walking out in anger. She warned me not to sign with them, that they were terrible.
I wouldn’t call them terrible, but I probably should have listened.
Gaslight Properties does many things well. I moved into a beautiful new completely redone apartment on Lowell Avenue. It has gorgeous hardwood floors and nice lighting. The maintenance man lived in the building next door, and if I had an issue, he would be over within the day.
However, I had many issues. My lock broke four different times. They kept promising they would replace it, but they never did. My toilet leaked and created mildew behind the bowl. The girl next to me’s bathtub flooded when she filled it for the first time, so I was too afraid to ever fill mine. I had a cockroach problem last summer that kept coming back, even though I keep a very clean home. And once, two birds worked their way through the wall and flew into my home. That was a bad day.
The worst part was, though, that they threw me out without explanation. A few months ago, my landlord told me he had received an anonymous complaint about me about things that did not happen (he said the complainer had come to talk to me about noise, but no one ever talked to me. Not once). I asked my landlord to set up a meeting between me and this person, so I could find out what their issues were and we could work them out. My landlord said they were anonymous and he did not know who was making the complaint.
A month ago, he came and told me he’d received another complaint and that, because I was month-​to-​month, he was asking me to leave at the end of 30 days! I never had a chance to explain myself — I didn’t even have a chance to find out what I did wrong. He said he now knew who was complaining, but would not set up a meeting between me and them. He just wanted me out.
Eventually, he gave me 60 days to find a new apartment, which was nice of him, but still, it just seems a bad way to do business.
I’m sure I wasn’t the perfect tenant and they have complaints I don’t know about — but that’s the problem. Instead of talking to me, they found it easier just to throw me out. Legally, they are completely within their rights to do so, but it just doesn’t seem right.
I fell in love with the apartment and location they had, and I was happy to live there. I just wish they did better businesses with their tenants. Just a warning to you.