Lark Athens, athens-ga

The Lark is not a place I would recommend!!! Quality of this complex has declined every year during our three years here! And the property mgt company has been negligent in terms of keeping this building well maintained. What used to be upscale housing is no more!!! Broken and non functioning security gates for two years, trash spilling over every weekend (rent an extra dumpster for heavens sake), rats seen in parking garage, hallways not refreshed, flickering outdated hallway lights, noisy tenants who are not managed by property mgt team. Limited building maintenance of the overall property. Example: balconies never washed or cleaned and the once white railings are moldy! But we will share that when something needed repair like lightbulbs and simple stuff they were timely. We are not dramatic- but rather state what we have observed. There are so many better places for your student to live in Athens!

1/10/2026: UPDATE. Since I had no way out of breaking my old lease, the old manager switched me to a new apartment. MORE MOLD. Legit hairy mold growing on my window sill. ( I added more pictures) The pool has been closed since last year, with absolutely no update on when it will be open. Maybe some kind of incentive for taking the pool away the whole time it was warm..? No, the best part is NEW management (turnover rate is high for managers) has the audacity to raise rates for this dump but can’t give the residents the common decency to inform them maybe when it could possibly open. So anyone considering signing here, there is no pool still. It’s managements fault the pool got shut down in the first place. The trash is getting worse, the rat problem is getting worse. Owls now hangout near the trash compactor because the amount of rats that decided to make the Lark their new home. Oh, and homeless still digs in the trash! I beg anyone who considers this place to understand that the 1 star reviews are genuine. The 5 star reviews are raffles to get prizes. 2025: this place is an absolute public health hazard and a lawsuit waiting to happen. I don’t even know where to begin with my experience living here. talk about false promises. they promised me new carpet in my room as the previous tenant that occupied my room destroyed it with the zoo of animals that lived in there. but continuously tried to charge me the $330 damage fee for carpet I didn’t even mess up. I have emailed and called multiple times about getting it replaced and never heard anything back even though I have emails saved to them agreeing to replacing it. mold everywhere. my room. my bathroom. my living room. and they constantly blame it on the “metal windows” and do nothing about it. the trash compactor is a joke. piles of trash 24/7. even to the point where the HOMELESS rummage through it. rats all the time. and to continue on the homeless. multiple times they have been caught sleeping in the pool bathrooms and stairs wells. but authorities are never contacted, they are simply just escorted by management to the front of the property and released just for them to come back. and that lovely resort pool has been closed for months. corporate came to shut it down because it didn’t pass inspection, just for me to overhear corporate themselves say “that no human should be swimming in that pool. its unsafe.” the gate they promise “for safety” never works. its always broken. residents get their cars broken into and their license plates stolen. mind you, I resigned my lease here and still pay for my room but personally chose to leave my apartment because living here is a total nightmare.

first of all the apartment itself is disgusting. rats, mold, the bathtubs don’t even drain and good luck with getting any type of maintenance done, they don’t reply! also, the walls were left SPOTLESS, and they’re trying to charge us $500 yet won’t even provide photos and “can’t talk about it on the phone.” this place is a SCAM. don’t go here.

I high recommend no one lives at lark and Ill explain why. Pros: - Good location - Rooms are big Cons: - When my room was flooded last semester we had to deal with a week of loud fans and maintenance coming in at any time during the day and had to beg to be moved to another room (once we were moved it was 2 bed 1 bath and we still had to pay the same 2 bed 2 bath rate.) - They will spend as much money as needed fixing the gate but once it comes to fixing the flashing lights in the hallways or the numerous bugs and trash there as well it is "We will work on it soon!" - Parking is maliciously unclear on their FAQ, community policy, Leasing agreement, and on the physical signs. Had a couple guests come visit to hang out and they all got towed in the visitor parking when the leasing agreement claims 24 hour parking is valid. (They will also bombard you with 5-10 emails a week and we recieved 1 email which gave us the "rule" that all visitors require a pass which you can *only get while the office is open*) - My dryer has been dysfunctional ever since moving in (requires 2 80 minute cycles to dry 1 batch) and after 7-8 work requests over the course of a year they have still never fixed it. - Packages can only be picked up 10am-6pm M-F (this is quite frustrating as a college student with a part time job since I am busy during these times often) - There is a horrid stench within a 50-100ft radius around the trash which is never fixed/cleaned for more than a day - There is always a rat or 2 which will greet you when you need to throw away your trash and recycle There is many more issues however I believe my point has been made. I also sent an email to lark before posting this if there was any way to fix any of the following, however either promises were not fulfilled (it has been over a month) or they did not wish to help. EDIT 1: Added Photos and video of some things I was talking abt (lights flickering/dirty hallway and parking issues) EDIT 2: not letting me upload videos at the moment Ill try and have it up at some point EDIT 3: Lark had the Gall to say “this should be an email so we can ‘properly’ escalate” as if i didnt send this entire list of issues and warn them they can either fix it or I can post it. Each response they gave showed they were completely uninterested in helping out their resident as long as they are squeezing out the money from college students 😹😹😹

Management is unhelpful and unresponsive. This place is obviously managed to extract the most possible money with the least amount of work/quality allowed. 5 star reviews are bought/encouraged with giveaway entries! Take all these with a grain of salt as they are basically bought by the complex. -Pool was closed for the entirety of summer with 0 recourse for residents. -Guest parking “privileges” are randomly revoked and guests will be towed extremely quick and price gouged to get their car back. -Mold literally everywhere. You keep cleaning and it keeps coming back -UNSAFE! Frequent car break ins, all exterior doors are broken and unlocked, homeless people will occasionally be wandering the hallways. THERE ARE NO SECURITY CAMERAS! Hit and runs are frequent in the garage. -Hallways and stairwells are gross and never cleaned. -Frequent flooding especially on lowest floor. -Management is condescending and passive aggressive, and will move at a snails pace without respecting the fact that this is your home. Run don’t walk away. You think you’re getting a “good deal” here but the will figure out every other way to extract money, time, and peace from you.