Lark Baton Rouge, baton-rouge-la

When I moved in July of 2023. The unit I had moved into had not been cleaned at all. The drink from the last tenants had still been on the counter. Shortly after my car and multiple other students was towed from the garage due to not having parking stickers we were not instructed to pick up. The community was very loud, people who didn’t stay could easily get access and the hallways always had dog pee/poo. Not to mention the a/c kept going out Fast forward to feb 2025 the a/c had stopped working again. As my roommate and I were putting in work orders management would cancel it. In march we were told they had ordered the part. By April (going on 2 months with no A/C), management stated they were still waiting on the part at this point summer heat had been extreme. During this time I expressed breaking my lease or moving out due to inhabitable conditions, my lease was due to end in July. Managed said that I would have to find someone who was a student that was willing to take over my lease because they could not afford any financial adjustments right (due to already evicting majority of the building.) Why would anyone in their right mind move into an apartment with no A/C?? By May 2025, the air in the unit had still not been working so I decided to move out. After move out and once again explaining to management my decisions, they still told me I could not break my lease and tried to offer me a vacant apartment AFTER I had completed vacated the premises. The complex also installed a window unit in the LIVING ROOM, AFTER I had vacated the premises. Claiming that the unit had been installed since April which was very false. I was not only billed for the remaining balance of my lease, but I was also billed over 1k in damages I did not create. Damages that the apartment came in the day I moved in. For example: I was billed for a rusty air vent on the ceiling that is obviously could not have been caused by a person. Do not lease here! Putting any tenant through 3 months of no A/C in the summer heat is not okay. Currently working on a law suit!

Me and my roommate moved in two weeks ago. When we first moved in the apartment we were placed in was a dump. the carpet and walls were BLACK. there was mold growing everywhere. It looked as though they tried to fix it and then just painted over it so new tenants couldn’t tell. They didn’t even bother to clean the unit. The entire unit smelled of cat and dog pee. The furniture was completely scratched up. My room had a hole in the carpet, dust everywhere, toothpaste in the sink, the bathtub was brown. My roommates walls looked like someone rubbed dirt all over them and the carpet looked moldy. Her drawer was missing? Her bathtub was also covered in dirt. The vents had mold growing all over them and when we told someone about they proceeded to tell us that it was “just condensation” last time i checked that would be water and water creates mold? We ended up getting moved to a new unit but one that also came with more problems. Most recently my roommates ceiling started growing mold. We have called them 7 times and no one has come to fix the mold. It is out of hand how the managers act like they care then proceed to do nothing about the situation at hand. They take full advantage of college kids “not knowing anything” and let you live in unlivable situations. The only reason we got moved from our originally unit was because we found someone wandering the hallway and made them come look at the unit. Otherwise we would still be living there because the only answer the office could give us was “maintenance will come at some point”. We’ve placed multiple work orders for the issues we have now and nothing has been fixed. I understand people have lives but those people get to go home to a mold free bedroom and sleep peacefully. I read the reviews the night before we moved in and honestly wish i would’ve known before i signed my lease. It was very heartbreaking to know that i’m paying as much as i am for a unit to look like this and to be treated like this from the staff.

Proceed with caution! HARD NO!👎🏽🚫 College move in this past weekend. Absolutely horrible! 😨 Blatant disregard for parents 💶. Safety & sanitation issues galore! Nothing was prepared for them: smoke detectors chirping all iver the unit. We changed a few batteries and still couldn't find some other chirping sources.🤷🏾‍♀️, apartment common space and suites were filthy, unsanitary, facilities broken, AC registers spewing heavy black dust, along w/the intake in the hall, missing drawers & bottom shelves missing in the fridge. Broken blinds on the balcony door, All Ceiling fan blades nasty, thick layers of fust, 3rd floor outer main hall deplorable. Landfill Stinky trash smell, unable to take deep breaths. Previous inhabitants left a large unauthorized table in the common area. Mounted toilet paper holder broken, inner floors so filthy, the mop water kept returning black after 5 passes - used clorox & lysol! Finally gave up. Out light bulbs w/exotic fitting, unable to locate replacement at hardware store. Missing shower bar. Husband & son scrubbed & mopped the entire 3rd floor hallways because Tennants were tracking filth & stench into units. Some expressed gratitude for the service. See before & after. So disappointing. Very sad about this experience, and stuck in a lease. The model was nothing like this months ago. The pictures they have to view are fake, staged, AI or from many years ago. The fire extinguisher was sitting on the floor of the hall outside of the apartment. Bracket was broken off the wall! Husband mounted it back with his own tools & hardware. I don't know how BR allows them to stay in business. Parents are getting hustled and children are unsafe! Our child has serious allergies and her health and wellbeing are at risk in these conditions. 😢

Do NOT move here if at all possible. After years of milking students for every last penny, they have found a new way. The very limited visitor parking available to every resident is now paid parking! In order to have a guest visit you, be ready to dish out some cash. The Scion Group is one of the most awful and greedy companies behind student living communities.

This is the least accommodating place I have ever lived. Upon signing my lease, I was told that I could move in a week earlier than the move-in date to begin work at LSU. When the time came, I was told that it was no longer possible. It was almost as if they seemed to have forgotten about our agreement altogether. I now have similar problems trying to move out. Also, politely ask to see more of the living quarters and hallways than what you are shown during the tour. They might try and explain that their policy only allows you to see the units that are not actually representative of the complex at large. If this happens, you can easily take your own tour by entering at any one of the various broken entrance points. Simply walk up to the door, and violà! No key required. The complex is constantly covered in animal piss, trash, and empty alcohol containers, and at least once a week you will be stuck in an elevator with a pile of animal feces (as if awkward elevator rides weren't bad enough). Loud music, running in the hallways, barking dogs left outside on the balcony, and the smell of marijuana are also attributes of The Lark past 9 pm. If it’s a really wild night you might even find vomit outside your door, AND it might even stay there for two weeks! There is also not a single fire extinguisher in any of the buildings. All of the cases hanging on the walls where they should be are empty. Seriously, do yourself a favor and live anywhere else. The Armstrong is two blocks away and ¼ of the price, while The District Apartments are similar in price, 75% cleaner, and equally close to campus. The management team here really needs to focus on improving the actual standard of living its tenants endure rather than touting the free cereal and lazy river. Look at the pictures below if you'd like to see what an average day living here looks like. This is just on my way home from the grocery store.