The Retreat at Corvallis, corvallis-or

Overall good, I am living comfortably to what I need to be. But there is many disrupting qualities of my apartment for both me and my roommates. Many built in appliances need repairs and adjustments such as kitchen sinks and bathroom sinks dont drain properly and or leak from the facet or piping. Dishwasher is low quality, barely cleans well even if I wash my dishes pre hand. There is also mold in some places that we have had to clean and could have been easily avoidable if properly cared. Moving in into this place was a mess, it was quite unsanitary, me and my father had to clean much of it up and scrub things down. Lastly, the issue with the internet is unacceptable and a waste of my money. This is by far the most disappointing thing since moving in. We have no internet like we were told we would have and I know that Yugo management is aware of this problem but has yet to do something significant about it and as well has been ignoring requests from renters asking what can be done or what the problem is. Overall much of the problems we’ve found is problems left before we moved in and now having to deal with them. I expected better management of the living spaces pre hand or at least requiring previous renters to clean up before they leave. But besides that it’s been manageable and I am satisfied with my living arrangement as long as our concerns are properly addressed.

I am not happy at all with my experience at the Retreat. I moved in to a disgusting apartment that was not properly cleaned, yet got charged over $450 for cleaning fees when I moved out!! My rent was over $1000 a month and I have no idea how that was used. Facilities in the weight room were constantly out of order, I never used the hot tub ONCE thanks to it also being broken for two years straight, and when we had a bird nest on our balcony they made me and my roommates deal with it. I also lived there two years consecutively and they still raised my rent over $100 a month. This is the greediest corporation I have ever experienced. I have never paid more to live somewhere that was so unorganized, unkept, untimely, unhelpful and unreachable. I have been waiting over 2 weeks for an answer to an email about my “move out charges” ($450) after cleaning the entire place diligently. I do not recommend living here at all. Prepare to pay far more than the surrounding area for an absolute dump and nightmare of an apartment.

Absolutely frustrating experience, and I don’t even live here. First of all, many student apartments not allowing dual occupancy is ridiculous. In this economy and in a college town, the rent is definitely unreasonable. The rates are per bed, which is also frustrating but I can understand the reasoning as it is student housing. I went in for a tour at 10am, but they had scheduled somebody else for a tour at the exact same time. They told me to come back at 1. I had already skipped my 10am lecture to do this because it was the only time available. When I and the other girl got there, we were both told that neither of us were in their bookings. Their website is flawed and doesn’t even go over the half of their policies. The location is nice with good amenities, but this entire apartment is a scam for college students who have limited housing and barely enough money to make rent. The ladies at the front desk were nice and helpful, no hate to them. However, the management and overall system is ridiculous.

Dirty, expensive, scammy, pool and hot tub often closed. Check out the buildings where the flats are: dusty, piss on the stairs, smelly, cobwebs everywhere. And that's just the outside. Inside the apartments: carpets are dirty, vents are dusty, walls are dirty and unpainted. But wait, they charge you to "clean" the apartment, the carpet, and to "paint". That is a SCAM to keep your deposit because every apartment I went to was clearly dirty and walls had not been painted in ages. You know how even when a carpet is stained, if it is vacuumed and cleaned you can tell by how it feels on the feet, and conversely when it is filthy? Their carpets are FILTHY, definitely not washed, and probably not even vacuumed. None of the apartments in which I and my friends have moved had even a faint smell of fresh paint. The fan blades are CAKED IN DUST. They take students' deposit money for nothing because they don't actually clean the apartments for move-in. They don't give you your deposit back even if you leave the apartment exactly like you found it, so say good bye to your deposit as soon as you pay it, you will NEVER see it again. The furniture is extremely cheap, the couches are made of cardboard and very flimsy, but if they get damaged you get charged. And for all of this you have the benefit of paying very high rents for the whole year, even if the academic year is 9 months. They tell you that you can sublet, but that doesn't actually happen. Repairs are not done: my bathroom sink has been clogged all year, the kitchen disposal not working for a while. BUT if they want to enter your apartment for some reason they do so at will. Awful place, awful management, a scam. Glad I left.

When moving in, the unit was filthy! Dirty dishes, food stains on all the appliances, and the smell of smoke throughout. It was not painted and cleaned. When leaving the place (spotless and clean), they charged us for painting and cleaning. After many unanswered emails and phone calls, they only took some of the charges away and still left us a bill over $200. DO NOT LIVE HERE!!!