Privateer Place, new-orleans-la

If you want two maintenance men to force your daughter to open her door after she said she was sick and to come back tomorrow, this is the perfect place for you to send your daughter ! Details below: ( for some context: I left a review on our campus apartment so saying my water pressure was not good and that I thought I had mold ( which the maintenance people say is water damage) and that my window was broken upon move in. (( All true. )) I guess management thought this was a Google review and reached out to me via email to send maintenance fix it. I said I was feeling under the weather and the said that’s okay and that I should submit a maintenance request. The next day I am in pajamas doing online homework and maintenance knocked and asked to come in because they said I have a leak. I said ( through the door) I don’t have a leak and to come back tomorrow. He says okay. Then a couple hours go by and the maintenance comes back with his boss and bangs ( loudly) on the door demanding to come in and see if I have a leak. I repeat through the door and I don’t have a leak. ( it’s frightening for two men to want to enter your home especially after I said come back tomorrow when I submit a request on email and earlier through the door. ) His boss gets loud and demands I open the door. I have to think about my situation. Which is, I will be here throughout the semester, & they do have to fix these issues, so I say hold on let me get dressed and then I open my door and step outside. When I get outside the house and the maintenance guy seem satisfied ( almost as if they just wanted to make me open my door and come outside. ) Especially because when I get outside to speak to them and say ( AGAIN) that I don’t have a leak they DON’T even come in to verify this. I show them a picture of what I thought was mold ( they tell me it’s water damage ) and they ( again, don’t come in to verify ). (( Also , I could have emailed the photos if they literally could’ve come back the next day. !)). So, to me it was not an issue of maintenance, it seemed like they wanted the satisfaction of making me open my door and come outside to speak to them. This made me extremely uncomfortable. My advice, get some WOMEN on the maintenance crew to interact with the women in their apartments. Because that really was unacceptable to me. I didn’t even make a Google review because I was ( and still am ) going to put in a maintenance request for these issues, but I think this warrants a review.

I already posted a review a while back, but even more problems have come up and I had no choice but make another one… I have lived in Privateer Place for a 4 months and there isn’t a SINGLE good thing to say about it. I feel so wrong for giving them 1 star because they are far from deserving even that. On top of all of my issues already, I have just discovered black mold in my apartment that I have been breathing in for who knows how long and has been making me sick for I don’t even know how long now This place is beyond an unsafe living condition and if I could I would sue them to the ground until they closed down! Hopefully this helps 👍

Beautiful living space at UNO overlooking Lake Ponchatrain. The campus connected to its space. My daughter has lived here for four years and without incident. Thank Pri steer Place for keep such good care of my daughter.-Cathy Pope-Carr.

⭐☆☆☆☆ 1 Star I am extremely disappointed with the management and living conditions at Privateer Place in New Orleans. Throughout a weekend of record-high temperatures, the air conditioning in my adult child’s unit has been broken, creating an uncomfortable and potentially unsafe environment. Despite multiple attempts to get assistance, there has been no meaningful response from Marvin Price or Denise Taylor regarding this emergency situation. To make matters worse, the security gate malfunctioned and effectively locked residents in. When assistance was needed, Robert was unavailable and reportedly asleep, forcing me to pay for an Uber due to the lack of access and support. There have also been ongoing security concerns, including a stolen mop bucket, which raises questions about property security and management oversight. Additionally, it appears that staff members Maya and Hillary have been instructed to ignore emergency maintenance requests, leaving residents without help when urgent issues arise. As a parent, I am deeply concerned about my child’s well-being and safety. The lack of communication, poor maintenance response, and inadequate support from management have left me with no choice but to make arrangements to move my adult child out as soon as possible. I would not recommend Privateer Place to anyone seeking responsive management, reliable maintenance, or a safe living environment. DO NOT IGNORE ANY NEGATIVE REVIEWS, as I’m writing this as I sweat and pack my child apartment in 82 degrees Fahrenheit!

As a student, you’re better off commuting, living in the dorms, or finding another apartment. I might recommend living at Privateer if they completely replaced the current management, but as it stands, my experience was genuinely awful. I have documented email receipts of the management being rude, unprofessional, and at times, harassing. Despite providing valid documentation for my emotional support animal, they attempted to charge me pet fees.. completely ignoring the federal Fair Housing Act, which protects tenants in Louisiana from such charges. This issue led to months of unnecessary stress and harassment throughout the semester, and even after I moved out, the mistreatment continued. Living there made me feel uncomfortable and unwelcome, which no student should have to experience. I know others who’ve dealt with similar problems, and after staying quiet for too long, I felt it was important to speak up. Hopefully, this helps someone make a more informed decision.