Forest Park Apartments, tuscaloosa-al

Thankfully our son just vacated the property (1201 12th St). There are feral cats living within the dwelling and the cats literally FELL through the ceiling in the middle of the night. The toilet constantly runs, causing over $1000 in water bills. They only put quick fixes on repairs, nothing ever gets completely fixed. The AC gets under 80 degrees sometimes. It’s constantly needing repair. The washer/dryer are constantly breaking. There is brown water coming up through the tub. It’s just disgusting and uninhabitable. When you reach out to Sherrill Realty for assistance, they are beyond rude and often hang up on whoever is calling for assistance. Beware of this company and run far, far away.

I personally would not recommend signing any property with Sherrill Realty. When I toured the unit last year they told me it came with in unit washer/dryer and failed to mention it only came with laundry hook ups. Thankfully the person who lived here before me let me buy the washer/dryer from her. Mold also grows everywhere despite being on top of the cleaning. It’s on all my faucets and in the shower. The doors are also not sealed and the ac unit barely works. It’s bareable in the winter, but in the summer it feels like there is no AC throughout the whole house. Doors are also not sealed all the way so roaches get in and it is disgusting. I haven’t had issues directly with the office, but the actual properties definitely need a lot of work.

Terrible, My son lived at the Tide apartments. It always had things broken that they wouldn’t fix. It was roach infested. The carpet was probably 10 years old and had the tacks coming through when my son moved in . We ask about it being fixed and they said there was nothing they could do. We bought area rugs and throw rugs to put over the dirty carpet and to cover up where the tacks were then when he moved out they charged me $125 to clean the carpet, $165 to clean the apartment, $52.50 to replace broken blinds. I went and cleaned the apartment. I didn’t leave it to my son. It was cleaner than when he moved in . There were no blinds broken. The refrigerator didn’t work correctly the entire time he was living there. We worked with several companies while he was there. The WORST was Sherrill. The BEST was College Station.

Things were constantly breaking in house. A/C was broken during the hottest time of the year, took a week to fix and even when “fixed” still constantly did not run. Power bills were through the roof ($600+ a month for 4 bedroom) because there is no insulation in these houses, which they do not disclose. Anytime someone came out to the house to fix something, they were not a professional or any sort and obviously did not know what they were doing. Leaks EVERYWHERE in the house to the point where a ceiling tile fell out onto our kitchen floor and caused damage to our furniture. Animals were crawling through the walls and they did not do anything to fix it except for “cement” the hole, yet the animals were still in the walls. We kept our house very clean so there was absolutely no reason for animals (opossum, mice) to be inside of our home. One maintenance worker sat in our kitchen and smoked a cigarette inside of our house while we were home. Anytime they were asked to come fix something all they did was a patch which would then lead to a bigger issue. When we called about leaks in our house we were told that it might be a while until they got to us because they had gotten many calls about leaks in their properties that day, I wonder why. Literally too many things wrong with this house and realty company to even write down in one review. Just simply do not rent from them.

I lived at September Place Apartments, one of their properties, for 2 years and never had a problem with them or the apartment. They’re really thorough of explaining things, keeping you up to date, and never had an issue with maintenance (usually there the next day). The building was always kept up with, maintenance and facade. With it being so close to the stadium, it was honestly a great find. They always answered my calls and were helpful when I had any questions. They’re also redoing the flooring after I’m moving, so it’s nice to see that they’re trying to keep the place updated :)