I lived at The Darlington back in 1976 for about six months when I had a job in Atlanta with Otis Elevator Company.

I thought the place was perfect for me at the time. The price was great. The features were exactly what I needed. I lived on the 5th floor with a great view of Peachtree Street.

The location is great with access to MARTA, freeways, shopping, and churches.

The apartment was clean and the rest of the building was clean but, I felt like the building was showing wear and tear after 25 years of use.

The demographic makeup of the time was mostly white with a number of elderly people, young professionals for whom this was their first apartment, and middle aged professionals who didn't want the hassle of maintaining a house.

It saddens me to read all of the negative comments. It seems to me that they need to screen more carefully who they rent to and have zero-tolerance for aberrant behavior such as drug use, excessive noise, and improper trash disposal.

I hope this is helpful.

Bob B

User Responses
From: LegalDiva326	Date: 01/29/2008
It was built in 1952, and nothing has changed since then - absolutely zero renovations. They just take it all as profit, and put nothing back into upkeep. The turnaround here is extremely high - we've got a boatload of vacancies right now, and I'm about to be the next to go. And now they want to charge into the 8 and 900s for one bedrooms with kitchens the size of closets (kitchenettes basically) with no range hoods or ventilation fans for cooking, no in-unit washer/dryer hookups, no garbage disposals, no bathroom ventilation fans, heat/AC you have no control over, and no amenities whatsover. Please!
From: Ulexus	Date: 02/04/2008
This is not exactly true, LegalDiva. They did quite a few cosmetic renovations when the obstetrics office moved in. They were all on the ground floor lobby, and it is was purely cosmetic, but they were renovations. Also, they redid the air conditioning evaporator a few years ago, which, though they must have spent a lot of money on it, did not appear to do much good. As to the building's historical values: they could still be realized, but the management has suffered a continuingly downward spiral. When I moved in in around 2001, it was a decent price ($480 at the time... including water), and the building, while showing its wear, was in decent condition. I don't think the building is really much worse now. It was well-constructed and has a great many built-in amenities (many of which have been eliminated by poor or non-existent maintenance). Where you are definitely correct is they they get by with doing as little as possible maintenance. This does not appear to be the fault of Sergei, the maintenance manager: he has been here for as long as I have, and every time I get him involved, things get fixed. However, that is a rare thing, and I have to actually ask HIM, not the office staff. I'm lucky right now: my neighbors are good. I have not been so lucky in the past, so I can certainly sympathize with Bob there. Old management teams were much more responsive about that, though. This team is totally useless. They send letters and hope the problem will go away.

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