I can quite honestly say that my 1 1/2 years in Fairway View ("the View") was the worst experience of my life. The reason I moved in was because I was in desperate need of a place to live after moving back to Baton Rouge after graduating from LSU several months earlier. Plans to room with a friend fell through, so I decided to get a one bedroom townhouse in phase I. What sold me was that the staff said that there was a noise policy and that there was a mix of tenants, not just students. What I found that this meant was, the noise policy is that they don't give a ----, and "mix of tenants" means that most people there are unemployed and smoke weed in their apartment all day.

There was a shooting in the complex literally a couple of buildings away from my door, yet I heard absolutely nothing from the management or staff about it. The only reason I know it happened is because I just so happened to read the police briefs in the Advocate the next few days. Even a police officer I talked to the next week said that I should get out of there as soon as possible.

After I was finally able to move out, I had to deal with the uncertainty that always comes with security deposits. I know how managements always like to invent reasons for you not to get your deposit back, and I had heard stories from people who said their apartment was spotless before they left, yet they received nothing from their deposit. I was told at checkout that I would get my deposit back within 30 days. 30 days passed, and I didn't receive my deposit. (More on this later)

However, what I did receive within those 30 days was an electricity bill for my final month that was 30% higher than any electricity bill from the entire time I lived there. Looking over the bill, I noticed that I was being charged for an additional 12 days after my move out date, which I'm assuming maintenance used to do repairs and cleaning in my apartment. I was told by staff that I needed to do nothing to transfer the energy bill back to the complex, that they take care of it after move outs. LIES!

I went to the office to complain, and they compromised with me and offered to pay some of the bill, which would be credited in my security deposit... Back to that: During that 30 day window in which they told me I would receive my deposit, I got a statement from them saying that I would be receiving my deposit plus what they owed me from the electricity bill. That statement was sent 25 days after my move out, and it stated that I would receive my deposit within 30 days of move out, or within the next 5 days.

Fast forward 15 more days, and my deposit still had not been received. I had called the office on the 33rd day, and they told me that it is possible that the check was sent out on the 30th day, and it may take a few more days to get here, since it is sent from the management company of Fairway View, known as Campus Advantage. On the 40th day, I sent e-mails to both Fairway View and Campus Advantage letting them know how severely pissed I was, and that they had violated their word since I had not received my deposit and I was prepared to file a formal complaint. I got a brief e-mail back from Campus Advantage saying that, legally, they had 30 days to only send me a statement, which they did, so I had no grounds for a complaint. The check, however, was in the mail. Regardless of legality, I replied, I was constantly lied to by staff and management, and even the statement I received contradicted what I was now being told.

I am a man on a mission now. If you are a parent, you don't want your children living here. If you are a husband, you don't want your wife living here. And if you have any respect for yourself, you don't want to live here. I won't be happy until the View is completely ruined financially and demolished. Please tell everyone you know that this is not the place for them.

User Responses
From: zoesmom6	Date: 07/22/2008
i am sub leasing an apartment from someone is fairway view my lease is up aug. 1st and im am so freaking happy! this place sucks! there are roaches everywhere in our apartment and the sink drain is clogged we have reported this to them several times and no one has ever came to fix it. I just want to get the hell out of here and its coming soon! although the apartments next to fairway view look pretty nice i think there called bienville towers or something like that

Your thoughts? Post a response to this review. Display my response: with my username anonymously Responses appear below reviews and one response per user is permitted.

   Free estimates on moving trucks      Find apartment share/roommates