Churchill Mgmt-Realty Corporation
846 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA 02476
781-646-4100  save favorite
AVERAGE RATING
recommended by:
40%

overall rating:
2.0
2.3
2.33 Parking:
2.3
2.33 Maintenance:
3.0
3.0 Construction:
2.8
2.83 Noise:
1.8
1.83 Grounds:
2.7
2.67 Safety:
2.0
2.0 Office Staff:
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Roof Leak

From: -Anonymous-
Date posted: 1/1/2009
Years at this apartment: 1997 - 1998
User Response is available. 1 response
 
I lived at Arizona Terrace, a condo complex which was managed by this company.

The building I was in had a fire a year before I moved in. I didn't know that until the first time it rained hard and a leak came pouring through the roof (I was in the top floor). There was no mention of that when I was seeing the unit- and yes, this company was in charge of showing it to me. Anyways, that leak went all the way to the basement unit.

I was stuck there for a year. I tried calling a legal association for tenants' rights who said that I was kinda hosed and while I could take various courses of action, I would really be financially impacted by whatever I did (calling the housing/health authorities, etc).

Every time it leaked, I called. Occasionally, they would patch it, and every time it rained, the patch would fail. I had a garbage can in my kitchen to catch the rainwater. And that wasn't the only place the water leaked- the closet and the living room walls as well.

And on top of that, I had a neighbor who was psychologically disturbed, who made random psycho claims, and eventually needed to be taken away in a straitjacket for having come at a police officer with a knife when they were trying to investigate a leak in the neighboring set of units. That was not this company's problem, but should be known by anyone who moves here.

Recommended: NO
Overall Rating
1 out of 5
Parking:
3 of 5
Maintenance:
1 of 5
Construction: 2 of 5
Noise:
3 of 5
Grounds: 1 of 5
Safety: 2 of 5
Office Staff:
1 of 5
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User Responses

From: Anonymous Date: 01/04/2009
Isn't Arizona Terrace a Condo? It is not the management company who is responsible for the leak the owner of the unit should have disclosed this information to you. And the other issue is a police matter. I also lived at this condo and found churchill responsive to common area issues not landlord issues, such was your case. looks like you were barking up the wrong tree. it's too bad because I really liked it there.
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