The Preserve at Owings Crossing formerly Owings Manor
5 Brookebury Drive, Reisterstown, MD 21136
410-833-8040  WEBSITE save favorite
AVERAGE RATING
recommended by:
25%

overall rating:
2.1
2.5
2.46 Parking:
2.5
2.45 Maintenance:
2.2
2.18 Construction:
2.2
2.21 Noise:
2.7
2.7 Grounds:
2.5
2.48 Safety:
2.4
2.43 Office Staff:
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A pirate climbed up on my balcony...

From: adidasgolf03
Date posted: 11/21/2004
Years at this apartment: 2003 - 2004
User Response is available. 1 response
 
I was lulled into the gentle surroundings and the nice people in the leasing office. And the apartment did smell nice when we moved in. But after that, it was all downhill.
The stairway in our building always smelled horrible...and I mean close to making you want to vomit horrible.
People let their dogs do their business right in front of the outer door, and I stepped in it enough to know that they did. It made me want to go to the people's apartment upstairs and leave a "package" for them outside their door.
The people directly above us seemed to enjoy playing loud music at any given time during the day/night. And that meant that we would have to turn up our tv just to hear it.
The power went out like 4 times in the last 6 months we were there. And then it took them the better part of a 5-6 hours to get it back. And it wasn't during a storm either, cause we went and played tennis because we couldn't do anything else.
Parking is horrible, with all of white-trashers working on their 2-3 cars (civics, etc) each out there. And then there was this guy driving a green saturn who couldn't park in a single spot, he took up 2 spots from parking sideways. Plus, I think he was living in the car sometimes because he had cereal bowls and half-used drinks sitting in the front seat, plus an abundance of crap in his back seat. Security should have gotten him.
Also, there were some roudy kids who would launch fire-crackers nearby, and god forbid the lazy security guy go find them.
Lastly, I was sitting on the sofa and heard a noise coming from outside. I turned around to see the guy who lived above me climbing onto my balcony trying to get back to his place, ya know, instead of calling security. Then his idiot of a son followed him instead of just waiting for his father to unlock the front door. Oh, and by the way, the guy was a pirate.
If you are looking for horror/interesting stories to tell people then move here. Otherwise, find someplace better - For your own sake.

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

From: dawsonmel Date: 08/18/2006
I have to agree the hallway smells horrible at times. I thought it was just my building thou.
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