For anyone who is looking for a cheap place to stay then Brook Pines is definitely the place for you. If you are looking for value for money then Brook Pines is not for you. These apartments are over 30 years old and everything breaks down in them. I have lived in these apartments for 8 months now and have made 14 reports to the Management office about stuff breaking down in the apartment. I requested to moved to another apartment because of all the problems and they said that it would cost me $200 to move to another apartment plus I would have to redo all of my paperwork. Now the apartment is full of ants (even though they have come to spray the place twice) and I don't know what to do. We signed up for cable with them and some of the channels don't come through very well and 3 months later they still haven't fixed them. The maintenance guy told us in confidence that the person responsible for fixing the cable lives in another state and so we have to wait till he has the time to come to South Carolina to come an fix the cable. Even the maintenance men complain about the place because apparently the owners are too cheap to buy new stuff or renovate the place.

I would never ever ever recommend living at these apartments because they are not worth the stress. STAY AWAY!!! I have pictures to prove how AWFUL this place is.

User Responses
From: Anonymous	Date: 07/05/2008
For those who are considering Brook Pines as a place of residence, you should look at Oliver Gospel Mission in Downtown Columbia. Both places are about the same standard of living, the only difference is Oliver Gospel Mission does not charge you rent!

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