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Forest Hill Properties: loud and uncaring (Not Recommending)

2009-09-09T17:46:26-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I've lived here for over a year now in the larger 1 bedroom. When I viewed the apartment no one was in the building so it was very quiet. However, I noticed as soon as I moved in that the walls are paper thin! My bedroom shares the wall of ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Nice Apartments but hot and noise problems (Recommending!)

2009-05-15T08:03:16-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The good: the apartments themselves are gorgeous- great space and value for the money. The hardwood floors are beautiful; the bathroom is modern, and the whole place is spacious. Many of the units have newer kitchens (you have to ask for one) which are nice. I have an older kitchen ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: One Year & counting (Recommending!)

2009-03-20T09:28:36-06:00

From DaveySt: I first moved in April, 2008 and now relocating to a larger one-bedroom. I have no trouble parking and had great neighbors who are considerate with their parking. NO COMPLAINTS HERE ! Any time I called the office with a problem it was corrected within 24 hours. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: (Recommending!)

2009-03-04T07:45:00-06:00

From vnusdmylo@msn.com: I live on Patton Drive. Over the summer, i had a huge centepede problem. Outside live about 6 stray cats always roaming around. besides the heat in my apartment, its a mission to get to it. parking sucks after about 7pm especially if its snowing, its about a million miles ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Currently... not a happy camper... (Not Recommending)

2008-11-12T12:10:43-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I currently live in the complex and overall the apartment has a nice layout. One of the problems I have encountered is huge carpenter ants also known as flying ants. Once I complained the issue was handled by Maintenance. Even though I had the problem twice I must say I ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: not good (Not Recommending)

2008-08-18T11:20:50-06:00

From -Anonymous-: There is a no pet policy but alot of people have dogs including one of the prperty employees on Davey Street (he has 2!. Apartments are very hot in the winter, you have no thermostat to control heat. Yes there are bugs, lots of them mostly waterbugs. Maintenance staff are ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Nice and Quiet (Recommending!)

2008-08-08T12:43:32-06:00

From arrzilla: I lived there for a year right in the middle of Donald St. Parking is ok if you get a garage. That way you can just park it in there without having to worry about snow/rain/whatever.I was in a 1BR on the first floor in a corner unit. There was ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: A winner? I think not (Not Recommending)

2008-02-06T15:39:05-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I'll make this plan and simple. DO NOT RENT FROM THESE PEOPLE. Sure they seem all nice and such up front but as soon as you sign the lease they could care less. First, bugs. Yes there were cockroaches. The office staff told me they were not cockroaches but water ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: hot, bad parking, (Not Recommending)

2008-02-02T11:08:42-06:00

From renters6777: 1. parking is bad anytime after 4 pm2. heat is horribly hot - all winter long i keep all my windows open3. problem when you get these "in love" university students that move in and quickly become in and out of love (and you can hear it all)...have halloween parties, ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: (Recommending!)

2007-12-30T10:27:57-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I've been living here for almost two years, and I have to say overall I like it. There are surely two sides to the coin.On the plus side: - The location is great. As a former MSU student I liked being less than ten minutes from school (because I love ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: seem okay (Recommending!)

2007-12-22T12:41:13-06:00

From jayjackiejaylin@yahoo.com: i hav ebeen living here since the summer the only thing that sucks is i live right on belleville ave and the people that wait for the bus are pigs they litter the front all up and sit on our stairs which i hate!! for the most part everyone writes ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: it's interesting... (Recommending!)

2007-12-05T11:15:44-06:00

From -Anonymous-: It's really interesting that two of the latest reviews (both in one month of each other) both begin with "Stop Whining!" As a tenant, I'm PRETTY sure it's a fair assumption to say that those reviews are illegitimate, as it's VERY, VERY likely that someone from the rental office is ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Stop Whinning people! Forest Hill is fine! (Recommending!)

2007-11-29T11:04:14-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Ok, i haven't been living at Forest Hills for that long (only about 2 months) but these reviews are ridiculous. One, if you are complaining about heat and it being too hot... open a window! Would you rather have to pay for heating? Or would you rather it be too ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: In response to Joeg07 (Not Recommending)

2007-10-15T19:16:01-06:00

From Faque: 1st off it sounds like you have a problem with NJ joeg07. Get the hell out if you do. 2ndly who the hell expects brown water anywhere you live ... man you have some low expectations. The walls here are thin .. very thin. The teneants above me in my ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Stop Whining.. Its a typical apartment building. (Recommending!)

2007-10-13T16:58:47-06:00

From joeg07: Firstly I should say that I'm fairly young and live near the rental office -- so I'm a bit more tolerable and the property is generally nicer up here. That said, what do you people honestly expect? It's an apartment. You expect noise, some bugs, some brown water (which I've ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Rude (Not Recommending)

2007-05-14T15:54:52-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I am in the market and wanted a tour. I don't know if the lady was having a bad day but she would sigh and stare at me blankly every time i had a question. She did not wanna look at me when she spoke to me, like I wasn't ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Forest Hill Property rating (Recommending!)

2007-12-05T14:39:41-06:00

From -Anonymous-: My boyfriend and I have been living here for two months now, and it is our first apartment. When we were browsing the Forest Hill complex with a rental agent, she brought us the end of Davey Street (the end of the complex) to see the smaller sized option for ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Overll Very Bad (Not Recommending)

2007-03-06T10:44:31-06:00

From sadrenter123456: There are numerous problems with the Heating and Water Leakage. The occasioal bugs you find everywhere. To top that the Maintenance guys are lazy Axxess. The Lease office staff are the Meanest people on the earth. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Forest Hill Properties a nice place to live (Recommending!)

2007-03-01T18:50:32-06:00

From comfortablegirl: Ive been living here for almost 8 years and am very happy. Ive read the reviews from other people and I must say some of these things are a little bratty.
1. If you dont tell maintenace you have a problem how can they fix it?. Ive called them and ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Needs Improvement (Not Recommending)

2007-02-24T16:56:14-06:00

From huggieng: I currently live at forest hills and have for 7 months. In this short time i have had numerous problems with the heat and property maintenance. Management gave me the run around many times about the heat situation and if your not home to let someone in, it doesnt get ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Honestly, its not terrible (Recommending!)

2006-12-28T15:50:33-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Lived here for 3 years in the same apt. Im on the 2nd floor and would not want to be on the first (I hear everything and I am upstairs!) There are the occasional bugs...I stalked a water bug for days until I got him...and those weird thousand leggers. But ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: I live there too...... (Recommending!)

2006-11-25T16:36:54-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I feel you are being unfair, the office and maintenance staff go a good job at keeping up the property. If think that some times we all can only do so much please we all answer to someone. All in all Forest Hill Properties is a good place to live. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Just OK (Not Recommending)

2006-11-24T13:15:40-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I agree with the other comments about the brown water. This happened quite often. Parking is also terrible. Most of the time you have to park on the street but even this is difficult to find. In addition, our car has been hit or side-swiped often by hit and run ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: (Not Recommending)

2006-11-15T10:19:57-06:00

From stellamerriweather@hotmail.com: I'm a resident too. when i first got there heat was a problem - but after months of pleading they finally came and bled the pipes. I'm getting more heat now but it could have been better but I dont want to be aggrevated so I let it go. I ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Sucks (Not Recommending)

2006-10-25T14:37:42-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I am presently living there and have been thoroughly disappointed for the past two years for numberous reasons that other people have already mentioned. Rent hikes happen every 15 months. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Pretty bad (Not Recommending)

2006-07-31T10:43:41-06:00

From -Anonymous-: We lived at Forest Hill for two adn a half years. It wasn't too bad in the beginning. It was quiet. The parking was an issue, but we always found something by parking a block or so away if it was late at night.

One of our neighbors was a ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Keep Looking! (Not Recommending)

2006-04-20T11:50:57-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have been living at Forest Hill for 8 months now. It is a terrible place to live. When you first see the apartments, they appear to be quite nice. They are freshly painted and the hardwood floors are shiny and varnished. There is ample closet space and the bedrooms ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: You must read this/ Keep on Looking (Not Recommending)

2006-03-19T23:40:07-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have been here for 2 years only because I travel alot and have not had a chance to look for another apartment. I should have known what I was in for when I first walked into the rental office only to be greeted by a rude manager who did ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Great place and affordable (Recommending!)

2006-01-24T14:09:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Moved there straight out of college... extremely affordable and friendly neighborhood. Parking can be hard at times if getting home late but overall a great place to live. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: (Not Recommending)

2005-10-21T13:36:33-06:00

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Forest Hill Properties: do yourself a favor and FORGET this place (Not Recommending)

2005-03-29T17:04:41-06:00

From -Anonymous-: FOREST HILL PROPERTIES HAS RAPED ME OF ANY AND ALL FEELINGS OF SECURITY I ONCE HAD ...

First of all, the WETBACK, IMMIGRANT maintenance workers should ALL have restraining orders against them for the STALKING and HARASSING they do. They're nothing but PIGS who should ALL be FIRED. They're disgusting and ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Forget About It! (Not Recommending)

2005-02-03T12:23:48-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I would like to forget about this place. The past two years living here have not been my best.

The people here are friendly until you have a problem, then you go on their $!&%# list.

The apartments are always hot. The plumbing leaks, my ceiling leaked. You can hear your neighbors ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Theft and break in (Not Recommending)

2004-12-26T17:05:12-06:00

From dissed2004: This place is terrible. I lived here for >1 year and leaving soon. Thank God. Cars are stolen, broken into monthly. Mail packages are stolen.
Parking is impossible in evening.
Wall and floors are paper thin.
Heat must be a problem on the 1st floor, it's cold as hell on the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Mixed (Not Recommending)

2004-11-30T12:17:22-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I stayed here because I hate moving but here is a summary of the last three years:

1. My roof leaked twice
2. My window broke once. The entire frame came off.
3. Parking is a total nightmare. I would recommend not staying past 8pm if you want to find a space.
4. My ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Satisfied!! (Recommending!)

2004-10-05T09:56:42-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived in Forest Hill Properties for over a year. When my year lease was up, they did not raise my rent and after I moved out they returned my security in full on time. Including the interest that my security made!! The only complaint I had about there was ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Not bad; Parking stinks (Recommending!)

2004-08-07T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: We've been living in a 2BR since '98 and so far it's been decent. As everyone's said in previous reviews, the parking is TERRIBLE if you don't come home before 8pm and FORGET getting a parking spot on Sundays before 7pm! It's as if noone ever leaves their apartment! Count ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: (Not Recommending)

2004-05-20T00:00:00-06:00

From outeras: ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Great place to live (Recommending!)

2004-05-19T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived in this community for 8 years and the office staff and maintenance workers have been a pleasure to deal with. I recently purchased a home, that is why I'm moving. I would like to thank them for all of there years of easy living. It is hard to ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: I was pleased (Recommending!)

2004-05-11T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I was happy with living at Forest Hill Properties for four years. I lived in a 2BR one year, then moved into a 1BR the next three years. The transition was easy - with the help of the front office. Each apartment I moved into was cleaned, painted, and floors ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: It´s not bad (Recommending!)

2004-04-21T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I´ve lived here since March of 2002.

Positives:
Nicely kept grounds.
Apt was freshly painted and clean upon arrival.
Front office staff very professional.
Maintenance requests can be made 24/7, they attend to complaints in a very timely manner.
Safe area to take walks/jog.
Close to gas station, food stores and GS Parkway.

Negatives:
Parking is indeed tough, ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Look Elsewhere (Not Recommending)

2004-04-05T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Moved out about three months ago. The heat is horrible. I couldn´t understand why it was always so hot and of course you cannot adjust it. Windows were always open. I wondered if maybe the rents could be less if they were not spending so much on heating. Parking is ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Moved out in 5 mo. (Not Recommending)

2004-03-08T00:00:00-06:00

From laineym3: I moved here because I am attending UMDNJ in Newark (and who wants to live there??) It seemed like a nice, quiet, safe neighborhood, but...
FOUNDATION:
Within two months, our ceilings started to leak water... leading to the biggest problem we had, our bathroom ceiling caved in!!! Which took maintenace more than ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: LOOK ELSEWHERE FOR A HOME (Not Recommending)

2004-01-24T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I moved in during the summer of 2003, after management gave me the run-around for 2ﾽ months. The reason I put up with their BS is because I fell in love with the wood floors and thought it would be a cute place for my fianc and I to move ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: (Recommending!)

2003-12-18T00:00:00-06:00

From foresthills03: I´ve only been here for couple months, but so far I´m very happy with my decision. The parking can be a pain if you get home late, but my building happens to be close to a side street and also a parking lot, so I usually don´t have too much ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Not Bad Overall (Recommending!)

2003-11-05T00:00:00-06:00

From timman19: This complex has its pluses and minuses. I lived there for one year.

On the plus side, the apartments themsevles are pretty well maintained and there is usually availability due to its huge size. The buildings themselves are old and the complex is working on them.

I found their main office to ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Mixed Review (Not Recommending)

2003-08-14T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Lived at Forest Hill for one year. It was great because the train to Hoboken was only a block away. Then NJ Transit closed the line and I had to take a bus to get to the Train. A Commuter Bus service runs on the main road but it takes ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Poor Maintenance (Not Recommending)

2003-07-22T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have been living here from 1998. Now, I am sick and tired of finding a parking spot after 6 PM.

Heating is horrible. During Fall you will freez and during winter you will sweat. You do not have control over heating.

Maintenance department sucks. First of all they have to ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Satisfied Customer (Recommending!)

2003-07-09T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The rent is reasonable, as long as I get home before 10 I have a spot in front of my building. I feel safe walking outside at night alone and overall am very satisfied with the community. The rent is more than reasonable and when I moved in they did ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: Very ok (Recommending!)

2003-07-07T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I´ve lived here almost a year. I wanted to look elsewhere, but I´ve decided to stay another year. Parking is tough. I have a garage, but I have a bigger car, and it´s a tight squeeze. I use it as a last resort. The walls are extremely thin. I know ... [click to read full apartment review]

Forest Hill Properties: service (Not Recommending)

2003-06-26T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Apt service ladies are horrible. If you make a complaint about apartment, they become defensive and don´t even bother to talk nicely to you.
These guy feel that they are doing a big favor for the renters here by renting this apartment.
I hate talking to these people.
Not recommended ... [click to read full apartment review]