Apartment Ratings | Lovejoy Station Ratings and Reviews

Lovejoy Station: Liveable and convenient (Recommending!)

2008-10-25T15:47:31-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I guess I'll be one of the few people who graces this board without something to vent. I've been living here for almost 2 years now. Considering some of the irresponsible, immature, broke people that move in here on a regular basis, some sympathy is surely due the office staff. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: lovejoy station = broken heart (Not Recommending)

2008-07-27T23:55:35-06:00

From -Anonymous-: the management sucks i hate Steffani who is just a pig and a slob and rude. the other blond girl is just dumb.the building is turning into if not already the pits of the pearl. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Very good compared to Pearl Court a block away (Recommending!)

2008-07-27T17:26:16-06:00

From meetmelipgloss@yahoo.com: I just moved in on the 18th. and things have been great. Its my first apartment. My best friend moved to the Pearl Court a block away and the apartment hes in service and the way the Elevators are are not in good shape! Nice outside not so good inside. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: DO Not rent from These APARTMENTS!!! (Not Recommending)

2008-01-08T19:31:53-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The grounds are not ever clean!! The elevators are filthy and the floors are constantly dirty with trash and beer! The management treats you like a second class citizen as well as the maintenance guy is super creepy!! They never cared about noise complaints and always had some kind of ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Kid Nation in the Real! (Not Recommending)

2007-12-12T12:49:40-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Average age......20! Music and parties all the time. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Did the love and joy leave the station? (Not Recommending)

2007-08-17T16:59:44-06:00

From davydog: Although I might tentatively suggest the Lovejoy Station Apartments to a few friends looking to live downtown in an income-restricted building, I do not feel good about recommending this property to the general public. In particular, I DO NOT recommend the building's current property management company, Bowen Property Management. Although ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Lovejoy is NO LOVE! (Not Recommending)

2007-07-17T11:55:25-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Management here is CRAP! Continual revolving doors! Extremely rude! They DO NOT follow through on complaints! The apartment building is very much like a dorm. Very young tenants. Continual noise with nothing done about it. The building is NOT secure. The laundry room is not adequate for the number of ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: One of the first residents (Recommending!)

2007-05-31T08:34:16-06:00

From spacekaboom@hotmail.com: I moved into Lovejoy Station a couple of days after it opened. I had the pleasure of being the first person to live in my unit. The intial staff were very nice and helpful. Rick, the maintenance person, was always very prompt and friendly, as was his assistant (Chris, I ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: (Recommending!)

2007-01-04T12:13:57-06:00

From tt101: YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A LOW INCOME PROPERTY. Most people in the building do NOT appreciate the fact that they get to live in the PEARL for practically nothing. The Burlington charges at least 3x the amount of rent for a studio. DAMN YOU PEOPLE FOR WHINING AND ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: faulty sprinker system nightmare (beware) (Not Recommending)

2006-12-01T22:43:25-06:00

From msa381: So I was just reading a book on my sofa one evening and all of the suddon I hear water gushing from the sprinkler in my front entry way. For no appearent reason the sprinkler head went off and flooded my whole apartment. The whole building was evacuated, the fire ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Have to Harass for your $$$ back (Not Recommending)

2006-06-21T16:53:29-06:00

From SouthSide06: We finally got tired of the constant run around of renewal (took 6 mnths each year cause of staff mistakes) and left. But now almost two months later, the deposit is still not to me. Everytime I call there is a new excuse.
The latest one was great. They only ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Main problem: Unprofessional staff (Not Recommending)

2006-04-06T12:50:28-06:00

From Portlander246: I lived here for a year and a half, and while it was mostly a decent experience, there are certain factors a potential occupant should consider:
- Some people get very picky about noise levels (especially if you have elderly people under you who have never lived in an apartment before...they ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: helljoy station (Not Recommending)

2006-03-03T14:33:56-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I feel like i live in an old folk's home. scenario: 3 people in my house, talking at a normal voice with no music at 11pm gets me a fucking noise complaint. it is ridiculous. Not once, but 3 times! I don't host parties, or even get-together's, yet the burly ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Documentation (Not Recommending)

2006-01-31T16:08:44-06:00

From -Anonymous-: If you decide to move into this building I highly recommend to have the management (especially Duane) document EVERYTHING that is agreed upon. If not, they will use it against you and/or can charge you whatever amount seems reasonable to them later on.

Trust me.

The unprofessionalism is astounding. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Water turned off X 2/NO WARNING X 2 (Not Recommending)

2006-01-20T02:53:24-06:00

From happyboy@gmail.com: Ditto the water turnoff problem from Tuesday, and ditto the no warning from anyone/anywhere/anytime!!!
... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Water turned off/NO WARNING (Not Recommending)

2006-01-17T17:11:08-06:00

From daawgon: Just when I thought it couldn't get any WORSE!

The plumbers have been in the building for the past 2 days, and today, in the middle of my shower, at 2:55pm, the water is shut OFF! These incompetent people at LS/Bowen Properties had at least 24 hours in which to WARN ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Party Building (Not Recommending)

2006-01-08T04:09:16-06:00

From onetwomanyhere: One continuous party going on on the 5th floor - every night of the year! Is this a new underground club, Club Love-Station? I think someone must be selling tickets, and it seems like it's a new group all the time. SOMETHING FISHY GOIN ON HERE!!! ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: I must send another one "The nightmare continues" (Not Recommending)

2005-12-26T13:09:02-06:00

From maxorsini@msn.com: Dwaine the manager is not only a MORON but he does not keep his word. he told me that he was going to refund my deposit...Immediately..with no charges whatsoever because I left the place in perfect condition ...even cleaner that was before...Now he claims that he has 30 days to ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: No insulation at Lovejoy Station (Not Recommending)

2005-12-08T19:03:49-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I can't find evidence of any insulation whatsoever in this building. Almost as cold inside (in winter) as outside. My smoke alarm beeped that the battery was low, so I pulled it down, and the cold air just hit me like a blast from my freezer. Rushed to the hardware ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Those two comments are left by manangement (Not Recommending)

2005-12-08T17:34:51-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I wrote them while I worked for the company. Someone in the main office found out about this site and told me to write two good marks on the website. You don't want to live here, just like I didn't want to work here. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Proceed with extreme caution, potential renters! (Not Recommending)

2005-11-16T02:03:37-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This management company is ALL about the money/turnover. Speaking of turnover, it's constant among managers/asst. mgrs! Onsite socalled "monitoring" is a bad joke, and so is security. Think hard and think again, people! ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Vomit in elevator today (Not Recommending)

2005-11-06T13:31:49-06:00

From jobmaster@earthlink.com: trash and containers scattered all over the property - people leave trash all over the place - especially bad are recycling containers where people just throw anything in them (there are stickers with instructions clearly spelled out too)

the last 2 comments are no doubt a management plant (after all, who ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Good place to live (Recommending!)

2005-10-19T23:16:01-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Staff is friendly and quick to accomodate. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Good Apartment and Good Location (Recommending!)

2005-10-03T02:38:59-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The apartment is excelently maintained, it has a few problems (Yeah the laundry room is hot, but if it wasnt Id be worried about the machines) but only those expected in all apartment situations. The courtyard is great and the management is fairly good. Service on utilities is quick and ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: unsecure building (Not Recommending)

2005-10-01T01:10:34-06:00

From unsecure@poetworld.com: It's now 11PM on a Friday night - just saw someone camped out for the night in the doorway of the travel agency (on Lovejoy side of this building). We only have security here for a very few hours in the evening - rest of the time there is none. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Exercise machine broken (Not Recommending)

2005-09-20T12:47:06-06:00

From happyinlove@earthlink.com: This place promises all the extras, but does not maintain exercise machines, etc. The laundry room is so hot, you have to wear a tank top before entering. The maintenance staff here is just part time (20 hrs a week) - no wonder the place if falling apart. My bathroom ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Transient Central (Not Recommending)

2005-09-11T15:14:23-06:00

From erpearlie@mac.com: People just use this apt as a temp home while they look for something nice. Courtyard is overgrown and doesn't have a single chair. Diaper pails/trash in the hallways. Super restrictive on such things as personal belongings on balconies. Improper installation of AC units - looks very trashy from the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Yearly Moveout rate is 67% - Very good reasons NOT to stay (Not Recommending)

2005-09-01T20:01:23-06:00

From -Anonymous-: ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: I think I am Getting Ripped OFF (Not Recommending)

2005-07-05T15:54:54-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I am pretty sure that I am getting ripped off. I had to leave my apartment due to a family emergency (breaking my "non lease") and when I spoke with the manager or whomever they said my apartment was the only one to rent and it should be no problem ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: I used to live here (Recommending!)

2005-06-10T12:27:27-06:00

From -Anonymous-: For the most part this was a great place to live. I didn't like the noise. It may be apartment living, but that means we ought to turn down our radios and tv's instead of having others having to live with it.

I thought the management was very helpful with ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: What a mess. (Not Recommending)

2005-05-10T18:59:47-06:00

From -Anonymous-: You'd think that with being in the up and coming Pearl district that the management would give a rip about how the place looked.

They don't.

Broken beer bottles on the sidewalk (often thrown from a tenant's balcony during their weekly beer binges - along with eggs, garbage and other debris). ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: trash (Not Recommending)

2005-04-29T02:30:13-06:00

From ptldpeeps: halls are trashy, people are trashy, parking garage is a joke, fire alarms going off a couple times a month...glad to be gone!!! ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: BROKEN BEER BOTTLES (Not Recommending)

2005-04-17T11:58:48-06:00

From -Anonymous-: You have to like broken glass and puke on the sidewalk around here. Lovejoy staff rarely clean up such things. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: The Worst Apartment Building in PDX (Not Recommending)

2005-01-27T16:34:33-06:00

From eruthven: Awful!, They let in some crazy homeless people. Cars are stolen out of parking garage ( there were 4 other breakins). They do noting about this. Don't pay the $100 to park inside, its a SCAM!. Bowen mgt is extremely irresponsible. There are a FEW normal nice people that live ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Great place to live. (Recommending!)

2004-11-16T12:02:33-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived at the Lovejoy for a year and recently moved because I bought a house. This is a great place and the staff works really hard. Anyone who reads this should judge from people who actually are living or have lived there. In a high rise fire alarms happen. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: bad staff (Not Recommending)

2004-10-12T16:38:50-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The staff are rude and the place is duty ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Rude and unhelpful staff (Not Recommending)

2004-09-10T00:00:00-06:00

From coldpepsi: I was eager to move into the Lovejoy Station after receiving notice that my current apartment building was being torn down. I first met with a leasing agent that assumed I was seeking section 8 housing before I opened my mouth. Then, after telling her that her preconceived notion was ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: No complaints from me!! (Recommending!)

2004-06-28T00:00:00-06:00

From tymama@yahoo.com: I have lived at Lovejoy station for over a year and I have no complaints. I have lived in my fair share of apartments, so I know whay to expect and Lovejoy is great. I fully understand that this is an apartment building and occasionally there will be noise and ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: 2 fire alarms today/no one around to reactivate elevator (Not Recommending)

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

From -Anonymous-: Just 2 alarms around 5pm tonight, and then when it quieted down, the elevator and fire doors remained closed (where's the resident staff/security person???) ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Fire Brigade slow this time (Not Recommending)

2004-05-13T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: seems like the fire trucks are taking longer and longer - getting wise to all the false alarms ar LS! ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: won´t move until neccessary (Recommending!)

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

From schlifka: I moved into this building after living in a very nice (and expensive) apartment for 2 years. I love the location of this apartment building and realize that as I am living in a rent controlled building, there will be a few more unpleasantries than most. Most of these unpleasantries ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: bowen is a great management company (Not Recommending)

2004-01-31T00:00:00-06:00

From jruyf: I have lived in two different bowen properties for five years combined and they are hands down the nicest and most professional management company in portland. Anyone who thinks otherwise has never seen the alternatives. Try princeton property management´s fine property at 730 sw st. clair ave "the allendale" to ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: Love it. (Recommending!)

2004-01-19T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived in this building since the year it opened, and I love it. The building it self is beautiful, and maintenance is addiquate. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: FIRE ALARM X 3 - November ´03 (Not Recommending)

2003-11-27T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This is getting very old, very fast. All these fire alarms endanger us all, especially since residents have now learned to ignore these alarms - more so when they occur at 3AM. Another complaint - after the alarm is cleared, no one goes around to open up the fire doors, ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: eh, not bad. . . not great (Recommending!)

2003-10-26T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Well this was my first apartment in Portland, having moved from the midwest. It was ok, but the architect was an absolute moron.

Moron thing #1- build a "loading dock" so small that a midsize pickup truck can not enter, but have a huge 2 semi truck-sized door for the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: TO THE LOSER WHO SAYS THEY "HATE" IT HERE AND DOSE NOT HAVE THE SENSE TO MOVE-OUT (Recommending!)

2003-09-30T00:00:00-06:00

From Friends_stick_together89: The woman who you say does not have a high-school diploma, NEWS-FLASH DOES!. She is going to college! By the way "nothin" is spelled wrong itﾴs *nothing*. "Legally Insane?" ...Since when is it illegal to be insane?. The only illerate person here is the one who spelled "nothin" wrong. Oh ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: If what you are saying is true...you will identify yourself (Recommending!)

2003-09-30T00:00:00-06:00

From nancydunckelman5502@msn.com: My fourteen year old daughter and I were one of the first residents of Lovejoy Station when it opened about two years ago. I live in Apartment #210, and my name is Nancy. In the future I want anyone writing an opinion on this site to identify themselves as the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: this place is terrible (Not Recommending)

2003-09-28T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I thought that the last place I rented from was bad, but this place is ten times worse. Since the first night I moved in it has been nothin but terrible experiences. 90% of all nights and days are very loud and noisy. Most residents are very dirty, loud, legally ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: This place sucks ass (Not Recommending)

2003-08-31T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I mean come on im with everyone about the whole lets stick a note under there door once every few weeks cause we can´t get our heads out of our asses the staff is always stoned the guy who vacumes the halls can barley do that because hes to busy ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lovejoy Station: So sorry to be leaving (Recommending!)

2003-07-27T00:00:00-06:00

From justnancy2002@msn.com: We have been tenants here since it opened about two years ago. We are happy to be returning to our home on the east coast but sad to be leaving Lovejoy Station. Our friends and neighbors here have been wonderful and the staff is exceptional. The
Pearl District offers many special ... [click to read full apartment review]