Apartment Ratings | One Franklin Town Ratings and Reviews

One Franklin Town: One of the best in Philly! (Recommending!)

2008-06-30T11:35:12-06:00

From Ashasta11: I'm moving out in November and I WISH I COULD TAKE THIS PLACE WITH ME!! It is beautiful, super clean, maintenance is fast and efficient, plus the wonderful amenities: brand new pool and jacuzzi, gym and weightroom (all free!) free wi-fi in the lobby, outdoor patio with 6 bbq grills ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: The good, the bad then the move-out (Not Recommending)

2008-06-26T16:54:35-06:00

From -Anonymous-: 1 Franklin Town has alot to like, but there is also a list of downsides. Good: you are in the heart of the city within walking distance to Fairmount Park, the Convention Center District, Ritthouse Square, etc. Bad: if you are considering an apartment on the east side of the ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Its true - this place is run by morons (Not Recommending)

2008-05-12T17:47:03-06:00

From jamesfromkent: Its a great place and a great location but this place is ruined by front desk staff and management. With perhaps one exception on the front desk, I've never been treated with so much disdain and never had to deal with such idiots. For example, Comcast have visited approximately 7 ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Forest City Management is absolutely the worst! (Not Recommending)

2007-11-13T02:50:54-06:00

From huberthumphrey: These people are really the most disgusting lying theives you have ever met. I am moving out because I don't like to walk by them everytime I walk in or out of the building. You should check out the One Franklin Town blog at blog.1ft.info. ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Watch out for management! (Not Recommending)

2007-07-12T20:21:19-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I was pretty happy with my experience until it came time to move out (I was moving to another city for work). Basically the management tried to screw us left and right. The building and its amenities are not worth the hassle. Oh, and they turn the water off in ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Pretend Luxury Lifestyle (Not Recommending)

2007-07-01T00:28:25-06:00

From leavemyassalone: The place is a mess. Management is terrible. ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Forest City Enterprises - the management company is just terrible. (Not Recommending)

2007-04-14T01:33:41-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived there for many years now and the one thing that I have learned is that you cannot take anything they say as truth. Remember - get everything in writing. ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Convenience and Tolerance (Recommending!)

2007-04-10T15:20:33-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have been a resident for six months. There is nothing 'really' wrong with the apartment. Facilities are maintained to a good extent, security might be improved but no big complaints, and who needs to deal with Management?

Generally there is nothing wrong with this apartment at all! Maintenance requests typically ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Great Employees, but no respect (Not Recommending)

2007-03-23T01:55:06-06:00

From edwardscissorhand: Personally, I really like Hafisa. Brenda, the director of security is fantastic.

The people who clean are really nice too... especially Ms. Shirley - she is a lot of fun. chears to her!

Seriously - I do not understand why the management, when replacing the TV in the gym, replaces it with ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: if you do not have to deal with management - its ok (Not Recommending)

2007-03-22T00:50:09-06:00

From charlie1019: but I would not recommend this place at all

it looks good from the outside, but the inside is all messed up ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Management needs to be replaced (Not Recommending)

2007-03-22T00:50:07-06:00

From Toniolarabi: I have lived here for many years and all the time in which I resided, managements does not listen or act. ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: (Recommending!)

2007-03-20T13:52:50-06:00

From 4747: I would first like to say that I have lived here for a few years now and plan on renewing my lease. Before I moved into One Franklin Town, I looked at numerous apartments throughout the city as I am sure most residents do. I based my decision on the ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Great place to live (Recommending!)

2007-03-20T10:00:39-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I love it here! Location is wonderful - close to the highway, easy to get into the heart of center city, a convenience store right downstairs, and close to the beauty of the museum area. The apartment layouts are great, very spacious, and well kept. The building has a nice ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Location is the only good thing (Not Recommending)

2007-03-19T13:14:19-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This place is spacious and has a reasonable gym, but the management staff is absolutely the worst. Hafiza, the concierge is always on the phone and very rude. She is never willing to help people. Packages get lost frequently. Elevators don't always work. Brenda is the only one that actually ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: ups and downs (Not Recommending)

2007-03-19T10:04:28-06:00

From testman44: My apartment is "okay" at best.
Management Team isn't top notch.
They removed the ability to pay with credit cards and check cards as of 2007 which was retarded.
Now I have to dig around for paper checks every month. Who ever decided to return to 1980's paper check technology when bank ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Management is terrible (Not Recommending)

2007-03-15T01:07:12-06:00

From 1ftresident: I can't believe this place - the dryers vent into the apartment. I can't wait to leave. ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Had some potential (Not Recommending)

2007-03-09T13:38:45-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I'd rather not give specifics on when I moved in or what kind of unit. Suffice to say it was recently and it's a unit on a high floor, not a cheap one.

The good news is it's a cheap alternative to center city living if you have a car

The bad ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: good points and bad points..decide for yourself (Recommending!)

2007-03-07T14:49:35-06:00

From nomoresnow: For us, one franklin town was the best deal for the price. being a little further from the center of the city means a walk across the very breezy vine street but everything is still within walking distance. The apartment has been safe for us but the parking garage across ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Great Place to Live (Recommending!)

2007-01-11T13:41:32-06:00

From lovemybuilding: I have lived here for a little over a year. I find the building to be a great place to live. All the amenities are exactly what I was looking for. The Leasing team was very helpful and friendly. I also, would say service request are done in a timely ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: It's been a great apartment (Recommending!)

2006-12-28T11:54:12-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived here for almost 6 years and have had a wonderful experience. Safe, clean, courteous front desk and the layout of my 2 bedroom apartment is the best in the city.

It is also so quiet and parking is directly across the street. ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Bad Service (Not Recommending)

2006-12-22T04:47:16-06:00

From cocktails: We've been here for about a year now on a two year lease. The management of the building is not very good. I don't know why they don't keep up the building as it could be a very very nice place. Very disappointed. ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Beware Beware Beware (Not Recommending)

2006-12-15T23:39:28-06:00

From betabitch: You have been warned! ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Terrible Management & Services (Not Recommending)

2006-12-13T16:55:00-06:00

From admin1ft: I have lived here for over 8 years now & have watched this place get completely rundown. Although they remodelled the place recently, whenever, there is a leak, they just dry it up & leave the stains. If you look closely, most of the ceiling tiles in the public spaces ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Looking for something else (Not Recommending)

2006-11-27T16:05:24-06:00

From zmg9001: I have lived here for some time now... the current management team is very unresponsive. They like to yes while they are in front of you... but then nothing happens. Things take forever to happen. I have an appliance that has not worked properly for atleast 7 months. ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Great Lobby. Nice Apt. Lousy Management (Not Recommending)

2006-11-12T20:49:24-06:00

From birden: The building looks great when you first take a walk thru. Within three months of moving in, the stove & the refrigerator both broke, but it took six months for them to finally replace them. It seemed that they took every effort so that they would not have to purchase ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Clean looking at first, but then you move in... (Not Recommending)

2006-11-07T04:24:57-06:00

From mygreen: My family & I have been here for more than a year. The building looks great at first. They show you a fancy pool & gym. It seems as if the pool is closed more than its open. The dirt that remains in the public spaces is terrible. ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: We hate it here (Not Recommending)

2006-11-06T17:35:15-06:00

From pat312219: This management team is horrible. Maintenance is terrible. Employees are rude. My partner & I plan to leave at the end of our lease period. ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Declining Rapidly (Not Recommending)

2006-10-29T19:13:52-06:00

From sethtoo: Although there are some goood qualities to this apartment building, the quality of service is really getting bad. The new management team is terribly unresponisive. The pool has been closed for a month (this is the second such closier this year). The air conditioning is terrible. The cleanlinessl of the ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: We love it here! (Recommending!)

2006-09-27T18:05:14-06:00

From kytopa: We've only been here for three months, but so far we love it. We have found management to be friendly and competent, although it may take one or two requests to get something (non-emergency) done. It is, after all, a HUGE place. Nice mix of people, students, families, working folks, ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: A nice place to live if you can avoid the management. (Recommending!)

2006-08-09T17:11:37-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The building has nice amenities (pool, fitness room, shuttles, tanning bed, a WaWa on the corner, etc), security, and was renovated Spring 2005, but the management was terrible. Maintenance took forever, billing was a mess, and in a few instances the management overstepped their boundaries contractually. The people that worked ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Many facilities but terrible management (Not Recommending)

2006-07-15T14:48:02-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have been living here for more than five years. Although, I enjoy the many facilities in the building, I must say that the management people are terrible. Although the gym is very usable, it is not kept up very clean. The pool is nice, but is often yellow or ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: I really enjoyed living here (Recommending!)

2005-06-29T15:21:46-06:00

From ilovemykittycat: My roommates and I lived in 1 bedroom with a den. The apartment is very spacious (I would say the den is a little tiny if you're going to use it as a bedroom, but the one roommate never had any complaints about it even though the washer and dryer ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: a nice place to live (Recommending!)

2004-11-15T20:56:12-06:00

From Latamore@aol.com: Only soundproof apartment building that I know of in Center City, shuttle bus to center city and West Philly, top manager in charge of the building is easy to talk to. Year round swimming pool, and state of the art fitness center, sauna, sun tan room and showers in spotless ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Clean solid building, not the greatest management (Recommending!)

2004-08-20T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Exceptional solid construction quality,
never heard a sound from neighboring apartments. Very efficient noise windows. Very clean and overall nice building. The pool and the gas grills are definitely a plus. The gym is small, but enough for basic workout and it's very convenient to have it in the building.
The ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Used to Be Good, but Rapidly Declined in 2001 (Not Recommending)

2004-03-29T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I moved into 1 Franklintown in 1999, into a 1BR/1BA unit which I loved. The front desk staff were terrific, management was attentive and friendly, and the amenities (specifically, the gym, pool, and jacuzzi) were immaculately kept. When my fiancee moved in one year later, we upgraded to a 2BR/2BA ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: Nice apartment. terrible management (Not Recommending)

2004-02-23T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I enjoyed the view and closeness to Center city but the management is frequently "short" if you have a problem or need assistance. They don´t nickel and dime you they charge an exhorbitant amount for late fees and any extras. Their attitude is "that is your problem". Quite frankly, I ... [click to read full apartment review]

One Franklin Town: DON´T ExPECT YOUR SECURITY DEPOSIT RETURNED--snobby mgt.; poor maintenance logs; excessive charges for normal wear & tear at time of moveout; BUMS live on 2 corners of the property (Not Recommending)

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

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

One Franklin Town: great apt for Center City living (Recommending!)

2002-12-08T00:00:00-06:00

From downtown: Close to everything. Safe, quiet apt complex. Great maintenance...within a few hours of youcalling. Friendly lobby staff (actually knows everyone´s name). Parking gargage right across the street with reasonable price ($145/month). Good fitness center, indoor pool, whirlpool, etc. Community parties often to meet your neighbors. Wawa in the building. Washer ... [click to read full apartment review]