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Ivystone Apartments: Nice place to live (Recommending!)

2009-05-13T10:47:56-06:00

From sunlover77@aol.com: I moved in here a few months ago. I have had no problems at all. The staff is wonderful. The apartment is great. It even comes with a washer and dryer at no extra cost. I love it here. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: what are you guys talking about? Ivystone is great! (Recommending!)

2009-02-06T05:56:04-06:00

From xjanaleex: I am surprised by the amount of people who are saying bad things about Ivystone! Keep in mind the price you are paying (the cheapest in chesapeake), the location you are in (right in the heart of shopping and resturants), and what you are getting (a full sized washer and ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: Bad place to live (Not Recommending)

2009-02-06T05:32:20-06:00

From BAHRAIN: Maintenance staff is terrible. Staff is rude, and they will get every drop of money from you while doing nothing to make the places better to live. I used to live here three years ago, and it was a nice place to live. Now, I wouldn't even get my enemy ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: DO NOT MOVE HERE (Not Recommending)

2008-09-08T13:16:46-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived in Ivystone from 2005-08. There are several issues with the complex, the first of which is the rent. When I initially moved there in 2005, I was a student and the price for a one bedroom was 735. It has since gone up 200 dollars a month, for ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: This place is poor (Not Recommending)

2008-08-29T21:51:04-06:00

From dowhat: I was reading the other day and saw the posts about the Manager doing drugs with the maintenance staff and the fruity guy in the office. WOW. They must have removed it since it gave names. I used to live at Ivystone until I relocated for a job. It cost ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: spider infested (Not Recommending)

2008-08-24T01:39:21-06:00

From -Anonymous-: i lived at ivystone for almost 2 years and it was horrible....our apartment was roach infested, had mold, the air conditioning was constantley broken....and there were spiders everywhere.....the breaking point was when i woke up and there was a spider crawling on my arm and i looked up and there ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: Not A Bad Place To Live (Recommending!)

2008-08-19T19:29:27-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I moved in at the end of last year, and want to give credit to all of the changes! You go Ivystone staff! This place has been changing for the better since I moved in. Everywhere has issues but at least these people are trying to change it. Most places ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: DUMP! DONT DO IT!!! CHECK OUT THE PICTURES!!! (Not Recommending)

2008-03-15T11:03:13-06:00

From i_dont_think_so: Once you have maintenance staff posting about how bad things are at this DUMP you know its time to GO!!!I've lived here for 4 years and I am outta here! Mold problems, constant water leaks in the ceilings, shoddy maintenance, nasty and inexperienced office staff has done it for me. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: IVYSTONE, COME LIVE THE LIFE YOU DESERVE! (Not Recommending)

2008-01-29T21:45:35-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Ivystone's marketing slogan is "Come live the life you deserve". Well, if you deserve to live in the slum with roaches and rats. If you deserve to walk outside on the grass and step on dog feces. If you deserve to have your kids play around unsafe equipment and gangs ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: RUN AWAY; MOVE OUT NOW!!!!! (Not Recommending)

2008-01-26T18:22:16-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I would have to agree with the assessment of the employee working at Ivystone. We have pictures to support his claims and some of our own. We lived in this wretched apartment for 2 years not because we wanted to, we were looking for the right house to move to. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: WARNING!!!!! DO NOT RENT HERE (Not Recommending)

2008-01-26T11:39:12-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This is the real scoop on Ivystone. I used to work there and would'nt dream of renting an apartment there. In fact, if they gave me a free apartment I would'nt live there. The bottom line is the company that owns it (Bonaventure) is cheaper than any one you could ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: (Recommending!)

2007-11-14T08:33:31-06:00

From lukesmama: These apartments arn't bad. My biggest complaint is that the walls are paper thin. I can hear everything my next door neighbors say and even most of what my upstairs neighbors say. It sounds like elephants are living above me even though its only one man, one woman, and one ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: Overpriced & Undermaintained, but "The Life you Deserve" (Not Recommending)

2007-11-03T21:38:07-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Come live the life you deserve at Ivystone apartments. If you like to dine with roaches, live with mold and nasty spiders, this is the place for you. I forgot to mention maintenance that NEVER gets attended to. If the problem persist, make sure you call 3 more times before ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: Poor response to maintenance requests (Recommending!)

2007-07-01T18:08:45-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Ivystone is a large complex so your experience will depend on where you live. Our neighbors are nice and quiet, but the office management leaves much to be desired. They are unresponsive to maintenance requests. Every time we have had a maintenance issue, we have had to make numerous requests ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: Moving here was a horrible Idea! (Not Recommending)

2007-06-28T15:56:42-06:00

From heather_n_blake@yahoo.com: Me and my boyfriend have lived in the apartment for 11 months now. It is terrible. We have had alot of roaches, we had problems with leaks, The neighbors are so disrespectful, maintenance is horrible, the rent you have to pay to live here is ridiculous. We were paying almost ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: NOT THE RIGHT PLACE TO BE IN (Not Recommending)

2007-06-13T20:39:55-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The office employee doesn't know what customer service is all about. First of all, she doesn't smile and talks with that "irritated" tone. They were initially prompt to send someone over in our first month here. But things changed all of a sudden. There's a lot to complain about: the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: ROACH INFESTED (Not Recommending)

2007-01-18T14:27:13-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I am sorry I ever signed the lease for this place. The carpets stink because they were not cleaned before we moved in and there was a huge leak. Their solution was to make us move all of our stuff out (didnt even offer us storage space to move the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: DO NOT MOVE HERE (Not Recommending)

2006-11-20T13:53:37-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived in Ivystone for two years and am moving out on Friday, THANK GOD! TEver since the management has changed this place had really gone downhill fast. The apartments are overpriced for what you get. I have had so many problems since I have been here. The upstairs ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: INCONSIDERATE MANAGER (Not Recommending)

2006-09-18T11:57:26-06:00

From -Anonymous-: A SIMPLE WELCOME WHEN YOU FACE THE MANAGER SOMETIMES CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BUT WITH THAT GROUCHY, UGLY LOOKS PRESENTED INITIALLY CAN BE VERY DEVASTATING. IT MAKE YOU THINK SOMETIMES WHERE THEY GET THIS UNEDUCATED EMPLOYEES MOST ESPECIALLY A MANAGER!!! THIS LADY NAMED "AMY" NEEDS TO BE FLIPPING BURGERS INSTEAD. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: WTF? (Not Recommending)

2006-09-12T22:26:59-06:00

From -Anonymous-: When about 15 mexicans move in in a one bedroom unit it's time to move out...Ivystone has offically gone GHETTO! ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: Run Away! (Not Recommending)

2006-09-09T01:48:52-06:00

From -Anonymous-: If you are considering to live in on this apartment, DON'T! You will only regret it like I do now. It is pricey for its kind of apartment. When I moved in, the carpet was wet and the entire unit did not seem like it was ever cleaned before my ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: Why Are Property Owners Hiring Mentally unstable women as Property Managers ? (Not Recommending)

2006-08-24T12:51:19-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I cannot for the life of me fathom the fact that someone can get a position as a Property manager and be clinically bi-polar.
This so-called manager of Ivystone "Amy", is completely unpersonable and lacks proper communication skills. She's better off working as a prison guard or at a hospital ward. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: some good, mostly bad (Not Recommending)

2006-05-31T16:11:31-06:00

From onefishtwofish: First of all, forget about maintenance unless you want them to let someone in your apartment that you don't trust. They constantly seem like they are looking for something to steal. The staff are completely rude and the only thing they seem to care about is getting MORE money from ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: A Good Place (Recommending!)

2006-05-21T17:42:58-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived here for 6 months. Everything that has ever been broken in my apt. has been fixed the same day I reported it. Sometimes the dumpsters get full but are never overflowing for more than one day. Ivystone is a nice place to live, and the prices a ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: Is ok with me (Recommending!)

2006-05-07T15:50:29-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I am young and this is my first apartment. I actually do like it here. This entire area is very expensive so you aren't going to find a one bedroom less than $700 ANYWHERE that you want to come home to or feel safe in. And the one bedroom is ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: Ummm NO (Not Recommending)

2006-01-04T02:43:48-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have to agree...I started out feeling safe and then things took a dramatic turn for the worse. The main power breakers are located outside the apartment and someone thought it was funny to shut off our power...repeatedly and we've also experienced problems with people looking into our windows and ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: Satisfied (Recommending!)

2005-12-17T21:58:20-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Me and my husband have lived here for about 5 months and really have no complaints. The only one I do have is that the walls are thin and you can hear your neighbors. Also, there isn't much storage space. It's a quiet community in a great area for the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: Run from this dump (Not Recommending)

2005-12-16T16:27:31-06:00

From bewareofivystone: Run from this dump, aka "best of Chesapeake." The only way that could have heppened is if the apartment staff rigged the voting. Where to begin....rude office staff for one thing. They get rude and upset whenever you report things that need improving. They are also illiterate and never get ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: Loved it there......NOT! (Not Recommending)

2005-11-20T14:29:00-06:00

From wolfspiritofmine: We lived there for just over a year. Have experienced apt. living and military housing.

Yes Ivystone Apts. are older units. Initially I was ok with the apt. Then two young couples moved in above us. Things went down hill from then on. Between them and their friends it was an ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: awful!!! (Not Recommending)

2005-10-03T09:00:18-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I am moving! If you have issues with water leaks, structural problems, plan on being blamed for it. Plan on getting treated like a deadbeat even though you pay your rent on time every single month. God forbid you have to use the emergency maintenance service. They resent it. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: (Not Recommending)

2005-08-18T20:16:06-06:00

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Ivystone Apartments: (Not Recommending)

2005-07-26T19:44:18-06:00

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Ivystone Apartments: I TOTALLY DISAGREE!!!!! (Recommending!)

2005-05-03T10:49:59-06:00

From cpodadc: I totally disagree with the negative ratings I have read about Ivystone.

Since moving into the complex in January, my wife and I have found Ivystone to be a very nice place to live. The entire staff has been extremely responsive and caring in serving our needs and making us feel ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: We're stuck here unfortunately (Not Recommending)

2005-03-03T14:53:42-06:00

From -Anonymous-: We are a young military family and were assigned to live here through the Coast Guard. I am exceptionally organized and still can't find a storage place for half of our stuff here. There is in general a lack of space, especially if you have any children. Originally I thought ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: We are happy, I hope others will be too. (Recommending!)

2004-12-10T23:08:19-06:00

From vhumphrey1@cox.net: We just moved in Ivystone. I'd read the other ratings and was a little concerned. But I can tell you LOTS of NASTY things to compare to where we lived before. Ivystone is a god send!! Try living where we just moved from if you want lousy maintenance, bugs, safety ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: Cockroach City (Not Recommending)

2004-11-30T12:25:53-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived at Ivystone for one year. I saw a cockroach not small ones but HUGE!! cockroaches. No matter how clean my apartment was or how much we sprayed the roaches kept coming back. In my bathroom, kitchen, hallways, living rooms, my 3 year olds bedroom. They were everywhere. Then ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: Nothing special (Recommending!)

2004-10-03T14:11:29-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived in Ivystone for about 7 months. I didn't have many problems with the place, but I was always traveling with my job.
The walls are very very thin, and the washer dryers just plain suck.
Ivystone was the Cheapest place in the area that I felt was safe. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE!! (Not Recommending)

2004-09-18T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This apartment is horrible! After only living here for a month, we are getting out of our lease. The apartment was dirty when we moved in; rust stains on carpet, dirt on the walls, mildew under the carpet. We even had cockroaches and when management was told, their reply was ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: Don't even think about it!!!!! (Not Recommending)

2004-08-01T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: We were ready to rent this place after looking at the model. Model looked great (just as every model does). When we got our keys the whole thing changed 180 degrees. The place was filthy. The managements comment was "What do you expect from a 30 year old apartment?". It ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: No problems so far... (Recommending!)

2004-07-10T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I've lived in Ivystone for almost a year and have no complaints. Yes, the parking lots are sometimes crowded, but I have never had to park farther than the next building over, which is a joy after living in more urban areas and having to park on the street, sometimes ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: Illegal scam allert!!!! (Not Recommending)

2008-10-25T23:09:13-06:00

From panda143: Hi, people who still live here! I know that all of us received this letter from Verizon stating (not asking!!!) that they are going to enter our apts for installation - we have to act! According to VRTLA (google it!), it is not a "necessary or agreed on srvice", and ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: BEWARE (Not Recommending)

2004-05-14T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived at Ivystone for almost 2years. This complex has several problems. The walls are so thin you can hear your neighbors very clear. Maintenance does not do the repairs in a quick efficient way and if may take SEVERAL trips to finish the job. It took me 2 months ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: I wouldn´t if I was you (Not Recommending)

2003-10-24T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Lived there for three years. The rent gets raised every year. The walls are very thin. You can hear the people next to you very well. And if you do decide to move there make sure you get an upstairs apartment. We had a down stairs apartment and you could ... [click to read full apartment review]

Ivystone Apartments: Very nice place to live, nice grounds, great area! (Recommending!)

2003-03-04T00:00:00-06:00

From JoannaMerritt: Greenbriar is a great location for someone who does not want to spend the money that goes hand in hand with Virginia Beach. Chesapeake is a nice city and very "up-and-coming." I was impressed with Ivystone from the get-go because they are fairly inexpensive and in a great area, right ... [click to read full apartment review]