Apartment Ratings | St. John's Wood Ratings and Reviews

St. John's Wood: moving (Recommending!)

2008-07-09T11:34:20-06:00

From 82bowler82: We have stayed with SJW for 3 years this year we are moving out. Yes I love the layout of the apt's but not worth the trouble our first year here in 05 our car was stolen twice!! both times recovered however not fun to deal with! Maint. here sucked ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: Where do you people live? (Recommending!)

2008-05-08T11:48:14-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived in St Johns for almost 6 months now and have never had a problem. I agree that the maintence staff could be a little faster, but when my pilot light went out and we had no hot water the maintence guy came out at 9:30 on a ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: Don't Believe The Hype (Not Recommending)

2008-05-05T16:03:06-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I was an almost 4 year resident of SJW from mid 2004 to early 2008. Their claim to fame is they were voted Richmond's best community south of the river in 2000 and 2002. Hello people it is 2008. My issues were mainly with maintenance from the squirrels in the ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: One Issue After Another (from the carbon monoxide to roaches) (Not Recommending)

2008-03-18T12:44:25-06:00

From Courtleigh85: First of all I love the floor plans here and its really unfortunate that everything else has been so horrible. My roommate and I have lived here since October 2007, bear in mind the things we've dealt with has happened within 5 1/2 months. Our first problem came in ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: "You gonna get you bitch ass shot" (Not Recommending)

2008-02-21T11:37:47-06:00

From leopardflames: Those are the exact words that I was told when I walked to my car to find someone else getting out of it. He looked like he could've been a 50 cent wannabe. When I called the number the management gave me for the investigative department, they told me that ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: OKAY !!! but ready to go!!! (Not Recommending)

2008-02-08T22:10:13-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Like everyone has stated this neighborhood is full of crime. I have always wanted to live in these apartments as a child. Now that I have had the chance I wish I would have known otherwise. The floorplans are wonderful. However, the apartments need to be updated. And the tenants ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: I lived here, from 2001 - 2003 but (Recommending!)

2007-12-12T07:43:18-06:00

From LarWink: I was lucky, it wasn't that bad. Or so I thought. I have run into a lot of people after I left who had all kinds of problems. The floor plans were great, never had any maintenance issues. I really loved my time at St. John's Wood.I have, however, moved ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: Dangerous (Not Recommending)

2007-12-11T11:12:06-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Crime rate is ridiculous. You name it. It goes on at St. John's Wood. However, the maintenance is good. A variety of floorplans, but old apartments. The worst of all are these HUGE hopping crickets with long legs that are always in your apartment, especially in the summer time. ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: my house was broke into (Not Recommending)

2007-10-17T11:35:57-06:00

From -Anonymous-: ST.JOHN'S WOOD is a awful choice.I live there for 11 months and 15 days my lease was up at the end of the month and on the 15th day of the elevnth month my apartment was robbed and ransacked.The management dont really care about any of your issues. my are ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: This place really isn't paradise. (Not Recommending)

2007-10-03T19:35:46-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Ok..so a couple of the reviews I have read are true. It has it's goods but it's mostly bad. I moved in there 3 years ago and didn't have too much of a problem at first. There are only a few of the office people that are helpful and willing ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: I'm truly shocked! (Recommending!)

2007-09-25T16:43:27-06:00

From Carefree1: A friend of mine told me to visit this site and I'm shocked at some of the comments that were left by the other residents. I've lived here with by boyfriend for a couple of years and we haven't had any issues. Our place is nice, clean and bug/rodent free. ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: Slum (Not Recommending)

2007-09-27T16:56:51-06:00

From Ryoga227: This place may have it's strenghts (cheap rent) but it fails to add up to a value when you account for the fact that they charge you for maintance visits. Although it is agreed uphon that it is covered in the rent, sometimes it's not. That is how places like ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: Ghetto thugs, criminals, and bad management (Not Recommending)

2007-09-11T11:15:45-06:00

From Heartbreakkid945: I moved in around September first of 06, and had little problems for the first 2 months other then your usual thug bass music at all hours of the day, then I got neighbors. The neighbors consisted of a black mother and her 3 children probably all by different fathers. ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: Get out fast before thugs literally kill you! (Not Recommending)

2007-06-19T13:19:22-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived at St. John's for one dreadful month. I've never felt as afraid anywhere else that I have lived. Yes, when I was shown the model apartment the staff acted as if St. John's was a great place to live. When I asked the agent about safety, she looked ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: last crime report may 18, 2007 (Not Recommending)

2007-05-22T11:08:34-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The following is a letter left in all residents mailboxes of St. Johns Woods apartments. Due to this it is a matter of public record and should not be misconstrued as violating the terms of serice of this web site. It is not opinion, its an actual document sent by ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: It feels like home to me (Recommending!)

2007-03-15T22:31:33-06:00

From happyinSJW: I moved to SJW about four years ago with my husband and children. We live in a very spacious three bedroom townhouse and when we first viewed it (the actual apartment we now live in), it felt like home.
Coming from a small town, you expect Richmond to be this ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: Get a life... (Recommending!)

2007-03-08T20:47:29-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived at this place for 6 years and lived by the pool and went there all summer - no problems. I met alot of nice people including the Office. Yes, if an incident happened there they would notify us, which is better than the previous place i lived which ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: BEWARE OF CRIME (Not Recommending)

2007-01-12T14:29:25-06:00

From nothappy.1961: I would not recommend this area to rent to anyone. The safety in this area is VERY poor..I was held up at gunpoint and this was not the first incident of this kind at SJW. I would think twice before you rent at this property. ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: POOR GROUNDSKEEPING! (Not Recommending)

2006-12-11T11:23:27-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived there for almost two years and I have noticed that the grounds are kept quite poorly. Each fall, gumballs fall off the trees and present a problem for pedestrians. I've tripped over these round balls myself and I have even seen people fall! Even after big storms, ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: None (Not Recommending)

2006-12-03T12:56:17-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived here for all of 3 months. We recived multiple letters about other residents being robbed. I had a 3 page list of items to be fixed when I moved in. THey didnt come to fix it until the week I moved out. Nice compared to Church hill or ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: Problems , problems & more problems Do not believe the staff (Not Recommending)

2006-11-13T12:10:22-06:00

From elizabethp.81@earthlink.net: We moved here 3 mths ago thinking that this would be a nice place to live ..the office is nice the staff puts on a great front like this is a great place to live.
The reality is this is not , the apartments are old and they do not ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: stupid? (Not Recommending)

2006-09-15T17:44:37-06:00

From -Anonymous-: From the looks of most of these entries and comments, a majority of you "authors" should go back to school and maybe pay attention this time around. Your grammar and spelling is atrocious - you should be ashamed! No wonder you live in hellholes like these apartments. Brush up on ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: DO NOT MOVE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Not Recommending)

2006-09-05T12:02:09-06:00

From -Anonymous-: THESE APARTMENTS ARE REALLY CLOSE TO BEING PROJECTS....BETWEEN THE BUGS,ROBBERIES,GHETTO A-- CHILDREN ALL UP IN THE STREET THAT NEED TO BE IN THE DAMN HOUSE,POOR MAINTENANCE,APPLIANCES A FEW DECADES OLD....IT IS REALLY NOT WORTH THE MONEY OR THE HEADACHE....THE MANAGEMENT FINDS MONEY TO HIRE LAWN PEOPLE AND PUT FLOWERS ALL ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: Don't move here (Not Recommending)

2006-09-05T08:47:32-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I am sorry to say that St. John's Wood is not a safe place to live ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: Finally leaving! (Not Recommending)

2006-09-04T18:21:29-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived here for one year and i can't wait to move out this weekend! THese are the reasons you should not live here. #1COunless robberies at gun point, car and house break-ins, and rapes that are listed on almost a bi-weekly notice. Nothing has been done, they just inform ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: Find a better place, PLEASE! (Not Recommending)

2006-08-04T21:29:10-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This place is terrible. The management is rude and discriminatory, and maintenance is pathetic and incompetent, at best. My wife and I had problems with our hot water heater not working for two weeks before it was fixed and their excuse was "We have more important things to worry about ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: RASICTS (Not Recommending)

2006-07-27T11:08:53-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Do not live here if you are black. The staff is all white and could care less about what goes on in the property. The manager, is the worst. Please send everyone you know to this website and then send them to
www.fairhousing.vipnet.org. so that they know thier rights. Becuase if ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: Not great, but not horrible. (Not Recommending)

2006-07-23T23:02:45-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Previos posters are blowing things rather out of proportion. I've been here 8 months now and have seen only two or three of the "weekly" crime notices. Still, that's one every two or three months. And the maintenance department really sucks. There is actually a hole in my wall that ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: ROBERY,THEFT, BREAK IN (Not Recommending)

2006-07-23T22:17:53-06:00

From -Anonymous-: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO COME HERE.. ENRY WEEK PEOPLE GET ROBBED, CARS BROKEN INTO , AC BREAKS FREAQUENTLY ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: Plan on moving there myself! (Recommending!)

2006-07-11T22:58:14-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived there about 2 years ago and had to move because a friend needed a roomate but he is moving away and I plan on going back because it was such a great experience. The people on here that are giving bad reviews are just bitter. I'll admit, there ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: you really get what you pay for (Not Recommending)

2006-06-30T00:50:05-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Large apartments and they are cheap but you really get what you pay for. The Roof leaked the first six months we lived here it took three attempts to fix it so that it only leaks now when it rains really hard.
We get letters every few weeks looking for ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: This was a nice place to live until.... (Not Recommending)

2006-06-17T15:46:42-06:00

From lilaliya757: the last year or so. I have lived here for the last four years and have had no issues until this past year. AC doesn't work couldn't get anyone to comeout and fix it for a month then to get told I needed to be home when the guy gets ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: (Recommending!)

2006-06-13T21:04:52-06:00

From -Anonymous-: A coworker of mine just told me about this site today. I have only lived at St John Woods for about 7 months. I have to move to another state because my company is transferring me with short notice. I was looking in the other state for apartments and decided ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: st johns now (Not Recommending)

2006-06-08T09:01:27-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I knew people who lived here in the early to mid 90s as well who loved it, so I felt fine moving in. However, as one person posted, if you are getting such a huge apt for so little money, there's a reason.

We get weekly police blotters on violent crime ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: (Not Recommending)

2006-05-31T17:01:23-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Man, sorry to hear that St John's Wood has gone so downhill. We lived there in 1992 through 1993 and had a blast! Nothing like the pool with all the gang on a Saturday, and the three bedroom lofts were awesome. Oh, not to mention the complimentary Happy Hours on ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: living at St. johns Wood (Not Recommending)

2006-05-26T11:39:26-06:00

From -Anonymous-: These people that say they love St. Johns Wood Apartments are out of their minds. I notice that they do not live here any longer. I am not sure these review were not put in by the management because I do not know one person that would say this is ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: Disgusting (Not Recommending)

2006-04-13T10:42:29-06:00

From -Anonymous-: There were five neighborhood reports of people either being robbed or raped, and one about an animal being shot during a burglary while I lived there. When I tried to get out of my lease for safety concerns the manager said that my safetey was not their responsibility and that ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: (Not Recommending)

2006-04-05T16:39:33-06:00

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

St. John's Wood: i live in st johns wood (Recommending!)

2006-04-04T21:20:24-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I am currently living in St. Johns Wood appartments, and i like it. The staff is very nice. The landscape looks nice. The maintenence is okay, but could use some improvement. But overall - i like where i live and i would reccomend this place to live. ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: Hate it! (Not Recommending)

2006-04-04T09:23:19-06:00

From mbcgrl01@yahoo.com: I am a woman and live there with my friend who is also female. We are scared to walk from our car to our apartment. I would NOT recommend it to ANYONE! Also we have been trying for 6 MONTHS to get our ac fixed.

PLEASE DONT GO THERE.
... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: I live in St. Johns and i love it ! (Recommending!)

2006-03-30T21:55:43-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived in St. John's Wood Appartments for about 3 years, and over the three years that i lived there, i never had any promblems with them. The only reason i moved was because i had to be closer to where i worked. The staff was always so friendly and ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: Former Tenant. (Not Recommending)

2005-10-19T15:25:05-06:00

From Bazzgazm: I will say there was ALOT of apartment for the money, although, when i moved in the reason why started to become obvious. Maintence, as listed, Was fair to poor. They did leave our door open one time long enough for my roomates cat to run for the hills.
I ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: Maintenance at St.Johns Wood (Recommending!)

2005-10-09T04:56:49-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have been living at SJW for about 2 years now. I think the maintenance department has gotten better since Mike has taken it over. Always nice, courteous and
concerned. Personally, I think they could use more people in maintenance. 5 maintenance people for 777 apartments just won't do. Especially at ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: I loved St. Johns Wood (Recommending!)

2005-06-26T17:09:29-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I used to live in St. Johns Wood for 8 years. The only reason I moved out was because we purchased a house. I loved it there. You get a hell of an apartment for the price that you pay. The bedrooms are huge and the closets are to die ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: (Not Recommending)

2005-06-20T10:57:11-06:00

From GOTTOGETOUTOFHERE: This is one of the worst places I have ever lived. The apartment is ok but the crime in this community is unbelieveable. When we moved in the management told us it was a safe place to live and they had 24 hours security. LIES they do not. They lied ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: (Not Recommending)

2005-05-10T13:55:22-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The maintenence staff is incompetent, the safety and security of the grounds and people are of no concern to management, and the service/rental office all the way to the regional corporate office has NO CONCERN FOR THE RESIDENTS NEEDS OR CONCERNS WHATSOEVER! Shauna Ross, the rental office manager, is the ... [click to read full apartment review]

St. John's Wood: Would not recommend it. (Not Recommending)

2005-04-11T12:52:05-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Unsafe neighborhoods, poor maintenance, office staff is nice and helpful but rental manager is very difficult and sometimes unprofessional (she gossips about the tenants). Several apt and car break-ins/robberies. ... [click to read full apartment review]