Alpha Management Corporation

lol. The absolute worst management company in the world. I’ve asked COUNTLESS times for them to fix the ceiling in the bathroom which has SIGNIFICANT water damage from the pipe that burst upstairs. (thx for caring about your tenants and your building). PLUS what they are charging per apartment is ridiculous for the shit that you get… like I’m paying a grand for a 2×2 shit hole of an apartment with a half finished floor in the bathroom, a «kitchen» with a fridge that is like broken af. Also, there was one time they took 2 RENT CHECKS out of my bank account and did not give a flying fuck. It took them a WHOLE MONTH to return the money to me.
Advice: save your money and rent from someone who actually gives a shit and is not a scumlord and a half.

DO NOT RENT FROM ALPHA MANAGEMENT. I have lived in an Alpha Management property for two years (I’m stupid but it was way too inconvenient for me to look for another apartment last year, plus I was staying at my girlfriend’s a lot) and while the apartment is far from unlivable, it’s far from great as well and definitely not worth the price of rent regardless of its location or size. We have mice all the time, I call often and they never do anything about it. The worst was a hole in my bedroom closet that I called to get fixed on several occasions and it wasn’t until a few MONTHS and more pestering calls that they finally fixed it after a rat, I presume, dragged one of my jeans through the hole and chewed it up. The heating in the apartment is terrible and they do not seem to think that wearing two layers of clothes with a big hoodie in the mornings is an inconvenience and blamed it on drafty windows that once fixed did nothing to stop the cold. Honestly, I’ve heard worst stories from them and the article on Boston Magazine about them is fitting but even in my «best case scenario for Alpha Management» apartment, they perform pitifully. I would give them a ⁰⁄₅ stars if I could. I can’t wait until August so I can get the heck out of my apartment.

I foolishly trusted these guys with a bank check a few months ago, only to be told at the end of the month that they had never received it. The representative I spoke to implied that I was lying about having paid my rent because I couldn’t identify the exact date the check was written (I was walking home from work). Of course, I was panicking at this point because my money would be gone for good. I went to the nearby Bank of America, and they were very helpful in creating a stop payment on the check. That is, until they told me they could not stop payment because it had already been cashed. By Alpha Management!
Now, this could of course be seen as a very unfortunate mistake on Alpha’s part, and that’s how I wanted to see it. But when I went to them and said that I could not retrieve my check, and it had already been cashed, the same representative immediately replied with «They told you?».
I recommend avoiding business with Alpha Management.

What a joke! Alpha posted an eviction notice the first day of winter break due to unpaid rent, when in fact it was paid on time and the check was still there lying in the drop box. Luckily one of us stopped by the apartment, or else we’d have a big surprise after the holidays. That should say enough about the kind of people working there. Avoid like the plague!

bumping them up a star because we actually got a brand new dishwasher installed in a day… it did take 2 days of calling multiple times a day though.

These guys drag the iq average of new england to –1. Terrible communication, services and everything. I wouldnt touch them with a ten foot stick.

Don’t even know how to comment on them. Just think of the worst word in the world! No matter how many times you call or come to the office and ask them to fix the leaking ceiling or broken window, they would tell you «they will be there soon». Then nobody is gonna show up. If you’re luck and they finally come, they never finish their work rather leave you with more problems and tell you «we’ll come again tomorrow». Then you don’t see them again. They hang up on you quickly and rudely before you finish talking.
I wonder how people could work like this!

The price is right, so maybe it would be worth it to live in these apartments. But the management corporation sucks at getting anything done. They told me they would send in a cleaner every time I called them, and then said that they already DID – even though the place is filthy and there is BLACK. MOLD. alllll over the bathroom.
If you move here, be an advocate for yourself, and DEMAND that they clean IMMEDIATELY or they will try to get away with not doing it.

Stay away. I do not want to retell everything they did as it is upsetting to remember, just an example:
One night I arrived and my back door (which opens right outside) was left wide open and my cat was locked inside a cabinet. I was living alone. One of the agents left my cat there and left the door open after showing the place. Anyone could have broke in. My cat might run out and be run over by a car or suffocate in the cabinet. They give keys to multiple agents who never call to notify you before they come in, they just pop in with their keys. Once they walked in while I was in bed. Alpha Management says, well they are supposed to call you. That is it.
This is just one example. I am so glad I am done with them. I talked to two lawyers and was told that Alpha Management is notorious. (guess for what) and they are at the court everyday.

I lived in an Alpha Management property located in Malden. All was well until last winter (THE winter) when the parking lot was completely and utterly neglected. All. winter. long. I think the most they did every time it snowed was skim a bit off the top. By February, there were so many sheets of ice and snow that the number of parking spaces was cut nearly in half. One day it took at least six people to help an elderly man get his car unstuck, only for it to get stuck again several feet away. This parking cost $ 75 a month for each tenant.
Otherwise, the property was well maintained in the other seasons, and the onsite maintenance guys were very nice and kept everything in good order.

If I only I could post zero stars… alas I am forced to give them one star. My experiences include dirty poorly kept common stair well with lights that constantly burned out; mice and very unresponsive management. It took me three trips to the office to get a mailbox key that worked and after the second trip they suggested that I skip the key and just leave the box open.
Heating was a big issue. Never turned on in the fall by the legal date until I made at least five calls. Turned off randomly in the winter as did the hot water. Whenever I called it was after hours and they promised to get to it next day. This included the leaking toilet which also tended to clog in the winter. Over Christmas break two years in a row the furnace ‘broke’ so I was without heat or hot water. No one was reachable of course.
There was a common theme to all my calls — the first was to try and blame me (Really?) and the second was to claim it would be done the next day. I was blamed for burning out hall lights, letting mice in, faucet leaks and turning off the furnace. Yeah, these are folks you want to avoid…

Dear college students of Boston and everyone else: AVOID AT ALL COSTS. The owner of alpha management has had more than 73 complaints against him filed with Boston’s Inspectional Services Department in an 18 MONTH PERIOD. You can find hundreds of complaints against him online. His company does not do maintenance and throws people out of their offices when they come to complain. He even hikes up rent or takes people to cost for complaining. There is a 4 page article written all about the atrocities that this man and his company do to their tenants:
So please, educate yourself and stay far away from this business.

Oh my… Alpha Management.
I rented an apartment at 58 Queensberry Street from those guys back from Sept ’95 to Sept ’96. I had not even thought of them for all this time until I traveled back to Boston two weeks ago to see the Billy Joel concert and I passed by my old building. I know my experience was from 20 years ago, but from what I dealt with from that ghastly operation compares almost exactly to what nearly all of these most recent reviewers are stating. Alpha has been playing the same game for all these years.
During my one year stay, I was told that there were no pets allowed. I guess that’s because they were kind enough to supply plenty of their own to us in the forms of mice, rats, and various bugs.
Repair and maintenance was non-​existent. Garbage disposal under the sink leaked, as did the seal under the toilet. Repairs were never made. Lock bolt broken, never fixed… our door was secured by only a deadbolt. Windows leaked badly.
I paid $ 50.00 a month for a private parking spot and nearly every day I would find the same car parked there and I would have to park on the street until it left. After about 15 times I finally had the car towed only to have the landlord/​owner call me and told me that I had one of his «caretaker’s» car towed. I told him that since I am paying for a spot, I should be able to use it when I need it!!! He grumbled at me but no further issues with parking took place.
The landlord failed to stop the excessive noise from the group of female college students who lived above us… they partied ²⁴⁄₇ and had multiple people crashing there. Landlord told me he could do nothing. I finally ended up calling the police… several of them caught with drugs.
Yes, they sent out rent re-​up sheets 6 months before the lease was up. I knew I wasn’t going to stay, but it became annoying having rental agents knocking on the door several times a week out of the blue.
Stairwells were filthy, as was the backlot… dumpsters always overflowing.
When we moved out, we had new places to live lined up and we were able to pack and move our belongings before the big 9 – 1 move day. We cleaned the place spotless and a Alpha Management rep cleared us and explained that we would be getting our security deposit back via the mail. Gave our new addresses, but no checks four months later. Back and fourth with the president of the company with him giving me the excuse that the money was «being held up in the back due to the bank making an error». I finally got angry and demanded my money back… he cursed and hung up. I called consumer protection as well as the housing authority, who both groaned when I mentioned the name Alpha. A few days later my check arrived.
Following that time, I worked in Boston for 4 more years and rented an apartment in Roslindale and had a wonderful experience from a different management firm. Clean, well cared for and professional operation.
While Alpha is indeed a terrible operation, a good chunk of the problem stems from the student tenants abusing the place. If you want to spend mom and dad’s money on beer, go live on campus in the dorms, get a fake ID, and drink yourself silly on Landsdown Street! But combine the two, and you have a bad environment if you are a working professional or are trying to raise a family. This game Alpha has been playing has been going on for years. The owner is living the high life on a private island, and he is doing it by making a lot of money renting to throngs of kids who are getting a free ride off their parents, and deferring the most basic repairs and upkeep on the buildings.
My advice… if you are a professional, find a place just outside the city, they are there, you just have to look. Almost all are on a T or bus line. If you are a student, have fun, but be respectful of others in the building. They are working to pay their rent. If you are stuck in a bad situation with Alpha, stay on them and make use of the proper channels should the need arise.

Worst rental company to ever exist. They’re properties are usually run down, overrun with mold, rodents, and bugs. You have to pull teeth to get anything fixed and when they do it’s always half ass. Also, the people who run this company are just all around horrible people, almost scary at times. Do not rent from alpha.

Horrible, horrible, horrible experience with this company. I was getting desperate to find an apartment in Allston before the September 1^st rush and visited an apartment at 23 North Beacon St. I visited the apartment on the 29^th of April, the space itself looked fine but it was disgusting and the current tenant had clearly made no effort to begin moving out which I expressed concerns about. Alpha wanted to rent the apartment for May 1^st but I asked my realtor, Gabriel from Jacob Realty, how they could possibly expect to get the current tenant out when there was no sign of him preparing to move and clean the place sufficiently in two days. I was looking for a place for a June 1^st move in anyway so I told him I would submit an application for June 1^st.
I submitted the application that same day along with the holding deposit in cash because they don’t accept checks (should have been my first red flag) which consisted of first months rent as well as a 50 dollar key change charge. I received the lease on May 1^st and saw that the landlord was Alpha Management, did some research and decided I definitely did not want to sign that lease. I contacted my realtor to inform him of that and to ask how to get my deposit back. He informed me that because it was a new month (two whole days after I submitted my application) I wouldn’t get the deposit back because I’m responsible for the month of May. I asked how that could be, especially as there was still a tenant living there.
After much back and forth, I decided it wasn’t worth the time and energy it would take to get my deposit back as they clearly do this sort of thing regularly. BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE.
After all of this stress, losing more than a grand to these folks, I get an email on June 6^th from Alpha telling me my rent is past due. I panic and immediately call a number they included in the email, talk to Sam who tells me he can’t help me and to call Mushhoor. I explain to Mushhoor that I never signed the lease and he is helpful on the phone and seems surprised to hear I haven’t gotten my deposit back and assures me he’ll send it ASAP and he’ll take care of the mistake that led to me getting this past due rent email. He also assured me it wouldn’t affect my credit. I thanked him and asked him to send me an email putting everything we talked about in writing. More than a week later and I have received neither an email from him or anyone at Alpha nor my deposit. I’m going to be monitoring my credit score and if it is affected I will be hiring a lawyer and pursuing legal action.
This company is at best incompetent and at worst criminal.

Sam is super helpful. Ben is unprofessional and useless.

For those who are looking to rent an apartment, I suggest you not rent from Alpha Management.
I have been staying with my boyfriend now for a couple of months because it was convenient for me since it was right across from the Malden T station, but that is the only good part about my stay and my boyfriend who has been renting them for close to a year now agrees with me.
There have been many problems such as, infestation with rats, loosing electricity, etc. But the most recent situation has to be being threaten.
My boyfriend lives on the first floor of the apartment complex, therefore we are closer to the basement. The backdoor of the apartment complex has a broken lock, which means that anyone can get into the apartment. We have had an incident where there were HOMELESS PEOPLE come into our apartment and were staying in the basement. Since the apartment is right on top of the basement floor we can hear everything that goes on in the basement. It was after midnight and we couldn’t sleep because we had heard someone screaming from the basement and I told my boyfriend to check it out and he came back upstairs and said that there were homeless people living down there and so he called the cops. The cops came and told them that they had to leave and so they did. It was a surprise to me because they were breaking an entering and they didn’t get arrested, but hey I’m not a cop so it wasn’t my call it was theirs.
Since that incident happened my boyfriend had called Alpha Management to bring someone over to fix the lock in the backdoor, and of course, nobody came. I find it hilarious because they are able to put sprinklers outside, but not fix the lock on the backdoor.
But anyway, if you thought that incident was bad. It gets worse.
Since the backdoor lock was still broken, anyone could have come in and out of the building. I had told my boyfriend that I heard people coming up and down the stairs from the basement, and what do you know it was homeless people. My boyfriend had caught them coming up the stairs from downstairs and had asked them if they had lived in the apartment and they responded no. My boyfriend had told them to leave since they did not belong here, and they were mad and wanted to start a fight with him. He then had told them that he was going to call the cops, and they had threaten to kill him. So, he then called the cops. The cops came and evaluated the basement and he knew that there were people living in the basement because there were piss bottles and food everywhere.
He had told us to call the landlord to fix the lock on the backdoor because it was dangerous and we had explained that they say they will «fix it», but they never do. The officer had taken down the Alpha Management number and said that they will allow a police officer to come every now and then to check up on us.
In conclusion, the backdoor lock is still broken.
I would never ever recommend people to rent from Alpha Management. When these reviews say that they don’t care about their tenants, they really do not care. After the threat that my boyfriend had experience, it really shows that they do not care.
Please, for whoever is reading this AVOID Alpha Management.

Apartment is too noisy. One constantly hears the background noise related to the hospitals, the trolleys, cars & trucks, and the nearby bars. I can only sleep with earplugs! I think it is also not safe here: people have tried to pry open my rear door on two occasions while I have been home. There is limited street parking available. The apartment is cramped, with little room for furniture. Management does fix things but they can take a while to do so, and the winter-​heat mechanism has failed on several occasions this winter alone.

They have their flaws but are actually a good company with nice employees. If you are honest and kind, they treat you like-​wise. Munthar and everyone from the super for my building to the handy men come fast and do everything they can to help your situation. Alpha has always been a great company to me and shouldn’t be treated this unfairly.

I lived in Boston for 7 years, and during college I’ve lived in 3 places managed by alpha in Brighton. They do not give a single flying flock about their tenants, or those poor buildings. There were so many rats in all the buildings, and roaches. Even if you were personally clean and tidy, you’d still get pest from the neighbors, or from inside the infrastructure of the buildings.
The reason they don’t care is because they always have a constant stream of new tenants: students. So they don’t need to make a good impression, because fresh kids will flock in next semester.
The poor condition of the units is also partially due to the tenants, because some students absolutely obliterate and trash the place. This is why the better buildings in Boston say strictly no undergrads allowed, which made it hard for me to rent when I was a student. I was mostly quiet and clean myself, but I still had to deal with the consequences of others.
When the realtors show you the units, you rarely get a chance to notice the details, like how the bathrooms frequently had mold underneath the layers upon layers of old paint. Also, if anything broke in your unit, maintenance was pretty bad about fixing it haphazardly.