M Street Apartments

My sons first semester at Tech and his new apartment here was broken in to the first 45 days of being a resident! Security sucks!

It’s an apartment, folks. There is always the great stories, and not so great. However, I lived there for about 10 months and had my car stolen, walked into a dirty apartment, and had rates drop $ 40 online on my floor plan the day I signed, and the lady did nothing to match (I needed a place to live ASAP). New manager is a bit more decent, but it doesn’t change the fact that it is an old crappy apartment complex. Great location though, short walk from some neat restaurants, just not the best part of town (IE my car was stolen). HORRIBLE TRAIN NOISE!

We are moving into our new apartment at M Street in two months. The whole experience has been awesome! The guy we work with is fantastic and fought for us to be able to get in sooner if possible with our desired floor plan. Yes, they are difficult to get ahold of via phone, but we were told they are at 97% capacity most of the time and constantly being contacted by interested potential tenants.
The new management seems to be doing great things and they were remodeling their main office when we started the application process. The finished space is great! They’re also updating many of the community areas currently or very soon.
I would love to hear from current residents or see reviews from people who live there and are from the city. Most 1 or 2 stars are people who never moved in (years ago too) or those who didn’t seem to realize it is in the city and in Georgia Tech stomping ground.
I give four stars simply because I, myself, have yet to move in. The experience has been great thus far and I’m hoping to rank them with 5 stars after a few months of being a tenant.

I’ve lived at M Street for almost five years now and I love it. The location is excellent and within walking distance to GA tech and quite a few restaurants, coffee shops, clothing shops, and furniture shops, etc. I feel that M Street is a great value for what I pay in rent. It does not have luxuries like marble countertops, valet trash, or elevators but if it did I’m sure the price would be much higher. As a resident, you do have to pay all utilities including water and electricity, so keep that in mind. The apts are all electric and it depends on how much you run the AC or heat as to how high your electric bill will be. The water is a bit high in my opinion but that’s Atlanta for you. I’ve found that very few (if any) properties in the area include water. What M Street does have is a staff that cares for the property. They maintain the property on a daily basis, keep the community looking nice, keep the gates working, and have handled my maintenance requests within a timely manner. The staff is quite busy, but they are very friendly and personable. I appreciate the fact that management is making improvements to our community by adding a dog park and expanding the clubroom/​pool area. We are able to print, fax, and make copies through the leasing center although we cannot fax or make copies ourselves (a leasing agent has to assist with this). I wish there was a way we could do this ourselves, but I hear we are getting a technology center soon, so hopefully that will be an option. Some people complain about the noises from the train but it does not bother me at all. IMO, the train gives the community character. There are other noises that come from living in the city but that is to be expected. The noises are not overwhelming to me. I live on the bottom floor and rarely hear my neighbor above me, so that’s good. Speaking of living on the bottom floor, I’ve never experienced a break-​in (thank GOD) and I feel relatively safe although you DO have to be cautious. I often leave my patio door open when I’m home during the day so bring in some extra sunshine. My apt is pretty spacious, and I love the fact that I can walk into the laundry area. My apt has carpet, but some of the apts come with concrete floors. I wish I had concrete floors but hey, I’m happy living here overall. After almost five years, I actually considered moving out to the suburbs but the manager made it his personal business to let me know how much they value me as a resident. I really appreciated that and as you can see, I renewed. After comparing to other properties and calculating the time and cost to get to work (I also work in midtown), M Street was the best choice for my lifestyle.

I will be moving out of these apartments in the next month or so. I have lived here about a year and a half and the only benefit I can see is the location to GT. The buildings are built poorly… i mean everything. You will hear your neighbors conversations both above and next door. You will be driven nuts by the upstairs neighbors walking. The floors have absolutely NO sound deadening. I had to use thermal curtains because the windows are some of the worst I have dealt with. Your air conditioning will run all the time in the summer and the heat will run all winter.
Most recently I have had to call the police on the weekends because 30 – 40 individuals will empty into the parking lot from an apartment around 1 a.m. I spoke with the officer and was informed that I should move because he gets these calls frequently. There is no security and the gates are pointless.
I could go on and on but I haven’t got the time. I will say one good thing about the complex. They recently changed managers and I have received more front office communication since. So that’s nice.

Smh they don’t even answer the phone or return messages. I’ve called a total of over 4 times and left messages in one week to inquire about availability. I haven’t received any calls back. I’m glad I don’t live here I could imagine how they treat the tenants. Just sad.

This place is the worst. Since the rent was relatively cheap, we decided to lease for a year while finishing school. Once all of the hidden fees were factored in though, it ended up being more expensive than much nicer apartments in the same area. If you are considering living here I strongly encourage you to rule out all other options first.
1. The Neighborhood
While I was there I had a bike stolen and almost lost a second (someone cut halfway through the lock and then gave up). This is probably in part due to the fact that the gate that allows them to call M Street a «gated community» was NEVER working. Of the 12 months we lived there, I would say it worked for 3. The rest of the time, it was just left open.
2. The Room
Our room had a multitude of problems when we arrived. As one example, the front door was bent so badly that it practically wouldn’t close. That destroyed any semblance of insulation and undoubtedly increased our power bills. We called maintenance about the problem and when they finally came to fix it they did some sort of temporary fix that made the door even harder to shut and did nothing to help insulation.
3. The Staff
This place will nickel and dime you for EVERYTHING. We got done living there last May, and still have people calling us trying to collect funds that we have proof that we paid. Even paying everything when it was due, we might have credit score problems because of their lack of organization.
4. Amenities
The pool is incredibly dirty. The gym is small but pretty convenient for a quick work out.

During my search, I came across this place. Neat little area. The staff seemed friendly. One thing was that when we were going over prices and floor plans I was quoted several prices over the same apartment number and after looking more closely they were a bit confused. Granted I got there as they were opening up, so I blame that on lack of coffee. The apartments aren’t bad. I thought the finishes are fine. It seems like there are a lot of younger people there. Not that I am opposed to that, but I was worried that with GA Tech being so close that it might be a little to student housing type living for me. After looking at some other reviews online it seems like my feelings were correct. Overall, not a bad place, especially if you are going to school. I travel a good bit for work, so I want a place I can relax and not worry about people running around at night.

The only reason I live here is because it is walking distance from Georgia Tech. Otherwise this would be the last place I would choose. Literally the WORST management EVER.
So let this boggle your mind. The gate is always broken. Literally 2 – 3 times a week. And then last Friday around 11, the gate going out was broken and open so we drove through it like we always do and then the gate swung really fast after us and smashed the car. We got a police report and a quote for the damage and talked to the manager. THEY WOULD NOT COVER IT. Really? How are you not going to cover something that is part of YOUR responsibility and property. CHEAP BASTARDS.
Not only that but they literally try to squeeze money out of you in every conceivable way.
As soon as my lease is done, I am out of here.
DON’T LIVE HERE

If I could give a negative review I would. The customer service is absolutely deplorable. Taryn is an awesome leasing agent but management leaves much to be desired. I have not lived there but pre-​leased an apartment. I only wanted a certain floor plan and it was available in my time frame. I paid the app fee, got approved, and paid the reservation fee for the apartment. The actual unit was unavailable for me to view because all of those floor plans were currently occupied but the pictures of the unit sufficed. The leasing agent told me that someone was moving out of that floor plan so I could come and see it and make measurements etc… for my furniture the next week. I go up there with my measuring tape ready to go and am greeted. Once I told the agent why I was there, she looked a bit puzzled. The puzzled look changed to flustered. So, now I’m really trying to figure out what’s going on. She then calls me into a room and tells me that the current tenants changed their mind. I’m not understanding what this has to do with me because from my property management knowledge, if a tenant’s lease term is coming up and they turn in an official notice to vacate, the apartment is available. If they change their mind, typically they will have to move to another unit or move period if the apartment is leased before they change their mind. I also was told that this is not the first time that these tenants have done this but the last time they were able to find a comparable unit for the new tenant. Unfortunately this was not the case for my situation because there were no more apartments available in that floor plan and with those finishes. Not to mention, they didn’t even have the courtesy to call me and advise me of the tenants plans. If I didn’t so happen to go up there, I’m not sure how many days would have gone by before I was notified. I was offered two other floor plans, which both would have been a downgrade so that was easy to decline. I truly felt slighted because there are no other apartments in that vicinity with those finishes in the same price range. To go across the street to 935M and pay $ 200 more a month for less square footage wasn’t a viable option for me. I spoke with corporate management after being given the run around and even he had an attitude. When I spoke to him privately he was great, but once he had the property manager on the conference call the next day, his entire demeanor was different. He stated I was being impossible and that they will not put their tenants on the street. Well, I never asked that, I felt they should have to move to another unit due to their official notice to vacate and the apartment being leased. He also threatened legal counsel if I said anything derogatory on their FB page lol. Are you kidding me? In America we have this thing called free speech. If I wanted to say something negative on their FB, it would only be the truth which is not illegal. That was the worst «customer service» I’ve ever experienced.

Please do not move here… The building is so poorly managed it;s unbelievable. The advertised security building has not one security guard. The parking lot gates are always broken so they constantly are open all through the night. Any murderer can just walk in My car was vandalized and I arrived home after midnight to find a homeless person laying in front of my door. The water bills are extremely high, although, they fail to disclose that when you ask them. My water bill for one month was 400.00 and I was only home total 3 – 4 hours a day. They take the whole buildings water and charge the poor tenants for it. They are a bunch of lying-​thieving crooks