Broadview Apartments

So here has been my experience with the broadview apartment complex in the past 2 weeks…
My lease for my current apartment is ending and I needed to start looking for a new space to live in.
Upon being greeted by the leasing team I was very underwhelmed. We went on a tour of the property and the main theme throughout the complex is that it is incredibly outdated and it shows…
The apartments have gross bathrooms that have rings and water wear on the toilets and bath tubs. The rugs they place in the apartments are just shamefully thrown over top of under maintained hard wood floors. The apartments hallways felt like saunas. The leading agent was even sweating by the time the tour was over.
Very unimpressed with the layout and manor of the broadview we walked to the woodcliffe manor across the street the apartments were a tad bit nicer the bathrooms were god awful!!! They looked gross and would make me uneasy to use the bath tub there.
So even against my better judgement my boyfriend liked one of the ones we saw that had a nice balcony and he wanted to lease if for a short lease until we found the place of our dreams so I agreed
When we filled out the paper work everything went through and then it had come back that my criminal history was not good enough for us to live at this particular place. I was flabbergasted. I have never been convicted of any crime with the exception of common traffic violations such as using my phone while driving.
So I contacted the leasing agent and had my aunt who is an attorney print out all of my past criminal inquiries and just as I knew I had no convictions at all… So after a week of playing phone tag with this woman I get an email that says something completely different… They are very unprofessional and do not do their background checks appropriately… After speaking with the managing group they advised me that they would be in contact with me in the next 48 hours to review with the employees why they said what they did to me because it was inaccurate.
Also when I dropped off the paperwork to the concierge a man who lives at the broad view came down to the desk and was very agitated with the leasing team and his rent. The conversation that happened between the resident who pays to live there and the concierge who is paid to be there for the resident was highly unprofessional and disturbing. The woman handled it horribly and then told the resident I need a cigarette I don’t have time for this.
So needless to say after clearing up all the errors they made I am choosing to not move into this building. I think they need all new staff and better management and definitely need to clean and refurbish the apartments better… Especially for the area we live in that complex makes the nice ones around here such as the Guilford and the ambassador look terrible…
Sorry the broadview is two thumbs down in my opinion.

I lived in the Broadview apartments for 6 years while attending graduate school at Hopkins. When I was looking for apartments this was the nicest one I saw. I couldn’t find any negative reviews about this place online.
I lived in a one bedroom and it was a little over 1k a month. This included a fridge and a stove. I didn’t have major issues with pests in my apartment — it is a pretty clean building. The management had pest control treat the rooms about once a month. If you did have issues they came every week and would take care of it.
It was an excellent place for me to live. It was very quiet so I could easily study. Many of the tenants were older so you didn’t have to deal with loud college kids.
I felt safe with a security guard and someone at the desk 24 hours a day 7 days a week. They were always nice and remembered my name. I miss them! They made it feel like home.
The laundry room in the basement was acceptable and there were many machines to use. They also had a common room with a TV, piano, tennis and pool table. I also thought it was unique that there was a book area you could freely take and leave novels to read.
When friends or family visited they could stay in one of the «hotel» rooms. These rooms were a bit dated but they were clean, had a kitchen (with fridge/​freezer, stove and some pots etc) and pretty cheap to rent.
There is also an on site convince store but I would recommend crossing the street to visit the one in Hopkins House since it has a bigger selection.
The Hopkins shuttle to the Medical campus is only a short walk away. Grocery stores are also accessible by walking. The Homewood campus is only a stone throw away. I didn’t have a car when I lived here but I know they do offer parking spaces under the building or in their lot across the street for a fee.
If I went back to work at Hopkins I would live in the Broadview again.

It’s an apartment complex which also rents out rooms like a hotel. Internet is an extra $ 3, and nothing beyond soap & towels is provided (so bring your own shampoo). All rooms have a kitchen, and there’s a convenience store downstairs. The front desk staff are nice.