Mount Ridge Apartments

I really enjoy this place. YES, it’s older but that should not be a surprise when you move in. There are going to be older appliances and patches on the wall but I enjoy the location, I feel safe in the neighborhood, I feel safe parking late at night, and if I call maintenance they are quick. I can see people having some issues with the condition but when you take a tour before signing you can see exactly what you’re getting. I’m on the bottom floor and I don’t have problems with flooding or anything. Yes, I’ve seen a mouse, big deal. I caught and released and moved on, again they are older apartments. I still wouldn’t move away. The office is always really nice, sometimes call just to check up. When we resigned are lease we had an option to get our carpet cleaned or blinds replaced for free as a gift. Take a look.

It’s a little slice of the Third World right in the middle of beautiful Catonsville. Move here and you’ll find:
— Filthy sewer water that backs up into your kitchen and bathroom drains. Call for maintenance? They’ll come and put some sort of organic drain cleaner in and call it fixed.
— Mice, mice, mice. And more mice.
— Antique gas ranges with pilot lights, burners that do not work, and oven temperatures that bear no relation to reality. Be prepared to order in dinner a lot.
— Postwar kitchen cabinets that don’t look a thing like the ones in the model.
— Noise. Lots of it. All noise, all the time. This may be OK if you’re a student. It’s not so great if you have to work for a living.
— Upheavals. Every time they decide to catch up on some of their pitifully deferred maintenance, you’ll receive a notice to move all your belongings out into the middle of each room. And they’ll stay that way for two or three weeks as you wait for them to get around to your unit. It’s happened four times over the past three years: New windows, repairs to the bathroom, new a/​c units, and new bathroom outlets that were actually never installed.
— Towing. They take advantage of the upheavals to park gigantic trucks and trailers in the parking lots, then tow tenants’ cars for being improperly parked.
Four words of advice: Run like a bunny. They like to be known for their economical rents, but it really is no cheaper to live here than it is to live in a better maintained, quieter community.