Dexter Park Apartments

100% rat problem for the whole year. Pees and feces on my plates and stove. (Looking at previous reviews I guess it is ongoing for the last 5 years)
195 dollars monthly parking fee, but becomes 225 dollars without any explanation.
Day parking is 25 dollars and Dexter park works with predatory tow company that goes around all day ready to tow your friends’ cars.
Slow elevator.
Heavy garbage smell in the basement.
3000+ dollars rent and increasing by 200 every year.
If you decided to move out, you are asked to leave your apartment at midnight when your lease ends.
Hope their management will take notice and make a change in the future. It is supreme location after all. What a pity.

I lived here for three years through grad school, and I’m glad to be done with the place. It started out okay– the concierge when I moved in was great (later ones less so), I liked parking in the garage (even though it was pricey), and the apartment itself was nice (big closets were a plus). The heat and AC worked, I never had problems with hot water, and the appliances were on the old side but worked well.
My third year I had problems with mice, which the management company was not quick to fix. They contracted with an exterminator who only came on Thursdays, and despite seeing my first mouse on a Wednesday, they wouldn’t put my apartment on the schedule until the following week. In that intervening week, they somehow took my apartment OFF the schedule. It wasn’t tremendously effective; even though I didn’t have mice or droppings for a month or so after the exterminator finally came, I did come home to droppings *on my kitchen counters* every time I went out of town for a long weekend, despite never EVER leaving food out.
Rent increases got ridiculous– I expect a little increase every year, but $ 150 a year seemed ridiculous, and I was able to talk my way down to a smaller increase each year. If you think you’re going to break your lease here, wait as long as possible to tell the management company you’re not renewing your lease– ran into problems there, too.
Concierge staff got less helpful over time; by my third year, I gave up on having them call cabs to the airport (but Bay State Taxi is usually friendly if you call them yourself!). They were frequently away from the desk or unwilling to sign out packages to you if they were «busy.»
Noise was usually only an intermittent problem. BU kids going out on weekends were briefly noisy in the hall, and only had issues with loud parties a couple of times. Had some smokers down the hall, which I could usually only smell in the hallway.
Overall, wouldn’t recommend to grad students or other adults. If you’re a BU undergrad with money, have fun.

I’m a student is about moving into it and I have to say the location of the apt is the only reason why I chose to live here. I’ve made appointments with staff three times, and two out of these three times their staff had no idea that they made appointments with me. They tried to put me to another appointment which I refused, because I knew they would forget about it the next time. And I hope I will be the last one who is being thrown by staff’s name card, which is the worst realty service I’ve ever had. If you don’t care that much about the location, DO NOT even think about living here. I can’t imagine a company with such rude stuff.

Lived here with my family for the past 4 years. Try to be on the lower floors if you have family. Higher floors if you are a student. Your life totally depends on your neighbors. I have on whose bass is sometime too loud but will turn it down if I send the concierge over. Another neighbor is marijuana and cigarette friendly that definitely wafts down the hallway where my kids play. Concierge, management and maintenance are reasonable but they dont talk to each other which complicates many issues. Location of the apt is best part. So convenient to everything anybody needs– parks, restaurants, T, Bars, downtown etc.

Come live in Dexter Park, where some aspect of it will infuriate you every single day:
Ridiculously high rent? Check.
Loud noise day and night? Check.
Vomit or trash regularly in the hallways and elevator? Check.
Useless concierge and rude, pushy management? Check.
Drunk, aggressive meatheads always looking to pick a fight in the lobby? Check.
Overheated little spaces that force you to open the window when it’s 5 below zero so you don’t suffocate? Check.
Owned by a corrupt billionaire who has absolutely no incentive to make anything better? Check.

It’s a great place to live if you’re a BU student. Besides the price, my roommates and I really liked it.

I lived here for only two months, so maybe I am not getting the full effect of some of these negative reviews, but overall, I liked it.
I lived in a 3 BR and thought the apartment was nice. I’m not used to living in what you may consider a luxury apartment, so it was definitely a step up from the Allston studio I lived in the previous year — carpeted floors, nice kitchen with eating area and balcony.
The prices are sky-​high, which is why I did not make this a permanent living situation. If I had the money, I wouldn’t mind living here.
I liked how if I was delivered a package, it was directed to the person at the security desk, rather than left in the vestibule where it could get stolen.
Location-​wise, it was in between the B and C lines, which was convenient — if there was a delay on one line I could take the other. Additionally, there was a 57 bus stop next to the closest T stop (Pleasant St or St. Paul’s).
I never had an issue with loud parties. This apartment houses a lot of rich students, mostly from BU.

Location is the only thing this apt. complex has going for itself. It is not well maintained, the staff are rude, students are often loud, and it is not at all worth the money!

I had lived here for 3 years. it was a good apartment, clean, spacious, safe. the gym is small, but good eough. laundry is expensive, but convinient.
there are lots of young BU, NU students live here. not recommanded for families. occassionally there are crazy parties, could be loud sometimes.
there are few things i dont like abt dexter park tho. the parking is way too expensive, almost rediculous. 250(3 years ago) for garage parking!!! the fact that Brookline doesnt allow over night parking, u have no other choice. the managemetn office are firendly when move in, but could be mean sometimes.