Camden City Centre

_​Multiple break-​ins
_​Multiple damages to cars in the garage
_​False fire alarms at 4am
_​Broken elevators all over the place
_​Valet Trash Pick-​up at midnight (very noisy)
_​No courier package holding at leasing office
_​The «revitalization» (i.e. painting) program turned into an organizational disaster
_​Unreasonable high fees for everything
The stuff management ignores or rejects any of your requests with very specious reasons. There is zero residents appreciation.
This place is not worth it’s money! Don’t move here. Don’t have high expectations.
The only good thing is the location. But that’s not the achievement of the leasing crew.

Lived here over a year and overall really enjoyed it.
The staff is amazing and I have no complaints about them. Jen is super cool and was always available to help. Obviously, the location is awesome too. So close to everything… :)))
My roomie and I did get our cars towed but we were being careless and parked on Ruthven (just don’t park there, ever). There are car nazis to ticket you around the complex as well. I just ended up consistently parking in our apartment garage to avoid all that mess. There’s always a spot in the garage so it’s not an issue.
We looked everywhere around midtown for apartments and Camden had the best quality&price for us.

I’ve lived here for over 7 years and enjoy living here. The office staff is super friendly and helpful (with my favorite Melissa) and the maintenance staff is on-​point. I like all the food trucks… when they serve ‘real food.’ Great Community!

If I weren’t buying a home I’d stay at Camden. My boyfriend and I moved here from TN. We chose Camden because of the location, which I’m so glad we did. There’s restaurants, coffee shop, and bar a walk away. Maintenance is always quick to come and fix anything. As a female, I feel safe in the area and always walk/​run to the bayou. If I had to choose again, I’d definitely pick Camden City Centre.

I’ve been here now for two years. I’ve lived in three different apartments and truly enjoy this place. Service requests are completed same day. They honestly want to take care of you. Melissa, Haley, Kenya, and Jen, go out of their way to make sure your living experience is enjoyable. I moved here from Detroit and have made most of my closest friends through this complex. The pool is an awesome time during the summer, and the people are fun as hell. There’s no where else to live in midtown.

Had looked at several locations in Houston, while doing a (mostly) remote move. Since I wasn’t able to see the properties, I had to rely on the help of the on-​site staff.
This is where Camden City Centre started to shine!
So I call up from the airport after getting a job offer to Houston, not sure what to expect and just asking about rent prices and unit availability. My first contact with with Jen. If you dont know already from the other reviews — she is amazing. She helped me figure what was right for me and stayed in contact through the entire process. She even offered info on local areas and gave the names of some other places to check out. Thank you Jen! You definitely made my day and helped me feel better about the move! You should be the poster girl for Texas charm and friendliness!
When I was finally able to visit, both Jen and Kenya were SUPPER nice about showing me around and answering questions. They are actually more like interior design consultants, we talked furniture, lifestyle and lighting. If you are on the fence — call them up and ask for a tour. Bring your pen. You will sign.
The complex itself is located just outside of downtown, but not super close to kinda crazy foot traffic… but close enough if you want to BE the kind crazy foot traffic. The units are nice and have good floor plans. There are some upgraded loft style units that are worth the extra $$. Pool is something out of a Mexican resort and the 2 workout rooms are clean and well kept.
The area has a good mix of people, but mostly young’ish professionals. Lots of runners, bikers and walkers.
Check them out. Tell them Franco sent you — they will give you a cookie.

This place of residence is extremely unsafe. There is a lot of crime that happens in these apartments. My car was broken into 3 times, and not just that someone hit my car and I have no clue who did it! Of course after talking to the staff in the leasing office, They weren’t helpful at all! I thought after all this happened, parking in the garage would be better! No, not at all! There was vandalism that took place in the garage a couple of weeks ago as well! Very frustrating. Last November there was also an incident where someone was robbed! Aside from the crime, I always smelled dog feces. Oh and be careful because you might just step in some! I counted down the days until I moved out. I finally moved out recently and I feel a lot more safe! The only positive thing is the close proximity of bars etc. But otherwise it’s def not worth the money! TRUST

This is my first time ever posting to Unilocal and I am determined to caution you all!
Please do not move here unless you want to deal with the hassle of hosting. It’s impossible to let visitors/​family in and find an adequate place to park for them. Furthermore, the most frustrating thing is that I consistently have to drive to the post office every week and pick up my packages as Camden Office will not accept them!
In addition, there are cigarette butts all over the property, cars consistently being towed and a lot of crime around the area. Although the staff is one of the friendliest staff that I have dealt with, it is not worth the annoyance you deal with while living with the property.

First time poster. I guess it’s true that bad publicity travels fast. If you are considering moving to this apartment, first don’t, but, if you don’t listen, make sure you don’t have friends or family that would stay overnight… ever. I am a current resident and they allowed my vehicle to be towed. They would rather lose you to a $ 250 tow than to keep you as a resident. 60 day notice being sent next.
They need to learn there is a fine balance between protecting residents and providing a residence. They failed with both.
Midtown is for enjoying life. Find a different place that will allow you to do that.
Update: It’s 10 pm on Thanksgiving day and I just watched a tow truck driver take someone else’s car. Were they parked and there was no where else for residents to park? No! At least 100 spots available! This place should be ashamed of themselves. Is it possible, nay probable, that maybe, just maybe, this person could be a family member of a resident? Again, don’t have any friends or family stay with you if you choose to live here. I’m sure the person towed will have plenty to be thankful for in the morning. Completely ridiculous!
PS: my parking pass was sitting on my dash and they still towed my shit, AND somebody was in my car as my seat was all the way back. Something seems pretty shady about this place…

Really enjoy living here. The staff is friendly and makes you feel welcome (especially Haley)! The buildings are kept really clean and Jesse does a great job maintaining them! He’s really nice too!
The location is awesome; you can pretty much walk to a ton of different types of eateries, which is a great mix with the weather being so nice.
Has a good value for cleanliness, location and kindness of staff!

I Love living here, it’s been a great year and they deserve the 5 stars !
My dog Lamar loves it here as well

The best place to live in midtown. The leasing agents are best. Haley is awesome :) great pool, great restaurants and bars all at a walking distance. Maintenance is always on time

Living at Camden City Centre has been a great experience. Jen and Haley in the leasing office are always quick to help out if you have any questions or need assistance. The maintenance crew is super responsive as well. The location is very convenient to restaurants in Midtown and Downtown as well as easy access to the freeway system. I would highly recommend Camden City Centre!

I just moved 2 weeks ago… I love the place and the location. There was just two things that happened when I moved: I had a budget to move in and they gave me the deposit amount wrong two times, and the second were about the technology package… they told that I just need to connected my tv’s and when I moved in I tried for hours to make it but nothing worked I had to call Comcast I was on the phone for 3 hours, there was some problems with apartment the connections so three days after a technician came and fix it.
Hope those were just a bad luck experiences.

I’m a new Camden Resident and from what I have seen this place is great! The leasing staff are very kind and helpful, especially Jen! I have multiple friends who also live at the community and it comes highly recommended.
Great pool and great location!

We LOVE living at Camden City Centre. The location is perfect and offers easy access to I10, 45, and 59. Montrose is right around the corner, The Galleria is a short drive, and Midtown night life is a walk away.
The office staff here is AMAZING too. Jennifer was our leasing consultant and was more than accommodating in helping us find the perfect place during our transition from the house we sold. The community managers, Tina and Heidi, have been AWESOME in communicating events that have happened in the area as well as addressing concerns that we had with some neighbors.
My husband enjoys the weekly food trucks that stop by for dinner and we have really enjoyed the friendly community since our arrival. Our dog loves to play in the bark park and all of the other amenities are well maintained.
Downsides, trying to transfer Comcast service into the «bulk» program was a huge challenge. AT&T service is not great inside the unit (fixed with a MicroCell from AT&T).
Also, the gate in the garage broke last week and it was fixed in 2.5 days! I read some previous reviews about issues with that but it seems to be under control.
We plan to stay here until we move out of Houston!

Love this place!!! Lived here for only 3 months but this place is exceptional. Hailey and Jennifer are especially helpful. I love the layout of the property as well as the fun events they plan for us each month. I would recommend this place for anyone who wants an excellent living/​renting experience. The staff really cares about the residents. Melissa wished me a happy honeymoon! It was really sweet! Thank you Camden City Center!!! Y’all the best! :)

I am a Camden City Centre Resident. I have lived here for more than two years. I have seen upgrades to the property. I have seen security enhancements to the property. I have seen new faces in the office. I do my best to not complain and I try to go out of my way to thank all the wonderful people that manage the property. I know I do not live in a utopia and therefore I accept that this property isn’t perfect. Until now, I have been genuinely happy about where I lived. If you are a resident and are interested in my experience, read on. I also urge you to post your opinion on these websites.
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If you are not a resident and are interested in Camden City Centre, I also urge you to read on. I had to remove paragraphs from this review due to character restrictions. If you contact me I can send you the whole review. I have 3 other issues that I detail.
Camden City Centre used to make me happy. Now it frustrates me. Every time I open an email from Camden City Centre, I cringe. The past 6 months have not been my luckiest which could be one reason why I cringe. Or the cringing could be due to something deeper.
6 months ago after Christmas but before New Year’s, my motorcycle was stolen. Very unfortunate. I reported the incident to the office and to my amazement, I wasn’t the only one who lost something during that time. I do not know the total count of crime incidents during that time but I found out that another motorcycle and multiple vehicles were broken into, in that short period. Chances are the only residents that know anything are the residents that happen to be victim to this sad crime. I, like others, believed the management at Camden could have prevented some of this crime. Why didn’t management fix the broken back gate? After further contemplation, I realized crooks are going to be crooks and it is difficult to stop them. I am not angry at Camden City Centre for not blocking off a broken back gate. I am upset about how they handled the crime. Camden did the minimum to apologize to residents and asked some of us to be vigilant and not keep things out in the open. I will admit, I could have spent more money and excessively chained my motorcycle down. A friend of mine did chain his motorcycle down when it was stolen from another apartment’s garage so I fall back on the premise that crooks will be crooks. Hindsight is ²⁰⁄₂₀ and I didn’t do EVERYTHING I could and now my motorcycle is gone (not to mention another residents). So when I went into the office to ask for the help of Camden in catching the perpetrator (s?), I was told I was not allowed to look at the video. At first I accepted the answer. I was told for liability purposes they cannot allow me to watch the video. I rationalized how that excuse made sense. As the days went by and I realized the cops, insurance and Camden were all twiddling their thumbs hoping these crooks would be dumb enough to show up, I then realized no one was really trying to help me. The liability that kept me from watching the video is an excuse. If someone did watch the video, which would have then been turned into the police and insurance, progress could have been made on the crime. Sadly I was told Camden was too busy to watch so much tape. And even though I offered to watch the video, the threat that I would retaliate, I guess, was too high to allow that to happen. So not only was I badgered by insurance as to why my motorcycle was stolen, now I have Camden telling me I, and anyone else, we cannot watch the security tapes because of the threat of retaliation. I really want you to think what a human could do if they saw the video of someone stealing their goods. Do you really think they would retaliate if they could? Do you really think they would drop all moral and ethical grounding they have forever known just to retaliate? I don’t mean to exaggerate how pathetic the excuse of retaliation is to stop people from being honest and preventing further crime. Sadly Camden uses the excuse and crime will continue.
On May 28^th following Memorial Day, Camden decided to drop a bomb on all their residents and let them know they will no longer be accepting packages. If you are a resident, you know what I am talking about. If you are not a resident and would like to see the email, I will forward it to you. I cannot emphasize enough that this isn’t a joke. I am not trying to find the most ridiculous thing that would make every resident angry and post it in a comment. I, as well as every other Camden resident, received an email on May 28^th letting me know Camden will no longer accept any packages.

I’ve lived here for a year and have nothing bad to say regarding the management, as they’ve always been there when I’ve need, they’ve helped me out in situations that they quite easily could have said «No, it’s not company policy.», so whilst I am leaving in the middle of this year, it is with a heavy heart.
I am not the easiest person to deal with… BY FAR. So for them to have kept me happy for this long was an achievement. I’m only leaving because I was looking for something that they couldn’t offer me, at this complex. If I could take the Camden Team with me to my new loft, then I’d happily do so.
The properties here are just what I needed when I first moved here from Dubai. It is affordable, new, maintained well, and people are friendly.
I’ve met a variety of people here, from young single professionals to happy families of 4, everyone enjoys themselves, it’s in a great location, and from what i’ve experienced the management team are happy to help.
Yes the parking gate was broken for a while and that did wind me up. Mason has a valid point, but I think they’ve since changed their towing company.
So my final point is that — You’ll have good points and bad point with every company you look at on here, Camden City Centre made moving across the world easy for me, and if a broken garage door is the worst complaint you read today then I think you’ll be just fine.
Regards,
R. Sparkes

Just want to update everyone as things manage to get worse… Now they are no longer taking packages. You have to drive to UPS or FedEx to get a package. I have never seen an apartment complex do that. If you get things in the mail ever, this is not the place to live.
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So since no one ever emails or calls you back I figured I would leave a note here since they seem to read these.
Our parking gate has been broken for over a month and the garage is filled with illegal cars. When calling the office repeatedly they have done nothing about either problem. So I called the towing company they gave me… to find out they haven’t used that company in over a year. But surprisingly the towing company did know who the new company is (because they hate Camden, not surprised after all this) and they informed me of Camden’s contract. Turns out they don’t tow unless it’s between 9 – 6 Mon-​Fri in a reserved space. We have no reserved spaces, just permits. And for every additional permit you get you have to pay $ 10/​month.
So for all you reading this who live in Camden: THEY NEVER TOW. DONT WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY ON PARKING PASSES.