Philip H Barron Realty Company

This company is responsive but there are a lot of maintenance issues. The emergency ones are resolved right away. The aesthetic ones not always.
They seem to care about cleanliness and service but the age of the buildings — when they are old like mine — maybe makes that difficult.
Still, when I moved in, the place had new blinds, a new toilet and a clean stovetop.
The service people are quick and effective.
I did have a bit of a roach problem — it’s the city, they said — but was kept under control with pesticides. One time, little footsteps of some animal were left on the counter, but I never saw them again.
It’s not completely carefree but can be made quaint if you don’t mind calling in every once in a while.

I am a current resident and been living in one of their apartment for a year. I am definitely planning to renew my lease because I had a wonderful stay at my current apartment. The property is well-​maintained and maintenance is really quick. One day, my toilet was running forever so I called the landlord on weekend and he came within an hour. It was an easy fix (and I felt sorry for calling him on weekend) yet he was really nice and even replaced my toilet seat the next day for free. Overall, I would recommend this company to anyone.

Renting apartments is a huge headache, right? This past summer I found out that it doesn’t really have to be.
I had a great experience renting through Philip Barron and definitely recommend them for anyone looking for a great apartment in the Clayton area… there were a few bumps along the way but overall they’ve been great to work with and I absolutely love my apartment… so much that I plan on renewing again when my lease is up in August.
The renting process itself was pretty darn easy, and I love that they only charged a month’s rent for the security deposit (I’ve experienced way worse than that.) The whole process took less than two weeks, and I got to move into my gorgeous little place. Pretty seamless, right?
The only issue was with cleaning. Before I moved in, I went to look around and saw that the place was pretty dirty (think long dark hair everywhere, grease on the stove and backup in the dishwasher… so gross.) The cleaning crew assured me that they’d have it looking great soon, but when I moved in it was still so dirty and the dishwasher was the exact same way. Major sadface. They sent someone back to clean it some more but I ended up hiring my own cleaning crew because at that point I didn’t trust PB to do it themselves. $ 200 to have your place cleaned after you just moved in definitely stings a little bit!
Overall, though, they’ve been great. I recently had an AC issue and someone from maintenance came right over and fixed it, and they’re pretty attentive and willing to help with whatever I need. Now if only they could do something about my downstairs neighbors…