C W Management

Any time I’ve had a problem, someone has been in the next day to fix it. I had trouble coming up with all the funds at the lease signing so they were nice enough to let me pay half at the signing and half on move-​in day. Very responsive and it’s been a pleasure to work with them.

If you want a lot of value for short money this is the place. They know how to keep fees low and infrequently call for assessments. It”s probably due to their 25+ years of experience. If your expecting to live in the Ritz for pennies a day forget it but if you want decent safe well kept housing without waste this is the right place. They have managed 2 condos that I owned in different complexes for 15 years. The results far surpass the other management companies that I have had dealings with

I lived in a condo managed by this company which I rented directly from the owner for over four years. In those four+ years, CW Management was always extremely responsive with any emergencies that would come up in the building, whether it was a clogged drain pipe on my porch or a broken dryer, they were always responsive and professional. Also, the building would be vacuumed and cleaned in the common areas once a week, recycling was taken out like clockwork, and the sidewalks were shoveled and salted by the time I left my apartment at 8:15 in the morning on a snowy day.

The relationship between my last landlord and the staff that work at the C W Management office was disjointed and unprofessional. Additionally, for any current or future tenants that work with C W Management, I would advise you to be very educated about your rights as tenants.
First, a few months ago, the new landlord calls me on my phone. Since it was a Friday night, I did not pick up. I call back the number and apparently it is his house phone number and he gets annoyed that I called the number. Well, I wouldn’t have called the number if you didn’t call me from it… anyways…he tells me that he wants to know if I’m renewing my lease. I tell him that it depends on the new lease’s term conditions and how much my rent will increase. The new landlord tells me, «Oh, I don’t know what your old landlord was thinking but your rent is well below market and well let’s say your rent would definitely increase by 10%.» Uh, okay, it didn’t seem as if he put much thought to that so I said that I would consider it after I receive the letter of renewal. The new landlord is baffled by my request for a formal letter of renewal — which I take as a VERY bad sign. I then asked for a few weeks to consider the offer of renewal and in a very short manner he tells me he can give me two weeks because a lot of realtors are interested in showing the apartment.
Not feeling the landlord/​tenant relationship, I wrote a letter stating that I was not interested in renewing. A few months later, I was told by a realtor that the new lease terms did not include heat and that the rent was was 28% more than what I had paid. I was flabbergasted by the price and the heat issue was a major change from the lease that I had agreed to.
After learning from a realtor that someone had agreed to the ridiculous new lease terms, I continued to receive calls from other real estate agents asking me if they can show my apartment. I called the staff at C W Management to inquire whether my apartment had already been leased and they tell me that I need to correspond with my landlord via e-​mail. I don’t understand the reason for having a real estate management company when you’re told to directly contact the landlord…
Anyways, I’m glad I got out of there. For anyone that is leasing property from this management company, I highly advise you to document everything and be proactive in asserting your tenant rights.

After finally moving out of our closet sized apartment in Beacon Hill, we actually thought we had a real apartment. These people actually care about you, and will fix things for you like a real management company should. We have a Super that lives in the building, which is awesome who is also super nice.
The building is really clean and well maintained also, which is a plus.

They’ve been great. We’re owners in a Brighton condo in this mostly Brookline-​based property management company.
They respond quickly and they’re efficient and polite about work that needs to be done. Our building is well-​maintained. I have no complaints.