Addison at Princeton Meadows

The inside is a dump. First the apartment I was to rent was destroyed by the last tenant and wasn’t rentable. They knew a good three eels before but did not tell me until 3 days before I was to move in. Felica, the manager, has an attitude and is not helpful, if she is ever there, which is few and far between. The vent cover was off when I moved in and is still off 4 months later, I taped a paper plate over the opening to avoid bugs from getting in. Both toilet seats were broken, the Windows shades were and are broken, two door knobs fell off, and so on. I have two huge water leaking gross brown spots in the kitchen and dining area.
The air conditioner didn’t work for almost a week, and finally on his last day working t, here, Dan finally got someone to come out and fix it. Dan was about the only good thing there and he left. The pool was not open last weekend Memorial Day weekend and is not open a week later. Felicia’s regional manager from harbor group won’t return my calls. Bottom line. Go to Quail Ridge or somewhere where they care.

There is so much to say about this place… let’s start from the beginning. I came upon this place (formerly Pheasant Hollow Apartments) from my boyfriend and his mother. They both lived in the apartments years back and it was a decent experience for them. I was the first to rent under the new ownership (Addison). I have to say I was very displeased with the quality of the complex. First off I never got to view the apartment before renting. I filled out the paperwork, paid what I had to and then I got to see what I had paid for. I have never heard of that in my entire history of renting whether it was a home or apartment.
I will say at first glance the grounds look great. It looks like a majority of these apartments (if not all of them) were remodeled from the outside. It is in a convenient location if you like golf, however the community does not seem to have a decent grocery store. You have to go two towns over into Hightstown to the Shoprite. They do have people who maintain the snow removal, landscape, and trash removal… they do a great job. However I have to say that the maintenance workers aren’t keeping up to par. Here is an experience that I had to endure while living at the Addison at Princeton Meadows…
In the first week I had everything moved in and was unpacking and decided to make myself a quick snack. I noticed there were some small roach like bugs. No big deal I thought, so I took a paper towel and rid them of the counter top. WELL… that wasn’t all. I saw several more in the next week and called to get an exterminator out (which I’m sure wasn’t even a licensed exterminator but one of the maintenance workers). They put a couple sticky traps on the floor and called it a day. I wasn’t too happy about that so I called again the next day stating that the bugs were on the counter tops in the kitchen and not on the floor. They said they would send someone again. Mind you, I have a golden retriever so I had to keep her locked in my bedroom while I was at work while they were coming to do their «work.» It seemed as if nothing was done and the bug problem was getting worse. I called my boyfriend and he came over and said they were coming from the electrical outlets. He took some Raid spray and sprayed everywhere in the kitchen and out they came… swarms of whatever type of bug they were. It took a couple of days to get them entirely out… and even then it was like they were reproducing faster than we could buy cans of Raid (no joke). It was gross! Needless to say, we solved the problems ourselves because they were too lazy to get anything done.
On a separate note, the outdoors looks great but the indoors of the apartment… eh not so much. The place wasn’t really put together when I moved in. The kitchen and bathroom vents were sitting on the counter, the dryer still had lint in it, the toilet was cracked and they only replaced it with another used one from a different apartment… not great living if you ask me. My washing machine was leaking but since it’s all one piece (apparently) they had to take both the washer and the dryer out… did they dock my rent from not having a washer/​dryer for a month? No… rent was the same and it took a little over a month to get a replacement. Did they offer quarters or any type of credit for the inconvenience at the laundry on site? No… I mean these were just two experiences… there are plenty and I was only there for 1 year.