Erica Chapman
3 years ago
"My experience with Holden seems to be relatively unique to my particular unit (#1114) after reading other reviews. The benefits of this complex have been listed in other reviews, and I definitely agree with them. However, I have lived in apartments for 12+ years, and this was by far the worst experience I have ever had. There is a massive plumbing issue in unit #1114 that results in an extremely loud repetitive banging noise coming from the wall with the main pipes that even the deepest sleeper would be unable to sleep through. This noise occurs whenever any of the surrounding neighbors use the shower or turn on the sink (middle of the night, early morning, daytime, whatever). I have a two bedroom and have had to live in the guest room for the past 10+ months because the wall with the issue is on the master bedroom and I am at times able to sleep through the noise if I am wearing ear plugs and am in the guest bedroom. I let Holden know about this issue the very first morning after I moved in (in 3/2020), and they claimed this was a normal noise for about 6 months. When they finally agreed to attempt to resolve the issue, they had plumbers cut 4 massive holes in my wall, and they still did not solve the issue. They also never repaired the holes, so I have been living like that for months. I finally gave up and resolved to just stick it out until my lease was up. Secondary issues are extremely thin walls through which I can hear my neighbor's conversations, sighs, coughs, etc, and wake up to their Google alarm each morning. I understand that hearing toilet flushes, showers, footsteps, etc is expected in an apartment, but these issues are so much more than that. I have advised Holden that it would be unethical to rent my unit #1114 to another tenant until these maintenance issues are resolved. Please do not rent unit #1114 without confirming that this plumbing issue has been resolved.
If Holden replies to this review that they prefer to address these issues with me in person, please know that I begged for them to help me for 8-9 months and was brushed off for many months and asked to sign a legal document stating that I would not pursue legal action against them for failing to provide me with maintenance that was required."