Daniel Diurczak

Don't move here, this is the epitome of a profit-seeking first landlord that will do nothing but take advantage of its tenants in the pursuit of maximizing margins. Several examples of this are going to be presented. First, the rent price prices portrayed do not represent the actual price the tenant will be paying. I left in May 2024, and we paid $45 per month per pet, $18 per parking spot, and additional variable rate costs associated with water, trash, "other fees", sewer, pest control, gas, and energy conservation fees. These variable rate utilities amounted to approximately an additional $200 a month, and were unavoidable as I presume they accounted for costs associated with operations within the building itself, NOT with your actual abode. There are addition fees incurred from doing laundry on the premises, being $2.35 for wash and $2.35 for dry. You would assume these to be high quality wash-drying machines, but they are not and are never maintained. Expect to cover electricity, as well as WIFI yourself. So to summarize the costs, we were paying on average $2100 to Royal Crest, and then an additional $100-$150 for electricity and WIFI, far above the advertised price to where I would tell any prospective tenant to pursue more luxurious options at that price as the condition of these older apartment units are not good. You'll find wall paper coming off the walls, mold in every window, "landlord's delight" painting over every surface, it is a joke. They may try to sell you with amenities such as the outdoor areas, the gym, and the pool. The pool is seldom open, the gym is merely a wall of treadmills and a couple of machines, and the outdoor areas are not taken care of. A bridge had actually collapsed at the property, near an overlook of the pond, which could have severely injured somebody, but ALSO this bridge was been closed off for well over a year since this happened and there still appears to be no concerted effort to fix it. They may also sell you on property security, which a prospective tenant can judge for themselves but there are no cameras/security systems in place besides smart locks and cameras at the community center. There are other google reviews which present that they have experienced some kind of threat or harm on the property. Finally, when a tenant makes the wise decision to find better living elsewhere for a more affordable price, the management issues you a move out guide which the tenant is to observe. On there it goes into deep instructions on how the apartment is to be presented upon moving out, as well as what to leave behind. I had followed these rules to a point, and had left the apartment in BETTER condition than what I had come to. But this is a corrupt company at the end of the day, they have issued a statement saying that I owe them $20, part of what they charged is another slew of those unavoidable utilities as stated earlier, AS WELL AS a $125 cleaning fee. I called the property management, and the help on the phone stated that this is a required fee maybe 5 times in 5 minutes, as I was reading to her exactly the guidelines presented to me. I have issued a formal complaint to the state of Rhode Island, and I suggest any other tenant that has been slighted by AIR Communities to do so as well. This is a "community" that had signed us on at about "$1500" (+unadvertised costs of about $250) in 2020 all the way to their offer to us which prompted our move of $2273 (+ however much they wanted to charge us for shared utilities). AVOID AT ALL COSTS, it's impressive how many people they have pushed away from their complex and I really hope this puts a permanent dent in their bottom line. They are part of the issue with affordable housing in this state.