DO NOT SIGN A LEASE AT PIEDMONT COMMONS
Safety & Security
Management let our front door go broken for an entire fall semester. The result: break-ins, stolen laptops, and homeless individuals stripping down in common areas and refusing to leave. Non-residents with door codes squat in the living room and basement regularly. Packages and mail are stolen constantly. mail is just thrown everywhere.
Pest Infestation
Rats are multiplying and evolving into enrolling at Berkeley and starting their own business clubs. management’s solution is one singular mousetrap. Roaches too. If you leave food anywhere, expect company.
Sanitation Is Horrifying
Poop on the bathroom floors. Vomit on couches, in hallways, in the living room. Clogged, overflowing sinks. Trash so neglected that maggots appear in your food. Moldy fridges. Freezers that break and spoil everything inside. People brush their teeth in the kitchen. There are zero enforced rules for housemates making messes or stealing food.
Rent Is Arbitrary and Opaque
People pay $600, $700, or $800 for the literally same triple. Management tries to raise rent without notice and charges your account in confusing ways. Prices aren’t even listed clearly online.
Maintenance Is a Joke
2nd floor showers are either scalding or freezing and never fixed. One washer/dryer is always broken or about to catch fire. 80 people share two washers and two dryers. Clothes get stolen from machines or touched by strangers.
Frats blast music until 3am including finals week. It’s a dorm with no rules and no enforcement.
One housemate was caught jacking off in a bathroom stall that doesn’t close
. Limited parking.