Kathleen V.
Yelp
I lived in this building for two years and was happy with many aspects of it. The units are high-quality, with nice finishings and they maintain the larger building well. The building is quite loud and the walls and ceilings thin enough that you can hear every argument, party, or amorous encounter that your neighbors might engage in, but I largely accepted that as a part of living in a multi-unit building like this.
The reason I am warning you against choosing this building is the very painful process I went through in trying to get my security deposit back once I moved out.
Long story to follow, but TLDR is I do not believe the front office staff can be trusted with your money and I would look for a building with a better track record of customer service.
Full story here:
I made sure to be present for the walkthrough on the day my lease ended, which was conducted by the property manager. At that time, she assured me that the unit was in pristine condition and I would be receiving my full deposit back. She told me I would get my final statement the next day and that my check should take about a week to arrive, citing that there was some rule about them arriving at the end of a pay cycle (which seems to be untrue, as they just overnighted me a check) and that was why it would take a little over a week. I was told I would be contacted when the check arrived and that I could pick it up. I waited until the time she indicated, then called when I hadn't heard from anyone. I also hadn't received a final statement, which felt odd.
I'll somewhat shorten my story here and just say that the next two months involved me having to call in weekly to check on the status of my refund and being treated as basically a pain in their a** (which I am sure I was, although I was polite throughout). I had to remind them they needed to send me a final statement, which prompted them to realize they hadn't closed my account at all (which is why I was still being sent emails asking if I wanted to renew my lease, despite informing them three months earlier that I did not). They tried to convince me no inspection had been done, despite my having been present for it, then conducted a secondary inspection I was not invited to (despite it being GA law that the tenant have the option to be present). After determining I would get my full security deposit back, they tried to convince me they had 30 days to cut me a check starting from when they sent me the account statement, despite the fact that it had been their own mistake the statement was sent to me weeks after I moved out.
Finally, I asked if I could speak to their corporate office, Carter Haston, as the people at Edge constantly blamed them for why the check had not been sent to me. They refused to connect me with Carter Haston and when I asked if there was a phone number I could call independently, told me they didn't know it. I Googled it, and called the next day. I spoke with a lovely woman from their accounting department who immediately gave me my answer: Edge had never closed my account or sent them a final statement, so they didn't even know I was supposed to get my security deposit back. This could have been easily solved the first time I called to check in, over two months before this writing, if they had checked their system to ensure no mistake had been made. But instead, they were consistently rude and clearly just wanted to get me off the phone. Every time I called they told me it was coming next week and not to worry, clearly never once taking this issue seriously.
In the grand scheme of life, this isn't a huge deal, but since you're here looking for an apartment, I think you should know that these guys do not have good customer service and have mishandled my money, which probably means they've done it to other people. I am lucky enough that I can handle not having 2 grand hit my account when I think it is going to, but that obviously isn't the case for everyone. I have grounds to take them to small claims court (know your tenant rights), as they are required to refund the security deposit within 30 days, but hopefully this post is enough to turn people off from trusting them.
Don't let these people screw with your money- pick a different building.