The Village on Sixth Avenue

Living here was a mistake. They’re not friendly. My roommate caused a bunch of drama and they took her side and threatened to evict me and still charge me rent until the lease was up. When I got unexpectedly pregnant they said I’d have to pay for two leases. They’re awful. Don’t fall for the cheap rent. It’s really not worth it.

I have been living here for almost a year now and honestly, yeah it is cheaper than living in the dorms at Marshall, but at least with the dorm rooms you get better management and service. No free internet, and the only providers you are allowed to have are really crappy. They literally suck. The free cable sucks as well, they give almost no decent channels to watch. The dorm rooms at Marshall U have way better TV than this. The neighbors are trashy and extremely loud. They will play loud music sometimes till 5am, even during midterms and finals. When you ask them nicely to turn down their music, they sneak up to your porch and vomit all over you door. Management is also refusing to clean this up because "we are not a cleaning service." The neighbors got into a fight once and left blood all over the concrete. The management has not cleaned this up either. It is very unsanitary. Take your chances with living in the dorm rooms at Marshall U, yeah it is more expensive, but it is worth it.

This was definitely the worst experience I ever had with housing. To be honest, I think living on campus would be more suffice for the price. For the Village, you pay for something not worth the price, you have to face unbearable management of arrogant individuals full of deceit and an apartment full of shoddy furniture. My entire program at Marshall University all had negative views on the Village and all had terrible experiences and nothing positive to say- so this is definitely more than a handful of previous residents’ opinions. If you see any positive reviews, please be wary because those individuals are the ones who work at the Village as community assistants and/ or relatives/ spouses/ friends of anyone working in the office. They also REFUSE to do a final walk-through with the resident, which they can then charge for any damages they want. So be sure to take pictures after you move out, so in the case they do charge you, you can take them to court and show that they are holding you for fraudulent charges. I hope my in-depth experience will help those unsuspecting parents and residents to stay away from this place. The Village is only a place to come to if you absolutely have no choice and need housing desperately. There are many places near Marshall University that cheaper and have a more honest management team- so try to look into all options before even considering the Village. However, if you do sign a lease here, please be sure to have a lawyer at hand and remember to read the entire lease front to back and make sure you have a copy of your lease for the dates you are living there at hand. The biggest scandal lately with the Village is that you will be charged for months that you are no longer living there and they will turn the guarantors over to collections which is ILLEGAL. If this does happen, please be sure to call the American Campus Communities corporate office in Texas. Honestly, the entire management team at the Village on Sixth should be arrested for their fraudulent schemes.

Dealing with this company has been the most complicated, infuriating experience of my adult life thus far. I subleased for someone in May and moved out August. In that short time period, they lost my first month's rent check, lied repeatedly about it, lost my file, put me in a co-ed apartment which I didn't agree to, failed to collect my room key from the previous tenant which gave her access to my personal space and belongings, failed to change the locks, and failed to issue a mailbox key until the last month I was there. Furthermore, they refused to let me do a walk through with the manager the day I left. When I left, I asked if there was anything I needed to pay, and they said no. Yesterday, I get a letter stating I would be turned over to collections if I didn't pay for charges that included my first month's rent, late fees, and damage charges. This is the most incompetent, poorly ran business I've dealt with.

Run while you can. Seriously. This place has a bunch of crooks running it. I only lived here for a few months because of an internship at Marshall and it was the worst decision EVER!!



The place is disgustingly dirty. I've had an issue with spiders ever since I have moved and the problem was not taken care of at all. The staff seems nice and accommodating before you sign the lease but once you're locked in, they couldn't care less about anything you say.



Maintenance is a nightmare. They came to fix my dryer and trashed my apartment. My belongings were strewn across the apartment and dirt was tracked around the entire place. They left a DIRTY DUSTPAN on my toaster!!!!! I came home from work to find my apartment an utter mess.



There is no privacy. I can hear everything that the people living above me say. It sounds like there are elephants walking around upstairs because there is no insulation.



There is no security at all. Good luck if you live on the first floor too because they can bust out windows SO easily. Be careful about cars too because on weekends they are the targets for drunk peoples beer cans and shaving cream.



If you are looking to rent DO NOT rent here. You will regret every minute of it just like I did. Please turn away now before you're stuck and can't get out of the lease. I can not express how big of a hell hole this place is.

GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!

I currently live here but only until August, thankfully! When I first signed my lease this place looked awesome, the staff was polite, the apartment I toured was clean and modern and everything was furnished. When I walked into my apartment a few months later, it was nothing like the one I toured. Nothing was clean, the floors were so dirty that my socks turned black and there was toothpaste with hair in it still on the bathroom sink. My roommate and I had to clean everything before we could unpack, I'm not really sure what they did in that time that old residents move out and new ones move in.

Next, the maintenance is terrible. You should expect to wait at least a week before they visit your apartment to fix any problems. When they do come to fix the problem, they leave a mess and sometimes say they can't fix it and they'll come back but they don't.

Then there is security, this entire complex does not have any security cameras. In the past couple of months I've had two friends get there cars broken in to and the staff doesn't have any way to catch them because there are no cameras.

Then, there is lack of enforcement of the rules. It is nothing for the smell of people smoking (things other than cigarettes) to come through the vents and calling the staff to complain doesn't help, they say they will take care of it but that does not happen. Also, if you aren't into the party scene this isn't the place for you, every weekend night between 1 and 3 am you will get woke up to drunk people partying, it gets quite annoying especially when complaining about noise doesn't do anything.

The positives are that they are furnished apartments, and the tanning beds, pool and gym but I'll be cutting these minor losses and living somewhere else in August. I feel this place just wants your money and doesn't really care about there residents. Good luck if you do chose to live here but I would look elsewhere before choosing the Village.