The Reserve at Darley Green 700 Darley Green Drive, Claymont, DE 19703

"Poor management and not safe anymore. Was great once upon a time. But high crime of vehicles and stray people walking grounds digging in garbage Rents are extremely high and do not fit the surrounding area. You can expect 150$ to 200$ increase every year and it doesn’t stop. Just started giving low income freezes on their rent. And don’t plan on getting your deposit back they will find a scratch in your floor and charge you for it! Take lots of pictures even if maintenance tells you it’s ok."

"BEWARE OF YOUR SECURITY DEPOSIT I give The Reserve at Darley Green 3 stars -- A neutral rating. Happy start, but not a happy ending because of the way The Reserve at Darley Green treated our security deposit. In this review, I want to share facts and some pictures. If it's my opinion, I'll specifically highlight "I think" and don't want to mix the facts with my opinion. I'll let you make your own judgement on whether it's normal wear and tear, or damage as they claimed and charged us for. We made a deposit of $1,560 when we moved in. Had been living there for 2 years until Aug 30th, 2021. We received a deposit refund of $118.54 from The Reserve at Darley Green in Sep, which means THE MOVE-OUT CHARGE IS $1441.46. The itemized move-out charges are as below: 1. "Replacement of the carpet $486.38 -- 3rd Party evaluation black light testing confirmed multiple areas of excessive organic staining. The carpet could not be restored to acceptable condition." However, I think we kept our carpet very clean, as shown in 1st and 2nd pics. My husband told the leasing office it doesn't make any sense to let us pay for those "invisible stains" that can only be seen under dark light. Under normal daylight, the carpet is in good condition. After a few days, the leasing office said they would remove the carpet charge. 2. "Replacement of cabinet doors due to excessive water damage $770.00". Personally, I think it's normal wear and tear. So I leave 2 pictures here (3rd & 4th pics) taken by the leasing office that were used for evidence of damage. I'll let you determine whether it's wear and tear, or damage as they claimed. 3. "Replacement of freezer door due to irreparable scratches $185.08". Again, I think these minor scratches are normal wear and tear. Likewise, you may have ur own opinions based on 5th & 6th pics UPDATE -- We filed a claim to small claims court. With judge's fair assessment, the charge of replacement of freezer door was removed. Also the charge of replacement of cabinet doors was reduced. With judge's help, we were able to get the majority of security deposit back."

"I lived at this place for less than a year, they have charged me more than $1000 to replace refrigerator door and cooler doors while I didn’t noticed any broken parts while moving out. Later on they supplied me a bunch of photo which showing some normal wear and tear but they were all defined as “replacement needed” (cooler door $200 to replace, refrigerator $500 to replace, blind $200 to check them $200 to replace) - I can paste more details later. I don’t know why this place is getting 4 out of 5 as rating but it seems to me they had pretty chaotic management system and charge the tenant randomly. I also have checked other tenants review and noticed this apt is notorious on tenant’s security deposit so that they don’t need to pay anything to renovate their apt. Tbh I moved into an apt with 60-70% new conditions, lived for less than a year, move out with 40 - 50% new condition then they need me to pay and replace all these with brand new stuff at my cost. I don’t even know is this against law so I will try to figure it out, or at least warn everyone else who’s planning to move in."

"Very nice development, beautiful townhouses, great apartments, very nice condos, their very own library in the neighborhood, and a nice community room and gym. loved this development."

"I finally got an apartment in the community and wanted to revisit my previous review as getting into a waitlist sometime may seem little confusing. If you deny an apartment that’s offered, you are again placed in the waitlist and even if you are at 8th or 10th position in the waitlist, there is a good chance of getting an apartment because many a people stay on the list just because they have paid of it. If you do get one that you like, then you have pretty much what you have seen on the day of the tour. Community is very well managed and I love the accessibility. Grocery is at walking distance and I just love it. Previous written: PLEASE READ before you plan to go: In Short - they put you in waitlist, then first offer a crapy unit which is neither listed in their website and nor do they tell you is under the management during tour. It's above the commercial units (like Subway on the Philedelphia pike when you enter the community). These units are smaller (1140 sq.ft 2br 2ba) and you never get your $300 + $50 per applicant fee back if you decline the crappy unit. And then you are back to the long waitlist or loose money."