Woodbriar Apartments

"I have lived at 3 of Breeden's properties Woodbriar (more than 30 years old), the Allure at Jefferson(brand new property), and Red Knot(about 10 to 15 years old). I would give them negative stars if I could. This company is a slum lord in my opinion. It did not matter which property I lived at or who the manager was on any of these properties, they are all run the same way. Breeden will exploit you as the tenant in any way possible. The properties are filled with dog waste, mice, and cockroaches. The properties are all very poorly constructed with the cheapest possible construction materials. I believe this is done so that when things do not work or fall apart they can pass the cost on to the tenant as though the tenant caused the damage. If you have a pet then Breeden will charge you a monthly pet fee and pet deposit but none of this will go to any damage that they believe was done by your pet. For example everyone of the apartments I left the Breeden managers tried to charge me to replace the carpet because they claim my pet urinated on the carpet. My pet never urinated on the carpet. I know this because I had cameras recording him the whole time. They always say they run a special test that proves the pet urinated on the carpet. One manager told me they just make this up as part of company policy if someone has a pet to re-coop as much cost as possible and take your deposit. Maintenance will not repair issues you might have in the apartment correctly instead they will just put a temporary fix into place until you leave the apartment and then blame you for what they never fixed. I put in close to 15-20 maintenance requests at red knot in my 3 and a half years there including for mice, water leaking in both toilets (causing my water bill to more than double for almost a year), and a water heater that leaked all over the carpet in the den and master bed room (when i left the apartment of course they requested i replace the carpet). The allure at Jefferson was brand new when I moved in and some of the apartments were still under construction. Construction workers entered my apartment 7 times after I moved in with no notice. They would just walk in my apartment because they did not realize it was occupied and I had two small girls staying there. I would report it to management and ask management why they had a key to my rented apartment. Nothing was ever done. I once filmed a construction worker drinking a beer at 4:30 pm and driving a piece of heavy equipment around the apartment complex. I reported this to management and again nothing was done. I can go on and on with the terrible conditions or situations I dealt with at their 3 properties I lived at. I would have left after a few months at Woodbriar because I had to transfer jobs working for the military but they refused to break the lease unless I paid them over $5000 each time. That's the only reason I transferred to each property hoping the next property would be better and it never was."

"Never had a problem until my AC went out and coincidentally my power bill is $200 more than it has ever been! They state nothing is wrong with the AC but will be 77-80 degrees from time to time and blow out hot air even when it’s off. They claim it’s because I leave my temperature at 69 which it’s always been for the last three years I have lived there. There is no possible way a 1,000 sq ft apartment power bill should be $365. They are not worried about you due to having “other things” to worry about."

"Walls are paper thin, the floors/ceilings creak like nobody's business. I have an upstairs neighbor who crashes around regularly (with her CHIHUAHUA barreling around), and it's so loud I have to constantly wear headphones with a white noise generator playing straight into my ears to deal with it; in fact, when she goes through her living room, it causes my ceiling to bow. The toilet in my bathroom isn't sealed at the bottom (or attached to the floor) so it feels like I'm on the high seas when I sit on it; also, the shower is constantly at risk of mold because of the badly done plumbing and wall cover (which is NOT tile like I saw in the example apartment) by maintenance. Oh, and did I mention that only half of the outlets in the apartment work? Do not, for the love of all that is good and holy, move here. For the price I'm paying monthly, it's just not worth it."

"My time at Woodbriar apartments was pretty decent. I can say I got what I paid for. It is probably the most reasonable price in Chesapeake for a 2bed 2bath. My frustration comes in when it came to move out. When I initially paid my deposit for this apartment, I was told that I would get back some or all of my deposit if little to no damages were done and they would take my last utility bill out of that. That sounded good to me. I moved out November of 2021. It’s March 2022 and I still have no received my deposit back. I called around December to be sure that I should be expecting a check and the person in the office stated that she did see that I am getting my a refund and that it was sent to my forwarding address. I then asked what address they had down. She began telling me that it was the address of my apartment at woodbriar apartments. I was immediately angry because WHY would my forwarding address be a place I moved out of?! Keep in mind, during my move out, I went to drop off my key and someone was filling in for the people who really worked for the apartment and I had to put my forwarding address on a small piece of paper that more than likely ended up in the trash. Needless to say, I have called every month since then and still no check. Maybe this review will put a pep in their step. I tried to be patient, but I keep getting the run around. I just need my check that I am entitled to."

"These apartments need to be completely renovated. The walls are so thin, you can hear your neighbors having a conversation if you are silent in your own apartment. You can even hear them running their washer & dryers. The floors creak sooooooo bad. They also don't have parking decals so anyone and I mean ANYONE can come & park their cars there for however many days with no issues, but it certainly causes the residents that actually pay rent issues. The maintenance people come to fix things that don't get fixed. I've only lived here since December 2020 & have called them at least 6 times. Everything about this place is outdated and for the amount of rent you pay, it honestly isn't worth it. I have a 1-year lease that I have no plans on renewing.One of the leasing managers is unaccommodating with a nasty attitude. Wouldn't recommend moving here unless you are elderly with low expectations."