Michael Singer Real Estate

Don't rent. I repeat, don't rent. Despite what they may contest to, they accidentally mislead me because of lack of organization and sheer laziness. While it is obviously a mistake, they refuse to right their wrong. They pressured me to end my lease early and then screwed me out of my money. more

My girlfriend moved in loving this place. When winter came around and the heat was turned on we quickly changed our mind. I am currently having a three month issue with maintenance department at Clinton Place Apartments. There is an issue with the heating pipes and it literally sounds like someone is hitting them with a hammer every night between the hours of 2 am and 5 am. I have reported it as a problem for two months and the staff has acknowledged the issue but they have not been able to fix it. DON'T LIVE HERE!!!! at least not during the winter months! more

My agent was nice and informative. Thank you more

Great location - awesome mgmt: Renting from Singer since beginning of this year in PA suburbs. When I call / email to report something needs to be done they response (read: fix!) depending on the emergency within the day. Very satisfied about this management. more

I have nothing but good things to say about Michael Singer Real Estate. I dealt with Linda Toppi, who is top notch -- incredibly nice and very accommodating. They fixed everything in the apartment pronto and even followed up via email to make sure I was happy. Great company, quick response, nice staff. If I can say anything about renting in Philly, it's stay away from William Penn Realty. They are the absolute worst mgmt company on the face of the planet. Horrible! 2 thumbs up for Michael Singer though. more

My Apartment was promised and delivered on time, it had been just painted, and was clean, and nice. I love my view overlooking a small park in the city. When I reported to them that my garbage disposal was not working, they replaced it the next day. The neighborhood is wonderful, and I have not had any problems with dealing with their office staff. It might have helped that when I reported my problem with the garbage disposal, it was around 8:30AM, and the gentleman who answered the phone, said he would put in the maintenance request right away. more

We have a studio in Clinton Place Apartments in Wash. Sq. West in Philadelphia. Moved in July 2009. Relocated from out of town and Tiffany was so helpful and patient. Apartment was freshly painted and clean. Have had two small maintenance issues. Both were taken care of the next day after calling. 1st issue was that the toilet bowl tank lid didn't properly fit (they found one that did) and the 2nd was that the faucet in the tub was constantly dripping. Fixed that as well the next day. Have seen no bugs or critters. One spider recently spotted. No biggie. Absolutely have no complaints and plan to renew the lease for the next year! more

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, I want to take a moment to express my gratitude for your outstanding management of the Imperial Apartment where I have lived for 38 years. Please extend my appreciation to each person on your team both in the office and in the field. Everyone in your company follows your lead by being gracious, thoughtful, professional and efficient. more

My Apartment was promised and delivered on time, it had been just painted, and was clean, and nice. I love my view overlooking a small park in the city. When I reported to them that my garbage disposal was not working, they replaced it the next day. The neighborhood is wonderful, and I have not had any problems with dealing with their office staff. It might have helped that when I reported my problem with the garbage disposal, it was around 8:30AM, and the gentleman who answered the phone, said he would put in the maintenance request right away. more

""I am a new resident at Belmont Village. I have moved last weekend. I would like to share my experience with the staff, specifically with manager Ashley. I have to say that you have very great team. I have wonderful experience with Ashley. She is very organized, educated, very professional. Everything she has done was exactly as she promised. Beside that, great personality and always smile on her face. I am so appreciative for her work and I would recommend this place to everybody."" more

Just moved in and so far everything is up to par. Apt. was painted and Tiffany in the office has been too kind. No bugs, nice place. Called for minor maintenance, and issue was resolved in less than 24 hours!!! more

I've been renting/living in a Michael Singer owned property (The Claremont) for about two months now and can't complain about much. My rent is cheap as dirt and it's in a great location (which is what I need, being a student). My apartment certainly isn't the tajmahal, but it's not bad. When first renting the people I dealt with at the office were very helpful, so can't complain about anything on that front yet. Overall, if you're looking for somewhere really nice, if you're looking for a decent apartment in good location for a great price, I'd definitely recommend checking them out. more

I've now rented about 15 different places in multiple cities, and like the other reviewer, M. Singer was by far the worst. Actually, I also had heating/radiator issues. First, the heat wasn't turned on well into the winter, despite multiple calls to the office - everyone in the entire building was freezing their asses off. Then, once they were turned on, a radiator in the apartment above leaked through the ceiling into our apartment - hooray. I remember calling their ""emergency line"" - and the guy on the other end sounded like he was under the influence of some serious drugs. Other requests for apartment repairs made via repeated phone calls went unheeded - I finally had to resort to sending maintenance requests via registered mail before anything got done - I have NEVER had to do this in any of the other places that I have rented. So, yeah, it really was kind of like living in a slum. Please, if you value your sanity, do not rent from Michael Singer. Pros: nice location of apartment Cons: everything else more

I have rented from many different landlords in several cities, and Michael Singer Real Estate has been by far my worst experience. They rent expensive apartments, but run them like slums. MSRE seemed like a great company at first, mainly due to our rental agent Tiffany who was very sweet and took great care of us. The apartment looked great, but things just started falling apart. When we first moved in, the place was not clean, the fridge was broken, all the drains were clogged, light switches didn't work, outlets were not covered, etc. Most of these things were fixed within the first couple of weeks, so we thought everything was good. Then winter arrived, and they turned on the building heating system. The building was heated with old steam radiators. The radiator in our bathroom had a hole in it, so it constantly spewed hot steam, making the apartment very humid and smelling terrible. Since it was a Saturday, we had to call the emergency maintenance line. The lady who answered the phone was very rude and told us that the steam would stop eventually and someone would come fix it on Monday. Nobody came on Monday, so we called back and were given the runaround. Someone finally came to look at it on Friday, a week later, but still didn't fix it until two days after that. Since the valves were broken on all three of our heaters, we had no control over the heat, so we had our windows open all winter long, as it was unbearably hot. The real kicker was that every time the heaters turned on (about every 3 hours), they would make a very loud banging noise for about 15 minutes. I am a very heavy sleeper, but this would wake me up every time and I couldn't get back to sleep until it stopped. This means that twice a night, I would be woken up and have to listen to the heaters making noise for 15 minutes before trying to go back to sleep. We complained about this on a regular basis, but Michael Singer did not even pretend to care, nor would they even consider having someone fix the problem. There were many other maintenance and safety issues which we brought to their attention multiple times to no avail. We eventually ended up breaking our lease and moving after about 6 months. Naturally, they wouldn't consider waiving the $350 lease break fee either. Pros: Tiffany is very nice Cons: Everything else more