Fairfield Courtyard At Bayport

Crazy rent increases, they care more about how it looks then how things in your apartment work. Also, 3 fires in 4 years!

DO NOT RENT HERE! I lived here for a year and dealt with holes being blown in my walls from new construction, broken windows, horribly finished renovations, and more… when it came time to move out, our security deposit was sent to the apartment that we moved out of a month prior. How is this possible? The whole reason we were getting the security deposit back was because we were moving out of the apartment. After 2 months we still have not gotten out security deposit back. They keep telling us “it should take about a week”. I waited 2 months to write this review. They are expecting people to just give up on their $1000 deposit. DO NOT RENT HERE! Any time you need to contact anyone from Fairfield, you will be forwarded to a voicemail box, and your call will NEVER be returned…

I lived in this apartment complex for 2 years with my roommate, we recently moved out. It is an aesthetically beautiful apartment, but all they do is mask up imperfections. Hence why they are able to flip apartments so quickly. I never spoke out because I lived there and did not want a target on my back. They use a cheap flat matte paint, so it shows every mark and imperfection. The touch up paint they give does not match. If your water filter goes, they will not be replacing it & the same goes for the air conditioner filter. The washers and dryers are so small & the washer constantly had draining problems.

The worst experience though has to be the roaches. My roommate and I constantly found roaches/water bugs & I know exactly why. My Uncle works for the Board of Education and constantly deals with health regulations. Each quad has about 3 stairs that lead down into a basement. They left the door open & my Uncle went inside. There are deserted washing machines & the entire place is filled with moisture, which roaches love. They crawl up the pipes into the apartments above. It could be easily resolved if they actually took the time to follow regulations, but sadly that isn't the case.

Also, Fairfield. Save your breath, commenting a "copy & paste" response to this review. You guys had over a year to fix the basement problem when I told you, but you didn't. I do not live there anymore & whatever you say does not benefit me.

I will be following up with pictures of the roaches we found.

I’ve rented from this property before Fairfield took over. When Fairfield took over the place went to shambles. The people here are dangerous. There’s drug deals going on at every corner. For the money being spent I moved my family to a safer location with 24 hour gate protection. The apartments themselves are thrown together in a couple of days with shifty workmanship. Things are constantly breaking, the carpets smell like rotting meat. You can hear couples fighting constantly. The parking is a joke. Be prepared to have other people take your 1 spot you are entitled too. Find a better area and a better complex for the money you are spending

I don’t understand the bad reviews. My deposit was credited to my rent; I received the special 1,000 security; my rent was properly prorated based on my move in date. The leasing agent, Tara Prestel is amazing and responds in minutes. My unit is brand newly renovated and beautiful. A major flooding problem I had was dealt with within 20 minutes and all restored to better than new. Anyone I’ve chatted with—particularly fellow dog owners seem awesome. Yes, the complex is being renovated but that’s kinda obvious and if it’s not ok you shouldn’t move in! You can pay rent via an app. I’m on a first name basis with maintenance. So far, A+. I don’t know what these nay sayers are talking about. My kitchen is gorgeous and bedroom beautiful.

DO NOT RENT AT ANY FAIRFIELD! Service is absolutely horrific and the do not honor any of the deals and promotions they advertise. I have been trying to receive my first responder discount for 4 months now and was told I am eligible for it. Today I have been told I will not be receiving it and I applied too late which is 100% false. Very unprofessional staff and they only want to deal with you once you apply and are impossible to get in contact with after you move in.

Good luck getting in touch with anyone, unless you are giving them your money. I lived in my apartment for 6 years and things have gone downhill since Fairfield took over. Maintenance staff is great, but no one else seems to want to help with issues. Good luck getting someone on the phone, as the main Fairfield office just rings and rings. What company doesn't have a voicemail setup? Trying to get my security deposit back is becoming quite the chore.

Renters BEWARE. My fiancé and I were going to rent an apartment here for September 2020 as we are moving out of our current apartment and wanted to be a little further west. At first everything was fine, the apartments are beautiful and the complex is nice. However, they do not explain any of the policies prior to filling out the application. They had us give them a $200 deposit that we were told was refundable, but what wasn’t explained at all is that it’s ONLY refundable for 48 hours, after that if you choose not to rent there you lose your money. We also were not told that we would have to pay them almost $5,000 at the time you sign your lease, otherwise we would have waited until closer to our move out date to find a new apartment. It was not until after our credit was run and we were outside of the “refundable” deposit time frame that we found out it was going to cost us 5k just to secure an apartment at Fairfield for September. Initially the leasing agent Emmanuel told me we could pay what we had at signing and the rest by move in, but that story changed when we showed up to sign our lease and suddenly we only had two weeks from signing to have everything paid off. We are disappointed with the lack of explanation and less than thorough walk through of the policies. If we knew ahead of time before filling out the application we would not have bothered and now we are out of $200 AND we have a hard hit on our credit from this apartment complex. The moral of the story is do not apply to rent here unless you are ready to pay them an exuberant amount of money and have them purposely wait long enough to keep your deposit. I would not recommend Fairfield properties to anyone and will be finding somewhere else to rent.

Darren Rubin was the most professional Relator we have ever dealt with.he took us to 5 different places was very patient with us untill we were happy and found the right spot. If anybody is looking for a place to live there is not one other person you should call he is incredible and a great person thankyou again Darren during a stressful time you couldn’t have gone any smoother sincerely Tracey and Michael

Was thinking of moving here but him does not sound like a very good place to live even though I grew up in Bayport I'll look elsewhere
No thanks I'll spend my money elsewhere

First the positive.the maintenance staff are attentive and polite. The end.

Now the negative. I moved in when the property was Southern Meadows. The grounds were nicely maintained and the residents were friendly and it seemed to be a place I would be very happy at. Fairfield purchased the property last February and all of that went out the window. Immediately my rent was raised when it came time to renew my lease. Had I known what was to come I would not have renewed. New facelift for the complex, which admittedly was needed. My building was the starting point for all renovations. First phase was roofing. Contractors moved through each building at a reasonable rate. Horrible job cleaning up after themselves, with roofing nails and debris on sidewalks and lawns. Not safe conditions for kids and pets.
Around April/May next phase was to update the facade of all the buildings. Again my building was the starting point. Demo began with a large crew. Again horrible job cleaning up. Brick/mortar and other debris scattered. Then construction halted for months because of “improper permits, being filed” leaving the property to look like a third world country.
After the new year, activity started again with skeleton crews. Instead of completing one building before moving on to the next, there are several buildings in various stages of renovation. My building (again, the starting point) still needs siding, stone and finish work to be done, while the crews are doing the same work on other buildings. I have been without a porch light for months and birds are nesting in the unfinished soffit above my front door.
Not even token apologies coming from management, for the slow pace or lack of production and inconvenience this eyesore has become. At this rate it will be years before the project is complete.