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    Business ProfileforUniversity Park

    Apartments

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    3/5stars

    Average of 2 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    4 complaints closed in last 3 years

    4 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    301 Lippencott Street, Knoxville, TN 37920
    BBB File Opened:
    5/26/1999
    Alternate Business Name
    • College Park Communities
    • Crossing Place Apartments
    • Gateway at Knoxville Apartments

    Customer Complaints

    4 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    10/02/2023

    Complaint Type:
    Product Issues
    Status:
    BBB unable to locate business
    On August 31, 2023 a charge was added to my account for a chair that was reported "damaged/left outside" but this chair was declared on my move in sheet that I handed into their office. The photo I have of my move in sheet was taken one day after my move in date and it is dated and timed at Monday August 16, 2021 at 1:48 PM. This sheet was turned into the office and when I emailed the establishment, they said they did not have this document in their possession. When I approached their establishment asking to speak to the property manager, they told me to email them, but with the experience of emailing them three times over the course of nine days, I did not want to risk any late penalties being the charges sent to collections. They did not let us speak with their property manager with verbal harassment stating "three males and one female" in the same office which I replied, "we can go in one on one," and they kicked my roommates and me out of their office stating "you don't live here anymore, you need to leave."
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    2 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Ashlynn M

    1 star

    10/09/2023

    If I could give University Park zero stars, I would. If you are a young college student like myself at time of signing STEER CLEAR. In my time at UPark, our amenities (that they brag about on their website) were never open and always closed. We had a courtesy officer who never responded to calls and it took the office several years to listen to security complaints and take residents seriously. In the time we lived there, there were several instances of car break-ins and strange men who would walk around and make women there uncomfortable. As a woman, walking around my apartment at night was terrifying. Unfortunately, I could not even park near my apartment as most parking spaces were full by 6 PM. We had a fire on our property and management was not transparent with residents. Most would not have known if it weren't for communication between residents. My apartment went without hot water for 10 days without maintenance coming. There were also several instances of our apartment going without water for multiple days, with only an "oops! we are sorry!" from management. It may be furnished, but beware of poor quality of furniture. I moved out in August, and my roommates and I were charged for the couch that peeled after we would normally sit on it. Despite our talks with maintenance and it being noted the poor quality of furniture, management would not acknowledge this. The property manager and other staff made communication difficult, not responding for several days and making excuses to guilt us after responding. They then proceed to accuse of of having an unregistered pet (?) in the apartment that caused the damage. They threatened us with collections and came off as malicious instead of working with us. The allure to UPark is the cheaper rent of the area. However, as they raise their rent, I encourage anyone to live somewhere else until serious changes are made. This barely scratches the surface of problems with UPark.

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