Adelphia House
1229 Chestnut St
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Review Date: 7/5/2010
Review: I will never recommend this place to a friend. Not only have I found a roach in my kitchen, and not only the countless bums roaming the hallway, STAFF and who knows who else, have entered my apartment without my permission numerous times. I've lost mail, and I've called the office plenty of times..all I get is a rude person on the other line or a voice machine. DON'T DO IT.

Review Date: 5/31/2007
Review: As long as they pay rent, Philadelphia Management doesn’t give a damn about its tenants. In fact, they think it’s a privilege to pay exhorbitant rent to live in their tiny, dingy rooms. Here’s what is good about about the building: the maintenance staff is punctual and competent; the doormen are kind; the central location is fantastic for transportation and nightlife. Everything else is mediocre at best, and the rental company is the worst. Last month, one of my hall neighbors was murdered–and Philadelphia Management never said a word. My neighbors and I had to piece together the story–and work out whether or not we were in danger–on our own. Many months ago, they installed a new fire alarm system so we’re all blasted by sirens in our little studios, and they haven’t figured out how to shut the siren off after the alarm is resolved, so it screams on for anywhere from 30-60 minutes–in the middle of the night. Earlier today, a rental agent suddenly appeared with a prospective tenant to see my room with NO warning whatsoever. I had only just gotten out of the shower, so we narrowly missed an embarrassing incident there, but I work at home and can’t do so efficiently with unannounced interruptions all day. I complained to the office, and was told that they couldn’t give me any advance warnings for walk-ins and the process would go quicker if I didn’t obstruct the viewings. I’ve never had a landlord make it so clear to me that my only purpose was to pay rent, and all my needs (privacy, safety, etc.) were inconsequential. (P.S. to the site… it’s 2007, I’m not sure why the year didn’t show up on the menu.)

Review Date: 6/28/2006
Review: NOISY, DANGEROUS, HORRIBLE AMUCK DRUG ADDLED STUDENTS. PISSING IN THE ELEVATORS – WHEN THEY WORK. SECURITY A JOKE ( WHY BOTHER, THEY WOULD DO BETTER GETTING RID OF THOSE CLOWNS AND LOCKING THE FRONT DOOR). YOU GET THE PICTURE?

Review Date: 3/9/2005
Review: I am subletting here for the past three months and for the most part,things are okay. No one bothers you but on the downside I don’t really know anything about the people that I live with. There seems to be a few shady characters afoot but as of yet no one has bothered me. If your in the hallway you can hear what people in thier apartments but not really from your own apartment. Security is not super tight but there is someone there and the one time I needed a leak fixed- I reported it at 10 am and it was fixed by 1:00 They have been nice to me and it is a good value for the location. After midnight the whole street gets pretty quiet and there are a few homeless people that hang out a block away at the 7-11. Nothing super shady,nothing super great. I have a nice sized studio and it is convienet to many things. There is NO parking that is easy to get (parking garages across the street but hard to find on street parking. Takes my guests either 1 minute out of luck or 20 minutes. Hallways sort of blah,enterance way is nice. Only 2 of three elevators in service so it can be slow but not more then a few minutes most of the time.

No dogs are allowed which is another negative.

Review Date: 3/2/2005
Review: This building is absolutely disgusting! I am a very very clean person, but I still had a nasty roach problem. It does not help that the people who live there are CREEPY. Many of them are just one slight step above homeless. Seriously tripped out, demented, dirty people. Don’t be fooled by the 24 hour security desk. It doesn’t help much when they sit there and watch TV all day and night, letting anyone off the street walk by. The maintenance employees are nothing great, they’re actually pretty rude and lazy, but they will eventually come and fix things. The management company is pretty good, but I would suggest living in one of their other nicer buildings.