The Viridian — Local services in Boston

MICE! MICE! MICE!

Management Company: Furnished Quarters (via Airbnb)

My wife and I rented an apartment at The Viridian (1282 Boylston) in Boston while I was completing an internship at Harvard. We paid a premium price for this unit ($6000 USD/month) with the hopes of being central and being able to cook at home.

Unfortunately, the unit we rented had mice and we woke up to droppings on the countertops, TV stand, and floor. They had also gotten into the pantry and made their way through the dried goods.

The evening we saw the mice ourselves, it ran under the fridge which left us with no option to throw out all of the groceries we had purchased.

We contacted the company and they mentioned they had no other units available, but after a day or so they found one in the same building. We packed up and moved there only to find this unit had the most pungent smell that was unbearable to stay in. After another day they provided another unit which we moved into. We have now found mice droppings again.

We had a personal call with one of the owners of the company and he was completely unsympathetic. He told us throwing out the food was extreme and we should have actually known better than to put food in the pantry. He said in his own home he stores food in metal storage containers, yet no such instructions or storage containers were provided to us.

It became impossible to feel comfortable in the unit and definitely could not eat in the unit. All units provided as options are in the same building, and clearly, no one unit alone would have mice, it would be a building issue.

Very disappointed with the service overall, especially at this price point.

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