Oakland Gardens — Local services in Oaklyn

I've been a tenant for about a year. Leasing agent Michelle was very professional and was on time for every appointment. I chose a 2 bedroom that seemed newly renovated with a shiny refrigerator and gas stove combo in the kitchen. Plenty of closets, and dedicated parking for my car (there's overflow parking at the closed Wawa next door). I would recommend to choose your apartment carefully; there's a mediocre mexican restaurant next door that occasionally gets loud drunks in their parking lot. There's a pretty decent chinese restaurant across the street, and if you want culture the Ritz theatre is a block away. Downtown Oaklyn is within walking distance. There are train tracks a block away but the complex is far enough that I don't get bothered by the occasional train. The communal laundry room isn't great but there's plenty of laundromats nearby. Heating is via reliable baseboard water pipes and maintenance responds very quickly to texts (as long as it's after 9AM). Monthly rent is slightly under what's currently going for similar 2 bedroom apts. The only quirk is that I cannot find the gardens of Oakland Gardens. All in all, I strongly recommend...

Landlord is a scam artist. Sold us on an apartment because it had a washer and dryer in the basement and we were a month away from having a baby so that was a big deal for us. Turns out it belonged to the upstairs neighbors and they were not happy about us using it. Never updated a thing unless he could make money off of it, apartment was dirty when we moved in and he refused to make updates or give a new fridge while apartments around us were...

It was great when I moved in, couldn’t wait to to get out once things started changing. Riffraff coming in the courtyards screaming at the top of their lungs. Had to call the police multiple times in 1 night. People coming and going all hours of the night. Unless you want to feel like you are living in the...