Bradford Place

I moved into Bradford Place with two roommates and had heard some negative things prior to moving in. We were told that there was new management and things would be good, we were impressed with our tour and decided to sign. When we moved in everything was not perfect and we went and told the office and it was fixed the next day. The shuttle is the most convenient thing ever, I use it everyday and wouldn't live anywhere without one. I also use the workout facility everyday and find it also very convenient. We once had an overnight emergency with the fridge and called the maintenance helpline and they were there in no time. We just decided to resign for next year! Bradford, has been a great value for the money, and I would recommend it to anyone looking for great collegiate housing at an affordable price! more

Dec. 2008, I was looking for a place to be available in the fall 2009. Dec. 5th 2008 I signed a lease with Bradford Place. The sales agent made it known verbally that there would be a $50.00 deposit and if I were to cancel my lease, I would forfeit that money. I called my mom, in the presence of a sales agent, to ask her if I could sign the lease, because the space was very limited at that time (?). My mom agreed for me to sign after knowing the risk is only $50.00. After signing the lease, Bradford Place requested a guarantor form be returned for reserving my housing spot. My parents came down to Bloomington to look at the place; they advised me that the place is too far from campus. Jan 14th 2009 (7 months before the move-in date) I emailed Bradford Place that I would not be able to find a guarantor and requested my lease be cancelled. They informed me verbally that either I find someone to take over my spot or pay $150.00 ?re-assignment? fee. I did find a girl to take over my lease, and then again Bradford asked me for $150.00 ?re-assignment? fee. I refused to pay. Recently I got the bill $5288.00 from a collection agency for the entire year of lease. They also threatened me that if I don?t pay my credit rating will be ruined After filing a complaint with BBB and a dispute with a collection agency, Bradford has decided that they would go after me for the re-assignment fee of $150.00 instead of $5288.00. I strongly believe that the lease contract I signed is invalid because the guarantor form has never been signed. Despite a blatant attempt by Bradford Place to benefit illegally, for my own piece of mind, my parents have reluctantly paid them $150.00 ?re-assignment? fee to get the matter over with. This issue has put a lot of stress on me and I don?t need that. My tips: * any verbal promise needs to be in writing * when you have a dispute, go to Attorney General web site file a complaint, you could be qualified for a free lawyer (I found out after the settlement). Don?t let anyone bully you, ruin your credit rating because it will ruin your life in the future. Bradford Place should be changed to Ripoff Place. Stay away from them. more

I signed my daughter on at Bradfordford 1 year term. During this year she was stuck with roomates that would not pay thier portions of the bills, they moved in boyfriends that lived there free, when reported to Bradford they did not honor thier own lease and do anything about it. We are now stuck with an extreme Duke energy bill due to the lack of payment of the other tenant and according to our lease we were not allowed to shut the utulities off. The other roomate also brought in a cat that had bodily left bodily functions all over my daughters belongings, her boyfriend brought in a R A T again against Bradford. When going to the management at Bradford all they could say was sorry. They offered no help at all into fixing the issues. The list is endless. Definately moving my daughter out of there and I would not reccommend this place at all. During the course of her living there her bathroom flooded about 4 inches of water all over the floor , this was due to a malfunction in the plumbing they did not properly dry it out or remove the contaminated flooring thus leaving mold that had to be cleaned up every week. They have no intentions of protecting thier tenants. Cons: many cons more