Lark Athens

I have been living at the Lark for two years, and while there are some positives to living here, the negatives ultimately outweigh the overall experience. Positives: Apartments are bigger and spacious, and it is generally a nice place to live in terms of location and price. It is also one of the less expensive housing options downtown. Negatives: There have been numerous ongoing issues that remain unresolved and fall well below the standard expected for student housing: Caught two lizards in my bathroom Many, many ladybug-type bugs throughout the entire apartment Roommates found a roach in their bathroom Multiple maintenance requests submitted to address pest control issues (which are stated as services provided in the lease agreement) were marked “resolved” but were never actually a

Management is unhelpful and unresponsive. This place is obviously managed to extract the most possible money with the least amount of work/quality allowed. 5 star reviews are bought/encouraged with giveaway entries! Take all these with a grain of salt as they are basically bought by the complex. -Pool was closed for the entirety of summer with 0 recourse for residents. -Guest parking “privileges” are randomly revoked and guests will be towed extremely quick and price gouged to get their car back. -Mold literally everywhere. You keep cleaning and it keeps coming back -UNSAFE! Frequent car break ins, all exterior doors are broken and unlocked, homeless people will occasionally be wandering the hallways. THERE ARE NO SECURITY CAMERAS! Hit and runs are frequent in the garage. -Hallways and s

1/10/2026: UPDATE. Since I had no way out of breaking my old lease, the old manager switched me to a new apartment. MORE MOLD. Legit hairy mold growing on my window sill. ( I added more pictures) The pool has been closed since last year, with absolutely no update on when it will be open. Maybe some kind of incentive for taking the pool away the whole time it was warm..? No, the best part is NEW management (turnover rate is high for managers) has the audacity to raise rates for this dump but can’t give the residents the common decency to inform them maybe when it could possibly open. So anyone considering signing here, there is no pool still. It’s managements fault the pool got shut down in the first place. The trash is getting worse, the rat problem is getting worse. Owls now hangout nea

They keep lying to residents saying that they will open the pool when they won’t. It’s been closed since I moved in during August. The new manager Dammian Gonzalez didn’t care about the residents or anything they want at all. He even laughed in my face when I got emotional in his office about how I was frustrated with the lark. We also were told by Dammian with a 13 minute warning last week that water would be turned off for 2 hours and it was off for 5 hours. Just an example of how they don’t care about their residents. Do better. Open the pool. Don’t lie to people signing their leases here saying it will be open in 2 weeks.

Management decided to revoke guest passes because some weren’t returned rather than making new ones, having them expire, or literally any other alternative. When questioned, the only response is that they have decided to not distribute passes. If you try to have a guest over they will most likely be towed regardless of when they are there or if they park in the designated visitor spots. Little clarity or transparency about anything. Today, we received an email at 11:47 about a water shutoff scheduled for noon-2pm. Thirteen minutes of notice. It is now 3pm and the water has still not been turned on. Pool is out of order and always has been, no plan for it to turn on. Randomly the gate will be broken and not allow you to get out. You have to hope the officer in the groupchat reads your messa