. "1"^^ . "Commercial landlord reviews are tricky, because a lot depends on which unit you get. I was in SW Champaign (Karen Ct), and the place turned out to be unsafe and falling apart, so I'll try to keep my review to objective Barr issues and not unit-specific concerns.\n\nMaintenance - nonresponsive.\nMove-in - place was filthy... Think bugs, unflushed toilet, and food in the carpet.\nApartment showings - 7 days a week people walk through your place.\n\nSecurity deposit - two of us scoured my place when I moved out, yet they kept $158 of the deposit for cleaning fees. It looks like they hire a contractor to go in and clean, and they give that contractor a checklist of items that could be done (with charges for each, such as $7 to wipe down the oven top/range). The contractor then gets paid based on how many items she checks off and \"cleans.\" Let's think about this rationally - would you want to walk into an apartment and make $20 or $158? Exactly. Every single item on the list was checked to be cleaned. Every single one. Just to bring some logic in here since you have no idea whether I am just a crappy cleaner or not -- The morning that I moved out, I replaced all the stove top metal plates that go between the actual stove and the electric coils on top. In other words, they were brand new, sparkling, and I never even used them. I was even charged a fee to clean those off. (You're better off just not cleaning at all when you move out because you'll be charged either way.)\n\nEssentially, the security deposit situation sums up any relations with Barr: you get screwed."^^ . "0"^^ . "15"^^ . . "0"^^ . "2008-09-16T00:00:00"^^ . .