GALMAN GROUP

The Galman Group owns and manages Spruce Court Apartments located in Royersford Borough. I have lived in this community for over 7 years and in that time I have had nothing but bad experiences both with maintenance and the managment. We have gone through many property managers to the point that there is a joke about the revolving door in the rental office. The group has been renovating apartments as people move out since they purchased the property. Residents living in renovated apartments have updated kitchens including dishwashers as well as updated bathrooms. Residents such as myself who are living in the older unrenovated apartments are paying the same amount of rent for those with new carpet and tiling and upgrades. Repair requests can be called in and it can often take days weeks or even more than a month for the repair to actually be done. Many times a repair is just patched up and not repaired properly. The management is often misleading and or rude. They give false information and then refuse to admit to their mistake. Often residents are charged for court costs and late fees due to this misinformation which results in an additional cost on top of rent and gas bills for the resident. The gas bills have always puzzled us. The more units in the building with a tenant the higher the gas bill. If gas bills are done on a per apartment basis there should never be such a drastic change. At one point we had three empty units and our gas bills were approximately $45 to $60 when all eleven apartments are full they tend to run close to $80. Water, sewage, and trash are included in the rent. There is on site laundry facilities but more often than not machines are not functioning properly. Also, the cost they charge us for usage is high. It is $1.50 to wash one load of clothes and another $1.50 to dry, yet the dryers more often than not do not dry your load on the first go around so you have to spend another $1.50. This may seem trivial but after awhile the costs can add up. It has gotten especially bad dealing with management within the last year to eighteen months. Due to the way this property is managed after over seven years of living here we have decided that we will not be renewing our lease. I only hope my review is helpful to anyone considering living here. They paint a pretty picture but when you look closely it is more of a paint by numbers than an original work of art.