Conquest Student Housing

Conquest is exactly what its name says: a conquest to tyrannically dominate student housing. All their places are nice and well kept, but way overpriced. Their leasing system is atrociously complicated and overly formal, and they totally screw you over on your deposit by charging you for things they shouldn’t be.
I was charged for cleaning and carpet cleaning when they specifically said that if you took care of it yourself, they wouldn’t charge you. So I did, they still charged me. I went back there with proof that I had it cleaned, they said they would take care of it but I never got a refund.
Bottom line: avoid it if (unless you’re a pretentious rich snob living off your parent’s exorbitant wealth). They’ll pinch you for every penny they can

If you find the right apartment complex, Conquest is not that bad…
They do up their prices whenever they feel like it when it’s lease signing season. My recommendation is to do it early. When Conquest signs an apt away, they raise the rent for other apartments in the same building.
But there are many benefits to signing a lease with a large company. First you don’t have to deal with individual landlords who will just ignore your calls. Second, they have a massive budget to fix things. Our microwave broke and they sent us another one right away. Ditto for fridge and stoves (they changed those for us right when we got in).

So I’m the first to review this wretched, wretched apartment management company that has been outsmarting SC in scooping up real estate while generations of SC students suffer. This has been going on for years and years with no end in sight. I’m convinced SC gets kickbacks from Conquest.
Honestly, I still have nightmares about the exorbitant price gouging rents and the incomprehensible emails from Keity and Dion and the rest of the mis-​management office.
TIP: When moving off-​campus, find a house or duplex owned by a private landlord in University Park. Avoid the Evil Empire of student housing at all costs!