The Wescott

I give the Wescott a very low review due to their management and poor amenities. I have been living here for almost 10 months and it has been hell. The leasing office is full of employees who will not listen to any issue you have and will charge you for just about anything. The amenities are consistently out of order, but you are still required to pay the full monthly fee. Do you want to grill? Good luck, those grills both broke a month or two into my lease. Luckily the residents are nice and if I could rate the concierge people separately I would because they are 5 stars. They get to know you and really make you feel good when you get home. If anyone will go out of their way to help it’s the concierge staff. I wish I liked living here more because the location is great and the building is very pet friendly. I just can’t get over how terrible management is. I’ve never encountered a group of people who are that negative and unwilling to take care of their residents.

Do not even consider the Westcott. The management of this building is terrible. They are nasty and will do everything possible to turn apartments over at the expense of the tenants. With all the choices of rentals in Stamford look elsewhere. Currently the following are out of order– elevator, swimming pool and the hot tub.

I had an appointment at this place today with my wife and daughter today at NOON to see an apartment which we fell in love with. We spoke with Tania at great lengths about what was needed to move forward. Tania told us to go and get income verifications, checks, and come back at 2:00 p.m. sharp to put a deposit down.
We returned at 1:50 p.m. with all required documentation at. Tania kept us waiting 35 minutes while she was RENTING THE APARTMENT SHE SHOWED US AT NOON. She was actually in her office with a tenant from the building, renting the apartment she showed us.
With no apology or explanation she simply told us that first come first serve.
STAY AWAY FROM THE Westcott.

We love living at The Wescott.
Staff: The concierge staff is phenomenal!!! In a complex like this, where you see each other each time you come and go, their constant kindness makes all the difference in creating a positive living environment. They are the best. I am also constantly impressed with the men and women in the maintenance staff. Truly kind people who go out of their way to help out. Whether it be holding a door open or completing a work order, they always make sure to get the job done right. I also appreciate the community events that the management provide (i.e. Pizza parties, movie nights, holiday activities).
Amenities: The gym is rarely crowded, along with the common area and theatre. Almost anytime we have wanted to use them, they are available. I will never rent out the common room because it is too expensive, but we enjoy having another area we can sit in with other residents when the weather is bad. Although the pool took awhile to complete, now it is amazing. Warmer water as the weather cools off too.
Our Apartment: I love how spacious our 2-​bedroom apartment is. The rooms are huge and we love having two bathrooms. One of the best things about this complex is that it has thick walls and floors so we never hear our neighbors. We have young children and they run around a lot but even their jumps do not make a sound. In previous apartments, we had to live on pins and needles trying to make our kids walk quietly, but now life is so much less stressful. Oh and for those who hate bugs (which I totally do), we have lived here for a year and a half and I have never seen a bug/​spider in our apartment, except we do get a few lady bugs in the spring, which doesn’t bother me at all.
Other Residents: Everyone we have met here is very nice. The other people with children are welcoming and plan playdates, along with the regular comment events. Such a varied group of people and we feel lucky to be surrounded by such great people.
Location: Could not ask for a better location. We walk to main street for dinner, Target for errands, and either Scalzi or Mill River Park to play/​run. The library is also close. The apartment offers a shuttle to the train, which has been really nice when we have had to use it.
Our overall experience here has been wonderful and I would highly recommend it. Hopefully my comments are specific and helpful enough to help.

Those that work the front desk are great… the management on the other hand NOT. They blame the resident for their mistakes and their customer service skills are non-​existent.
I like my apartment unit itself… they are working on updating the common areas but the residents just seem to trash things constantly.
Last but not least, you better be careful where you park in the garage or your car’s exterior could be damage by the calcium drips… which aren’t labeled and you aren’t warned about until the residue has eaten through the paint… and they just say «we’re not responsible».

If I could give I will give zero stars to this place. Horrible place to stay and worst management ever. We have a rat issue in our apt from last 2 months and they are not taking action in right direction.
They just give promises and don’t act on it. With my one year old son and rat running in apartment at night is scary thing. We have raised issue so many times but this people are not handling it well.
The Orkin another worst service people who came for pest control and didn’t do anything.
When you go for the leasing staff is very friendly and helpful but in reality it’s all fake. They don’t know how to talk with the resident.
Also their parking is bad and with water leakage everywhere.
Just one suggestion; don’t rent at this place.

Overall a horrific living experience. Staff is not friendly or helpful at all, they love to over promise and under deliver, and are not very accommodating. They stated that I would be getting my refund within four weeks since I canceled my lease early and it has been almost five at this point.
If you are late by an hour on rent they will harass and make your life a living hell and fine you almost $ 300 but it seems I have no recourse for their tardiness. I will be taking them to CT BBB and reporting them for a violation. Do not sign a lease at this complex as there are a dozen better spots to live in the area.
Renters beware!

**********UPDATED REVIEW***********STAY AWAY**********************
As you can see from my previous review (3÷30÷12), I was a happy resident of the Wescott. I dealt with the construction noise, but there was a nice sense of community. They would hold monthly social events with catered food as a way to thank the residents for enduring the loud noise.
After 3 yrs I left this pass summer. WORD OF ADVICE — STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE! The management is horrible. The place has a nice sheen on the outside, but once you dig deeper, its not good. They have a «indoor pool» but its basically an open pit with no water. The construction has been ongoing thru the summer. Nothing like a summer with a pool that’s inoperable.
Don’t buy the hype! You are better off going to another building.

Update: Now the tennis courts are closed for the entire summer! We received a notice via email that the tennis courts are closed for construction for 60 days starting yesterday (⁶⁄₁₆).
Let me get this straight… you’ve waited for the weather to get nice to shut down the tennis courts and begin construction? Genius!
Oh and did I mention that the swimming pool has been closed for over a month now? (Also for construction — although I’ve never seen anyone actually work on it!)

very poorly managed community and the management would lie to lease apartments. Overall, I am happy with my apartment, good apartment, good layout and good light are the plus. But poor design, in general, very small toilets and even lesser storage area within the apartment as per the apartment size.
Now the amenities: gym equipment are really old and break down very often, Tennis courts has no-​irregular surface and swimming pool doesn’t work, even though we were told that all the amenities will be updated within two months. It’s been 4 months and nothing looks like happening.
Management comes up with new bizarre requirement periodically to create discomfort to residents and extort money from residents, e. g they changed the parking policy mid lease. :O

I’m happy with my apartment and the building, what it’s annoying is the current construction, we moved here 4 months ago. From out of state, when we came here for the tour it was on a weekend so no noise at all. On the day I had to pick up the keys I notice How noisy this «renovation» was. And specially from my apartment (1^st floor).
When I spoke with the office manager about it, she said and I quote «it is just the renovation of the balconies, they should be ready in less than a week»
Of course she forgot to mention that after that, they would change the bricks!
Again this was 4 MONTHS ago!!! And this still going on Mon to Fri!
So for a person who works until late night and want to relax in the morning in the comfort of their own home, this ain’t the place for you! Because the construction will wake you up with and awful noise and they won’t stop at least until noon, that the construction workers take their break and eat their lunch at the common BBQ area of the building.
My 3 stars are for my apartment, the maintenance staff, and the weekdays concierges.

Bee K. — You really sound like a racist. Maybe you should move down south. What is wrong with having a large ethnic community?
Regarding the Building, yes it is in dire need of a total update. Luckily a new management company has taken over and they are about to get underway with renovations of all of the common areas. Hopefully they will follow with the apartment HVAC units and windows.
You do not have to put work orders in writing, you just need to tell the doorman the issue or you can even email the request. I have always had a quick response when I have had an issue.
Again Bee, not sure what you are doing with your heat, but I have never paid over $ 125 a month on my electric bill, summer or winter.
Fire alarms do go off once in a while, but I would say much less than other buildings of this size.
While the Wescott is an older building it is nice to have thick walls instead of the cardboard walls you find in most of the Avalon type places. The Staff here is professional and friendly. While updates are needed the building is clean. In my year here I have not seen a single critter in my apartment or any of the common areas. Even the refuse rooms are clean.
The apartments here are larger than most of the other buildings around the area.
My biggest complaint is that the Wescott has no recycling. Other than that this is a fine place to live for a year or two.
EDIT: I am lowering my rating of the Wescott. I moved out in early November and was told I would receive my security deposit back within 30 days. it’s now been 50+ days and I have made multiple phone calls to the Management office and lincoln properties and still have not received my deposit back.