Bloom Apartments

The application costs $35/per person and they never follow up with a call. When you do end up getting a hold of someone, if they even do pick up, they'll throw different excuses as to why the application hasn't begun to process and won't want to give you your money back because of a no application refund rule, but they claimed to not have my application while also saying I hadn't paid... whether it is greed or a bad system, I wouldn't trust them to handle your rent if they can't even handle an... application fee properly Lee mas

It’s obvious they have not cleaned/prepped the apartments when you move in. Then when you move out they charge your for damage that was done by the previous owner. Also it smells like cigarettes/weed when you move in.

I have also seen Maintenance staff drive around drinking open cans of beer and parking on peoples lawns.

The staff is always new and lost my paperwork 3 times and tried to blame me for it.

Avoid this place if at all possible.

I chose this apartment based on cost and distance from downtown, and it’s been everything I need! For the size and amenities, you get much more than what’s available nearby. And while there are a lot of positives for the apartment itself (free wifi, flat screen installed on the wall, tons of natural light, plenty of space), my two biggest gripes are with the complex.
1. If you’re looking at moving into any of the apartments near Allen Street or the entrance (specifically the 910-920 buildings),... be prepared to hear cars rev their engines at the 4-way stop and the small stretch of road at the entrance. From dusk to dawn and into the night, you’ll be dealing with people trying to max out their RPMs on a constant basis.
2. When I toured the apartment, I asked the staff member how parking was, and he assured me that he never had a problem finding a spot. I later realized the reason he never had a problem finding a spot was because he didn’t have to find one after 5PM. If you plan on returning to your apartment after 5, you’ll be lucky to find a spot close to your building.
All that to be said, I still really like this apartment. Aside from the loud cars and the lack of parking, it’s a safe spot, the on-site maintenance is quick to respond, and I’m an equal distance from everything I do. Lee mas

I wish it was possible to give this place negative stars. First, the apartment that they show you is nowhere near what you get (seems to be pretty common here in Bloomington). When my roommate and I moved it, it was pretty clear that our apartment had not been cleaned at all: we found dog food on the center of our living room floor, the bathrooms were disgusting, and there were ants and toenails on the carpet in one of the bedrooms. The strip in the bathroom designed to keep water from getting... between the tub and into the floor was half torn off in my bathroom and when I requested they fix it, they came and tore the whole thing off and left it like that, forcing me to request that they come again and actually fix it (they instead decided to use some form of silicone to “seal” it). There were holes in our wall from where we guessed a sound bar was mounted (which was never fixed despite our request and then they tried to charge us for the damage), the carpets in both rooms were filthy (I ended up using a carpet cleaner on my bedroom carpet and after 5+ rounds of cleaning, the water was still black) and falling apart in places. Lee mas

The management is extremely poorly ran here.

1) They lied about the start date of my lease. They promised me I could start on the 7th of August but snuck the 1st into the lease. Then attempted to charge me an extra $50 for "being late" on my rent come August the 2nd.

2) When I got to get my key the people at the front office were extremely rude and condescending. The guy that answered the door literally let out a loud sigg *UGH* what do you want? As if I was intruding on his day. This was... the front office and I literally had an appointment to meet them there at this time. He was extremely rude the entire time I was filling out my information to get my key.

3) When I finally got to the apartment you could tell it had not been cleaned. The molding on the bathtub was coming off. There was mold in the dishwasher and the walls and floor were dirty. The doors are stained the appliances are ancient. The Dryer wasn't even correctly attached and one week in the hose came out of the back of the wall.

4) Finally on week 2 of being here my AC unit went out for no reason. It was 90 degrees out and I went two days without anyone coming out to check on my unit. I put a request in online and called the office twice.

Do yourself a favor and try to find anywhere else. Lee mas