The Lapham Company Property Management - Oakland, California

Elizabeth S.

I will give them some zero maintenance report for not fixing my buzzer since 2022 after I was release from stroke rehabilitation, I leave in 433 Perkins Street for 35 years the telephone for buzzer doesn’t call me to buzz in the buzzer and I end up going down to the lobby to open the door and difficult for me to comedown. I m having severe anxiety stress and get frozen, to make a step and shortness of breath this is a medical liability until now my buzzer not working at all and I’m having the signs and symptoms today.. 3/6/25. This is been going on for beyond pandemic. I reported many times with J and R it’s in convenient for me and frustrating. Can you please do something about it. This is very important to me I can’t go down every time half of my body is semi paralyze.

Sergio

RUN If this is the property management company for a place that you are thinking of moving to, they are the worst at communicating with tenants, we had issues from the initial tour until their contract with the building finished. If I could give it 0 starts I would do it.
If you want a response from them go in person to their office, they will lie to your face with excuses like "my computer was acting up and couldn't see your communications" or "we were about to tackle that issue" but at least you are not ignored by email. Some of their employees also made us feel discriminated against.
We had issues with brake-ins, unauthorized parties, stolen mail, mold, homeless people roaming around the premises and more, they never did anything to solve the problems. I feel bad for the maintenance guys, for our building was only one guy that cleaned the hallways, did the gardening, general maintenance and other activities that will have his hands full having him prioritize repairs, that shouldn't be his call.
During the winter they ignored any of the complaints from the other tenants about the heater. Long story short this company sucks, just run as fast as you can!!!!! First couples of pictures attached are some of the leaks we had that were never addressed causing mold in the walls and even mushrooms grew!!!! Other pictures are the conditions of the apartment when we moved in.

Sanya C.

Be CAREFUL Oakland - almost everything is owned by Lapham. It’s because the price is okay by them right now compared to others. But then that gives them the ability to buy up and manage more and more. As soon as a company has monopoly — they WILL raise their prices and take advantage of us. And we won’t have any other options. Be careful.

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Beware: do NOT rent 479 Merritt Ave apt B

I recently toured a property listed in this building listed at $1895. Unfortunately this unit already had an approved application so I was shown another upcoming unit - almost identical - the same view, size, and location - only one floor difference.

There were multiple people interested in this almost identical unit, so they raised the price to $2195 — $300/month more than the listing from less than a week prior. I thought it was egregious and spoke with the building manager who reported the rent was typically the same price for both units, but “don’t quote me on it.”

I even talked to Lapham and asked why this might be the case. They responded it was because “renovated appliances.” I responded that the appliances were similar and in fact this unit had a smaller storage closet. They responded “the pricing of units fluctuates and there is a multitude of factors involved.”

Are the multitude of factors greed? The haves taking advantage of the have nots? I feel like they were taking advantage of my (and others) hard time.

Good luck out there everyone. Stay safe.

Antoine S.

I have been a tenant for a year.
Great apartment, modern and practical
Many thanks to all the Lapham employees. They have been extremely helpful at all stages of the tenancy, and remarkably efficient.
Special thanks to Mia who helped me a lot with the security deposit.
I was super satisfied and I definitely recommend.

Jade R.

The soap dispensers in our MEDICAL CENTER put out a brown sludge and bits of black flakes. How is this okay? We’ve sent in requests for it to be fixed and nothing changes.

Julio E. M. L.

from initial move in, apartment needed a few bolts/screws that were missing from cabinets, over a month later-never heard a peep from maintenance, fixed it myself. large rodents have been seen in the stairwell numerous times. accidentally left key in apartment at noon while grocery shopping & was given over 8 hour delay in arrival, so all the frozen things have thawed. ridiculous.

Lull M.

Currently going on my sixth day without heat in my unit despite emailing them daily.They defer all responsibility to their vendors. They do not care about tenants in any tangible ways.

Sarah S.

Heather from Lapham Company has been an incredible help in sorting out a security deposit issue with the new owners of our building. She has gone above and beyond to provide the exact documentation we need and is so responsive. I really appreciate the service we have received from Heather and Lapham!