VIDA - Halifax, Nova Scotia

Devin DeBoer

Vida has to be one of the biggest liars of any property owners I’ve seen. Moved Into a unit in February and it has been one of the worst experiences. Vida prides themselves on safe and clean living as part of their “pillars” and so far neither of those things have been upheld. The entire building is filthy. Dust and garbage EVERYWHERE. Nothing is ever picked up and no one is ever cleaning. They’re is patches on about every single wall throughout the building, light fixtures missing covers and having wires exposed, old food left in the lobby. Not to mention BUGS AND MICE. The building is RIDDLED with them. I’ve had pest control to my unit multiple times and to no avail. My partner and I are VERY clean people. No garbage gets left out, no old food yet they keep coming. Even after getting our unit sprayed (which took ages to even get an appointment set with our building manager) I’m STILL seeing cockroaches. Not to mention hearing the scurry of mice in the walls and ceiling while you sleep.
The laundry room is always a mess. People’s clothes everywhere, garbage and it’s full of cobwebs and dust. You don’t even feel like your clothes have been cleaned when you leave. Our unit specifically has poor windows. One missing a screen and another broken and doesn’t actually lock (super safe) This was mentioned WHEN WE MOVED IN, nothing has been done since.

DO NOT let Vida fool you. Their buildings are dirty, unsafe and falling into states of disrepair.

shearn sasan

I was with vida living from almost 4 years, it has been 1and half month I haven’t heard back on my security deposit .

I have been messaging the building ambassador of Dartmouth Lakecrest almost every day in a respectful way by saying please in every message, I am really tired of messaging when their is no response.Please stay away from them.

Building filed with roaches and mice that never go away even after hundreds of pest control services begging them to be done.

The door just broke on its own on opening one day after asking for a maintenance request thousand time no one came had fix on our own , on the day of check out she said as per our records it was fixed.

If trying to mail them every week there is a new person you are taking too. After a week when you don’t get a response you realize there is a new person on.

The building smells horrible.

The solution of sending email to [email protected] is being done , hope you will get back to as soon as possible.
Thanks

The reply is a lie they haven’t messaged be me back!

Even the response is a lie !!

With this you can understand how much big liners they are!!

Don’t rent here , No support at all!

Fake promises!!

Peter Kropotkin

Scam AlertNo one to answer the phones. No building superintendents. Only volunteers who have to work a day job and do all the work of the superintend in their off time. Everything is done by email. Never once have I ever been able to meet or speak with anybody who actually works as an employee. Something seriously fishy going on here. Only thing I've ever received in writing from these guys is a note under the door stating that they bought the whole neighbourhood and that I am their property now. No employees, no service, no communication other than an email telling your rent went up 10% again ... good luck dealing with these slippery corporate slumlords.

Alex Sweeney

My sister and I have been with Vida for about four years now, and we've been enjoying how fun and flexible it is out here. It's also nice to be in a space where you can actually get to know your neighbours, something that you don't get as often with other apartment rentals.

J.E

Don’t even bother leasing with this company. Completely useless staff impossible to get ahold of anyone Ron is a push over and always goes back on his word. Multiple properties have mold issues. That mold spray obviously isn’t going to fix. The maintenance guy is lazy and will take any shortcuts possible. Let alone knowing some places have unsafe water and not dealing with it right away due to it being expensive is unethical.

Kim Dean

Applying to Vida living is the best decision I've ever made. The very first night here, It felt like home. They truly care about their tenant's Which I was pleasantly surprise. (I never experienced that before) Vida offers so many opportunities within the Vida family as well as many opportunities in the community. It feels like a big, friendly family..... I love living here ?

Yevhen Berezovskyi

Very nice team. Attentive and caring people, despite the fact that the meeting was not planned, found time to discuss issues. I recommend.

Zoee Wittmann

Management is often unavailable, landlords change monthly and are unreachable and unhelpful, and the snow is often not shovelled off the steps during the winter, making it difficult for people with disabilities/elderly be able to walk up the front steps. Lately the heat has been on and off, making it freezing in our apartment and no one bothers to fix it until someone asks. There is is also just random junk such as a smoke alarm that has never been put back up into the ceiling since it was taken down. They also want to increase rent, however, have not done anything productive to the build to call for a rent increase.