Harrington Housing Avaliações 

Aggressive advertising techniques, involving abusive online name calling. I have also reported this practice, with accompanying evidence to the Rental Housing Enforcement Unit.
Edit: i received the below response 6 months after being harassed online. I sent them emails containing FULL details to multiple email addresses previously and received no reply. Typical scammers. AVOID

had to give one star as that's the lowest permissible score on this platform.

should be -1, actually.

On July 1, I was supposed to move into a room I’d booked through Harrington Housing, a coliving provider that rents out rooms in apartments around the city. I’d been in contact with their sales agent Sam since June 12, who confirmed move-in for July 1, sent me the address, and told me to come by at a set time.

When I arrived with my bags, ready to move in?
They had no record of a room assignment for me.
I was effectively homeless with no notice and had to find a place to live for the entire month on a few hours’ notice.

I’d already paid:

Last month’s rent

$350 deposit

As of now — two weeks later — they’ve only refunded $150 of that deposit. No full refund. No urgency. No compensation for the massive disruption they caused.

I have since discovered that this was not an accident - this is how Harrington does business. They are deliberate scamsters.
✅ Their company is structured to get your money (deposits, first and last months' rent) into their bank account to begin to make money off it (the float) while not providing the service you think you're going to get
✅ They have paralegals on staff who are regularly in housing court to keep your money (they've structured their contracts so that you have no rights under Ontario housing law)
✅ Their customer service is nonexistent because of this business model

This company operates by renting units in regular rental buildings and subletting them by the room to students and young professionals who can't afford a whole apartment. They are not professional landlords — in fact, providing affordable accommodation is NOT their business model (although that sometimes happens). It's making money off interest from deposits.

This isn’t just about inconvenience. This is someone holding your money while failing to provide basic housing they promised in writing.

On July 1st I was left homeless with a few hours' notice to find somewhere else to live for the month.

Posting this to warn students, new arrivals, or anyone desperate for housing in this brutal rental market:
📛 Avoid Harrington Housing
📛 Don’t trust a room booking until you have keys in hand
📛 Document everything

If needed, I’ve archived the full WhatsApp conversation with their agent Sam, who is a massively documented p.o.s.

This is not a rare horror story. After digging around, I’ve found others with similar experiences. Their whole business model depends on students and internationals not knowing their rights.

You’ve been warned.

I rented with Harrington at the Hive at Red River. It was a horrible experience on all levels.

1)Their on-site person, Nate, does not care about you once you have moved in and is highly unreliable and never shows up on time.
2)I had been promised fresh bedsheets, but instead only found a clogged drain, dirty bedsheets, a broken cupboard, a broken bathtub, and a few dead roaches in my flat. It clearly has NOT been cleaned at all.
3)Harrington Housing kept demanding payments that I had already made. Even sending receipts did not work, and I only got automated replies until I threatened them with my lawyer.

There are also issue with the Hive itself, such as weed smell, noise, mold, dirt (also from pets), unstable internet and in early 2025, maintenance request swere ignored.

PLEASE PLEASE stay away from this LEGIT SCAMMERS , they threaten me ( and others) with legal action so that they think that immigrants are afraid from legal actions, i am still fighting for my refund, they trying to find a way to take it.

I have so much bad things to say about this bad company but i want to just say PLEASE PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM IT

I paid the placement fee and the key deposit, but never paid the "real" deposit, never provided the guarantor info and never signed anything.
I also moved out through the website, just in case, but never got a confirmation of the move. And after two months where, let me be clear, I HAD NEVER LIVED THERE, they sent me an email threatening me with legal action because of missed rent payments.
I have tried contacting them through every channel I can think of (email, whatsapp, and by phone) but their entire system is automated. This makes it impossible to actually get ahold of anyone and hold them to account.
Terrible experience would not even recommend to my worst enemy.

I’m very disappointed with how little they care about their clients. It’s been a month since I moved out, and they still haven’t returned my deposit. I keep emailing them, but they keep ignoring my messages. Don’t deal with Matt, Meri, or their whole team if you don’t want to lose your money. I’ll be taking this matter to court!

For the past three months, we have had an unresolved issue with Olga. In 561 Sherbourne Street Toronto, she confirmed our conversation, but she still has not responded. I have looked for her everywhere, and she always avoids the issue...

Harrington Housing manages a property in Austin called the Hive Red River. While the maintenance staff is kind and hardworking, the building is too old for them to address all of the problems effectively. Expect AC outages, internet outages, pests, getting stuck in the garage, mold and peeling paint in the bathroom, and flooding inside the apartments during rainstorms. What makes this worse is the unprofessional and rude staff of Harrington Housing (Nathaniel Solomon) whose polite demeanor before you sign the lease takes a 180 degree turn after you do. Though their business model is all about providing co-living spaces they don't think about concerns a tenant might have in these kinds of apartments. The staff will enter the unit unannounced to give tours and provide no warning when new tenants will move in (this resulted in me getting locked out by a new tenant who didn't get any warning not use the deadbolt). The space I stayed in had no lock on the door and it took over two months of constant emailing and calling on my part before it was finally installed. Additionally, they rent out spaces in their units via airbnb and expect you to help travelers at any time of night. The portal that you make payments through often doesn't work and does not keep a record of your payments, which led on several occasions to the staff asking me for screenshots of my past payments. Why wouldn't the company keep a record of tenants' payments? Are they trying to trick people into overpaying? I would not recommend renting at the Hive Red River or through Harrington Housing which now goes by the name of Flatt.

They are the worst.
Alex, husyar, Yasemin
They all are scammers.

I am sorry They are all nice and welcoming until they rope you in, 110 location the laundry is out since March.

They charged my friend 2100 for a broken flex room

It was very easy to follow through the process of getting the appartement. Melodie was very nice and helpful. She took care of everything and handled it perfectly ! Alex was also very helpful !

lol these guys are a complete scam. Terrible living quarters and even worse customer service. That bobble head dude Nathaniel Solomon is ZERO help whatsoever and will say and do whatever it takes to make the booking happen. Harrington Housing’s terms are trash, they have a 28 day rent payment cycle so that means your rent is always due on a different day throughout the month. They do this payment cycle to get an extra $1000 dollars out of tenants per month. I highly advise people to take ask for their lease terms and run it through ChatGPT to find terms that are unethical, scammy and work against your favor and trust me, you will see alot. One other thing I find odd is that they now operate under the name “Fllat”, but still send me emails under the Harrington Housing name and also use the same Harrington Housing website as before 🤔. My guess is that they needed to rebrand due to terrible reviews/lawsuits, etc. Don’t waste your energy or time. These guys have been terrible.

Scam company. Preys on international students who need short term and easy accomodation but provide absolutely no communication or help on any matters while gouging as much money as possible. I’ve been waiting for 6 months to get my deposit back despite almost daily complaints and video proof of the apartments condition. Not worth it

We are still waiting for the deposit 98912 since 31st of January. They initially replied to the e mails and told us that it would be transferred soon. Now they do not even bother to reply to e mails.
It is a scam!!!!

Bed Bug Infestation and Inadequate Living

I am currently renting a room in the apartment located at toronto harrington shelbourne, for a monthly rent of 1500 CAD. I share the apartment with two other roommates.

I am writing to formally report the following issues that have made my living situation untenable:

1. Bed Bug Infestation:
My bed has become infested with bed bugs. As a result, I am unable to sleep in my own room. This is a serious health and hygiene issue, causing discomfort, stress, and sleep deprivation.

2. Delayed and Inadequate Response:
I contacted the management immediately regarding the infestation. Their only initial action was to apply powder, and they have stated that disinfection will occur a week later. This delay is unacceptable, especially given the severity of the issue.

3. No Alternative Sleeping Arrangements:
There is no couch or other sleeping surface available in the common areas of the apartment. Due to the infestation, I have been forced to sleep in my roommate's bed, which is neither appropriate nor sustainable.

4. Denied Room Change Despite Availability:
I requested a room change due to the current uninhabitable condition of mine. Management responded by stating that no other rooms were available. However, I have reason to believe this is false and that rooms are indeed available in the building.

This situation is unacceptable and violates my right to live in a clean and safe environment.

Unsere Tochter ist ende Dezember 24 ausgezogen ,Heizung ist mehr wie oft ausgefallen .Schlüsselkaution wurde immer noch nicht zurück bezahlt ,mittlerweile ist April .Schlechter Service !!

If you rent from FLATTS (Harrington Housing) they will steal your security deposit, even if you leave your room in a clean mint condition. If something goes wrong, they won't help you in a timely manner figure out solutions, they will just blame it on you, even if you have not done anything wrong. I stayed there for 7 months and the "residential coordinater" constantly came into my home to party with my roommates loudly and drunkenly. They give you so much inconsistent information and they do it on purpose to confuse you and get over on you, this company is corrupt and is actively stealing money from residents. PLEASE PLEASE BEWARE

They did my friend dirty.

(Return her deposit!!) (Toronto, location)

N’y allez pas ce sont des ESCROS
Ils profitent des étudiants étrangers et ne respectent pas le bail
Caution gardée après le délai de 30 jours alors que le logement est rendu en bon état sans dégâts
Ils disent avoir remboursé 950$ mais rien sur mon compte et ils refusent de m’adresser un Swift justifiant leur ´soit disant remboursement ´ !!!! Cela fait déjà plusieurs fois que je les relance pour avoir ce SWIFT qui PROUVE le virement ! En vain, ce qui prouve encore une fois leur malhonnêteté.

Ils n’ont pas de bureaux et aucune personne physique
Uniquement une hotline et des e-mails

De plus pendant séjour pas de sav ou très très lent à intervenir
Conseil payez le dernier loyer en déduisant votre caution

Passez par airbnb pour trouver un logement
Bien plus sur !!!!

N’y allez pas ce sont des escrocs et profitent des étudiants étrangers et ne respectent pas le bail
Caution gardée après le délai de 30 jours alors que le logement est rendu en bon état sans dégâts
De plus pendant séjour pas de sav ou très très lent à intervenir
Conseil payez le dernier loyer en déduisant votre caution
C’est scandaleux !!!