Spark Millbury

Reviews

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  Ashley LaBossiere

  Jul 31, 2025
  5.0
  I moved in about a month ago. So far I love it here! The neighborhood is perfect and walkable with many small businesses including a grocery store, cinema, restaurants and other shops. The residents here are so kind, friendly and often help each other and share resources. I also work here so I have perspective as a resident and employee and the staff is so hard working and kind. I love the pool and the grills are always clean. I might be a little bias but me and Joan in the office are a dynamic duo and pride ourselves on putting residents first. I love the exposed brick and high ceilings. I’d rent here over new construction any day for the charm and rustic feel of the building but the residents are really what makes this place feel like a community.
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  Joshua Matthews

  Jul 31, 2025
  5.0
  I just moved into a townhome at Spark Millbury last month and it has been a great experience. I love the town of Millbury and enjoy being within walking distance of restaurants, a grocery store, and a barber shop. I also love my apartment! The exposed brick and rustic feel of the space is exactly what I was looking for! My apartment has above averages finishes compared to other apartments I have lived in. The community areas are always clean and neat, and the pool has been great during the heat wave we are experiencing here in Central Mass. I would recommend renting in this apartment building.
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  M C

  Jul 30, 2025
  2.0
  Spark Millbury is described by their development company as a luxury property, but it falls short in my opinion. The updated mill building is susceptible to moisture problems, so our unit had issues with a musty odor in both bedrooms where the brick walls were located. The vents were also covered in a black substance when we moved in. We put in a service request with maintenance, concerned that it was mold. They did clean them, but we never got to the bottom of it. The property has been updated, but some things they clearly didn’t see the need to bother with were immediately obvious upon move-in. Our medicine cabinets looked like they were from the 70s/80s and smelled musty. Repairs were finished with contact paper. Both toilet tanks were filled with iron bacteria, causing black sludge to coat the bowl whenever they were flushed, so they had to be treated with citric acid. Appliances looked to be at least ten years old, with issues like a broken microwave display and peeling vinyl coating on the dishwasher rack that had been repaired over and over again. Our staircase, which was connected to our neighbor’s unit through the wall, was rickety and would pop whenever people in either unit went up or down them. The brick wall in the living room was coated with efflorescence around the door frame which would crumble and fall to the floor constantly - an issue I reported and was told a company would be brought in to fix but it never happened. If it sounds like I’m nitpicking, remember that this was sold to us as a *luxury* unit. The property is unfortunately located in an area with poor water quality. Yes, this is out of their control, but prospective tenants should be aware. We noticed soon after moving in that a high amount of our neighbors were are on a water delivery subscription program, no doubt because the tap water tasted foul. We ended up doing the same throughout our lease term. We rented a townhouse unit which had high ceilings and exposed duct work in the living room. Visually stunning, but in reality, a headache. The HVAC system is so loud. Every time it kicked on we’d have to crank the volume on our TV, then turn it way down whenever it kicked off. Gas costs were through the roof during the winter and electricity was just as bad during peak summer - even though both were used conservatively. Not only that, but our downstairs bedroom got half as much heat as the rest of the unit, so it was always cold. The final straw: our first lease renewal offer came in at a staggering 12% increase, and the leasing office told us they were unable to negotiate. We had no choice but to move after just one year. We did appreciate the in-unit laundry, the copious amount of storage, the friendly mostly-senior community, the luxury *amenities*, and the attentiveness of the maintenance staff, but that was not enough. New paint on some cabinets and vinyl flooring does not justify those prices. I believe they have a lot of work to do if they want to compete with similarly priced, truly luxury options, of which there are plenty available in Worcester County.
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  Makayla Bovic

  Jul 29, 2025
  1.0
  Horrible!!! Over past few years place has gone down hill. Nobody’s ever in the leasing office and property managers change more often than they change the trash bags in their “dog park”..which is really a 10’x10’ fence behind the dumpster. This year they opened the pool after the Fourth of July even though when they give the tours they’ll tell you it’s open by Memorial Day. It also gets cleaned once a month and wouldn’t swim in it unless you’re dying to swim with bugs and bacteria. They are for sure a pet friendly place they don’t care if your animal pees, poops, or vomits in the hallway. In fact they’ll leave it there for display. With the change in management they must have forgotten there located next to a canal and might want pest control with the amount of rats you’ll see, this might explain the fly problem there having. Oh but don’t worry it has nothing to do with the sewage leaking from the ceiling when they put in the new meters. You can still see it in the ceiling tiles in the hallways. Some were worse and they eventually fell off the ceiling and they didn’t bother to replace. If your handicapped hope your fine using an entrance/exit on the opposite side of the building as there “elevator” always brakes and can’t get the part in for it. But don’t worry they threw up some printer paper so you know how you can get out of the building. (No wonder why they did this after there fire inspection). Way to expensive for living in an unsafe and unsanitary environment.
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  Jarod

  Jul 1, 2025
  5.0
  I cannot recommend Spark Millbury enough. The 2 floor high ceiling apartment was extremely well insulated in both the summer and winter months, with updated kitchen appliances and in unit washer and dryer adding to the luxury. The rare need for maintenance got addressed urgently and effectively. The close proximity to supermarkets, retail stores, restaurants, bars and movie theatres that all stay open late made doing errands convenient and the accessibility to major highways made commutes fast. The community of residents is what made Spark feel like home.

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