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FirstService Residential has 2 locations, listed below.

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    • FirstService Residential

      3975 Fair Ridge Dr Ste 210-S Fairfax, VA 22033-2911

    • FirstService Residential

      11351 Random Hills Rd Ste 500 Fairfax, VA 22030-6081

    Business ProfileforFirstService Residential

    Financial Services
    Multi Location Business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 2 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    16 complaints closed in last 3 years

    8 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    FirstService Residential has 2 locations, listed below.

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      • FirstService Residential

        3975 Fair Ridge Dr Ste 210-S Fairfax, VA 22033-2911

      • FirstService Residential

        11351 Random Hills Rd Ste 500 Fairfax, VA 22030-6081

      Location of This Business
      3975 Fair Ridge Dr Ste 210-S, Fairfax, VA 22033-2911
      BBB File Opened:
      9/28/1999
      Years in Business:
      44
      Business Started:
      1/1/1980
      Business Started Locally:
      11/20/1980
      Business Incorporated:
      1/1/1980
      Type of Entity:
      Limited Liability Company (LLC)
      Alternate Business Name
      • Armstrong Management Services, Inc.
      Business Management
      • Mr. Trent Harrison, President
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. Trent Harrison, President

      Customer Contact

      • Mr. Trent Harrison, President
      Additional Contact Information

      Phone Numbers

      Website Addresses

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      Customer Complaints

      16 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      01/30/2023

      Complaint Type:
      Billing Issues
      Status:
      Unresolved
      HOA poor management practices resulting in unnecessary fees for owners. Nearly 100% communications are via email regarding the HOA. We do not have statements only a coupon book at the beginning of the year. My complaint is my account was sent to collections without any warning or knowledge of any balance carrying forward. In attempt to resolve I asked for copies of any notifications sent that I may have missed. Only one letter was produced from a year prior April 2022 by snail mail I did not receive and no emails. One account is in collections owners are treated poorly. I explained checks were sent and were told by First service Residential that they would not be cashed and returned 2 weeks after sending them. I sent a new check to the collections within the HOA ( dropped off in person) to resolve to collect new parking passes to avoid getting towed. I learned that all checks were cashed and am now due a credit. However, they refuse to put my account in regular standing to pick up tags as an owner. I have asked multiple times to give me my tags or visitor tags with no action on their part. As an owner that pays 515 a month for HOA this management property act as dictators and instead of communicating with residents they will send accounts to hoa collections and legal and then charge fees to the HOA causing our monthly fees to go up while they get paid. Reasonable request have been made to have them send emails of account status or any important issues by Steve has refused. Emails for property concerns go unanswered despite follow ups. The only way to get an answer is to go in person. I would like my late fees returned as this entire matter was poorly handled. BBB report.
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      Customer Reviews

      2 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Dawn B

      1 star

      12/06/2023

      Do not hire this company to manage your property’s. The manager and her boss the district manger both don’t respond to emails about concerns and the customer care rep sends them these requests and they still refuse to respond. I’m going to need to make a formal complaint at this point. Blatantly not going their jobs and nobody takes responsibility.

      FirstService Residential Response

      12/07/2023

      This customer contacted our team regarding a towing request. This issue is being handled by the community board of directors as there was no valid towing provider contract in place to handle her request. The issue has been resolved. Thank you for letting us know.

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