This apartment knows that they have business from students and therefore charges more than rent should be in Durham, NC. The management never wants to take responsibility for anything that happens in the apartment. The apartments are spacious and there is light depending on which side of the building you are on, but it is also right next to an active train and has pest control problems. Its not a terrible apartment but I would recommend living elsewhere.

Good spot to be

The apartment building is great- I have no complaints about the gym, pool, facilities, and location. The apartments are nice and so are the amenities. But the management will nickel and dime you for everything, so be prepared to pay a lot in fees for anything that's not explicitly in the lease (an extra key fob, leaving packages in the locker for too long, adding someone to the lease, subletting, you name it...)

The complex buildings by 9th st are overpriced and the quality is terrible. Once you signed you can be considered ignored. They seem they care but they don't if I have to do it all over again I will never live in Bmain. We had a roaches problem and management took over a year to resolve it. The only real benefits of these buildings is that are close to Duke.

Recently build building with very good amenities but pest control issues

It is the best apartment building (infrastructure and amenities-wise) in the 9th street area. However, it does come with some minor issues:
1) It's a couple of blocks from the rest of the 9th street buildings, but the area is very walkable
2) Beware of the apartments that are close to the train tracks, the train noise can be very uncomfortable
3) There were some issues with cockroaches and fire alarms going off this year

Nice apartment complex but management is not great. Amenities are great.

The apartment is much nicer than any walk up I lived in in NYC, but the management company won’t take responsibility for some very real problems we’ve had here. The building was overrun by roaches earlier this year (I probably saw one in my apartment per day at the height of it). We also have had fire alarm problems that remain unresolved. It’s pretty ridiculous.

This is a very dog-friendly community. Management and maintenance staff are very friendly and responsive. The apartments are just a few years old and in great condition. Beware of the train that runs along Main Street as it can be loud at night. If you live towards the back of the building, you can hardly hear the train. The apartment is a short walk to campus, especially to the Duke Gardens.

Personally, I changed four apartments when I came to the Durham. By far the best I had was Berkshire Main. It is 35 minutes walk from Fuqua Business School and 5 minute walk from Harris Teeter Grocery. While going to the school you will have an opportunity to pass through Sarah P. Duke gardens which is an amazing experience that is not possible for most of the available apartments in Durham. Staff at Berkshire Main is the best I saw, compared to Trinity Commons, Heights, Flats, Duke Manor, Chapel Hill, Berkshire Ninth, people who work here were really helpful from the first step we took in the building. They were very friendly and helpful.

The only negative aspect that those apartments have is that the building is close to the railway and trains by pass once in an hour. But, you will be too tired after MQM classes to react to that.