Though there are not as many MBAs as we would like, apartment is great, management has been so easy to work with, commute is easy.

Pro:

Overall BMain is great. Huge clubhouse area, with a conference room. The pool and nearby area are also great. The gym is decent. rooms have a lot of space. Package delivery is arranged perfectly. the residence is super quiet, so you can focus on your study, work, or just sleep.

Con:

Food delivery cant get into the building, and it's hard for a courier to find your apt, it's better to go down for pick-up.

There is an active Railroad near the building, so sometimes you can hear Train sirens. the sound can be quite loud, so pay attention to the location of the apt before choosing.

Neutral: there are many duke students in this building facility, but not many MBAs.

We like living here. Building management is very responsive and friendly. The apartments are spacious and modern looking. I can walk to Fuqua in about 30 minutes. The apartment life team does a great job organizing social events about 2x per month. I think Berkshire Main has one of the better common spaces compared to other buildings in the 9th street area. There are some things to be aware of: the surrounding grounds of the building appear to be a breeding area for cockroaches that enter your apartment from time to time, the train is very loud so you will not want to live near the intersection of Main and 15th street, and there has been a recent influx of undergrad students that occasionally are loud late at night.

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.

Poor management, cockroach issue than management poorly handles, amenities are not always working

Over priced

Right by the train, which is very disturbing and too loud for anyone to get used to it. The train runs all day and throughout the night. This was a point that the management lied about when I signed my lease.

Overall, I like living in Bmain. I have not had any bugs (roaches) in my apartment, which is on the 2nd floor; I would suggest not living on the ground level, as that seems to be worse wrt roaches. The common spaces are lovely. Printing is somewhat frustrating, as they use an outside vendor and if there is no paper on a weekend, you have to wait until the next week to hopefully have paper. Walls are thin, as is the case in any newer building in my experience. Packages easy to pick up and food delivery never an issue. DO NOT live on the side facing the train. I live in the original building, parallel to the train tracks, not facing the train, and I think it's generally brighter/nicer than the other, larger building. I seem to have taller ceilings than than units in the other building as well.

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