At Burkely, our goal is to provide the best apartment communities. Keeping our residents safe is our top priority. As we are not medical experts, we are providing a list of websites with information that are relevant to our residents.
updated May 11, 2020 at 9:30 am
Many of our Mutli-family Apartment Communities are waiving late fees for May Rent and have options if you are late.
If you are financially stressed to pay rent on time, please make us aware. We want to be a resource for you. You can count on us. Our goal is to work with you to find a solution that allows you to continue living in your apartment home and us to continue providing a great home for you.
We still encourage you to stay as current as you can with your payments. This helps you avoid building up a large balance for later and it helps support those in your community who need financial assistance the most.
NC Unemployment Benefits FAQ https://des.nc.gov/need-help/covid-19-information If you have lost your job due to the recent closings, for our North Carolina residents, the NC governor announced on 3/17/20 at 2pm to lift the restrictions to make it easier to qualify for unemployment benefits.
NC Department of Social Services, http://www.ncdhhs.gov/
Greensboro Area:
Boone Area:
Clemson, SC Area:
Local apartment association has added a page for frequently asked questions from renters and additional local resources. https://www.piedmonttaa.org/renter-resources
North Carolinians can text COVIDNC to 898211 to receive general information and updates about COVID-19. Sign up now to get regular alerts on the rapidly evolving situation and North Carolina’s response. More info here.
While our clubhouse and amenities will be closed, the office will be open with limited staff as long as it is advisable to do so. We closed the clubhouse and amenities out of our significant responsibility to our residents with a clear eye toward public health recommendations. We do have plans in place to continue service should we need to close the office in the near future. We will continue to evaluate and re-open as soon as it would be prudent. Burkely has a COVID task force that is looking at ways to open, similar to a phase in approach as our states, and monitoring CDC and NC/SC Governor’s recommendations.
We ask that all residents refrain from in-person visits to the management office whenever possible and use other forms of communication. Limited staff will still be present in the office and will be working to serve all of our residents as needed. If you need to go to the office, please use social distancing.
Communication is critical. Let’s keep it open both ways—from you to us and us to you. Our commitment to you is to communicate major changes as soon as we are able and ask you to collaborate with us in charting the best way forward. We appreciate your flexibility and understanding when we are evaluating and arriving at answers to new questions. Please remember your communication options:
Submit any Work Orders through the online portal or emergency number that’s been provided to you. It’s always a great idea to include a picture with your work order, especially now.
We will be prioritizing the Work Orders in the following way:
While maintenance is in your apartment, please help us stay 6 feet away from each other. We ask that you stay in your bedroom if at all possible while maintenance is completing your work order.
We have requested all carriers to attempt to deliver all packages to your individual unit front doors. If you are unable to be at home when your package arrives, leave a note for the carrier on your door with any special instructions (ie leave a package with your neighbor). Contact the office for any questions.
Contact the Internet provider first. Disruptions in internet speed can be the internet, devices or other reasons. So it’s best to work with your internet provider. If you feel they are not helping or did not resolve your issue, then get a ticket number and we will do the best we can to escalate this on our end. Some providers are honestly better than others with the escalation process, but we will always push where we are able.
Burkely reminds you that you can use your online resident portal to pay your rent, put in a maintenance request, and renew your lease. If you need any help with your online portal, our staff will be happy to help.
We fully understand and appreciate that the COVID-19 pandemic is having seismic impact on our country, our fellow citizens, businesses, and organizations of all types. The impact is pervasively negative, resulting in widespread financial hardship.
Burkely is immediately waiving fees for late rent payment in April and foregoing financial-related eviction proceedings. It is critically important that any of you faced with inability to pay your rent in full notify, and begin a conversation with, us about your situation as soon as possible. We expect and want to work with our student-residents and families who face financial strain.
Our business—building great off-campus student communities—is decidedly different from university-provided on-campus housing. We market our communities and lease directly to students who choose to live in a Burkely student community. We, as landlord, provide housing, typically for a one-year term, to you, our student-residents, as tenants, under traditional residential lease agreements governed by local and state laws.
The lease agreement between us essentially provides that Burkely will house student-residents for the entire term of the lease in return for our student-residents paying rent each month of the lease term at the agreed-upon rate. A few student-residents and parents have inquired about lease terminations. We trust you can understand that having taken on the obligation and responsibility to house our student-residents for a full lease-term, we cannot entertain lease terminations.
Our student-residents are free to occupy their apartments as and when they choose. It is commonplace for many of our student-residents to go home for i) the extended winter break from mid-December to mid-January, ii) spring break, and iii) in many cases for the entire summer term. During those periods when they are not in residence, they are still under lease and free at any time to access their apartments. The same holds true during the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, though the accompanying circumstances are extraordinary. On the other hand, many of our student-residents have chosen to remain in residence at their apartment homes for various reasons (e.g., they have jobs, it’s a better study environment, they prefer to stay put vs. travelling home and unwittingly risking contraction or transmission of the virus).
Our first priority is the health and well-being of our student-residents and Burkely team members. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work through this crisis. We look forward to serving all our residents. It is at the very heart of our reason for being—building great communities.
For Safety Concerns: Call 911 (Fire, Immediate Safety, illegal activities)
The following is considered Emergency Maintenance:
-No Water
-Leaking pipes or Flooding. NOTE: Minor leaks are important but not emergencies (small faucet drips, light leak from a drain pipe which can be caught with a bucket, etc.)
-Cannot use any Toilet in the Apartment
-No Heat when it is 50 degrees or lower outside, and daylight outside.
-No Air Conditioning when the temperature is above 80 degrees outside and before midnight (turn unit off and leave “fan only” running.)
-No Hot Water before 9pm otherwise we will respond first thing next business day.
UNC System Coronavirus (COVID 19) Info
UNCG Coronavirus (COVID 19) Info
NC A&T Coronavirus (COVID 19) Info
Clemson University Coronavirus (COVID 19) Info
App State Coronavirus (COVID 19) Info
Elon University Coronavirus (COVID 19) Info
*This info is set here for your convenience and uses a tool that should keep the information up to date. For critical information, please go to CDC’s website.