Problems before, during, and after tenancy.
August 16, 2026 - Review from Apartments.com
I was a tenant at Barcelona on Chisholm Trail from May 3rd, 2025 to February 23rd, 2026. I intended to let the experience disappear into the rearview mirror, but after problems during and even after my tenancy, I believe it deserves to be documented.
My original move-in date was May 1st, but management delayed it until May 3rd. To their credit, they honored that date and prorated my rent. Unfortunately, that was about where my confidence in the property began to decline.
When I moved in, the ...
apartment already had a cockroach problem. Management arranged pest control, but I eventually began buying my own bait stations and gel bait because repeated treatment was still necessary.
I also documented leaking kitchen plumbing, a clogged garbage disposal, soft or hollow areas beneath the flooring, a patio screen door that repeatedly came off its track, and a missing living-room window screen.
On June 19th, I sent management a written list of outstanding problems. By August 4th, about 90 days after moving in, I was still following up. Maintenance eventually repaired the leaking plumbing and screen door, and I gave them credit in writing for those repairs.
That visit also resulted in a master key to my apartment being accidentally left on my patio.
By December, I had exhausted my patience. I sent certified correspondence to Catalyst management requesting early termination because of the continuing problems. Catalyst later approved my February 23rd, 2026 move-out.
Then, on April 15th, I received a collection demand for $100.49 connected to my former Barcelona account without a satisfactory explanation of what the charge represented.
I spent months trying to get an explanation. After escalating the matter again in writing and stating that I was prepared to pursue it formally, I was copied on an email from Catalyst’s regional manager instructing the collection company to cancel the balance, cease further collection activity, and have it removed from the credit bureaus.
That was the resolution.
I can tolerate mistakes and delays. What I cannot tolerate is repeatedly documenting problems, escalating them through management just to get meaningful attention, moving out under an agreement management approved, and then fighting months later over a $100.49 balance Catalyst ultimately ordered cancelled.
Based on my experience, I cannot recommend Barcelona on Chisholm Trail, and I certainly cannot recommend any property managed by Catalyst Multifamily Management.
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