University House Retreat - Raleigh

I have lived here for almost a full year. This is the second place that I have lived in Raleigh and definitely my favorite....

I have lived here for almost a full year. This is the second place that I have lived in Raleigh and definitely my favorite. Maintenance is highly responsive. I had a dryer break down and I submitted a work order later at night online and maintenance was there to fix the issue the next day. When I am not working on school work there is so much to do with friends in your free time at the clubhouse. It is also the best place to live if you have a pet. Most of the people that live out there have dogs so it is a great way to create camaraderie among the residents.

Awesome place to live here for my final year here at NC State! I love all the space I get; it makes me feel...

Awesome place to live here for my final year here at NC State! I love all the space I get; it makes me feel like Im back at home! Management is great and personable, and willing to help out with any issues that are present. 10/10 would recommend. Would renew again if I wasnt graduating!

The Republic at Raleigh has been a great place to live. The maintenance supervisors are very responsive to requests and do their very best...

The Republic at Raleigh has been a great place to live. The maintenance supervisors are very responsive to requests and do their very best to keep the space you're living in clean. The office staff is always friendly as well. I enjoy the furnished package and it is all quality furniture. Would recommend living here to a friend!

I have lived here for almost 2 years now and havent had a problem. The customer service and maintenance is top notch. The staff...

I have lived here for almost 2 years now and havent had a problem. The customer service and maintenance is top notch. The staff really tries to make you feel at home and tries to get everyone together at different events like Thanksgiving dinner, carving pumpkins, breakfast on the way to class, etc. the pool is amazing and so relaxing when the hot wearher finally comes. The housing is super nice and cozy and kept up to date. I have loved living here and highly recommend living her as a junior and senior in college. It can be loud but the Republic is always a fun time. The clubhouse is super nice too to study in and workout in the gym. Definitely check into living here its a 10 out of 10!!!

Lived here two years. Austin is the best property manager Ive had. Super cool guy. The staff is always friendly and eager to help....

Lived here two years. Austin is the best property manager Ive had. Super cool guy. The staff is always friendly and eager to help. Maintenance is always on top of it too! Steven from maintenance fixed everything super fast. The complex is always clean. I feel well taken care of here

I love living here. Next year will be my third year and the staff is always helpful. I love that each unit has access...

I love living here. Next year will be my third year and the staff is always helpful. I love that each unit has access to a grassy area and that the rooms are private and spacious.

I love living at the Republic at Raleigh. Staff is always so friendly! Maintenance has been on call at any time whenever needed! The...

I love living at the Republic at Raleigh. Staff is always so friendly! Maintenance has been on call at any time whenever needed! The perfect apartment complex to live in. You never miss out on anything because everything happens here!!

The Republic at Raleigh is in a great location and is very convenient for commuting to college. The staff is very welcoming and accommodating....

The Republic at Raleigh is in a great location and is very convenient for commuting to college. The staff is very welcoming and accommodating. The facility is very clean and well kept. The swimming pool is one of my favorite ammenaties at the Republic. I recommend the Republic to anyone looking for an amazing/adorable living experience.

Be prepared to pay fines. You will get fined. Be careful with the furniture package, because you'll likely receive furniture that is in poor...

Be prepared to pay fines. You will get fined. Be careful with the furniture package, because you'll likely receive furniture that is in poor shape and then get charged for it as it continues to deteriorate from everyday use.

When looking for somewhere to live, PLEASE LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE! DO NOT LIVE AT THE REPUBLIC--ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A PERSON OF COLOR! The...

When looking for somewhere to live, PLEASE LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE! DO NOT LIVE AT THE REPUBLIC--ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A PERSON OF COLOR! The Republic at Raleigh is one of the nicer student living options available; however, management is TERRIBLE! They treat residents like numbers and dehumanize us to cogs in the machine. They are not receptive to resident concerns and look for any way to SCAM us out of our money. I do not trust the management staff at all and feel the need to always request documentation for EVERYTHING. There is always a new charge or policy that allows the Republic to take money from residents as if rent is not expensive enough. I HATE living at the Republic! They tolerate RACIST behavior from residents (if you are a person of color please do not move here because the management team will not be receptive to your complaints or concerns)! A previous roommate referred to another resident and I as a n***er and faced no consequences DESPITE having community policies in place. They do not enforce these policies. They charge residents abnormally for "damages" DURING their lease but also require a security deposit. As soon as my lease is over I am RUNNING for the hills. Living at this place makes me incredibly depressed because I am so UNHAPPY here.

Very nice place to live. If I was reviewing based off the apartment alone, Id give it 5 stars. HOWEVER, the front office is...

Very nice place to live. If I was reviewing based off the apartment alone, Id give it 5 stars. HOWEVER, the front office is full of SCAMMERS. Provided us with all this busted up, worn out furniture upon moving in (which we pay for in the furniture package every month) and then proceeded to charge us for said busted up, worn out furniture being busted up and worn out halfway through the lease year! Basically paying them to replace cushions that should have been replaced way before I even moved in. Front office was unwilling to remove charges because of course theyre some scammers. Also refused to do anything about a racist roommate who called me and another roommate a racist epithet during an argument. Idk what kind of shoddy business practices management is running up in that office, but if you dont like being scammed out your money, run away!

Hated living here, terrible service. At one point our washer quit working and it took them over 2 weeks after first checking it to...

Hated living here, terrible service. At one point our washer quit working and it took them over 2 weeks after first checking it to even fix it and I had clothes that needed to be washed so I ended up going to a laundromat. Also, you pay to much for what you get, I would expect better service since my rent went up from the already high price midway through the lease.

This place SUCKS. I moved in several days ago to my "new" apartment, which was filthy. It didn't look like they had even bothered...

This place SUCKS. I moved in several days ago to my "new" apartment, which was filthy. It didn't look like they had even bothered to come and clean. We purchased the furniture package so that we wouldn't have to worry about bringing our own. As soon as I walked in, I spotted our dining room chair which was missing the seat...it was just a frame that you cannot sit on. Further in, a cracked cabinet, a glass porch light that was broken, a glass back door with a sticky film all over it, a ripped up leather chair, chewed TV remotes, cigarette burns on the carpet, cigarettes all over the back porch, a dented and scratched fridge, a broken door knob, a dog toy, and a cockroach. After complaining (nicely!) to the front office, they did send a cleaning crew out to fix certain things. However, since, we have just been finding more and more! This is NOT what I am paying $630 a month for and living off campus for. I would've rather lived closer or somewhere else if it would've ensured a nicer place, which I thought it what I was getting but apparently not.

This apartment offers great amenities, but management does not take care of them. The pool has been closed the entire summer because of broken...

This apartment offers great amenities, but management does not take care of them. The pool has been closed the entire summer because of broken glass and there has not been a rush to re-open it for residents. When walking around the neighborhood, my dog has cut his paw on shards of broken glass on the sidewalks because residents throw huge rowdy parties and someone almost always ends up throwing glass into the street. In my opinion, this place is way too overpriced for what you are receiving and it is not located in a nice area of Raleigh. Very far from campus.

This place has some great features, but for me the negatives far outweigh the positives. The apartment is fairly nice and larger than most...

This place has some great features, but for me the negatives far outweigh the positives. The apartment is fairly nice and larger than most any other place you will find as a student. The front office has always been friendly. My issues are as follows: - The neighbors have no respect for you for example revving engines until four am was a consistent occurrence as was the screaming and shooting fireworks just because (it was March) - The pool is nice but again the people who live here don't respect it. It is not uncommon to find dozens of beer cans left as if the pool area is a dumping ground and there will always be a war of who can buy the loudest speaker and play it over everyone else. - The cost they told me before I signed the lease said that the $30 added to the $600 rent would generally cover most months as far as utilities. It has not covered one. My roommates are fairly conservative with power and we even went through October without AC except one night and we still incurred a charge of $22 apiece. Our first full month was $57 apiece so expect those extra charges. - Every fire alarm in our apartment is faulty, they will beep randomly and often and every so often the one in my room wakes me up with a strange sound like a tea kettle even though I have replaced the batteries twice - Back to the neighbors, I can't tell if there are a few bad ones intermittently spread out or it is just everyone but another thing that happened was the people who live behind us shot a sweet potato at my roommate's window in the middle of the night which subsequently splattered on his window. There are many other issues but I won't go into those. In conclusion, if you move in here you can expect to be kept up on weeknights, pay lots of money for utilities, wake up to the entire area being trashed after every weekend, dog owners too lazy to clean up their dog poop, and to grow to resent your neighbors but shout out to the cleaning staff for always being friendly. Update: AC went out when it was 90 degrees outside. Same day I told the office, it was fixed. Does not change the rating but maintenance was quick if you are concerned about that.

I've lived here the past two years and have really enjoyed it! Sometimes the people who live here make it a challenge but I...

I've lived here the past two years and have really enjoyed it! Sometimes the people who live here make it a challenge but I have no complaints about the apartment complex itself!! I would recommend if you like townhouse style homes!

This is my first year living here. After living on campus and in Valentine Commons, this is by far the nicest place. It's nice...

This is my first year living here. After living on campus and in Valentine Commons, this is by far the nicest place. It's nice having your bathroom in your bedroom and the rooms are big. The only downside is the price. It's easy to go over with utilities.

Like one other reviewer said, I would easily give this place no stars if I could. The staff is a bunch of inexperienced teenagers...

Like one other reviewer said, I would easily give this place no stars if I could. The staff is a bunch of inexperienced teenagers who do not know how to properly run a successful business. On top of that, they will nickel and dime you for everything you are worth. I was once charged $80 for leaving trash on my back porch for 5 days. The pool is a nice touch expect when all the residents from surrounding area complexes want to join you (although there is a clear 2 guests per Retreat resident allowed). The staff will also do nothing about that. There is also a 95% chance your neighbor will be an egotistical a**hole who will rev their engine at 4am just because they want to. Or theyll burn rubber around the neighborhood because they were raised in a barn and never taught how to properly function/behave in society. Kids here are over privileged and it is obvious by the way they treat people around them as well as the grounds they live on. Throwing and breaking glass bottles in the streets while having parties and expecting the grounds crew to clean up their mess the next morning. If that wasnt enough for you, the quality of the homes is very poor. You can tell these were built cheap and fast. My roommates and I had serious issues with our apartment. So overall Id give this joint a -3 stars.

I have been here for 2 years, going on 3 with nothing with nothing good things to say about the Retreat. The pool is...

I have been here for 2 years, going on 3 with nothing with nothing good things to say about the Retreat. The pool is by far my favorite part, it is larger 3 of the 5 Great Lakes and there's enough good looking girls around to make all of NC State's engineering campus happy. The management is very friendly too, they have worked with me personally on several occasions and I have never had any issues regarding payments or maintenance. The apartments are far superior than the other housing developments in the area and it creates an awesome standard for good living for the student life.... it's pretty easy to make some new friends. Sure the rent is a little higher, but every dollar I've spent for it has been waaaaaay more than worth it. I don't think you'll regret living here if you decide to...heck, we'll probably end up running into each other at the pool over the summer and having a good time. My parent's love it as do the new dogs I just got.... if ya ever come by and check it out you'll probably find me or the pups at the pool. Great student living area.

I lived at the Retreat for it's first year open, and I could not agree more with the other review I just read. I...

I lived at the Retreat for it's first year open, and I could not agree more with the other review I just read. I would not recommend signing a lease here for students, or anyone for that matter. The management is poor, despite switching halfway through the year. College students with no responsibility and limited supervision run this place. Through an entire year I was unable to speak to an adult about any of our issues. Every single weekend the students treat the property like spring break, trashing the grounds and pool every single night. I've heard people drag racing up and down Wolf Wood drive, and either gunshots or fireworks on multiple occasions in the middle of the night. The apartments look great on the outside, but everything inside is cheap and flimsy. My biggest complaint is that people will steal things right off your back porch. This happened twice throughout the year and is unacceptable. No police presence, it's just college kids doing whatever they want. My only positive thing to say is that when something breaks, maintenance workers are usually there within one business day to fix the problem. For the price, this is NOT worth it. You can find better/cheaper options closer to NCSU or Meredith that will not give you all of these problems.