IMPORTANT FACT #1: You have a door on the inside of your apartment that connects directly to your neighbors! A thin sliding door connects...
IMPORTANT FACT #1: You have a door on the inside of your apartment that connects directly to your neighbors! A thin sliding door connects directly between you and strangers. When I was shown the apartment, I asked what the door led to... I was lied to and told it was a maintenence boiler type room.
This complex has been one nightmare after another. Yes its an older complex so I went in with smaller expectations, but they have not maintained the complex well at all. The a/c units are old and horribly inefficient. My utilities bill has never been higher than living here. The walls are paper thin, you not only hear your neighbor's every move, but also all the pipes loudly squeaking and clanking every time neighbors around you run a sink, a shower, a toilet. This is the first time I've bought renters insurance solely because I'm terrified a pipe will burst and flood my apartment. Every time one of my neighbors shut their front or back doors, my whole apartment will shake. I've had artwork knocked off the wall by that. They'll tell you "water is free" but that comes with a price... the water will randomly be turned off or there's no hot water at all times of the day. There's gaps in the door frames to the outside, making using the a/c or heater horribly inefficient. I've seen a bug crawl in through a gap between my door and the side of the frame. There's cracks in the walls and ceiling that make it look like a foundation issue caused the whole building to shift and crack. There's no laundry connections, but the in site laundry facility is not well maintained. There's 4 washers, but one is always out of service. 2 out of 4 dryers work decently. Good luck guessing which one cause it's a toss up each time. There's two managers here, a married couple, the male is decently nice but I've heard a recording of the female manager brutally screaming at another tenant regarding a rent issue. They'll be sweet and cordial when you show up to see the place, but don't be fooled. Their work hours are far and few in between, they say they come in at 10am, but there's days where they don't show up at all.
This place is cheap, location is good for school, but really just save yourself the hassle and pay a little more somewhere else than get trapped with a lease here.