I apologize in advance for the lengthy review but I wanted to be completely transparent about my experience in hopes that others will not have the same issues.
This apartment complex is one of the worst I have lived in. They tack on ridiculous monthly fees, such as $55/month just for having a washer and dryer in your unit (even though they donât offer units without laundry in them), and a $26/month fee for the fitness center and mailroom being 24hrs even though thatâs extremely common and also not optional. There is also no assigned parking, and covered parking isnât even reserved for residents. Everything is first come, first serve, so if you get home after 6pm on a week day thereâs a good chance you wonât be able to park near your unit. There have been nights that the lot is so crowded that I literally had to park outside the gate. The doors all use a key fob for entry instead of a key so there is no way to make copies and they do not issue you a spare, unless you want to pay for it, so I had no way of giving anyone access to my unit in the event of an emergency.
They also advertise themselves as pet friendly but the dog waste bag dispensers are constantly empty, even in the dog park, and there is constantly feces all over the complex. While I do agree it is an ownerâs responsibility to clean up after their dog, if the complex is not going to enforce it then they need to clean it up. As a vet tech I can only begin to list the amount of diseases transmitted through dog feces (some of which are contagious to humans as well as other dogs). I have seen the dog park littered with so much dog feces that it was impossible for my dog to run around freely without stepping in it, and at times it was left that way for DAYS even with maintenance on site. This HAS to be some sort of health code violation. My own dog ended up with giardia at one point and I have the vet bill to prove it.
When I moved in there was mildew in my shower drain, multiple bugs in my apartment for weeks (they claim to do weekly pest control, and I know it wasnât me because Iâve never had excessive pests like that before), and the apartment was filthy. A friend of mine runs a professional cleaning business and it took her over 3 hours to clean my STUDIO. My move-out process was anything but smooth. I had to end my lease two months early due to a personal crisis and financial hardship, I sent them an email as a form of written notice to vacate, and followed up about 2 weeks later after not receiving any aknowledgement. They claim it went to their spam folder, although I have sent them plenty of emails and they have never gone to their spam folder, then they tried to get me to pay a lease break fee on top of the last 2 months of rent anyway even though I submitted my written notice before the last 60 days of my lease. They refused to negotiate a payment plan, and threatened to evict me (even though I was moving out anyway). Itâs not like Iâm breaking a lease for fun, it became my only option.
Basically, if you have no pets, donât mind excessively cleaning your unit, and have plenty of money to throw at them, go ahead and move-in, but if you want to be treated like a human and not a number, donât. I honestly wouldnât recommend this complex to anyone at all.
Lena Fisher
January 12, 2024
