Trying to be honest for people considering this complex. We lived there for a year. Overall, its fine. Not the nicest or cleanest complex,...
Trying to be honest for people considering this complex. We lived there for a year.
Overall, its fine. Not the nicest or cleanest complex, but its fine for people who keep to themselves and really just need a place to stay.
We didnt have a great experience living there. We tried to remain positive about the complex and staff. Tonya, who sadly no longer works there, was always great and one of the reasons we moved there. Always nice and helpful and really made it feel like a community. However, the same could not be said for the property manager which seems to be a shared sentiment for many people who live there which is why weve given two stars. Seriously, a good property manager is essential to happy living. Without one, youll end up like us having to call corporate because we literally had no other option. It was so bad that all of our neighbors started coming together to figure out what to do next about a bad tenant.
Maintenance is only okay. They often didnt do the work very well and damaged our belongings. This is not a If something breaks, theyll fix it kind of complex. This is a If something breaks, someone may stop by and may blame you and threaten you with damages and youll have to call them again later when the problem resumes. We actually stopped calling them after a while because it was more of an inconvenience.
As with almost any city and complex, there are cockroaches and if you choose to live on the first floor, you will probably have to deal with them every now and then. They did have scheduled spraying, but that may have ended with the new management change.
Wall A/C units are loud. Our kitchen lights sounded like stadium lights. The bathroom fan was very loud. The kitchen is half size with half size appliances and sink so you will have to do dishes everyday if you plan to not have roaches or a smelly apartment or enjoy using your sink. Same issue with oven so you will need to have or purchase smaller sheets/pans. Studio apartments only have the one window so theres not much natural light. If your neighbors are above indoor voice volume, you will hear them.
The neighborhood is not the safest and if you read the local news, a lot of shootings and crashes on Montgomery and their complexes so be warned. We had to deal with people screaming and crying on a daily basis.
But hey, if you have good friends or happy love, it may work for you. Quick heads up, they raised the prices by about $70 for the studio and having lived there, not worth the new price. They were fixing things up for a little while, but that seems to have stopped with the new management (they may just be shopping around for new quotes or something).
Hopefully this was helpful to you! We moved out right away and now look back on our first cute, crappy little place fondly, but certainly not what we had to put up with living there.