When I first went to look at the Addison, I was very impressed. The amenities were very nice, the staff was very pleasant. This...
When I first went to look at the Addison, I was very impressed. The amenities were very nice, the staff was very pleasant. This was a great apartment, that is until other people started moving in. The great staff are the only reason I was ok with giving it 1 star.
The more people that move in, the worst this place gets. Let me start with the paper-thin walls, as other have described. I hear everything. People walking down the hall, people talking in their kitchens across the hall. The people above me, their footsteps are so loud and they move around so often, youd think a sweatshop was being ran up there. My next door neighbor and his girlfriend are constantly arguing and I hear every last word and detail. My neighbor below me is constantly playing his music throughout the night, to the point, you wake up the next day with it still playing and booming the walls sometimes. On the weekends, this places turns into a full fledged dorm. It gets very loud, people screaming outside, people even fighting in the hallways and parking lots. I have had to go outside and speak with people on a few occasions about noise.
The parking situation is a joke at best. At first, anyone could park anywhere, which allowed guest and people not on the lease to park in the gated lot too. Making it hard for the real residents to find a space. Now, they have parking passes and guest spots. But, they decided for whatever reason that 13, yes 13, guest spots would be enough for the entire complex. And guess who takes up those 13 spots every single day? People that are not on the lease that live there! The people who are not supposed to park there. They make all of the real guest park outside of the gates now. Which forces you to physically go walk to the gate and manually let them in, no matter where you live in the complex. This is a bigger issue for others, as some live all the way across the complex. With the amount of ghetto-ness that goes on, I dont want my guest to have to deal with all of that. Not to mention, what if I broke my leg and needed some assistance? How would I let me guest in and up? Now, lets talk about the side street. This same side street that people stop and smoke weed on. I sit on my balcony and not a day goes by that I dont see at least one person do this. I even have a police officer that lives in my building and its still an issue.
Then, we pay $22 a month for valet trash. Which sounded fancy at first. Now, I wish they didnt do this. They told us we are supposed to put our bins outside of our doors at a certain time on certain days a week, but most people just leave their bin outside of their door every day, all day. Making it look very trashy and the smell is bad on some days. I dont pay over $1000 a month to walk down a hallway full of trash cans every day. I would rather them get the parking/gates in order and Ill take my own trash. Speaking of trash, there are so many people that throw their cigarette butts all over the grounds and no one is cleaning them up. All the rent office does is send out threatening notes saying they will fine people for doing so, but it stops nothing. Same thing goes for dog waste. There is dog feces everywhere, to the point I am scared to step foot in the grass anywhere.
The guest policy is kind of dumb too, you are only allowed to have 2 guest at the amenities. So, my best friend that has 3 daughters can never come over to swim. Not a major deal, but a complaint none the less. Even if I wanted my Mom, Aunt and Cousin to come cookout at the pool, thats over the 2 guest limit. I think 3 or 4 would have been a better cap.
Overall, if you are looking for a nice, quiet, upscale complex, then keep looking. The amount of money I pay for this place, I expected something else. Just counting my days down until I can leave this place.