Update 11Jun2018: So we moved out in the last month and i gotta hand it to the new manager, Michael, he is turning the...
Update 11Jun2018: So we moved out in the last month and i gotta hand it to the new manager, Michael, he is turning the place around nicely. He is very actively engaged in his tenants and their issues, and he's very friendly and prompt. He even helped us out with some packages after we moved out and was totally willing to fish my car keys out of the dumpster (oops on that one). I sincerely hope Hawthorne Corporate gives him the tools and resources necessary to continue this positive trend.
This place is like no other. I grew up military and lived in 7 states and 20 cities (NC including Southern Pines, Fayetteville, Durham, Carrboro and 2 Raleigh complexes) and never have i seen so many roaches in my life as i do when i go into my kitchen at this place. EVERY day, without fail, there are 5+ roaches, some babies, some big ones, crawling all over my downstairs. Mostly in the kitchen and bathroom. In the sink. In the drawers crawling on your forks and in your cabinets crawling on your plates. Crawling on your foot as you try to just take a dump at 6am before work, and again on your towel as you exit the shower 10 minutes later. I found a dead cockroach in a cheesecake (in a container) in the fridge, and a few weeks ago a dead roach in a ziplock back of cinnamon sugar I had in a cabinet. There's 2 dead roaches in my freezer. There is no escape. The roaches win. Im out. 950 a month for a 1 bedroom at that.....no.
Also, both the heat and AC have broken 6 or 7 times (maybe more, I've lost count) the apartment has been 88* in summer, and 56* in winter. It's broken right now actually, and it's 63 in here. The fire alarm just goes off randomly for no reason, 730AM on a Saturday this morning. Its a damn shame. This location, 2 miles from North Hills, right between 440 and 540, prime location. But just not worth it here. The Greensboro based company doesn't realize they have a diamond in the rough here in midtown Raleigh.
Update: New management. We ordered a package online thay supposedly got delivered to the office 4 days ago. I say supposedly because the office is holding the package hostage. The past 3 days in a row they have been closed by the time we arrive. I actually left work 30 minutes early to make it before 6pm to the office. Arrived at 525pm and they were closed. The new management truly seems like they care to change this place for the better. I hope they can make it work. This place has great potential
Literally EVERYTHING that an apartment can do wrong? These guys do it. Bugs? Check. No parking? Check. Predatory towing? Check. thin walls? check. paint over past residents? check. overcharge for units? check. threaten tenanta with fines for no reason? check.
worst apartment complex in raleigh. no exagerration. do NOT move here. seriously. folks at my job talk about places to move to relatively often. when i told them i live off Six Forks and Millbrook they got all excited, until i told them of the conditions here. i have successfully kept 6 people from even viewing these apartments, and will continue to warn people until this place is razed.
Bottom line: Do NOT DO NOT DO NOT MOVE HERE