I liked living here (2007-2009)....This property is nice and tucked away up above the 360 bridge…read morebehind an office park and in front of a high end neighborhood up the hill with million dollar homes. The grounds are very nice, and the residents from my encounters were all very cool and laid back. This is one of the nicest pools in the area in my opinion, and being in the business I have seen them all. The gym is tiny so if you get more then 3 people in there its a crowd.
The apartments themselves are nice, and some are upgraded even with granite, new appliances, and cabinets but most are standard "apartment grade" finish outs. You can get some really killer and amazing views here if you get in the right unit, and some of the large 2 bedrooms have huge wrap around balconies.
The rents have really come down here, and are a good value if this is what you are looking for. I rented a 1 bedroom apartment here in 07' for $699, and by the time I moved in May of 09' out I was paying $735 or something. This same apartment is now $629 and they were offering one month free and a free move with a local mover (4 hrs paid for by the property). This was their smaller 1 bedroom.
The walls are thin here, and it is not uncommon to hear plumbing through the walls on occasion even, and if you get a loud neighbor I imagine it would be no fun. This is common for apartment living though, yet some are worse then others and this might be one. When leasing I knew I only wanted a corner unit, and something tucked away perhaps with a decent private view if possible. I lucked out and got everything I wanted yet it was on the second floor, which I was not too keen on having a neighbor above me, and one below me.....but said what the hell.
I lucked out again when the guy who rented the apartment above me never even lived there....I heard him come to move in, and then move out a year later. Had I gotten a loud neighbor it would not have been fun, as the construction here is just not as good as it could be and a neighbor above you thats loud, has a dog, has a kid etc. and you're hating life. Get a top floor unit here if you couldnt deal with it, unless you're a stair hater or want to play roulette like I did.
Staff was fine, and I never had any real problems, but sometimes you just have to be patient with these people if you know what I mean in terms of dealing with them, and I understand, you are 1 out of 500 to deal with so be respectful and you get respect....Once I had my A/C go out on a saturday but luckily it was one of those wierd weather moments in Austin we have where its cold one day, then luke warm the next so it was no big deal. This was a Saturday an I called the office to let them know, and someone came by that day to look at it and had to get a part for it, and came back to fix it on Sunday...nice.
One thing that kind of pissed me off though, is that they assigned parking spots after living there for 8 months and getting cozy in my spot since I had good working hours to get to it, which they suddenly assigned me to a tight spot across the street right next to the dumpster..... however I figured out real quick that the assigned spot they tried to kick me out of was assigned to an empty unit they were trying to sell, so I just kept parking there with no problems.
Thats another thing, they are in identity crisis at these apartments and trying to sell some as condo's as they can, however they are a tough sell and a terrible buy at the listed prices. I can think of 100 ways to invest $130k+ in real estate, and its not into one of these 1 bedroom 689 sq. ft apartments....even though it is a high end, beautiful area, you are not even getting even money out of this property for 10 years for some of the prices I was seeing.
Convenient to get anywhere north or central or south in Austin, however its out of the way from immediate grocerys or gas stations down the street...I actually enjoyed this aspect personally.