I've been here almost a year now, so I think I have a pretty good grasp on the community and how things work here.
I loved it when I first moved in, Lisa was absolutely amazing (and still is) and she truly deserves so much credit for the kindness and happiness she spreads among the complex. While I only met Patrick briefly- he was also very kind and helpful! The pool was open 24 hours, same with the gym- which I loved as I'm a night owl. The complex was beautiful and the apartments are sleek. I loved the valet trash as well- especially living on floor 3!
Now, my experience living here after a year is a bit different. I'll touch on some pros and cons (some pros and cons will be the same but with different reasons listed).
Pros:
-Quiet neighborhood, very little noise except from pool area on Fri/Sat nights (I live right by the pool and closing my doors and windows usually keeps the sound out)
-Close to highway, gas stations, and stores
-Neighbors are usually kind, although they don't speak to you much- I've only had one neighbor treat me negatively and they've since moved out
-Apartments are beautiful and well made. Not cheap. Nothings broken so far!
-Lisa is still amazing !
-Very pet friendly and I'm a veterinarian assistant so I appreciate that. While I only have a cat- there's many amenities for dogs available at this complex.
-Management and staff don't tend to "bother" you very much. I've had landlords that were super overbearing so this was nice.
-Lots of fun things to do within the complex. Golf, dog park, ping pong, table soccer, etc.
-Gated
-Great prices (although I am from an extremely expensive state)- but for the quality of these apartments I feel the rent is perfect.
Cons:
-Police are here frequently. I'm talking once every three weeks to a month. If it's not police, it's fire trucks/EMT's (which are usually here weekly). I'm not really sure what could be going on for emergency services to be here so often.
-I received a notice to evict letter (on my birthday lol), because I hadn't paid my rent 6 days into the month. They didn't end up evicting me as I paid it immediately- but it did shock me a bit. I've never paid rent late before and I thought the eviction notice was a bit much. They could have called or asked me to speak to them in the office or even said something to me in person before immediately threatening to evict me on my birthday. I didn't even realize I hadn't paid yet.
-Complex smells like weed at night. As a fellow weed smoker, I get it's annoying to leave the complex to smoke, but also as someone with kids and basic respect for others- it's not that hard to walk a block or two away to smoke.
-Amazon packages go missing. I've lost hundreds of dollars worth of Amazon packages that have gone missing or were delivered to the wrong locker. This isn't the fault of the complex- but it is super annoying and inconvenient. I've also had neighbors packages delivered to me on 4 different occasions- both of which lived across the entire complex.
-While valet trash is nice, I often find my trash cans knocked over carelessly after they come.
-Lots of trash littered around the complex. Again, this isn't the fault of the property- it's the residents job to keep their community clean.
-Pool is rarely open anymore. And I don't believe it's open after hours anymore.
-Gym lacks machinery and some machines have been broken a few times. The gym also has fully glass walls so everyone can see you working out.
While I'm still deciding whether or not to renew my lease another year, I've overall had a good experience here. I've managed to move my friend into an apartment unit with Acero on Roosevelt as well and he seems to like it here. Most of these issues can be easily fixed, and if management and residents worked together I believe these issues would resolve quickl read more