I decided to live here despite the terrible reviews. The building its self is in a great location…read morefor getting to campus, the gym was fine, and the study room where ok. My apartment was fully furnished and everything they provided was in fine shape (minus the couch). This building however is a party building. People are constantly having loud pregames/ parties. There were lots of incidents with both pools having to many non residents. The worst thing I think about this building is the cleanliness. The hallways quite literally also smell so terrible. It does not matter what floor you are on there are always stains on the carpets, trash near by, etc. One time there were broken raw eggs on the carpet for weeks! The stench might change but it never goes away. Also towards the end of the semester there were baby mice in my room. I was out of town but my roommate had to deal with it, and there solution was simply to just lay down sticky pads in our rooms and bathrooms!! Very gross. Overall the amenities in the building are good, the location is good but everything is subpar or worse.

The only good thing about this place is the location. The hallways are always dirty and smell. The…read morecarpet on all the floors is absolutely disgusting and never get cleaned. They are always having issues with the elevators and a lot of times inoperable. We left the apartment in better shape than when we moved in, and they still try to charge us some kind of damage fee. Aside from Megan , The absolute worst thing about this place is the management! The GM should be fired! I'm sure it all stems from him. They absolutely do not care about their tenants. They do not try to help you as a tenant in any way and also don't care about their safety. This place definitely is a party apartment complex. You can count on noise every night. Whether it be people running up and down the hallways or just yelling. I would definitely not recommend this place to anyone. Nor live there again.

been living here for three years- great experience for my first apartment. ownership has changed-…read moresince then maintenance has been a bit more timely in responding to work orders. sometimes you have the occasional outside straggler walk in since the apartments are accessible to the outside- but nothing too horrible! there are always events being hosted, especially during school. rent is slightly pricey- but all apartments are now so it's okay. no towing

I just moved out and they are charging me $1040 for damages when cleaning is adequate. Along side…read morethis, managers are extremely difficult to contact and the front desk is little to no help.

Just great! great location, great staff great community! Sterling has had its down in the past but…read morenow under the new management has changed completely! I love living here and would recommend anybody who asked!!!

I did NOT like my experience at the Lark, they are currently charging me an outrageous fee to move…read moreout due to damages that was there before I even moved in. The utility bill I have to pay is even crazier considering that I barely even lived there this summer and I'm seeing $200 in bills! The elevator broke THREE times for months at a time during my stay and I will never recommend anyone staying there! I have pictures of what my room looked like before and I will gladly begin to share!

Love it here! I love being close to friends and work out in the gym. They keep in touch with you…read moreand have a lot of cool events.

Raising their prices for mediocre housing. With new owners they are remodeling everything…read morecosmetically outside, but leaving the insides of apartments with terrible paint jobs, holes in the bathroom due to poor caulking and barely spray for bugs. I've had a maintenance worker yell as he was opening the front door and WALK IN ON ME in MY BED undressed!! No knocking or anything just yelling but didn't give me time to get dressed! On my birthday I was actually kicked out of my room by a maintenance worker so he could replace my door?? He said I couldn't be in my own room and I had to leave. Sketchy apartments and even worst staff

Do not ignore the bad reviews like I did!! I had nonstop problems the last two years and it's not…read moreworth the cheap rent. 1. The biggest issue was flooding that took 4 months for maintenance to come look at. Called multiple times, put in countless maintenance requests and it took me emailing corporate to get someone to come look at it. We were put into another unit for a few weeks and once they said it was fixed, within 2 days it flooded again. Over half of my first year I dealt with wet floors that moved when you stepped on them and they were never replaced. 2. I moved into to a different unit and the ceiling leaked the first week we were there -- maintenance said they didn't know where the water was coming from and to "call them back" if it happened again. It happened two more times and they gave me the same answer. Our entire lease the ceiling was soft and mushy with holes in it and it was never repaired. 3. They charged lease violations for everything but wouldn't come and fix any problems -- ex. charged $25 for one pair of shoes and an outdoor mat on my patio, meanwhile my AC was broken and no one came to look at it. 4. AC broke in both units multiple times and maintenance said they didn't know when they'd have time to get to the roof to find the problem. They put a window unit in one room so the rest of the apartment was hot for the last 6 months of my lease. 5. One of our vehicles was broken into and damaged. There are no cameras in the parking lots and the "security" that drives around at night was nowhere to be found. 6. The apartments are old with no upgrades and when things are broken they are rarely fixed. Cabinets were almost falling off when we moved in and a month into us living here it completely fell off. They also forgot to clean the carpet so it delayed our move in. Closet doors were broken when we moved in and were never fixed and it took them 4 days after move in to fix our toilet that was broken. 7. The amenities are basically nonexistent. The "gym" if you can even call it that has one dumbbell, cable machines are all broken and most of the cardio machines are broken and outdated. There's one treadmill that works and nothing else. The pools are almost always closed and when they are open they're dirty and green. The only positive is the leasing agents are extremely nice and attentive, although management isn't the same. If you have a concern the leasing agents will try to get you in contact with management, but it will take multiple phone calls, emails and visits to the office to finally get someone to respond. They also refuse to speak with you when you go in and will only meet by appointment. The leasing agents are professional, but management is not. Overall, just avoid this place. We have had countless issues the last two years, and the apartments look old and outdated with things constantly breaking. The cheap price isn't worth the headache.

We moved into this unit in May 2021. Since then, we've had nothing but problems in the apartment…read more Some have been minor, and others have been serious. The worse of which is water coming into the apartment when it rains. Work was done in 2021, but it's been a recurring issue since that time. In order to get the initial work done, I had to email their corporate office. I usually have to email several times and finally get General Manager involved just to get a response from emails. When asked in person about the service requests, the usual answer is "Well, the apartments are 50 years old, you have to expect some problems." Almost all of my service requests are left open for months and then closed as "resolved" without any work being done. The staff in the office has been polite and helpful when they can be, but management here is just above slum lords as far as I'm concerned. I'm here only because I have to be for another year. I would never, EVER recommend this place to anyone.

The Villas at Riverbend is the best choice I made!! I have lived here for two years and have…read moreenjoyed every moment! Staff and maintenance are super enjoyable and time efficient. Staff is always super welcoming at the community center and works with you to help you out as much as possible. Maintenance here is super quick and they go above and beyond to make sure everything is perfect and you are comfortable. Also super excited about the nee fencing which will allow me to feel even safer than I already do. The houses are also super spacious and allows for me to have super cute decor!! Thanks for providing such a great experience :)

This place is awful. Management is a mess and the property manager even publicly posts about how…read moremuch she hates her job (not professional at all). You get absolutely no privacy. The pricing is deceptive and ridiculous. A good place if you want to get your car stolen or robbed. Not to mention, they cull reviews on their google and will delete and report honest (bad) reviews. They offer incentives for their residents and guests to leave good reviews. So deceptive!

Honestly, very good!…read more Staff very nice and helpful, with tons of giveways and activities to engage with the residents. 10/10 would recommend!

This place is so exactly as stated in the reviews. My goodness- if you have a choice - choose…read moreelsewhere. This will not be the best decision for you, unless you have no other options. PTSD from all the unsolved issues, the no responses from maintenance and insect infestation. Vehicle & home break ins. Just breathtaking terrible. Read the entirety of the lease. Don't let the beautiful pool fool you. (It fooled us)

Pretty bad spot to live in, maintenance crew pretty much does not, and WILL not clean your very…read moredirty HVAC systems. You pay for pest fees, yet there WILL be multiple cockroaches and other bugs within your apartment system. There's also a very bad mold issue within the apartment complexes. Walls themselves are not soundproof at all, so if you enjoy people listening on your conversations or waking up randomly at night to people, choose the Oliver! Overall for the price that you pay and other options around the Baton Rouge area, this should be your VERY last resort, there's much better apartment complexes for the same price. btw use AI detector on any of their replies, pretty funny results.

I would leave no stars if I could this management is horrible and so is the leasing team. They…read morecontinuously lie and scam you out of your money in any way they could. I lived there from August 2025- June 2026 and within that time frame, I paid for pest control but they never came, my appliances in the unit were always broken. I emailed about getting a bathroom countertop and or cabinet and never received one. Then upon move out I was hit with charges i should not even be paying for instance a chair replacement fee, THE CHAIR IS NOT BROKEN, WOBBLY, or even chipped. Then I was hit with a trash fee and no trash was left inside or outside my apartment on the behalf of me and my roommates! This place is GOD AWFUL! Below I left multiple pictures.

I have lived here for 2 years and in the entire 2 years here I have FOUGHT with fleas. I have 2…read morecats--both of whom are treated monthly with flea meds. These treatments are rendered USELESS because the Woodlands does NOT treat their grounds. Just the 5 steps you take from your car to your front door your white socks will be a shade of brown from the fleas attached to you. The rats are everywhere also. Just sitting on your balcony at dusk you can spot at least 3 crossing your path. If this place could get pest infestations under control, it wouldn't be too bad of a place to live.

Be careful of your move in and verify everything is good, as they will hit you after moving out for…read moreerroneous charges if you do not document everything that was wrong on move in. They got us for cat scratches on the couch previously in there when we didn't have a cat. Still fighting collections on this a year later.