My first review of my living space! Let's dive in…read more
5 Stars for Location:
For the price you get, this is a really HOT location. I would even say very user friendly if you have a disability. A LAKE in-front of apartment. A beautiful park(Wooded area, Tennis courts, BBQ Picnic sheds, Volleyball court, baseball field) and a Golf course across the street! Great grocery stores, Gas station, USPS post office, Pharmacies, Restaurants list goes on... less than 5 minutes drive. Best of all, it's on quiet streets. You get no noise from traffic.
5 Stars for Building Amenities:
On Every floor: trash chutes and laundry room
In Every building: Storage rooms(affordable) and recycling bins. Mail area & Lux Locker rooms. The lockers are a beautiful addition, for any large packages you don't have to go to the leasing office anymore. The Lux locker system texts/emails you a code and you can retrieve your item 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in your building. Extremely convenient!
Nice onsite gym & Pool, I don't use it much since I utilize the beautiful park daily!
5 Stars for Floor Plan/Layout:
We moved from a HUGE house and were concerned how we will adjust in a small confined space. It was no problem at all. The floor plans are very intelligently laid out. I use 95% of all my apartment! Open plan with lots of storage space. Lots of sunlight if your apartment, if it is East facing like mine, I can't speak for the rest. The lake views are simply amazing, even my bedroom has a lake view! The His & Hers closet are excellent, my first 1 bedroom apartment that has this feature. Bathroom and Kitchen, both have alot of space... you will see from the pictures I shared.
4 Stars for Quality/Luxury:
Disclaimer: I moved from an almost brand new, huge and luxurious southern home. I know luxury at a different scale.
The kitchen I got, post the upgrade, can definitely be classified luxurious. A month after we moved our kitchen counter tops were changed to black granite. Our dishwasher was extremely noisy and was replaced. I would highly encourage you to get your kitchen upgraded if you are offered that(it's free). It is worth the trouble (honestly it was actually no trouble at all), especially if you spend alot of time in your kitchen, like I do.
The bathroom, cabinets are luxurious, but that's it. Our Mirror came with 3 large black spots, I don't mind it though now. The tub and bathroom counter tops weren't in good condition. I requested them to paint both, and they did fulfill my request. I was hoping for a nicer bathroom counter top... since the apartments are called luxury :S
The bedroom, very quiet, we sleep peacefully. BUT, we used a space heater. The heating HVAC was too loud for us. Now in summers the same HVAC doesn't make the same level of noise for cooling.. thankfully! We were concerned what we would do in the summers. However the heating was a no-no, so at night time we would shut it off and use a space heater. We already owned a space heater so didn't bother to ask the maintenance staff about this, maybe they could have fixed it?
Overall: the wooden floors throughout the apartment make cleaning a breeze! The quality of closets is ok, Not luxurious, but use-able.
5 Stars for Staff:
I have mostly worked with Christina and absolutely loved working with her. Very professional and actually smiles(LOL). I have lived in alot of apartments but the leasing staff is never this friendly, really. The maintenance staff is a gem! They are a bit lean on the # of maintenance folks considering the size of the community. But I will still say they do complete the maintenance requests timely enough, if not I don't mind calling and giving friendly reminders ;)
5 Stars for the residents:
Very diverse pool of residents! It's almost feels like attending a peace conference. Family friendly, pet friendly, quiet and safe. I will make a point, in winters you can smell some spices in hallways and elevators due to trapped air circulation. But it stopped bothering me after sometime. As long as my apartment smells like how I would like it to smell. Some residents have been living here more than 20 years... I think that speaks alot about how much people like living here.
Additional Notes:
We rented this apartment for short term, 7 months. This was probably the only one that offered a 7 months lease, or anything shorter than a year within the area. Major plus.
Now when you go month-to-month it gets VERY expensive. You pay $300 per month for every month to renew, plus a steep rent on top. Keep this in might when determining the duration of your lease. Major Minus.
Long review! thanks for reading!