I lived here for 2.5 years. These are DECENT apartments that claim to be "luxury"... maybe they were luxury back in 2006 when it was built, but in today's world, I wouldn't consider this luxury at all.
I believe the complex is rated so high on review sites because they tell their residents to go leave reviews to be entered to win a gift card. I received several of these emails from when I lived there.
Negatives: -Duke Energy is CRAZY high in the winter, because the complex is not properly insulated. I lived in a 2 bedroom apartment (1,050 sq ft), and my bill from Oct-March was always over $200.
-The gym treadmills are always broken/aren't calibrated properly. Same goes for the ellipticals, and the bikes and the machines. Basically, it was a room with weights.
-The tanning bed was always broken, and finally one day they just stopped offering this as an item all together without warning
-The rent increases are insane. I moved in the apartment paying $919/month ($939 with pet rent), and by the end, I was paying $1,100/month. Thats almost a $200 increase in a 2.5 years time span.
-They are always late getting the pool open. They always used the excuse that its a "health department issue," but its a little hard to believe that when you see literally every other apartment pool open. Last year the pool didn't open until, I kid you not, the 1st week of July. They blamed this on COVID, but again, every other pool was open (oh, and they didn't bring out the furniture until about the 3rd week of July)
-Move out bill, THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT. I was charged over $700 for moving out. This was for them repainting (which I didn't paint at all), my cat scratching the trim (I take blame for that one) and just cleaning. I asked for a detailed breakdown of my charges, because I was tired of going back and forth with the manager and the charges not making sense (she even told me they charge "every resident for cleaning," okay so does that mean no one gets their security deposit back??) I had to be out of the apartment on Aug 1. See attached picture, FROM DECEMBER. Thats how much back and forth we went. Thats how unorganized they are about their residents. She ended up emailing me in January, telling me that she couldn't get a break down of the charges. I thought this was sketchy, so I didn't respond. I then get a letter from a debt collector in March. I ended up having to contact the Becovic Management regional manager to get this solved. In other words, they will nickel and dime you to the CORE.
Positives: ....its an apartment? I will say that the location is pretty cool. Nothing SPECTACULAR though.
Personally, I wouldn't recommend living here. I know several other people who have lived here as well and they weren't impressed either. These are 1000000% overpriced and overrated. If you truly want luxury, there are plenty of other newer built apartments on the west side that are actually that. read more