My friend and I moved in August of last year. This place was in the perfect location for me, since I work right down the street, and he goes to school nearby. That is the only saving grace and reason why we continue to live here.
Don't expect to get to know anyone that works in the leasing office, it's a revolving door of incompetency. We first were shown the place by Cameron, who doesn't work there anymore. There's been probably a dozen people since then, I can't keep up. He promised us a dedicated parking space and a garage space. That sounds great! Come move in day, he tells us that we don't have a garage, we have an "open spot", that meaning we have a permanent spot, and another spot that everyone else in the complex shares. Me, being a stupid 22 year old, decided to let it slide, that it wouldn't be a big deal. He told us there's always spots open. That was such a bold faced lie. I generally work at my job from 3PM-11PM. There are rarely, RARELY, spots open when I get home. My roommate also goes to school, and sometimes is out. If we are both out late, then forget it, there's no space. I have to leave my car at work and he'll pick me up, or vice versa, or I have to walk home. People also love to leave their cars strewn all over the complex, just parked on the side of the road and everything seems to be alright.
There are 2 laundry units, each with about 8 washers and dryers.. "Great," you must be thinking, "enough for a lot of the units to do laundry at once. No. First off, they aren't coin operated. You have to get a stupid little card and put money on the card like at Dave and Busters. Then, you can use the card on the machines. BUT, there's only 1 spot where you can refill the cards, which is at the laundry location by the leasing office. Great for the people that live in the front, awful for the people, like me, who live in the back. They also love to randomly shut down the laundry near me, so I haven't done mine for some time. And if the card refill thing doesn't work? Looks like you don't get to do any laundry.
We live on the third floor with vaulted ceilings. "That sounds nice, big high ceilings!" you're saying to yourself right now. No. It gets to be over 90 degrees in our place. Over 90. My roommate had a Command strip MELT off the wall.
There are also bugs EVERYWHERE in this place. Constant flies buzzing around everywhere, ants abound, and spiders. DO NOT LIVE HERE IF YOU ARE AFRAID OF SPIDERS. I can deal with spiders, but I probably kill a spider every other day in this place. The bushes are COVERED in cobwebs, and they get all over inside our apartment as well, which isn't terrible for me, but my roommate is a big baby so I have to kill them all, unless they are on our wonderful vaulted ceilings and I can't reach.
No guest parking. The tenants take all the spots. Don't even ask. Your girlfriend can park down the street near the cemetery and get mugged on the way over.
We currently have wasps. They don't care. I came in to the leasing office and told them when we went in to renew, and she told me to remind her the next day when we were signing the papers. I told her. Nobody came for the wasps. I had to wear a hoodie and knock the nest off with a broom. They're back though, and I'm sure I'll have to do it again.
We live in the back. There's a Starline bus station there. IF YOU DECIDE TO MOVE, DO NOT, DO NOT, DO NOT LIVE IN THE BACK. There are bright floodlights that point directly at your windows, and the buses come and honk their horns and beep ALL NIGHT LONG.
Being located right off Orangewood, if you have to leave the complex in the morning, don't. You'll be trapped waiting to make a left to get to the 5 for 30 minutes.
Somehow our DOWNSTAIRS neighbors slam doors loud enough for us to hear them. Didn't know that could be a thing.
Terrible, rough stone stairs. Be careful, my roommate slipped and fell once. It would suck if he broke a bone or something, because there's no elevator or way up other than these death-traps.
The kitchens are ABYSMALLY small. They fool you with what looks like a great pantry, until you open it and find it's about 2 inches deep. Doesn't come with a fridge, so we have to rent one for $35 a month, with a company they so graciously provided.
No room for a dining room. We eat everything off the couch/coffeetable.
My roommate's car was also recently broken into. When he went to tell the leasing office, they were quick to tell him "We aren't responsible".
Upsides? Lots of cute possums running around that you will think is a cat until it makes that awful noise that possums make.
Adorable stray cats (Not a joke, they are very, very cute, the momma cat just had kittens).
Close to Angel stadium, so you can deal with that traffic.
0/5, do not live here if you have the option. If you can afford it, go somewhere else.
They also told me that they'd give me a gift card if we gave them a good review. I think not. read more