I have lived at this residence for close to a year, and I love the apartment itself. My apartment is beautiful, and the amenities are wonderful. There are outdoor couches, partially submerged lounge chairs, and swinging hammocks at the pool which has gotten cleaner since the new management took over, and the community room is creatively decorated, clean, and comfortable - the perfect place to host guests or an event. The new management also just installed full wall mirrors in the gym, which is also very nice. If I was rating the facility alone, I would give the complex 5 stars. However, I have noticed a lot of unfortunate changes in resident's behavior, and I am very unhappy with the fact that management doesn't seem to care about the recent trend towards bad behavior enough to do anything to change it.
First, when I moved in to the complex, it was a quiet building that seemed to primarily house young professionals, many of them nurses, etc., and all of the residents I encountered were pleasant and respectful. I never had any problems sleeping at night, because everyone was quiet. Now, I am frequently woken up by yelling, loud cackling in the parking lot, and bottles breaking. One resident in particular on the fourth floor sits on his patio facing the back parking lot smoking cigarettes and weed with his door open in order to watch sports, and he screams at the TV screen all hours of the night.
This brings me to my next complaint. This is supposed to be a non smoking residence. I can hardly go outside at night to enjoy the pool or the trail behind the back parking lot without smelling cigarette smoke wafting from patios behind the pool and over the parking lot. The smoke also comes into my apartment when I have the windows open, which is very irritating. The back trail is littered with Marlboro Light butts, and I've even seen butts in the stairwells. People have even gotten so bold as to smoke weed on the trail and on balconies nightly, and I even get on the elevator every few days to be overwhelmed by the smell of weed, which is bewildering. Who would smoke weed in the elevator?! You can't wait? All of this seems so ridiculously blatant, but I realize management isn't here at night so they may not have noticed some of the behavior. Hopefully they will become more aware of these problems and realize that "this is a non smoking property" signs aren't going to cut it.
Finally, when I moved in, all of the grassy areas were clean and I was impressed by the numerous "clean up after your dog" stations with bag dispensers. However, in the last month or two the dog poop has gotten wildly out of control. I've seen two women cleaning up after their dog, but every other resident walking their dog doesn't bother to pick up after it despite the easy access to bags and garbage cans. Because of this, I have to walk my dog all the way down greenbriar nearly to zang to avoid stepping in poop or having my dog step in poop! The dog park is disgusting, as well. I don't understand why the other residents don't care about leaving their dogs poop everywhere! They don't mind their dog coming back into their apartment with poop covered feet? It's infuriating. Management doesn't seem to mind, either. The elevator floor is sometimes covered in smears of dog poop from dirty paws, as well as the sidewalk. Oh well, I guess.
Tldr; I love this facility, but management doesn't seem to be effectively curbing residents' bad behavior and it's making Oaks Trinity difficult to feel comfortable in. If I didn't mind residents yelling at all hours of the night, cigarette and pot smoke constantly pervading the night air, and dog poop literally everywhere outside, I would live somewhere with much cheaper rent. I hope management begins to take these behaviors seriously, because I'm getting really tired of it.
If management is able to better enforce the rules and stop or at least curb the loudness, rampant smoke, and poop everywhere, then there's nothing to stop Oaks Trinity from being a 5 star property. read more