I have lived here for well over a decade. These are the best run most professional, and well…read moremaintained units I can imagine. Every one from the owners to the maintenance and office staff are top shelf. Any maintenance needs are taken care of within 24 hours and many times the same day.

I lived at Santini Villa Apartments July 2014-June 2016 in one of the 1BR 1.5 Bath Woodbrook…read moreTownhomes. In 2014 my rent was $1230/mo, in 2015 it increased to $1245/mo in 2015, with heat and hot water included. I paid $35-$65/mo for electricity (Eversource), and $35-55 for internet (Comcast). The living room had a wall-unit A/C which kept the living room cool, and with fans to help air-flow kept the upstairs cool. The basement kept naturally cool in the summer. (My basement sliding doors were in the shade from 10am on.) In the winter, the basement was a bit cool near the outside wall (socks were necessary), but otherwise the apartment kept very toasty. The staff were very helpful. I locked myself out 3 times (during office hours) and each time they very promptly drove over with me or lent me a key. After that I did make a copy of my key, which is allowed. If you lock yourself out when the office is closed, it's a $50 call to the locksmith. The online bill payment system is great - responsive on computer and mobile, and very easy to use. I lived in the apartment above the row's furnace, etc. and one night it started making weird clunking noises. I called the emergency maintenance phone number and they got someone over to repair it within 90 minutes. My neighboring residents were a stable presence. There was a college-aged couple, several older couples, and at least 2-3 families with young kids in our row. I saw only one of them move out in my 2 years there. There were maybe 1-2 moving trucks a month in the larger vicinity that I saw, but in general, turnover didn't seem particularly high for a large community of rental properties. Also, the soundproofing between apartments is excellent. I never heard my neighbors unless they were vacuuming and we both had our windows open. The gym at the clubhouse is available to all Santini residents. It was always kept neat and clean, and it's 24 hours. I went at random times, and in general there would be 0-5 other people there. Enough to be friendly, but not crowded and no fighting over the machines. Snow-plowing was always very prompt, especially salting of the steps. They clear out the visitor spaces and then everyone moves their cars there so they can plow the main parking spaces. It would happen at 8 or 9am, so not compatible with sleeping in, but worth it to have a nice clear lot. Trick-or-treating is also nice. You grab a sign from the office during October, and on Halloween if you want trick-or-treaters, you put it on your door, otherwise you're left alone. Kids from the complex and other nearby complexes come around, so it's not an overwhelming amount of kids, but enough to make it satisfying to give out candy. I did sometimes find some house centipedes in the basement as the weather turned cooler, but they are harmless. Also, while some areas of grass are nicely maintained, my back area was a smaller strip that got less attention, and did become a bit dry and weedy during the high months of summer. The kitchen was a bit small in terms of counterspace, but it was manageable so long as I didn't let the dishes pile up. The shower drain also had a weird design that made it a bit difficult to pull out hair that accumulated. In general, pretty minor complaints. Since at least March 2014, there is a specific Model Home apartment for the Woodbrook apartments that Santini takes prospective tenants to tour. That means you don't have strangers tramping through your home after you decline to renew your lease. Overall, I loved my apartment here. The staff was friendly and helpful, the apartment was spacious (that basement!!!!!), had big windows, lots of parking space, and the gym and pool were always well maintained. I'm sad to move, but a new job in a new state awaits! 3 weeks after my lease end-date, I have received my full security deposit back with no problems.

We've been a resident at the Grand Lofts for about a year now and we love it. The apartments are…read morereally spacious, clean and well maintained. What we love especially about living in the coplex is how good the staffs are about maintaining the complex. As soon as it snows, they are the first ones to clean the snow and salt the grounds. When we have even a smallest issues, they are here to fix it. We also noticed they garden and cleaning the roof and all the windows every year leaving this place absolutely gorgeous! The staff also throws few parties a year with food and alcohol and we have been so impressed by the amount of care they put into taking care of this place. The neighbors are really quiet and friendly and the place has a common area with wifi, gym, and an outdoor pool that is available during the summer seasons with a life guard on duty.

A great place to live. The staff is excellent and the maintenance service is wonderful The…read moreapartments are beautiful. It's like a small community. I have lived here a year and a half and have absolutely no complaints. They offer parties throughout the year and everybody is always sociable and courteous. So close to 84 and all the shopping areas you can imagine.

No complaints, really. It's a nice property that is private and secluded. Decently priced…read more Management is on top of everything and makes sure everything is going well around the community and in the apartments.

I lived at Mount Vernon Apartments for 2 years. From the time I scheduled the appointment to view…read morethe apartment, to the day I received my security deposit back, I had all positive experiences. The maintenance team kept the grounds, common areas and specifically my apartment in excellent condition. I had very few issues-frozen kitchen pipe during the last crazy winter, unclogging a bathroom sink drain-and everything was taken care of quickly, politely and effectively. The office staff was always friendly and helpful. One time I thought I left a burner on during my rush out to work, and I called the office staff for help. They were happy to send maintenance staff to check, and they were cheerful and accommodating then and always. When I moved in, my apartment was super clean and in great condition. They didn't cut any corners, and they paid attention to detail. I always felt safe, my neighbors were respectful, and parking was super convenient and easy. I only moved out so I could live with my boyfriend and he would have an easy commute. I have lived in a lot of rentals, and Mount Vernon Apartments was really the best experience I have had.

The Place @ Catherine's Way (and Natasha) are the best!…read more I've lived at "The Place" for 2+ years and I have nothing but great things to say. First, there's Natasha in the main offices, she always goes above and beyond her duties to make sure her tenants are well taken care of. I can attest to that first hand, and I know from talking to my neighbors that she is 100% a superstar property manager. I've lived in a few different apartment complexes in the past, and I've had my share of dealings with different property managers. Ms. Swift is the most helpful and sincere property manager I've ever had the pleasure of dealing with. Second, the property itself is pretty awesome too. The grounds are well kept, the hallways are clean, warm and smell nice, and the amenities are by far, the best in Manchester. Thanks to "The Place" I have no interest in ever purchasing a house again, I will never shovel and I will never mow, and I love them for that. Our driveways are always cleared from snow before I even wake up to go to work, and they always keep them clear and safe even in the middle of a bad snowstorm. You can't beat the location, nobody else has an indoor pool, and there's not a property in New England that has a better manager than Natasha IMO. 10/10 would recommend!

I absolutely loved my experiencing living at the Mansions!! This is truly luxury living…read more Ambiance: The complex welcomes you with a grand entrance of a waterfall, gazebo, lush greenery and exquisite landscape. The entire complex feels like a relaxing resort and everyone loves walking around to take it all in. I thoroughly enjoyed walks with my kid, and going for runs myself since it connects to the Hockanum trail. Staff: Amazing staff who have been managing the grounds for many years. The manager I interacted with primarily, Sabrina, was receptive to feedback and had the maintenance staff address any issues with your unit with a quick turnaround time. When I first moved in, I wanted to make some modifications to my unit and they did it right away and without charging me a penny. Cost: You truly get your bang for your buck here. Every unit has its own privately connected garage and tons of storage space. You even have your own private front entrance. It felt more like a condo than an apartment. My unit had 2 balconies as well and a HUGE walk in closet which I miss so much!! Thank you to the Mansions community for making my stay there truly memorable. I will continue referring folks to the complex. Please keep up the great work of making the residential experience as luxurious as its name :)

I am a resident here (when I'm not bunking in WeHa) and I have to tell you, it's really a lovely…read moreplace to live. Renting a two bedroom in the back of the complex, I find The Mansions to be an exceptionally well run living space. There is a 24-hour gym, heated indoor pool, garages in many of the units and easy access to I-84. The entrance to the complex is right next to Vernon's fabulous Cumberland Farms, which gives us a nice easily accessed convenience store, just in case. Management is responsive and considerate. They have a round the clock number for maintenance emergencies. Management also schedules social events for residents as mixers. All in all, The Mansions is an excellent complex and a nice place to live. I'm very satisfied.

The nasty gram emails are poorly written and unnecessary about grills and stuff on patios…read more Especially given mine is beautiful and the first one anyone sees when driving sees.My neighbors all say the $25 monthly charge for bug spray, they don't have on their bills and we have never seen an exterminator yet. I do my own spraying as I insist on pet friendly spray only. Please credit the $25 charge retro to move in date and ensure i am charged again. I also think when the parking lot isn't available for 5 days or the hot water stops for a day a credit should be given all tenants.

I lived at Fox Hill for about a year and a half, and I had a wonderful experience. The staff and…read morethe living spaces were great

They store my moms priority mail package in the lobby and took all the stuff brand new. Manager did…read morenothing...horrible place

I moved into LCL 2 years ago when it first opened, my unit was brand new and never lived in, a very…read morefantastic feeling. I LOVE it here. It was a rocky start with the first property managers(s) but the current property manager is amazing! She goes above and beyond to help and accommodate the tenants and make all feel like family as well as make sure the property is clean and well maintained. I cannot express how impressive the units are, family and friends are shocked every time they walk into my apartment. Heat and HW are included, I have never run out of hot water and the heat is NOT regulated as I have experienced in the past at other apartments. I am the type of person who is never quite satisfied and moves around about every1.5/2 years, I do not see myself leaving LCL anytime soon!

We found our first new apartment with Kerri at High Meadow. She treats you with respect and…read morekindness. She is actually on the property! We felt like we knew her forever. The apartment is great so far. No issues. Kerri is always busy working but smiling all along. She has raffles, decorates for fall and cleans all the time. She will answer your calls and emails and makes you feel welcome. I am glad we moved here.

Kerri and Phil are great (Phil complains, wants to retire and move away, and you hear that from him…read moreconstantly...) but overall, decent, quiet place to live. I think it caters mostly to the older population. No real amenities. Dog park, yes, but it's filthy, volleyball net, but no one ever uses it, basketball court, yes, but no hoops. No washer/dryers in units. In addition to your rent, get ready to pay for MANDATORY WIFI ($70/month, garbage: $25/month, parking, $25/month. Right now, they have "specials" because they cannot rent their available units, so they are waiving those fees. PLUS, there is a $300 "admin" fee for moving in, on top of the $27 application fee. The rents, for what you get and its location are very high. Compare to other neighboring towns, that actually have amenities like pools, washer/dryers in the unit, 2 air conditioners, bigger, more modern apartments. I'm not talking "a little cheaper" than High Meadow, I'm talking $400-$500 less per month! Kerri's rationale is "Ellington is expensive"...not that expensive considering no restaurant will deliver all the way out to High Meadow, so you are stuck having to go out at least 15 minutes each way to grab dinner if you don't feel like cooking! I think Navarino wants to sell the place. They are not putting any money into the look of the property. Windows/sliders are OLD and drafty, the entire property is non-smoking, which is great if you are a non-smoker, but as soon as Kerri leaves, all the smokers come out, including 420 friendly folks, and it's crazy!! The exteriors of all the buildings are in desperate need of a make over, and the rooves leak in the winter. One tenant was actually shoveling his roof because all the snow caused his roof to leak. That should have been handled by a professional company, not a tenant. But, clearly that tenant wanted to preserve their belongings because management was not doing anything, or at the very least, enough. The landscaping is horrible. Dirt outside your slider, no grass, Nothing really pretty, except for the leasing office. If you don't believe me, look at a few apartments in Vernon then go to High Meadow. Some Vernon apartments are up/down, with washers and dryers and $500 cheaper than High Meadow, with phenomenal maintenance workers. All that I looked at also included heat/hot water, so that is not a selling point, in my opinion, for High Meadow! Most places do..and have "real" amenities!! An aging population like High Meadow has just won't play volleyball or basketball, but they brag about those "features" like it's an olympic sized swimming pool. There is, however, plenty of parking. You are assigned one spot, but you will pay $25/month for it. You cannot say, "I'll just park in visitors parking." Nope...they will force you to pay for your spot!! Kerri took down 2 similar reviews I wrote on Apartments.com...clearly, they only want people to read how awesome they are. But really, look around, you are 18 minutes from 84, further from 91, and getting to Vernon Circle is 15 minutes. You are in the middle of no where, and while that does have some advantages, you are right across from the farm, which gives Ellington, the "SMELLINGTON" name for the cows. If you like looking at dirt from your slider, on call maintenance that doesn't show after hours, and Phil lives on property, but the other rental places they coordinate with do not show up, and an aging population (it is nice there are no/not many kids, so noise is not an issue) but the walls are thin..you will hear EVERYTHING your neighbors are doing, and if there is a tenant above you, you will HEAR EVERY MOVE THEY MAKE! "QUIET HOURS" are from 10-10 every day...so if you get up early to work (most tenants are retired), you will get emails from Kerri and/or leasing violations for noise complaints. You may even get a notice that you are facing eviction for "excessive noise" when all you are doing is getting up, showering, making coffee and getting ready for work. It's crazy!! And if you think you're going to get your security deposit back, think again. No way! They charge for EVERYTHING and it's small, things like a room that wasn't vacuumed, just swept, a blind that wasn't dusted or a cabinet that wasn't wiped out. Those two small charges will cost you over $100 dollars EACH because Kerri "has to" do the cleaning. I'm sure she is so hard on move outs because the more she charges, the bigger kickback she gets from corporate. There's no way there's no incentive for her to charge for minor things, because she does and it's crazy and unfair. Don't believe all the great things you read on Apartments.com. She takes down the honest ones that point out the flaws of the place. Look around. You can and will do better. Honesty is the best policy. High Meadow is clearly afraid of what honesty looks like because they do not allow any negative reviews on Apartments.com or have any on their website.

For the rent, you get an apartment with decent ground and upkeep. The attention should be to the…read moredetails. You spend nearly $2k for a 1br and $2500 for a 2br to have the grass mowed and snow removed. You then get an additional fee monthly for trash ($15), ammentities ($30 because of the common areas like pool, gym, etc), your water and sewer is billed monthly as expected but they hit you with a Conservice charge of $5.25 each time just for the billing of water and sewer, and if you have pets expect the extra $40+ charge for that. With all this cost it adds up. As noted by others, the trash and recycling dumpsters are picked up between 3a-7a each week so expect that noise early. The snow contractor they have used for the past few years uses a payloader regardless of time of night during storms to open the main roads with a loud backup alarm. The buildings are slowly turning green on the outside from lack of basic maintenence like power washing spraying. The parking lot lights in the rear three buildings of the complex stop working for weeks at a time throughout the year. The playground the office said groundbreaking was occurring on 2+ years ago has not begun. The public grills are left disgusting by other residents and after a year or two you are lucky to get them to ignite. Maintenance tickets seems to get ignored for what should be simple items such as adjusting the main entry door to the building stairs so it doesn't slam, so we just have to get used to that. They sparkle the holes in the stairwell left from when people move in/out but never paint them to match in over a year. The electric pool gates failed last year leaving the pool area unsecured which is a safety risk and building violation which took months to fix. With the tight spacing of parking spots dont be surprised if you get a fair share of dents in your doors from others getting out of their cars. Mail and packages get frequently mis-delivered and if left in thr package room there is a risk it may be taken by someone else if the courier doesn't lock it in thr Amazon hub. The Amazon hub goes down once and a while and when it breaks, there is no way for anyone to open it until Amazon sends someone to fix it. Top floor apartments are warm year round, which will help you on your heating bills, but will be expensive for running the AC other times. Then when you go to move out they follow the rules strict. You can give 60days notice and have to pay a penalty value of 2 months rent extra, or you can give no notice, turn in your keys and still pay rent on a unit you no longer have access to until they get someone else to rent it or your lease ends (whichever is first). After they release your deposit, expect that they will do what is required by law and pay you interest on your deposit but expect your check will be less than your deposit regardless of how you left the apartment after they deduct water, sewer and damages from it. For any deduction from your deposit they are supposed to give an itemized list and cost but they dont. Its just grouped as one fee under "carpet replacement, items left behind and cleaning" which doesn't fulfill legal requirements of itemization of deduction. Remember this apartment is a business no different than others and will find every way possible to get every penny out of you. And those extra fees like amenities mentioned earlier they can increase or change anytime because they are separate from your rent. If you want a newer decently clean place to rent this is one of the better ones, but for all the little issues that shouldn't exist at this high of monthly cost you should consider others. Its obvious others see this with the high annual turnover of tenants.​

I don't live here but someone we know does live here. Apparently they don't like visitors parking…read morein the same zip code so tonight we were visiting and we parked in the same strip of empty parking spots, well away from the entrance to the buildings as we have parked in for THE LAST YEAR. Within 1/2 hour of parking there, our car was towed. To South Windsor. $293 later and a couple pissed off phone calls we drove to South Windsor to get our car back. Yep, very welcoming for visitors. Look, I get it, you don't want random people parking in the prime spots next to the entrance. So put more visitor spots within walking distance. There is a vacant FIELD there, make it clear where visitors CAN park and maybe warn people before you tow to another town. Really? No way will I recommend this apartment complex to a friend who is looking for a place to live ever again. No way.