I have lived at Lake Villa Apartments for about a year and a half now. The location is ideal for…read morebeing close to downtown and also right off the highway. It also comes with awesome amenities such as a clubhouse with pool and fuse ball tables, a hot tub and sauna, and an outdoor pool. The landscaping is kept up very well, as well as repairs when needed.
The reason for only two stars, is because the management is terrible. I am always, and have always been early or on time with rent, and until recently have never gotten any complaints. I have always taken pride in being a good tenant, and friendly with my neighbors. Recently, after just getting home from work (I work late and this was about 1:30 am), I sit down to dinner and TV show (happened to be a cartoon this night) with my boyfriend, and just a few minutes later someone POUNDS on our door. My boyfriend answers because I was too scared to, and quite honestly if he hadn't have been staying with me that night I would have called the cops and hid in the bathroom! The man outside was livid and yelling at my boyfriend for "playing our stereo way too loud". We were under the impression this man was crazy and/or intoxicated by the way he was acting. I found out the next day... He's my apartment manager! No phone call before pounding on our door, no legitimate reason as we are very mindful of the volume and have no surround sound or bass hooked up, and absolutely no professionalism in handling the matter.
The community seems to be either elderly or mentally unstable here, and the management staff is not much different. They don't seem to like younger people much and are very unprofessional and unfriendly, to say the least.
I would not recommend this place to anyone, unless you plan on just storing your belongings here and using the amenities, that is.