Very displeased with our experience. We stopped in and had to persaude the front desk to permit us in with the property manager. After doing so, we saw the Monarch and we were relatively pleased with the overall appearance, seemed like a nice place. We put in our application and a $500 hold on an apartment, but prior to leaving we requested some sort of incentive to sign a two year lease. We suggested reduced rent, a parking spot, anything to make signing two years seem worthy. We finally suggested reducing our pet fee from two to one dog (we have two dogs, 6 and 8lbs). The manager said that would be something she could speak to her manager about and let us know (it didn't seem like much of a problem so we were happy about that and left). Mind you, this apartment is not even on the market yet but we were prepping to take it once the current tenants moved out. About a week or so passed and we heard back that the second dog fee decrease was not approved and our only incentive was our rent would remain the same for two years. This was very upsetting as every other complex that is similar around offers free month, reduced security, or free amenities, but the Monarch wouldn't budge and offer anything. After this, we decided not to sign a lease there. Over $2000 per month for a one bedroom and absolutely no perks or incentives at all. After careful consideration we decided not to move in to the Monarch, despite the ability to do so. I requested to have our $500 back and was told this is non- refundable. We were very disappointed to hear this as we didn't sign a lease and weren't offered anything to move in at all, even after trying to commit for two years. We're still not sure why this check will not be returned since this apartment is still lived in and technically not even available to view for another month. After the experience, we suggest you look elsewhere and deal with a management company that values commitment and is willing to work with long term, responsible renters. read more