Okay, here's the review I wish to have seen when I was apartment searching. It's lengthy, but feel…read moreit hits all the important points
This is the best apartment complex in Dallas. Honestly now that I'm thinking about it, this is probably the best kept secret as far as Dallas apartments go... I have met so many people at the community events that say they've been here 2+ years because there's nothing at the same value and location. My roommate and I have loved living here since June. My favorite part is how close you are to the Katy Trail / Ice house. You are centrally located in Dallas Proper, so You can pretty much walk anywhere in uptown or victory park (Dallas Stars game, knox for coffee, west village shopping). Maintenance is responsive and management is incredible. I've had such a pleasant experience with Krista. She should be tired of me because of how much I call up the front office, but she always has a smile on her face and is super professional, always dressed to the nines! I had an issue with the windows being a bit dirty, and a month later they had a team come in to power-wash the entire apartment exterior. Still in talks about this though because the team they hired lazily washed our windows, and honestly made them dirtier. Management is still on it, though and walked through our apartment with the window team to hold them accountable. The pool is ginormous and an awesome spot to hang out in the summer, they have events with a bartender and a DJ during the summer! The gym is INCREDIBLE, I still have a membership elsewhere since I wish there was more than one squat rack and a hip thrust, but for what it's worth having a squat rack at an apartment gym, a leg extension, etc is great. My floor has 14 foot ceilings and feels huge with an amazing view. Theres a huge plot of land that has been said to start construction for 5+ years and its an awesome place to take your dog to run around. It has a picnic table and gets mowed regularly. Turtle creek is overall an amazing area because of traffic. If you're going up north toward Irving/ grapevine/ airport, you skip allll the traffic the Knox/West Village/Uptown people go through, shaving off 10-20 mins. Turtle Creek is such a beautiful place in dallas and is well kept up and quiet. You're so close to the airport. The maintenance team was beyond helpful and friendly, staying a few minutes after my request to chit chat and welcome me to the town with great food recommendations in the area. The parking garage is honestly best case scenario in Dallas. no problems with break ins so far and have not heard of any and super quick operating garage doors (the sensor reads my chip and opens the door before I even get to it). Overall safe area as a women in her early 20s. Great community and a good mix of ages! Hallways are so clean and always smelling wonderful (first time I've experienced that), NO TRASH VALET! what a plus! The sky terrace is an incredible entertainment space with folding slide doors and a wine fridge with cornhole etc. Great community events such as free açaí bowls, snow cones, DJ parties, workout classes, movie nights.
Only complaints:
The very southern emergency maintenance guy is quite rude, still got my request done though (I think there are more than one, the others which I've had better experiences with)
The Luxer One system is not great. Have had my packages missing, although I know the apartment owner is not responsible for this and it is mostly Amazon's fault because they leave their items out for people to take.... Maybe we need a better system though.
Guest situation is hard as there is only one entry point to "scan someone in", then they have to walk upstairs and you have to go bring them inside from that door.
to go off of that, the key fob entry is getting old. I try to take it everywhere but there are so many situations where having a phone encrypted key, or a key pad would be so much easier.
the finishes on the interior are just updated enough, however dark and old. Some parts of the building have white finishes and are better than others. The lighting is not great (fluorescent in bathrooms) and are in need of an update. The apartment is updated just enough for me to look past it and consider how good I have it in other parts of this review. The move in process was so easy with a quiet side street with minimal traffic filtering through. Great place for uber drop off as well (Dickinson Rd)