We lived here from May 2014 through June 2016, mostly because of its midway location between Dallas and Fort Worth. Rent for our 650 square foot apartment skyrocketed so high we could have been paying two mortgages instead.
MOVE-IN: Upon move-in, there were awful cracks in the bathtub grouting. It looked so filthy that in our 2 years I never once utilized the garden bath tub. We informed the complex immediately of the issue, but they didn't bother to repair it, even after several requests. Eventually we gave up and quit asking. We mentioned it a few months prior to our move out (more than 18 months later) and they finally took care of it, though it still didn't look clean enough to bathe in. Full disclosure, we rented our apartment sight unseen back in 2014 because they were undergoing renovations and the apartment wasn't quite ready. However, I don't know a single soul in the world who would purposefully install pure, white-as-snow carpeting into their home, but that is exactly what was installed to our apartment. It was a very low-grade carpet too, because within just a few months there was pilling of the fibers in high-traffic areas. Anyone living in a 600-square foot apartment with even a single piece of furniture is going to have to walk over the same area frequently, so I didn't appreciate the low quality of the carpet. We also rented a washer and dryer from them at a considerably higher price than what the market rate is, mostly out of convenience. They were absolutely terrible. The dryer ALWAYS had to be run twice in order to get even a small load of clothes dry. If you have kids or do a lot of laundry, rent appliances from someplace else. Similarly, the dishwasher was brand new on move-in, but unfortunately it was such a crummy brand that we couldn't use it without getting really bad spotting. We gave up after a week and did all the dishes by hand for the entire 2 years we were there.
MAINTENANCE: We had an issue with the towel bar in the shower. It literally fell off the wall during a shower when there was nothing hanging on it because the caulking separated from the wall. It took the maintenance guy 4 tries to finally get it corrected, probably because the first 3 times he used a hot glue gun to get it back up. (No, I'm not kidding. There was literally hot glue used in our shower. It looked like the kitchen table when my mother used to make homecoming garters and mums when I was in high school.) I'm usually pretty patient, but this was a major pain for us because we had to lock our cat in the bedroom in order to let the maintenance guy in. For some reason, our cat, who has never hissed at anyone in his 7 years of life, was literally terrified of one of the maintenance guys. Our cat was so petrified of this man that he would, upon seeing him, immediately hiss and run into the bedroom under the bed to get away from him. We have our suspicions about how that reaction came to be, but we can't prove anything.
LIFESTYLE: If you live here you'll have to be very careful about what you keep on your patio. We had a small table about 30" high and about a foot long on our patio for us to sit out on our bench and enjoy a glass of wine during sunset. We came home to a warning letter that told us that our patio table wasn't patio-ish enough and that they were requiring us to remove it. After that we didn't have a table out there to set our wine on, so we stayed inside.
CONVENIENCE: If you receive packages with any degree of frequency, this complex isn't ideal. Their hours changed several times over the years, but were never quite early or late enough for someone who works an 8-5 to pick packages up before work or after. Also, at Christmastime we heard several angry residents upset in the office for having to jump through hoops to try to get the packages they had ordered. By that point we were having ours sent to my mother's house just to avoid the hassle.
MOVE-OUT: Do yourself a favor and don't move here unless you have the ability to keep low-grade carpet in perfect condition or you plan on living there for at least 4 years. We were informed that we have to replace the low-grade carpet that pilled almost immediately back in 2014 at our expense. Not only did they keep our deposits (regular and pet), but they have also billed us an additional amount to supplement them replacing that low-grade carpet with what I can only expect will be more white-as-snow carpet. That way they can screw the next residents into paying for it on their move-out after they hike the rent $100 or more at the end of their first lease.
Overall, I'm pretty disappointed with this place. They presented us a beautifully appointed model apartment and what we lived in was a sub-par space with a whole lot of hassle. read more