Okay so hereâs everything you need to know:
Apartments themselves are gorgeous, remodeled really well and have so much natural light (especially the second floor apartments like mine was) and open floor plans. So much space and light was my favorite thing about my apartment. However, the walls, floors and windows are thin. I was in a building near Ft Apache and traffic noise was awful, I could hear my downstairs neighbors constantly, and literally could hear entire conversations happening outside even with the windows shut. All this also makes the apartment super inefficient energy-wise.
Staff at the office was always polite and kind to me as I was to them. I never had anyone be rude or disregard any concerns.
Maintenance was pretty good about taking care of things HOWEVER they do not leave you any sort of notice that theyâve been in your apartment which really bugged me. All other apartments Iâve lived in leave a notice stating who was in your apartment, when, and what they did. Here I just had to hope my A/C filter changes were done when I requested them cause I couldnât check it myself and they left no indication. The A/C was always loud as well.
Pool is super nice, gym is lightly pathetic. When the pool WAS closed it was due to damage inflicted by disrespectful residents.
You will pay about an additional $200 per month in âcommunity utilitiesâ in addition to your own utilities. I honestly couldnât justify that on top of rent, I moved somewhere else due to high rent and utilities here.
You likely wonât get your deposit back. Not necessarily because they take advantage of you, but because they will just use it to pay your final utilities and cleaning fees to avoid you having to make an additional payment. But that isnât necessarily discussed up front so just a heads up.
Overall I liked living here a lot and the location is great, but wanted to give future apartment hunters a run down of everything I wish I knew.