Dewan P.
3/5
Thanks to Jesse for all his help and for treating me respectfully.
I lived on the 3rd floor in building 1 in a studio apartment. The noise from neighbors' toilets flushing travels through the wall pipelines, making it sound like water is being spilled right next to your bed. You literally hear it where you lay your head down each night. It's extremely disturbing.
The neighbors are terrible. You can't even watch football with the volume up without being reported for noise. The walls are thin, and everyone can hear your business in the hallways. It's very awkward walking in the hallways as well, with people giving you judgmental looks as you walk by.
There’s no covered or assigned parking. If you come home late, expect to park far from your building.
The foot step noise from upstairs is incredibly loud, as if the floor is about to break. I've lived in cheaper apartments that weren't this loud.
The porch offers no privacy, especially in the studio where the neighbor can see directly onto your porch, causing issues between both of you and they can hear everything you’re doing.
The utility bill is exorbitantly high each month. You have no choice but to pay it since it's included with rent. They charge you for each flush, and if there are multiple residents, each flush is multiplied by the number of people on the lease.
When you plan to move out, they remove you from email notifications about events like free breakfast and locker notifications. This means packages may be left in the locker room without you knowing.
Security is a joke. They seem uneducated and incapable of understanding simple explanations. They are never around when needed and have not prevented any crimes, despite incidents occurring right in front of them. Like when one of the residents car was left on bricks.
Be careful about what you place on your porch. I left a bag for one night and got an email with a picture, charging me a fee for leaving it there by the next morning. Not even 24 hours.
If the electricity goes out, you're locked out of the building with no way to get in until it's back on, or someone comes down to open the door. The same goes for the elevator—you could be stuck in the dark.
The apartment is next to a park, and if you live on the park side, the landscapers will wake you up every morning with loud noise, which is especially bad if you work night shifts and need to sleep during the day.
There are frequent events at the park, and visitors often take up our parking spots. The apartment does nothing to stop this, making it difficult to park and get inside your apartment.
Good luck to future residence. Really make sure this is something you are okay with living for the next year or so. I have nothing bad to say about staff or maintenance. They’re just doing their jobs.