PROS:
1)Staff is very nice, even the maintenance guy. They always give you a reminder about paying rent.
2)Snow removal is fast and really helps out during the winter
4) Its very quiet and most people keep to themselves at least in my building. The area where it is located is very quite too, at night you really only hear road traffic.
5) Really close to school, takes only 20 mins to walk, or a 5-10 min bike ride depending on if you hit the light at prospect and shields.
6) Bus route is close and they are usually on time.
7)The staff put on parties are a good time, but only really happen in the summer.
CONS:
1) The ""free"" Internet - First, It's not really free they just hide the charge in ur rent for it. Second, it sucks, really slow at times, and sometimes it shuts down for days at a time.
2)Parking is alright during the weekends but during the weekdays it sucks especially if you live in certain buildings. Dog poop is all over the grounds.
3)Staff is nice, but the maintenance guy is retarded. He has come out to ""fix"" our fridge multiple times only to have the same issue happen time and time again. He comes again and finds the problem (so he says) and fixes it again. To my dismay it happens again. I gave up after that point. He did respond fairly fast. He smells like a chimney of cigs and when I had my GF here she said he was creepy.
4)Price - You can find better places for less money, that are nicer... but you can also find places that are worse for more money. The thing that drives me nuts is how run down the place seems to be in some places. No garbage disposal sucks and its one of the things you think would be in any place. Heating and keeping it cool suck. Heating is the worst as the windows let in lots of cold, and the front and back door seal sucks. Keeping it cool in the summer is all a matter of fans (dont use the wall AC unit it sucks and will eat your money on an energy bill) and opening the windows at night. The only thing thats wrong with this is that you can hear the traffic. Expect upwards of 100+ during the winter on your electric bill and lower in the summer if you use the window trick. Its nice only having to pay for electric though and not everything else.
4)Appliances: Drinking water is a little iffy here. So we bought a filter. The stove is very old and doesn't cook even in mine. I have to increase the temp about 15 degrees and add 5+ mins to everything I cook than I would back home. Fridge is the nicest thing here, except ours leaks water.
5) Walls here are paper thin, so hope to have good neighbors.
SUMMARY
If they were to update the apartments (paint, appliances, flooring, ect), fix the doors, internet, new AC units, and add a garbage disposal this place would be amazing.
If I was to live here again I would get a top floor unit because noise travels down not up as much. Plus the only noise I hear is from above me ever and I never hear to the side of me.
Luckily I found a place next year for 300 a month, twice the size, and everything else I could want and its newer and more updated inside. If you look you can find great deals here in foco. This place is better than rams village and rams point though. I would recommend it if those are the other places your looking at.
Pros: Nice staff, quiet
Cons: no garbage disposal, old, poor maintenance
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