I moved into this apartment complex back in January. I was the first tenant in the unit as they had just finished my building. I live on the 3rd floor, which has its advantages and disadvantages, but overall, I really enjoy it.
The amenities of the complex are perfect for any young couple as I just got married. Along with the 24-hour fitness room as well as the salt water pool with a covered grill, most of the streets surrounding the complex are equipped with sidewalks making for great walks.
...There is the Wyandotte County Park and Cricket Wireless Amphitheater basically in our backyard. The Park has a great cross country route, tennis courts, Frisbee golf course, as well as the Sunflower Golf Course.
The complex itself sits just off of State Ave. and a block away from K-7 allowing for great access to both I-70 and the entire Legends shopping area. Both the Sporting KC Soccer stadium and the Kansas City Speedway are 5 minutes from my front door. The easy access to the highway makes for a good commute to work as I am currently working in Leawood.
Compared to the Apartments next to Target off of Parallel, the Heights offers more square footage on the one bed, one bath apartments for a better rate. The staff here at the Heights is extremely accommodating and friendly during office hours. I appreciate that both the pool and the weight room require a security scanner to get in as it keeps just residents using it.
There are very few negatives but here they are:
The security lights in our stairwell have a mind of their own and will be on some nights and off others. It doesn't bother me too much as our neighbors regularly keep their porch lights on, but I would rather not have my wife walking up dark stairs at night.
The rain gutter that runs down the east side of our apartment gets really scared of wind and storms cause it to shake quite violently. This creates a loud rattling right next to the bedroom window. Being on the third floor, all the brackets holding the gutter are below us and I am afraid the way the gutter was constructed there is not much of a fix. We have requested maintenance for it but to no avail. It seems, though, this only occurs when we have north or south wind that causes a separation between the wall and gutter.
I do highly recommend this apartment complex as they have sufficient amount of one, two, and three bedroom apartments. I really enjoy that fact that nearly all the units were created with just 6 apartments per building and two sets of stairs per building requiring only 6 tenants to climb the stairs and not all 12. Having only 6 gives everybody exterior walls on two sides with a walk out porch. Very spacious.
Max of 2.