No stars.
I have lived there for 2 weeks, I was going to attend Midwestern University which was about 10 minutes away from the apartment. Due to unforeseen circumstances I had to vacate the apartment. I was accepted to Pacific university located in the state of Oregon last minute, which was a program of my first choice and the I have presented this information to management, I was told that hence I have signed the lease with the termination addendum, I had to abide by that lease.
There was no
...intention from the start of me leaving this apartment. I have gone to the office multiple times to discuss the situation, wrote e-mails, sent letters, and when I have asked to speak with the landlord I was told that I can only speak with management.
Let me go over the termination addendum. In that addendum, it states that I have to live in the apartment for 3 months before giving a termination notice and a fee of $2,600, which i was okay with paying. HOWEVER, in addition to that fee the apartment complex wanted 3 months of rent, although I was not going to be living there, another months worth of rent for liquidation damages AND and fee of $2,600.
The place does not allow subleasing and does not want to compromise. You have an option to skip, and hope that someone takes your apartment, but you are under the risk of paying your whole lease out if nobody takes over the apartment. ALSO you are being sent the leave via the e-mail to sign, before you even see the apartment you are going to lease before you see YOUR apartment.
Now let me mention the apartment buildings themselves. Some are renovated and you will notice it when you are walking around the complex, and some are... well some have been the same since the place was built, don't really know when but by the looks of it I'd say the 60's. When you walk inside the building you might notice splotches on the carped and some of the building might have the huge gashes on the sides of the building inhabited by birds. When you will go into the building to take a look at YOUR apartment, I will advise you to go up on the third floor and look up at the ceiling which may have water stains, which there are, indicating problems with the roof. When you don't use the mail stairs or the elevator and go to the back stairs they REAK due to the carpet and the walls being infused with cigarette smoke.
Max of 2. There is a $30.00 per dog and a $15.00 per cat monthly charge in addition to a $300 Non-Refundable Pet Fee per pet. All dogs and cats must be spayed/neutered and have current vaccination records and tags.