I decided to move here as a second-year PhD student because three of my other classmates lived there and liked it. Immediately upon moving in I had a disgusting roach infestation (seeing anywhere between 8-20 roaches every day for at least a month) and per the fine print of the contract, the apartment did not have to claim any responsibility. As a grad student on a tight budget I paid about $200 of my own money between buying roach treatments and getting a hotel room for myself for two nights
...while this was happening. I also stayed with a friend a few nights and almost moved into a friend's apartment for the summer while they were home (I moved in at the beginning of July). I had roaches crawling out of my purse, in the dishwasher, on every cabinet, on my dishes, and one even ran across my leg in my sleep (try ever sleeping again after that!!). To make matters worse, July is one of the most intense months of my grad program so to have to deal with this on top of that was extremely draining and majorly affected my performance for my school duties. On top of that, my mom found lots of roach droppings in the pantry when I moved in and the carpet was so gross it crunched under my feet, and it took them weeks to come clean it (when they really should have replaced it). While management was good about answering/returning my calls, there was no sense of urgency whatsoever in alleviating these problems. I'm not a high maintenance person, but I did everything in my power to see about getting out of the lease, and once again the fine print of the contract locked me in for the year. I sucked it up and didn't necessarily have problems the rest of the time, aside from loud music late at night from neighbors below me and the one time there was a domestic dispute so loud next door that the police had to come at midnight and my whole apartment was shaking from the couple slamming things and yelling (thankfully I got to go home for the remaining four months of my lease). Finally, out of the $250 security deposit, I only got $40 back of it!! The only pros of this place were the great maintenance system and my really nice neighbors. But please, get the true value of your money and find somewhere else to live. I couldn't get out of here fast enough.
Max of 1. $300 Pet Privilege Fee (One-time Fee) and $25 Monthly Pet Rent. One pet per apartment please!.