Background: I lived here for 11 months from summer 2016- summer 2017
Pros:
-The laundry right inside the apartment was great. (Although I hope your dryer doesn't go out. See maintenance comment below)
-The key entry to each building made me feel safer. (even though the door hinge was usually broken and sometimes the doors could be opened without key)
-Really nice size dog park overlooking a pond with a fountain.
-Very spacious master bedroom.
-Secluded, large balcony with a roof. Beautiful
...view.
-Just minutes from multiple stores, gas stations, restaurants and schools.
Cons:
-Maintenance was prompt most of the time, other times it took a few times for the (small) job to get done. For example, our clothes dryer stopped putting out hot air, so maintenance had to come three times because they half a**ed the job the first two times. Not only that, they never let you know when they are coming. You just get a knock at the door by a couple of men dressed in t-shirts and jeans, nothing to identify them as employees. As a young woman, answering the door in my pjs to two men while i'm home alone was slightly discomforting. Another example, when a big tree fell from a storm we had and it partially stuck out in the road, rather than removing or cutting the tree, they put an orange flag on the end sticking out. It was there for a couple weeks.
-The parking situation was absolutely ridiculous. Come home at 5 or 6 pm on a Tuesday and there are NO parking spots remaining. We received a flyer from the office back in late fall of 2016 saying we were getting more parking spaces. Come winter time, still no parking spaces. They claimed the city delayed it until spring. Then come move out day in July, the parking spaces were still not completed. That's not the only thing that I looked forward to (and never happened), they never opened the pool for the summer.
-Besides the dog park, this was not a great place to have a dog. No one in our building would ever pick up their dogs messes, so every time we would go to let them out, it was hard to avoid all the poo piles. There are doggy bag stations pretty well spaced throughout Burwick, but people don't seem to bother to use them, not to mention it sometimes takes a week or more to get the bags filled or the trash emptied.
After thinking of all the pros and cons, the pros were great but the cons outweighed them. If you're ready to pay way too much for mediocre apartment living, Burwick is the place to be.
Max of 2. Dogs and Cats welcome! There is a maximum of 2 pets per home and other restrictions may apply, so contact us for more information. There is a $60 monthly pet fee (per pet), and a $300 one-time non-refundable pet fee.