Sit down for this!
If you don't get any add ons like pet rent, a garage and a parking pass, it is very cheap, but it adds up quick. If budget is your priority and don't mind a hot, small apartment and plenty of noise.
1)Noise-I could hear my neighbor's alarm at 4 am through our shared bedroom wall. Sounds also echos very well from the street and units and you can hear people on the sidewalk and street as if they were in your apartment. So make sure your close your windows if you don't want to
...hear everything as loud.
2) Dishonest Staff- I was roped into signing the lease because I was promised an updated kitchen and new carpet. The one I was given intitally had stained carpet and smelled of cigarettes. The kitchen was not remodeled and the units here are for sure not up to code. Although their webiste lists A/C as a feature, the leasing agent that showed me my new place was surprised that it even was there and said they don't provide A/C at all.
3)Unprofessional- Leasing agents and management are not on the same page, like ever.I was also interrupted and treated very disrespectfully when trying to explain my situation or try to ask any questions.
4) Facilities- The door to the nearest laundry room to my unit had a broken door handle the entire time I was there. On multiple occasions, transient folks would use the facilities (I'm not mad at that, but for the price I paid here, I wasn't too thrilled. Also, there are 2 laundromats within a 10-minute walk in either direction)
The "playground area" for kids was just an empty area with mulch.
Other samples of how the actual unit was like: The heater in my unit never really turned off all the way, the summer is miserably hot (unit is a noticeably hotter than outside in the summer), the shower always leaked, toilet always ran, heavy condensation on the windows in the winter would leave puddles on the carpet and create mold.
Parking is very difficult anytime after 4pm if parking on the street OR even if you have a parking pass.
5) Neighbors- Something is in the air here, I have never been surrounded by so many messy and loud people! Like I mentioned at the beginning, I have lived in a few different apartments around town, and this place was especially wild. Cops are always coming by, loud parties, domestic disputes, fighting dogs, and kids vandalizing public facilities.
Max of 2.