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June 5, 2019 - Review from Apartments.com
My boyfriend and I signed our lease moving from out of state, so we did all the research we could online but never saw it in person. It's a nice complex, is cleaned every day, feels safe, apartments are new with new appliances, and has a super nice rooftop deck.
But it is SO. FREAKING. SMALL.
400 sq ft doesn't sound that bad, but the way the apartment is set up your kitchen is the same as your bedroom. And we did NOT get a studio, and yet it feels that way. There is a huge gap in the bedroom ...
wall and the doors are sliding, AKA absolutely no privacy in this apartment, which is essentially a hallway that we live in. The only normal sized part is the bathroom which I like. But having a small apartment also means the fire alarm goes off SO easily and any smells, good or bad, instantly permeate the place. We had to measure every inch to make sure the furniture we were ordering would even fit because the living space is so small! The people that have come over have always been so shocked by how small our apartment is, it is actually kind of uncomfortable so we just stopped having people over.
If you're living alone the space is tolerable, but FYI - you're paying outrageously high rent by yourself for such a teensy space that's poorly laid out.
You ABSOLUTELY should look at this place in person before moving in, and decide if that's a compromise you're willing to make. I definitely wasn't.
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