Not perfection but a nice place to live overall
June 14, 2022 - Review from Apartments.com
I've lived in the Riverbend Condominiums for nearly 4 years. While I have noticed a deterioration in some aspects of the property, on the whole, I find it a good place to live.
Positive aspects include: the fact that you are walking distance to downtown Racine business, availability of indoor, not quite underground parking (ground level under other apartment units) for many of the units, beautiful exposed brick and timber, 12' ceilings, open floor plans, appliances in the apartment (for at ...
least some unit), generally nice fellow tenants, and a price that is much less than similar units in the Milwaukee area. Drawbacks: parking is limited for guests, walls between rooms and units are fairly transparent to sound, open rooms with high ceilings can be a problem in terms of heat regulation, some issues with homeless people getting into the building beyond the foyer (though this is likely due to tenants not securing doors).
Probably my biggest concern is the amount of trash that is being disposed by tenants. Despite daily trash or recyclable collection, the two trash bins and one recycling bin are typically overflowing with items placed around them in the trash area. It is difficult for me to believe that all of this trash is being developed within the units and that some may be coming from commercial sources outside of the building. This was not a problem when I first moved to the building and has gotten steadily worse. I'm not sure how building management could address this issue, but it is disconcerting.
I feel like the year before the pandemic, prior management was much less selective in filling rentals and some tenants were brought in who were less diligent in taking care of our communal home. I hope that the new management team, which came onboard about a year ago, will help to reverse this slide.
All in all, I have a beautiful apartment that stuns visitors when then enter my abode. While not cheap, it is also a bargain in comparison to similarly sized units I've rented elsewhere. Could things improve? Of course. There is no perfect living arrangement. Will you be happy living here? I believe you would be.
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