I was really excited to live here, but I was unfortunately very disappointed.
Management is sub par at best. Often rude, and lost two of my rent checks in the same month from their night deposit box. The "free internet" is OK most of the time for basic use during school breaks, but school starts again, then forget about using it at all. There are about 8 units total that actually have a view of the lake (and that is out of a small window in one bedroom). They NEVER removed snow/ice from the
...parking lot while I lived there and only blew snow off the sidewalks once. On the upstairs units the dryer vents exhaust right at the top of the stairs, creating a wet spot that freezes in winter and is very slick. I only had one option for a TV/internet provider which was Mediacom. My unit did not have a fireplace (not sure any do). Don't get hopeful about the "fitness center", it has been a pile of gravel for almost a year now and there has not been any more work done for it. Carpets are cheap and stain very very easily, sock feet create stains somehow. Paint is the same way--you barely touch it and boom stain/scuff, cleaning those are a challenge. They will estimate utilities at $100/month, but they will always be closer to 150-200 for me. I lived there alone and had heat set around 65 and a/c set about 75. Winter bills were almost always about $200; the only time I had bills under $100 was the four months I was tied in the lease but was no longer living there with HVAC unit shut off. Plus my a/c unit froze up 5 times in the course of 6 weeks when I started it up the first time in the spring, "they fixed it" every time but it kept happening. No double vanity in my unit and the connected master bath was smaller than the "guest" bath. I wouldn't be calling these "new units" when they are almost 15 years old. Be prepared for a lengthy list of move out items...basically you're supposed to do their job and have the place spotless (carpet cleaning, paint, tearing apart the stove to clean, etc); even renting from individuals in the past, I never had to deal with this much. They also conveniently sent this list to me 10 days before my move out date. When I was forced to renew my lease I was told my rent HAD to be increased by $50 because that was just the way it was as I had supposedly rented on a special and was no where near the "normal amount." Next week I found the same 2b/2b apartment as mine listed for the price my rent had previously been...
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