I lived in Sheraton Apartments from 2020-2021 during my senior year at Samford in a spacious one bed one bath. The Pros were: QUIETEST apartment I have ever lived in...oh my god I miss the quiet and not being able to hear my neighbors--there's bricks in the wall (because it was made in 1952), so the units are essentially soundproof. For the amount of space you get and the FANTASTIC neighborhood, it's a great price for the rent--seriously a safe and tucked away neighborhood downtown, beautiful and
...access to O'Henry's, Rojo...walks a bit down and you hit a park and a wine bar. Great. I never had an issue with any appliances breaking...but the only appliances were a stove and a fridge. People leave furniture next to the dumpster...and that was fun got some cool pieces out of that.
The cons were: The AC units are incredibly, incredibly loud...it took me a while to get used to them/be able to sleep with them. My floors were the original 1952 flooring so if the temperature changed in the unit they would peel up and then warp back down and they looked perpetually dirty because of the residue that had compacted into them from the years, this was the case in the kitchen tile and bathroom tile. My shower did not have cold water, you had to run the tap and shower until it ran clear (it's just iron though, this is common in older apartments), parking can get difficult because there is an event hall across the street so wedding guests take up parking when that happens (the venue does not stay loud after 12 though), do not get mail there...packages, if they can even get through the door, get stolen all the time, left on the front steps, etc. There's no way for Fedex, Amazon, USPS people to get in through the front door unless someone happens to come out. I had one letter mailed to Sheraton, with my name and address on the front...and they opened it "because they thought it was my rent", saw that it was a letter addressed to me....and then returned it to sender instead of just giving it to me...weirdest thing. There's a lady bug issue in the summer, but spray fixed it. They didn't turn on the heat until February...there are heaters in all the units but the furnace wasn't turned on until February so they were useless until then.
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