Well let's see have been debating this for awhile now have just been pushed too much. When I moved in 8 years ago this was not a bad place to live.
Mgmt will:
Arbitrarily enforce rental covenants : want to hang a flag? No way you can't hang anything off the balcony. Reason stated: will damage balcony, the particular flag in question had been up for about 2 years. If you want to hang a 20lb satellite or decorative lights on the flimsy railing that seems to be ok though. There seems to be a
...lot of hypocrisy on what is and is not enforced. They say it's to keep the complex looking beautiful, so I guess that means wind burnt, dirty white siding is beautiful.
Rent will increase I am in my 4th straight year of rent increase, every time this renews there are a bevy of unnecessary additional covenants for such a simple transaction.
Require proof of insurance: personally I feel this is an invasion of privacy and totally pointless since a policy is pro rated. You could sign up for a policy, take the cert in as proof, cancel the policy that afternoon and receive the prorated premium back. I would never be without liability insurance, but honestly it is none of their business and pointless due to the pro rated nature.
The air conditioning is a joke. The units in these apts are high efficiency. They are very loud and cannot keep the apt lower than 74 degrees. In summertime they will never shut off more than 5 minutes and will just drone on and on and on until you would rather just sit in the sweltering heat than deal with the head shattering migraine they induce.
When I first moved in maintenance would pop in maybe 3 times a year, the past 10 months of 2015 they have popped in more than a dozen. I don't know if they are just looking for infractions or what, but it is excessive.
Like every other apartment I've lived in walls & floor transmit some sound depending on the neighbors you have it may be better or worse, I've had both flavors. Pray your neighbors do not have a yipping small dog, it will be everyone's problem.
I am not sure if this culture originates from a corporate office (gross builders) or from the local office onsite, but I always come away feeling like this place is revolted by its customers, rather than letting them make this place a home and enjoying the uniqueness that can evolve in safe little commuter towns like spring hill. I am a 30 something, quiet, professional that is sick of dealing with these issues.
Max of 2. 2 Pet Limit per Suite.