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anonymous

Resident 2009 - 2010

10/29/2010

Pros: --apartments are really, really clean (this is my #1 concern in an apartment). I have never had problems with rodents or bugs or anything else that doens't belong in an apartment and I don't have to worry about leaving food out on the counter, dishes in the sink overnight, etc --the apartments are also really, really big. my 1 bedroom was 750-ish square feet and feels reallllllly spacious --my apartment was very sunny and has lots of natural light and floor to ceiling windows for almost an entire wall in the living room --washer & dryer in the apartment...cannot emphasize enough how AWESOME this is! --underground, covered parking for FREE --maintenance services are awesome - they have a guarantee that once you submit a maintenance request (which you can do super easily on-line) they will get it done within some period of time (i think 24 or 48 hrs) and if they don't, you live rent free until they fix it. i've only submitted a couple maintenance requests, but when i have, they've been taken care of very, very promptly and the people are super friendly --great fitness center in the main building --concierge that receives packages, etc --convenient location to many things in waltham: half a mile to the grocery store, CVS and public library, around a mile to moody st and all its restaurants, a couple miles to newton, and right across the street from the children's hospital and waltham family medicine, so going to the doctor is super easy. --rent is pretty reasonable considering the quality of the apartment and all the luxuries of the complex - don't know what they're like now, but i got a special when i move in and only paid around $1200 a month for a very big 1 bedroom --leasing office has always been friendly and very easy to deal with --Got my full security deposit back within a week of moving out...phenomenal! Cons: there are really only a few I can think of and they're pretty minor, but here they are.. --concierge is frequently away from the desk. they have a phone now so you can call them when they're not there, but still its a little annoying. --they advertise free wi-fi in all the common areas and it was very flaky, at least for the first few months i lived here (after that i got internet in my apartment and never used it again) --if you live in one of the two "non-main" buildings, you have to go to the main building to pick up packages, which is mildly annoying --despite the fact that they have a policy of not renting to college students, there seem to be a lot and sometimes they are loud (then again sometimes screaming babies are loud at 4 am, so don't hate on JUST the young people...) --walls are fairly thin, its pretty easy to hear your neighbors --people are not super friendly..i've never really met anyone else in the building, although i haven't really tried to. they do have some apartment "social events" that i have never been able to make it to. --while the apartments are beautiful, the interiors of the buildings are a little hotel-like and sterile-looking. --i've heard people complain about break-ins and the management has posted signs warning not to leave valuables in your car. i've never had any problems with that, but i dont leave valuables in my car and its not exactly an attractive nuisance ('99 camry) --the neighborhood is a little sketch to have such a fancy apartment building - i feel perfectly safe in the daylight, but its not a place i would walk alone at night...then again neither are a lot of places --it's not a good place if you have pets - they have ridiculously high pet fees: something like a $750 non-refundable "deposit" and then $100/month for each pet or something... Overall, this apartment complex certainly has disadvantages, but every place does, and I think the negatives here are pretty trivial and outweighed by the positives. I would highly recommend the place to anyone moving to Waltham/Newton.

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