I moved in with a student discount in Nov 2005, paying $460 for my 1 bed. The rent went up to $485, and they were trying to ask for over $500 for my non-renovated 1 bed. The excuse from the manager was that they had renovated the other apartments. However, the only utility you have to pay for is electricity. And the water is always hot; not an electric heater.

The manager is generally unfriendly -- not the kind of person I would want to be friends with. Maintenance was not particularly skilled; in fact, I repaired a hole in the wall and repainted when I left with more skill than they have. When I moved out, I asked the manager if I needed to have the carpets cleaned, considering I had never asked for them to be cleaned in the 4 times I extended my lease. He said no, verbally, but then charged me for it when he returned my deposit. The moral' Get EVERYTHING in writing.

I didn't have a problem with noise, but I lived on the same building as the... I guess assistant manager' Felix was very friendly and helpful -- I don't remember the manager's name, the person whom I referenced above. He also lives on site, and that building (6015) doesn't tend to be noisy. I think the other buildings are probably different. I had one situation where the upstairs neighbors had a party, and the cops were called, but they didn't stay long.

The apartment was badly repaired, and the previous occupant left an entire drawer of stuff. She also smoked in the bathroom -- I found out when I started having yellow stains seep through the paint after the first time I took a shower. The laundry room is often crowded and some broken -- look before you put in your stuff, or it could end up ripped in the driers.

I had an ant problem the whole time I lived there.

Most people had pets, and I got cats while I lived there and never had a problem, even when the manager came to change my locks and saw them. Officially, you're not allowed to have pets.

The parking was sometimes crowded and you have to pay for covered parking. People invent new parking spots sometimes, but I was never blocked in and always got in the gated area.

The gate is a joke. Pull hard and quick on the walk-in gates (besides the one near the office -- the one on 61st is always broken) and they will pop open. The car gates were broken about a quarter of the time.

What I can say for sure is that this is MUCH better than Sunflower, next door. Night and day. This apartment was probably the best value, and was certainly the best I could afford at the time. You always have trade offs.

I would recommend this to anybody who doesn't mind living in a cruddy apartment complex... where price is more important than quality. On the upside, it is straight across from GCC, so proximity is also a factor.

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