Land and Co. owns several Apartment complexes in the G.R. Area, I lived at 2 of them.

Woodfield, 3 years Apartment At York Creek. 4 years

I have lived at 2 of the apartment complexes owned and operated by Land And Co. Woodfield Apartments located at 60th and Eastern in Kentwood, and YorkCreek Apartments, where I recently moved from, on Alpine Ave, just north of 4 mile road in Comstock Park. Both places have near identical floor plans, and the apartment comes with a garage with remote door opener. Extra parking is available.

There is a rental fee and a montly utility fee that covers Trash removal and Heating.

You pay for the airconditioning as it is electric. The AC unit for my apartment was in the living room, on the outside wall, next to the slider door that went out to a patio, due to my being on the ground level. It cooled the entire apartment but I had to use fans to move the cool air down the hall way and into the bedrooms.

My apartment also was next to the Laundry room. In summmer time, the lack of ventalaton in the laundry room, would cause my apartment to heat up, in the winter, that extra heat made the dining area a bit warmer.

The Maintance was pretty good. 3 times I called for one problem, the other 4 times I called they came out immeaditly and fixed the problem. Had to recall them to remind them of fixing the bathroom tub fixture just before I left.

In apartment heat, (radiator heat) is ok and is part of your rent. But in a 2 bedroom apartment the heat does not get into the bedrooms,unless you have a fan blowing at floor level. Espically in the far bedroom, which for both of my apartments was the master bedroom. However once the apartment got warm in winter, it stayed warm. Windows had a slight draft, but nothing major, in fact it was kind of nice.

They have venecian blinds for the windows, cleaning them is a pain. The Slider door to the patio or deck, has vertical blinds, which I think are nicer. Screens in the windows fit ok, but not snug, and bugs could get in along the edges.

Kitchen has electric stove, Refrigerator with freezer above, with ice trays, which worked good enough for me.

Kitchen sink was ok, no garbage disposal though. Dishwasher ran as good as could be expected. Fan over stove worked well.

Could use a little extra sound proofing between walls and cealings. Sometimes can hear neighbors next door, and could definatly hear the heavy footed neighbors in the apartment above me, in fact for a while it was a problem as I worked nights and slept days.

Bathroom exaust fans at times seemed to not be working properly, as if the exaust ports were blocked above. Very possible as I have seen smart birds figure out how to get past the exaust covers and into the piping where they build nests that are out of the weather and away from predators. Unfortintaly this means the exaust pipes get plugged up.

Rent is due on 1st of the month. 5 dollar a day late fee, up to 50 bucks. Some times they enforce it, some times they do not. If they take you to court for a judgment and/or eviction, costs can range from 180 to 250. And when they take you to court for being behind 275 bucks, they have to add on the following months rent just to make it look as if you are some kind of a dead beat. The added court costs will be at or near what was truly owed minus the next months rent. From what I have heard from neighbors, this is more common than not. You are 1 payment behind, at 275 and the court costs are 250. That makes a lot of sense. No wonder I've seen a lot of people are moving out of here lately. Bet they did it to more than one of us. Michigans economy is bad enough without these people taking folks to court for being 1 payment behind. That's just plain stupid, but they have and will continue to do it.
They did it to me so many times over the years I got to know their attorney Jon Vos on a first name basis.

So if you are in a tight financial situation, try to avoid being taken to court. Work something out, or get out of the apartment or something. Late fees and court fees can add up fast if you are on a limited income.

Mail boxes are located just inside the security door of your building, in the main hallway of the building. These are small, 4x4x12 inch boxes. If you get a package, there are 2 sets of lockers where the packages will be put for you to pick up. A key with a number on it, will be placed in your box, and then you can go to one of the 2 locations (depending on the number) and retreve your package.

Laundry. Some apartments have laundry hookups inside. Others have laundry rooms on the first floor. 2 top loader, agitator washers, and 2 dryers for 12 apartments. In all the time I have lived here, very rarely did I need to get laundry done when someone else was doing theirs. Also I rarly heard the laundry room unless someone slammed a washer lid shut or a dryer door shut.

Security doors to buildings. In my building, they have had security door problems due to people proping them open when they move in or out of an apartment.
There is a buzzer system for guests, but no names on the listings, or aparment numbers. Assume apartment 1 at the top and 12 at bottom. 4 apartments to a floor, 3 floors to a building.

Garages are nice. Each comes with its own remote control door opener and a key that can be used instead. Garages are spaceus enough for midsized cars. At woodfield I kept my full sized Crysler 5th avenue in it, (a snug fit) and at YorkCreek my Mercury topaz with plenty of walk around room. This is espcialy nice in the winter time. The walk to the apartment from my garage was only about 90 feet or so, or about 30 yards.

If you renew a lease, they offer free carpet cleaning. If you never renew, but stay on month to month, well, you might want to get it cleaned anyways at your expense. But the fellows who do it, are reasonably priced. Check with the office for more information.

Neighbors come and go, and although I did have problem with the heavy footed people in the apartment above me, nothing serious came of it, and everyone else tends to be a bit friendly if not nuetral.

There is a tennis court, but no playground for the kids or little ones, nor is there a pool for tenant use.

Yorkcreek is located just half a block from a Walmart superstore, and 2 banks, Best buy, a hand full of resturants and 2 blocks from 2 major shopping centers. 2 other banks are within 3 blocks on Alpine avenue north of the complex. There are 3 grocerie stores within 3 miles, Meijer,Plumbs, and Walmart. Township post office is only 2 miles away, a good long walk but not too long.

York Creek is tucked in a corner neer, but not too close, to a major highway intersection. It has easy access to US 131 or I-196 the 2 major highways running thru Grand Rapids.

All in all, a fair to good complex, ran by good people, at a great location *IF* you pay the rent on time every month. And in Michigans economy that may be easier said, than done.

User Responses
From: Gatts	Date: 08/21/2008
"Michigans economy is bad enough without these people taking folks to court for being 1 payment behind. That's just plain stupid, but they have and will continue to do it." Wow... are you serious? First off, if you can't pay your rent on time, look for someplace cheaper. Secondly, Land and Co. has every right to take you to court after non-payment of rent, even if your only one payment behind. Don't blame them for your financial problems.
From: Anonymous	Date: 08/21/2008
Sure Land and Co has the right. But doing so in this screwed up economy is NOT going to help their bottom line. Think about it. People are struggling to pay the rent with what little money they have. Taking them to court for 1 payment is kinda stupid. Basically they end up diverting money that could have gone to land and co to catch their rent back up, into the hands of the court (and lawyer Rich Vos) instead of being used to catch up on the rent. That's is one of the reasons 3 of my neighbors moved out. I guess they would rather have vacant apartments than working class people who get a little behind, but still pay their bills even if it takes a little longer than planned. Like I said in the review, its not a bad place. Good location. The only bad part I saw about it was 2 things. No play ground for the kids, and if ya get behind, you might as well move out.

Your thoughts? Post a response to this review. Display my response: with my username anonymously Responses appear below reviews and one response per user is permitted.

   Free estimates on moving trucks      Find apartment share/roommates