The Lake Shore Apartments formerly Lake in the Woods

2500 Lake in the Woods Boulevard, Ypsilanti, MI 48198
734-482-2800 WEBSITE save favorite

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recommended by:
65%

overall rating:

2.7

3.0

Parking:

2.8

Maintenance:

2.8

Construction:

2.9

Noise:

2.9

Grounds:

2.7

Safety:

2.8

Office Staff:

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01/28/2012

Great place to call home

YES

5.0

Lake shore is a great place to live! A lot of my family and friends have moved in here as well after visiting my apartment and being impressed with the property (the referral bonus of $500 is a big help ... more

12/28/2011

It's a decent place to live...

YES

4.0

I've lived here since June and I like it so far. I don't have any big complaints. Figured I'd just give a list of what I like and don't like. LIKES: *secured entrance...The main thing I like is that not just anyone ... more

12/15/2011

Community - not just a complex

YES

4.0

I have lived in Lakeshore since May of 2009. I love this community and would recommend it to anyone. Although it is not located in the perfect area, it is a secure/safe community. I am very pleased with my stay ... more

11/16/2011

Great Place with a Fabulous Staff!

YES

5.0

Since I lived here, almost 2 years, the staff has been nothing but great, fun and always smiling! I witnessed an unfriendly resident get "nasty" (lack of a better word), with the office staff. They still smiled and tried to ... more

11/15/2011

Living the Lake Shore Lifestyle!

YES

5.0

I love living at The Lake Shore Apartments. I have lived her almost 2 years, and I have no plans on moving till I am ready to make the big leap into a house. I love the amenities they offer ... more

08/08/2011

Wouldn't recommend to my worst enemy

1.0

07/20/2011

A sad disappointment

3.0

07/14/2011

Gets my vote any day-Highly recommend

YES

5.0

07/13/2011

You Pay for the Name

2.0

07/07/2011

Not one complaint! VERY SAFE!

YES

5.0

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The Lake Shore Apartments is an apartment community located in Ypsilanti , MI . It has also been known as Lake in the Woods . The following apartment communities are located nearby: Lake Pointe Apartments ( 0.2 miles), Bryn Mawr Apartments ( 0.7 miles), and Brookwood Apartments ( 1.2 miles).

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07/04/2011	New and dissatisfied	NO	2.0
06/27/2011	Maintenance	YES	5.0
06/27/2011	Maintenance	NO	3.0
05/16/2011	Confused by ratings. AMAZING PLACE	YES	5.0
05/10/2011	Best Maintenance, Best Apartments	YES	5.0
05/03/2011	Great Experience	YES	5.0
04/27/2011	Best place yet	YES	5.0
04/26/2011	Whaaat!	YES	3.0
03/19/2011	Do your research first!	NO	2.0
02/28/2011	Need to update	NO	1.0
02/14/2011	Please do yourself a favor, and consider renting somewhere else.	NO	1.0
02/10/2011	Pretty Nice Place	YES	5.0
02/07/2011	RUN AWAY!	NO	2.0
01/12/2011	no title	NO	1.0
10/16/2010	Poor Customer Service	YES	3.0
09/17/2010	Very bad management	NO	1.0
08/14/2010	it's okay	NO	3.0
08/10/2010	Nice place to live	YES	4.0
08/10/2010	DO NOT MOVE HERE!	NO	1.0
08/06/2010	Excellent....for Ypsilanti	YES	4.0
05/20/2010	Average place for Ypsilanti, except for the price	NO	2.0
05/07/2010	Comming home/ Sandra Caron	YES	5.0
03/23/2010	Lovin it!	YES	3.0
03/08/2010	LOVE LIVING AT LAKE SHORE	YES	5.0
01/18/2010	Wonderful Here	YES	5.0
12/21/2009	Parking headache	YES	3.0
12/19/2009	Good deal, no real complaints	YES	4.0
11/04/2009	love living here	YES	5.0
10/04/2009	I like it here!	YES	5.0
10/01/2009	The Lakeshore Thruth	YES	5.0
09/27/2009	I'm really happy here so far...	YES	4.0
09/25/2009	LIVE HERE IF YOU DARE!!!!!!!!!	NO	1.0
08/26/2009	Former and New Tenant	YES	4.0
08/23/2009	We love our new home	YES	5.0
08/20/2009	You really need to laugh	NO	3.0
08/12/2009	Excellent Property Manager & Staff!	YES	3.0
08/11/2009	Great place to live.	YES	4.0
08/11/2009	I love LAKESHORE!!!!	YES	5.0
08/10/2009	no title	NO	3.0
08/04/2009	Manager	NO	1.0
07/27/2009	Pretty Good	YES	4.0
06/22/2009	The best mantenace man.	YES	5.0
06/15/2009	musek	YES	5.0
06/13/2009	The Maintenance Crew Rocks	YES	5.0
06/12/2009	I love my apartment	YES	5.0
05/24/2009	Huge Spiders	NO	3.0
05/05/2009	My Lake Shore experience	YES	5.0
03/03/2009	I like it here	YES	5.0
01/12/2009	Worst place to live	NO	2.0
11/11/2008	Love it	YES	5.0
10/30/2008	WOW WHAT A NIGHTMARE	NO	1.0
10/08/2008	Finally a place for students !	YES	5.0
10/06/2008	Stay far, far away...	NO	1.0
09/17/2008	Great	YES	5.0
09/17/2008	So Far..... Excellent!	YES	5.0
09/16/2008	get over it	YES	5.0
09/16/2008	This Place SUCKS!	NO	1.0
09/09/2008	So far, this place is great.	YES	5.0
09/04/2008	Lived there, and hated it	NO	1.0
08/28/2008	this place rocks	YES	5.0
08/28/2008	Wow :)	YES	5.0
08/27/2008	I like lakeshore	YES	5.0
08/27/2008	Getting worse...	NO	2.0
08/07/2008	Much better...but still not great	YES	3.0
07/31/2008	Price Is Right.....	YES	5.0
07/29/2008	Tons of amenities; how can you go wrong?	YES	5.0
07/11/2008	Don't Even Think About It	NO	1.0
06/19/2008	You can't please everyone...	YES	3.0
06/14/2008	not nice managment	NO	2.0
06/04/2008	No	NO	2.0
05/14/2008	I am amazed	YES	5.0
05/13/2008	better but.................	YES	3.0
05/03/2008	I enjoy living here	YES	5.0
04/29/2008	Get Involved & Enjoy...Don't Complain	YES	5.0
04/27/2008	Lived here 2 years, not that happy, ready to move on	NO	3.0
04/13/2008	That's a damn lie!	NO	1.0
04/10/2008	I LOVE THIS PLACE!	YES	5.0
03/27/2008	Beautiful view	YES	5.0
03/25/2008	Dropping the Hammer	YES	4.0
03/24/2008	very happy so far	YES	4.0
01/20/2008	Safe and Secure	YES	5.0
01/11/2008	I love The Lake Shore Apts!	YES	5.0
01/10/2008	it is some better	YES	3.0
01/04/2008	anonymous	NO	1.0
01/04/2008	I HAVE HAD ENOUGH	NO	3.0
12/27/2007	I LOVE THIS PLACE!	YES	5.0
12/27/2007	10 years	YES	5.0
11/28/2007	I really like my apartment	YES	5.0
10/12/2007	Lakeshore equals Lake in the Hood/DONT MOVE HERE	NO	1.0
09/04/2007	Do Not Move here	NO	3.0
08/04/2007	RUN FAR FAR AWAY	NO	1.0
06/27/2007	Ghetto Paradise	NO	2.0
06/01/2007	I really like it.	YES	4.0
05/27/2007	Biggest mistake ever, glad I'm moving out!	NO	1.0
04/01/2007	movin in?	YES	3.0
03/10/2007	Can't wait to leave...	NO	2.0
03/04/2007	Honest Resident	NO	1.0
01/31/2007	RUN- don't walk RUN AWAY!	NO	1.0
01/31/2007	HORRIBLE!!	NO	1.0
01/18/2007	Okay but in the process of breaking my lease.	NO	2.0
01/11/2007	Still horrible...	NO	1.0
11/22/2006	Someone i know works there and she does a great job, and she is the manager of the apartments she trys her best, but she has a boss that has better things to worry about...	YES	4.0
10/26/2006	no title	NO	1.0
10/25/2006	Dont live there	NO	2.0
10/18/2006	Okay until McKinnley left (Honest Review Good/Bad)	NO	3.0
10/02/2006	no title	NO	1.0
10/01/2006	Wouldnt want to live here	NO	1.0
08/24/2006	We like it for the most part!	YES	4.0
08/10/2006	they never answer the phone	NO	1.0
08/03/2006	Better When McKinley Properties was here.	NO	1.0
07/04/2006	no title	YES	3.0
07/01/2006	Beautiful apartment...empty management promises	YES	3.0
06/24/2006	Too good to be true? Sadly, yes.	NO	1.0
06/12/2006	Not bad	YES	4.0
06/01/2006	Don't listen to these crappy reviews	YES	3.0
06/01/2006	Nice to come home	YES	5.0
05/30/2006	Terrible experience!!	NO	2.0
04/26/2006	an honest look at good and bad	NO	1.0
04/26/2006	Above Average...	YES	4.0
04/14/2006	???	NO	3.0
04/01/2006	What a place!	YES	4.0
03/31/2006	bad & getting worse	NO	2.0
02/17/2006	What a Joke!	NO	1.0
02/03/2006	STOP LOOKING, THIS IS GREAT!	YES	5.0
01/11/2006	Great amenties, nice place to come home to	YES	5.0
10/28/2005	I got a story!	NO	1.0
09/11/2005	Marketing Fraud	NO	1.0
08/24/2005	I love Lakeshore. Beautiful views.	YES	5.0
08/14/2005	no title	YES	5.0
08/14/2005	Just not good	NO	2.0
08/13/2005	OMG! Lake in the Hood, I meen Lakeshore Apartments	NO	2.0
08/08/2005	New and Improved	YES	4.0
07/28/2005	Maintenance sucks...don't live here	NO	1.0
07/08/2005	I love, LOVE, my apartment	YES	4.0
03/29/2005	Can't wait to leave!	NO	1.0
03/17/2005	no title	YES	4.0
03/09/2005	no title	YES	3.0
01/27/2005	I WANT OUT!!!!!!!!	NO	1.0
01/19/2005	Ready to LEAVE!!!	NO	1.0
01/07/2005	Good Place	YES	5.0
12/29/2004	LEAK IN THE WOODS	NO	1.0
12/08/2004	no title	YES	4.0
11/29/2004	I have referred many (sorry for that)	NO	1.0
10/27/2004	ACTUAL REPORT?	NO	1.0
10/14/2004	Change the name, but it's more Lake In The Hood than ever	NO	1.0
10/12/2004	Life in the Hood	NO	3.0
09/25/2004	See you later	NO	3.0
09/22/2004	People Getting Shot!	NO	1.0
09/09/2004	I almost got raped...being chased by a tenant.	NO	1.0
09/01/2004	Read for a Non Partisan Opinion	NO	3.0
08/31/2004	LITW=Little Is Told When you rent	NO	2.0
05/26/2004	no problems so far	YES	4.0
05/21/2004	Like the smell of cat piss and sight of yellow appliances?	NO	1.0
05/19/2004	Used to be a GREAT place.....	NO	2.0
05/11/2004	Maybe it's you	YES	3.0
05/11/2004	ITS ALL TRUE!!!	NO	1.0
05/07/2004	not a very nice place to live	NO	2.0
04/19/2004	Love it here	YES	3.0
04/19/2004	Not Found As Advertised	NO	1.0
04/12/2004	Sounds like Leasing Consultants are trying to pad the reviews!	NO	1.0
03/21/2004	Huge apartment very spacious!!!	YES	4.0
03/14/2004	Get real!!	YES	4.0
03/07/2004	Worse than hell!!!!!!	NO	2.0
02/25/2004	Where are you people living?	YES	3.0
02/18/2004	God Forsaken/Hell Hole	NO	1.0
01/21/2004	Read Before Signing A Lease Here	NO	1.0
01/06/2004	the old days	YES	5.0
01/02/2004	crack towers	NO	1.0
01/02/2004	This place continues to disappoint.	NO	1.0
12/31/2003	WOW! Best McKinley Property of all!	YES	4.0
12/09/2003	no title	YES	5.0
11/01/2003	Did NOT like it.	NO	1.0
10/24/2003	Its a good place	YES	3.0
10/15/2003	So frustrating to live here	NO	2.0
09/24/2003	Drug dealer heaven... families beware!	NO	1.0
09/19/2003	WORST APARTMENTS EVER!!!!	NO	1.0
09/15/2003	horrible, aweful, terrible, sucks!!!	NO	1.0
09/14/2003	Some People Are Just Plain Stupid!	YES	3.0
09/09/2003	RODENTS, GALORE!!	NO	1.0
08/03/2003	Liked but didn´t love it	YES	3.0
08/02/2003	THIS IS WORSE THAN LIVING IN IRAQ!!!	NO	1.0
07/15/2003	McKinley? Don´t trust them completely	NO	3.0
07/10/2003	Lake in da hood	NO	2.0
06/14/2003	Good for college students	YES	5.0
04/14/2003	Lake in the Wood or Lake in the Hood?	NO	2.0
04/09/2003	I would rather live in that ghetto by the wooden nickle!	NO	1.0
04/07/2003	Good to better!!!	YES	5.0
03/31/2003	Whistleblowers? legacy continues	YES	3.0
02/19/2003	Don't Recommend	NO	1.0
01/30/2003	Wonderful history, nightmare present, ??? Future	NO	1.0
01/15/2003	Absolutly the worst place I have ever seen	NO	1.0
12/31/2002	Brookline	NO	1.0
12/21/2002	stay in a SHELTER rather than live here!! This place should be CONDEMNED!!!	NO	1.0
12/16/2002	Take Another Look	YES	4.0
12/16/2002	don´t move here	NO	1.0
11/22/2002	looks like the OWNERS are now posting in this forum THIS PLACE IS A DUMP!!!*	NO	1.0
11/20/2002	making changes for the better	YES	5.0
11/20/2002	I do not own or work for Lake in the Woods... Just informing the ignorant public...	YES	5.0
11/08/2002	DO NOT MOVE HERE!!!	NO	1.0
10/18/2002	HORRIBLE!!!!	NO	1.0
10/14/2002	when we lived there...	NO	2.0
10/01/2002	Maintenance Sucks Here and the Maintenance Manager Tina has no Clue	NO	1.0
09/16/2002	LIARS!! CHEATS!!! CROOKS!!!	NO	1.0
08/26/2002	"LAKE IN THE WOODS FALLS FROM GRACE"	NO	1.0
08/26/2002	protect yourself	NO	1.0
08/17/2002	WE ARE FINALLY OUT!!!!!!	NO	1.0
07/23/2002	I USED to love this place	NO	1.0
07/22/2002	A Scam -- Not Much has changed!	NO	1.0
07/12/2002	unsanitary	NO	2.0
07/02/2002	Dangerous, Loud, Dirty, and Unacceptable	NO	1.0
06/27/2002	Cheated	NO	1.0
06/26/2002	Don´t be caught dead there	NO	1.0
06/18/2002	Lake In The "Hood"	NO	1.0
06/17/2002	A shame...	NO	2.0
06/15/2002	The Ypsi police will never have to worry about job security	NO	1.0
04/30/2002	Do NOT live here	NO	1.0
04/23/2002	An honest opinion	NO	1.0
04/11/2002	This is rotten place with no rules, no respect for each other.	NO	1.0
04/10/2002	False Advertising	NO	1.0
04/06/2002	You may be killed by gun fire if that´s ok. move in	NO	1.0
04/05/2002	Worse to Disgusting to Shameful	NO	1.0
04/01/2002	A Nightmare! Read it all for real experiences.	NO	1.0
03/14/2002	changes	YES	4.0
03/05/2002	loved it	YES	5.0
02/27/2002	Get Out While You Can	NO	1.0
02/09/2002	Run like hell!	NO	1.0
01/31/2002	Don´t Waste Your Time!!!	NO	2.0
01/11/2002	Downward Spiral	NO	2.0
01/10/2002	God help you.	NO	2.0
01/06/2002	carry a gun if you visit -- DO NOT LIVE HERE!	NO	1.0
11/05/2001	"carry a knife"	NO	1.0
11/04/2001	Don´t bring any valuables and Good luck	NO	1.0
10/29/2001	I wouldn´t live there, but...	NO	2.0