I have lived here for 6 months now and I have really enjoyed it here. I will try to give all of the pro's and con's so you can make a valid decision. All of this is based on my experience. Just remember, with any apartment there will always be things that are not perfect.

Pro's
1. Management responds quickly to any problems or requests.
ex: I needed my thermostat fixed, replace blinds that I broke, new storage unit prepared... all done with in the first 1-3 days of request. With this many units, I find that time very good!

2. They let you have pets, cats, and any weight dog! They have a great dog park for your pets to go run around.

3. The building is rent controlled, after you sign the lease for as long as you live here your rent will never go up. Thats amazing!

4. They take great care of the landscaping, beautiful, it has a volley ball court, playground for kids and picnic areas with several grills.

5. The management staff is extremely friendly and will help with anything they can that is within reason.

6. Water, HEAT and garbage is included in rent. My electric bill for a 2-bedroom is only $35 a month! In most apartments, Heat really makes your bill huge!

7. The parking lots are very well lit, and they have a couple small lots and one very large lot (parking may stink if you live in the units farther from the big lot).

8. Oakdale Village had some vandalism on one of their buildings so they hired a new security company to monitor our community. I see them all the time, and feel safe.

9. They have volleyball games, and community parties in the courtyard in the summer. ( bouncy castles for kids, popcorn, face painting,tacos, nachos, water balloon valleyball and raffle prizes!) To put that much time and effort in, obviously they care about their tenants.

10. They are updating the building, repainted all the hallways, re carpeting ect. Hopefully the outside of the building will be next! It's obvious that they are make great efforts to stay up to date.

11. The apartments have lots of space, the first floor has huge windows! They let you paint your apartment (as long as you paint it back before you leave) so you can give it your own personality! Our carpet is very good, and appliances are good. Our apartments let a lot of light in!

12. Most neighbors are VERY nice.

Con's

1. If you are a smoker, there is no smoking in any of the buildings. You have to go outside which I am not a smoker but I do oppose telling people what to do with their own apartments. Sorry smokers.

2. If you live in the units far from the big parking lot it's a bit of a walk to the big lot. It can get irritating.

3. In winter people get lazy with picking up dog poo. It can be very gross!

4. The townhomes right next to the apartments( they are not owned by Oakdale Village) are subsidized housing... those homes can be very loud with their music and voices.

5. The walls in apartments are very thin, I can hear my neighbor walk all over in her apartment upstairs. I hear everyone who walks on the stairs and open doors to the entryways. (My apartment is next to the stairs)

6. The sidewalks were incredibly icy in winter, if you are elderly you may not want to live here for fear of falling!

7. There is no pool! Or gym! However, that does make your rent much cheaper than anywhere else you will find.

I hope this helps, just remember every place has it's problems. But I find that any problems that do occur, they try to fix it. They do want to make their tenants happy. The good out weighs the bad to me so I plan on staying a long time.

User Responses
From: Anonymous	Date: 08/13/2008
FYI Your rent will go up if you renew your lease. We lived there for 2 years when we renewed our lease our rent went up 50 bucks a month and they wanted to boost it again for our 3rd year but we moved
From: snwbunnie2001	Date: 12/03/2008
You can smoke in the buildings, but some buildings are non-smaoking. Also they can increase your rent when your lease is up but that's like anywhere.

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