I've lived at Farrington Lake for one year, and will soon be moving out. I will start by saying that this apartment community has a location that can't be beat. It's convenient to nearly everything! The nearby Falconbridge subdivision is beautiful to walk/run around in, there are plenty of businesses nearby that make life easier, and being so close to I-40 is a major plus (I work in RTP, and it usually takes 10 minutes or less to get to work).

However, that is the only thing I liked about living here. The maintenance is very inconsistent--sometimes they will fix something the day after you call, and other times they won't bother for weeks. Other times, they won't ever fix the problem--we had a wasp nest in the stairwell outside our door, and after calling about it three times and constantly having wasps fly at us, we went out and bought our own flying insect spray. It was easy and cheap, but we shouldn't have had to do it.

The management is terrible. The people who work there are very, very nice (which is how we got fooled into renting here). But they don't do the very simplest things that you'd expect them to do. For example, shortly after moving in, I adopted cats. When I turned in my pet deposit and copies of the rabies vaccine forms, they told me they would deliver to my door a pet agreement for me to sign. After about five or six reminders, that has still never reached me. They also don't take care of matters like people leaving trash outside their doors (people are supposed to be fined for that around here), or people draping their clothes over the balcony railings (what is this, a trailer park').

The worst part about living here is leaving. When we told the managers that we were going to leave, they "suddenly realized" that we had not renewed our lease a couple months ago, and so they actually raised our rent by $200 for the last month that we'll be living here. I argued, and got them to raise it by "only" $150. There's some crafty wording in that lease, so they can actually get away with it. At least we only have to pay extra for the last month.

If you sign a lease, be prepared to have to remind the managers and maintenance to do simple crap for you, and try to write in the lease that they MUST give you 60 days notice before raising your rent, even if it switches to a month-to-month agreement.

User Responses
From: Anonymous	Date: 06/24/2007
Sounds to me like you're a dumbass regarding the lease. The lease clearly states that a 60-day written notice is required. Without knowing you or the situation, I would bet that you planned on moving out; however, you simply didn't give the office your written notice. Therefore, when it came time for you to leave . . . "Oh my god, I've gotta give a written notice . . . what the crap! I can't believe how awful and shady the management team is." Yeah, right, it must be them. If you (not the management) would've read your lease agreement and simply understood your requirements, you probably wouldn't be on this website right now bad-mouthing them. Don't criticize them for raising your rent on a Month-to-Month lease, if you are staying past the end of your lease because of your own stupidity!
From: Anonymous	Date: 06/25/2007
I did not write the first post, but the person replying is actually the dumbass, not the poster. THE STAFF is required to notify the tenant within 60 days that their lease is expiring and, if they choose to renew, what their new monthly rental rate will be. So although the poster should've been on top of it, so should the staff. Know what you're talking about before you call someone a dumbass, DUMBASS.
From: Anonymous	Date: 01/12/2008
Can't say who is right or wrong here, but I know every complex I lived at in Texas--and I lived in apartments for over 20 years there--and the one I have lived in here in NC for almost three years, I always had a notice left on my door at the appropriate time when the lease was getting ready for renewal. Even the crappy one that I lived in right before moving that had office turn over almost every month left a notice on the door. I was screwed over once for a security deposit and would recommend to anyone to read the agreement with a fine tooth comb (they are far more complicated here than in Texas, trust me!) and get pictures of anything you might have problems with on move out. This usually eliminates all potential problems so if something goes wrong the only person you can blame is yourself!
From: Anonymous	Date: 10/01/2008
I have managed apartment complexes before and have always conducted fair and professional management. "Apartment Management" means exactly that. The responsibility for managing the apartments. Falling under this would be tasks such as notices, maintenance, renewals, etc. Granted, it is one's responsibility to stay on top of one's own business. however, it is entirely the apartment managers responsibility in managing the business issues of the complex. And just a quick note to the poster beginning with "I disagree", try using spell check occasionally. Your wording is awful and you come across as a moron.

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