I "served" a year sentence/lease in Canyon Hell. I wanted a ground floor apt - it was ground floor on one side, but not on the other. The girl who lived under me BOOMED her stereo non-stop from about 7am until 1am and sometimes later. I tried speaking to her, but it degenerated into a confrontation, so I went to the office to get them to enforce their own lease regarding nuisances. What a joke! Yeah, they're very nice folks - friendly, etc. But, I don't pay a lease (and subsequently their wages) for them to be my friend. They did NOTHING about the situation and told me to call the police, that after three noise complaints they can evict. They even had the number to the APD sector commander for me - coincidence' (btw..an eviction process can take up to a year) Then the girl downstairs was puffing pot on her patio, the fumes of which wafted into my apartment. Again, I went to the office - and to my surprise, all I was told was "We're aware of it - it's being watched." ''''' Again - the folks in the office are really nice folks, but a bit lame when it comes to getting down and dirty with problem children.
Parking'' FORGET IT. Unless you've staked out your parking spot by 6pm, you won't be able to park anywhere NEAR your apartment. The ratio of the covered parking spots (which you have to pay extra for) compared to free spots is ludicrous, and tow trucks DO troll this place. Some Friday and Saturday nights I could not find a free space on my side of the complex and ended up having to stumble through the unlit center courtyard (VERY hazardous) after parking on the opposite side of the complex. The garbage dumpsters often went unemptied for several days, resulting in an unsightly and smelly pile of trash about them. I had a 1-br apartment, which I thought for $649 a month was poor quality (AND that included a $150 break for a 1yr lease), and rather small (now that I see what else is available.) Bottom line (finally!): This place is TOO expensive, run-down, resident unfriendly, and centered in a rotten part of town with lots of vagrants in the area. Of all the nice things they say are in Austin, none are in this neighborhood.

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