Jefferson Center
8701 West Parmer Lane, Austin, TX 78729
512-257-3110  WEBSITE save favorite
AVERAGE RATING
recommended by:
35%

overall rating:
2.6
2.8
2.85 Parking:
3.0
2.98 Maintenance:
2.7
2.65 Construction:
2.4
2.4 Noise:
3.3
3.26 Grounds:
3.2
3.18 Safety:
2.5
2.45 Office Staff:
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I moved out after 2 months

From: -Anonymous-
Date posted: 5/17/2006
Years at this apartment: 2006 - 2006
 
I had very bad experience with JFC.
Apts look nice from the outside, but this is where all the advantages end. Living in these brightly colored cardboard boxes - is very different experience.
I wanted to move out 2 weeks into my lease, and I used the 30-days "satisfaction guarantee", that turned out to be a total joke.
That 30-day satisfaction guarantee (they give you a "certicate") stated that you can move out within 30 days after your initial move-in if you are not satisfied !FOR ANY REASON! And I had a lot of reasons not to be satisfied. They did not want to let me go, until I finally threatened to sue them for the breach of promise. So they had to let me go but not after I had to spend another month there while they were figuring out how to put my leaving before the lease end in their papers - because there is NO 30-day satifaction gurantee - it's all B.S.

Anyway, here are the reasons for my move out:
1. I was promised a garage right next to my apartment, that's why I moved in. After I moved in, turned out that the garage were supposed to give me was used for their own needs (they kept garden hoses, lawnmowers, and such there), and they gave me a garage on the opposite end of the complex. Very inconvenient, corner location, entrance(exit)constantly blocked by other cars. (How stupid or inconsiderate you have to be to block a garage at 8 pm, and think that nobody would be coming because it was "too late already").
2. Very poor soundproofing and insulation. I was relatively lucky, my neighbours were quet, but you could hear and feel people walking, talking, TV, raido, etc... A lot of people with trashy cars working on them outside, revving engines working them out...

Very noisy AC, that would not cool it off enough working all day....

3. Gym was OK (I used it in the morning, when there were few people there). Using pool or club room was not an option because of too many noisy drunken punk rats there.

4. Instead of gating the community they put speed bumps every 5 yards.

5. Maintanence was awful. Never followed through on their promises.

Given the very high price I was paying for the garage and 2bdr/2bth apartment while getting all the conveniences of a doghouse I decided that I had enough.

This apt is OK if you a undergraduate college student and this is your first apartment. (Not sure though how many undergrads can afford these apts at such a price). But if you are a working professional and need some rest after a long work day, JFC would be a very poor choise for you.

P.S. Office staff was nice, but very inexperienced. If you need something serious, never waste your time with them, go directly for the manager.

Recommended: NO
Overall Rating
2 out of 5
Parking:
2 of 5
Maintenance:
3 of 5
Construction: 2 of 5
Noise:
2 of 5
Grounds: 2 of 5
Safety: 3 of 5
Office Staff:
1 of 5
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