Old Farm
  (formerly Crossing at Old Farm and Reserve at Old Farm)

Old Farm (formerly Crossing at Old Farm and Reserve at Old Farm) is recommended by:
41.0%
Overall Rating
2.69 out 5
Parking:
2.48 of 5
Maintenance:
3.09 of 5
Construction: 2.66 of 5
Noise:
2.74 of 5
Grounds: 3.53 of 5
Safety: 2.57 of 5
Office Staff:
2.55 of 5

2500 Old Farm Road
Houston, TX 77063
713-781-2333
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Be warned... you will regret this choice

From: -Anonymous-
Date posted: 1/19/2008
Years at this apartment: 2007 - 2007
User Response is available. 3 responses

 
I have lived here several months and enjoy my particular apartment layout, but beware the lies and promises from the leasing office and the so called "resident services". They serve the residents in NO way. There has to be some kind of kick back to the service manager to hold off on money spent on repairs, because they do whatever possible to prolong every service request made. Even when they promise to do a job on a certain date/time, it never happens. This has happened on several occasions to me and the neighbors say the same. Then comes parking.... there is about a 30% difference in parking spots to apartments leased. And to top it off, they recently banned parking along the curbs which means many times that when you come home at 5pm, you will have no where to park. And I mean no where...

I would seriously think before moving here, and this is not just another angry resident, this is out of concern for others who may be lied to like we all are here at Old Farm.

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

From: Anonymous Date: 10/04/2007
Parking seems to be a nightmare here. I've noticed more & more people trying to speed into the gates after someone has opened them. Let me give you some sampling of what goes on here. It's really maddening. The other day when checking my mail, some hispanic woman w/ child in the back of a beatup car waited until someone came around the corner & opened the gate, at that point she threw her car into reverse & came screeching up behind the resident, just in time to get through the gate. That's the kind of thing that happens here. It's totally frustrating to have some idiot nearly ram into your car attempting to follow you into the gates. This puzzled me since it shouldn't be an issue to get in, IF YOU HAVE LEGITIMATE BUSINESS HERE- either you have a clicker or you call someone on the box to let you in. So after thinking about it, I've come to the conclusion that people must be packed into an apartment. In other words, there are loads of people living in one apt.- just like they do in 3rd world countries. THEREFORE, the existing parking shortage has been exacerbated by this particular problem. Will management do anything? No. They're too busy trying to trap new residents into a bad situation. For what people pay for rent here, you'd think that they would try a little harder but...it's greed, nothing but pure greed.
From: Shanimal84 Date: 11/29/2007
I've never worked for this particular apartment community, but I worked for a sister property in the past. When I worked in the industry, we received notice that people were suspicious that certain apartments were above their occupancy limit - the problem is it can be VERY difficult to prove. You can send notices to their door and call them, but they deny the accusations. You can't legally just barge into someone's apartment on that suspicion, and when you have legitimate reasons to enter the apartment, they have often cleared any "evidence" that more people live their than on the lease contract. It is unfortunate, but if you suspect that one of your neighbors is violating their lease contract, you can contact the Texas Apartment Association for counsel. I also recommend taking photos of cars in the parking lot that seem to be associated with the apartment in question - often times, the office will have license plate numbers on file and can have the car(s) towed if they have been parked in spots for some time and do not belong to a legitimate resident.
From: nekrokitten138 Date: 03/03/2008
Shanimal84 has a great point. What are they technically supposed to do about it? Sit outside every curb and watch people go in and out? They can't sit there and stalk people, and I appreciate them not doing so. As Shanimal84 says, there are resources that you have to solve this problem instead of writing it off as the fault of an apartment complex. Use your brain before you start complaining.
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