I notice a lot of the reviews on here are extremly opinionated. While I cant knock someones view, I dont think its helpful when you bash everything about a complex because of 1 or 2 problems. The wife and I lived in Mississippi, Florida, California, and now Texas. I wont talke about all the other apartments and townhomes that we lived in, but I am building my experiances from a variety of environments.

We spent 3 days browsing for apartments, starting with just 1 or two apartments in different parts of town. On the third day we decided that the north part of plano met our needs the best, with location, pricing, and quality. We had moved from California where we lived in the worst part of town and paid $950, so with the same budget we had a large share of apartments available to us.

Thornbury looks beautifull. Large trees, well kept grounds, and even those sharp prickley bushes in front of windows and ground floor balconies to prevent crime. There is even a nice park like area that has a lot of shade. One nice feature I enjoy is they have designated pet areas, complete with trashcans and pet waste baggies for your use. A previous poster did point this out, but not everyone cleans up after their dogs. I have been guilty of this, and he/she is right, the ground floor can start smelling if people dont pick up. We started leaving spare doggie bags near our apartment to try and give people a little "hint hint", and it seems to have worked. We no longer smell it and there is a lot less waste outside. But definatly dont let your kids play in the designated areas.

Our apartment is different then the one we were shown, but that is because we wanted something that was available now and on the ground floor. This apartment complex is a remodeled older apartment, so it has some old appliances that they are slowly upgrading. The AC is a poor design, but it does work great. The design causes it to either be hot air, or cold air, but not both. The maintenance man is VERY prompt in switching this when you ask. We have a lot of hot equipment in our apartment, so before winter was over we asked for it to be switched to AC. Well, about a week later a cold front came in and we were freazing. I heard a knock on our door, and the maintenance man came of his own free will to switch everyones back to heat to help them out. He also came on the weekend once to fix our stove, we told him he didnt need to and it could wait. But he showed up in his football jersey and missed a portion of his game just to fix our stove. Perhaps they have a new maintenance man, but he is FANTASTIC. Very helpful, knows what he is doing, and never a complaint. The building itself is of good quality, it has stood well for how long it has been around. It looks great, and could easily only be a few years old.

This apartment has some nice amenities, such as a cutting board built into the counter, a VERY spacious bedroom and living room, and garden tubs with glass doors. For the under $1000 mark (for 1 bedroom - 2 bedrooms) this place is fantastic. It looks new, has great people, great location (borders a nice golf course, large theater in walking distance, very quiet street but near freeway entrance for travel), and very spacious. The only drawbacks are the lack of parking, the older appliances (which are being upgraded), a strange AC, and the dog areas (if people dont pick up).

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