I am a single female in my late twenties. I would like to share my experiences with living at both of these locations for your own knowledge so that you may make a more educated decision on whether you choose to live here. So I will get right to the point. Let me preface this with saying that regardless of my experiences, I would still recommend living at either of these locations to my friends. I had the pleasure of living at both Bandera Crossing for two years and Silver Rock for one year before I became a homeowner this past year. They are located in a quiet neighborhood off of Bandera Road near 1604, across the street from eachother on Camino Villa. I love the location of these apartments and felt very much at home there. They are close to UTSA, a new HEB and other various shopping venues, as well as the Medical Center. As a young person engaged to be married, I found Bandrea Crossing to be very economical with lower rent prices than the norm. The community consisted of a lot of military families with children and retired senior citizens. It was a relatively quiet community with friendly people, a pleasant pool area and many mature trees. I never experienced ANY crime in my two year stay there nor did I ever see a police car visiting the vicinity. I DID decide to move across the street to Silver Rock, however, due to the over-abundance of pigeons that made my third floor balconey and fireplace their home (ha!) but most importantly, because of the very poor lack of a response I received from "management" on various maintenance issues I reported that occurred in my 15 year-old apartment that desperately required attention. They simply did not want to put a lot of money into replacing worn out heating and cooling systems that were causing my electric bill to sky rocket during the hot summer months. As much as I would have loved to stay, I was fed up and wanted out. At the time of my move-out, the issues were still never fully resolved and I felt truly sorry for whomever was to be the next renter of my apartment. As for Silver Rock, they are a much newer, pricier, gated community, with security cameras, spacious floorplans, garden bathtubs, decorative crown molding and neutral decorative tones that I absolutely loved. The complex seems to attract a lot of singles, college students, young couples and military families. If you don?t mind waking up to find the occasional stash of beer cans strewn on the front lawn from somebody?s night of partying, or paying an arm and a leg to rent a garage or covered parking, then you probably will be ok here. I enjoyed my one year stay there, as my apartment was to the back of the community, which enabled a bit of privacy and a nice view. The pool area was really nice too, even though I REALLY wished it had a bigger pool and a hot tub. I was dismayed, however, with the level of crime and theft in this "gated community" that had not one, but TWO SAPD officers living ON-SITE!! In my one year stay there, we received letters from management at least five different times that I can recall, announcing auto break-ins with various items being stolen out of at least six vehicles in one night, as well as pool furniture being stolen and/or broken and just plain disregard of people trashing the area and laundry room facilities with garbage such as condoms and beer cans. Clearly, it seemed to be an inside job from some very immature (and probably drunk)young people. What was worse, management was saying that it was up to us, the residents, to use "common sense" when leaving items in plain view in our vehicles overnight. Whatever! What about THEM DOING SOMETHING to prevent additional break-ins''!!! What?s the deal with security camera and gates if this is still going to happen''' Things got too close to home when the gentleman downstairs from me had his very nice, canary yellow two-door convertible top riped off in the middle of the night and the two leather bucket seats stolen from his car. Somehow, they managed to avoid the alarm system on the car. I must say, that is what made me finally throw in the towel on aparment living. Plus, they went up $100 on my rent if I chose to renew for another year. I was flabergasted!! For the same amount I was paying for my over-priced apartment, I now live comfortably in a two-story, three bedroom home in a cul-de-sac with a fireplace and big backyard to call my own. I could not justify paying such a high amount to live in a gated apartment community (with their joke of security cameras and entry codes!) and not feel secure that my own car or apartment wouldn?t get broken into. So there you have it. Nothing too out of the ordinary, but an eye-opener just the same. Happy apartment hunting!!!

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