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Current Resident
From:
-Anonymous-
Date posted:
12/28/2007
Years at this apartment:
2006
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2007
I've lived at this location for over 1year. The neighborhood is quiet most of the time. The following are available:
Pool: clean and friendly, no pool parties allowed.
Recreation Center: Not to be used in the summer months.
Gym: Very out-dated with only a couple of treadmills, a few weights and sauna.
No park for children to play, but a big field between a circle of houses.
Parking: only for renters, guest parking is so limited it's almost non-existent and the towing is strictly enforced, not to mention EXPENSIVE. Parking is in lots in front of house, no garages available. Parking restricts trailers, motorcycles, etc.
Landscaping: stays pretty much up to date & tidy.
Insects: Red ants tend to be a problem as they can slip under the door and as soon as October rolls around so do the brown spiders. I had so many spiders in my house I was afraid to go to sleep. I had to purchase my own weather stripping and they never did send anyone to "spray" the apartment. YUCK! But once I put the weather stripping in my problem stopped and my house has been bug free ever since. Yeahhh!
The master bedroom is much bigger than so many other apartments I looked at and the extra bedroom is quite adequate as we have made it into a guest room/office with enough space for a queen size bed and both my husband and my desks. The closet is not as easily accesible though. There are 2 doors on either side of a wall and the space between them is hard to store things and retrieve later. The master bedroom has two closets (not walk-ins) both can hold quite alot, but again the one that shares a wall with the bathroom is hard to access because you can only get to so much of it and the other 1/2 runs behind a wall. You literally have to get into the closet to reach anthing in that corner of the closet. (Not practical) The bathroom upstairs is great with just enough storage space both below the sink and behind the mirror. there is a hall closet between the two rooms that can hold alot, but the shelves don't come all the way to the door so you lose some storage space.
1st Floor
Kitchen is big enough for a small dinette and 2-3 chairs but nothing else. Washer/dryer, dishwasher, trash compactor, microwave, fridge included. There are plenty of cabinets, but they are out dated whose design does not hold much. Plenty of room under the sink though, Not enough space for pots & pans if you like to cook like me.
The 1/2 bath down stairs is nice, but the floor and fixtures are slightly out dated but fine. The living room is pretty spacious if you don't put a dining table in there and the carpet was clean and new when I moved in. There are 2 closets down stairs. A small coat closet to the side of the front door and a large closet under the stairs that could extend for quite of bit of storage space, but doesn't so storage is limited. There is however a small storage facility outside that faces your porch and fits about 3 bikes a bunch of storage bins, X-mas decorations, etc. Thank goodness for that. BBQ is allowed on the front porches, which is nice and the neighbors are quiet.
Our neighbors are mostly Grad students from VCU, young professional families & Singles. The children seem to always be well behaved and the neighborhood is quite safe. Neighbors look out for each other and with so many people on shift work, renters are coming in through the neighborhood along with the tow company at all times of the day. We know are neighbor by at least face and when they are not home we look out for their apartments.
All in all I find it quite a nice place to rent from and compared to what I've seen available as far as apartments are concerned this neighborhood is a steal. I plan on being here till it's time to buy a home of my own. (Wink!)
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