I lived in a 2br second story unit for a year. At first the apartment looked really nice. you can tell how they can afford to rent these units at such cheap prices. A lot of corners were cut. With the 18ft ceilings, thinnest sheet rock available, no insulation, gaps between the sheet work and the ceiling and walls that are simply resting on top of the same hardwood floor that runs into your neighbors apartment; noise levels are ridiculous. I can hear every word my neighbors say. If someone walks down the hallway you can hear it from any room in your apartment. Also there is no insulation between the ceiling and the roof. So anything that's happening on the roof echoes into your apartment.
The location is only convenient for getting on i95/i64. Walking to the bottom is impractical and kind of sketchy. Since you are at the lowest point in the city, riding a bicycle uptown to the YMCA, VCU, Carytown, The fan etc is a real pain. There are no grocery stores or any kind of stores near by.
The apartments are spacious but not very usable. The living area is an awkward 12ft by 30ft space that isn't well suited for any living room set ups. The large windows are nice but have no weather stripping. So bugs, cold air, dust and water like to creep into your apartment. The large windows look nice but there isn't much of a view. You're mostly surrounded by I95, factories and oil containers. I don't know if its something in the air, but every plant we've had immediately died.
There is only one entrance, exit and stairwell in the building so it takes a good few minutes to walk from your apartment to your car. The parking lot is convenient but the spaces continue to shrink to the point that you can't open your car doors when you park. Also the towing company is ruthless and tows people out of the lot multiple times a day. Parking on the street doesn't seem too safe. Someone broke into my car and stole parts off my cars engine while my car was parked right in front of the entrance.
The maintenance staff are prompt but management will charge you for every repair including things they are responsible for like people breaking your windows beer bottles thrown from outside.
Since the apartments are relatively inexpensive, the tenants seem less considerate. Seemingly everyone owns a large dog and allows their animals to defecate all over the front side walk, entrance, stairwell, hallway, parking lot.
There are no common areas so you never really meet your neighbors.

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