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SaddleBrook: BEWARE (Not Recommending)

2009-09-28T09:06:02-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have never had a bad renting experience in approximately 20 years of renting apartments....until Saddlebrook! Moved to Des Moines and needed furnished apartment while house hunting. Horrendous experience. You will lose your security deposit. You will be charged all kinds of hidden and unwarranted fees, including dust on your ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Best Urbandale has to offer... (Recommending!)

2009-06-24T19:24:27-06:00

From debp215: I currently live at Saddlebrook and have had a great experience here. I looked around the area a great deal and this was by far the best place I saw. The staff was very helpful and accommodating. They offer a spacious and unique layout including a glass wall in the ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Comfort Living (Recommending!)

2008-11-10T14:57:41-06:00

From -Anonymous-: My husband and I have been a resident at Saddlebrooks Apartments for almost 6 years; and has often said, "If you're going to live in an apartment or townhouse...Saddlebrooks would rank among the best." The large bedrooms, oversized bathrooms and ample closet space play a big part in our overall ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Great staff! (Recommending!)

2007-11-08T19:09:35-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I've been living at Saddlebrook for almost 5 years now - and love it! The current staff is always friendly and helpful. When I call the office they are always pleasant and when I stop in, (even at closing time!) they have a smile on their face. The current manager ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Looks mean nothing (Not Recommending)

2007-11-07T09:04:04-06:00

From -Anonymous-: When I first moved into Saddlebrook, I thought that the apartments would be wonderful. From the outside they are very nice looking and the model apartment that they show is clean enough and decorated nicely enough to make anyone want to live there. The story changed very quickly. The woman ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Liars, thiefs, rude, electrical problems, bug problems, TERRIBLE (Not Recommending)

2007-10-26T17:57:29-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Don't live here!!! Management is incredibly rude and will try and steal every penny they can. They lied to us when we moved in. They told us the pet fee would transfer from our old apartment (owned by the same company). Then for months on end they attempted to charge ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Nice Personnell! (Recommending!)

2007-02-22T07:44:14-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I choose SaddleBrooke apartments for the separate entraces, attached garages, fireplace, and nice personnell. Everyone has been very nice and helpful since I moved in. I've had nothing but good experiences since I moved in. ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: great staff (Recommending!)

2007-02-07T10:41:02-06:00

From -Anonymous-: my girlfriend and i broke up and can no longer afford my 2 bedroom apt. the property let me transfer to a 1 bed and were extremely helpful in this crisis. thanks saddlebrook team. ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: You can do better! (Not Recommending)

2006-09-12T10:01:04-06:00

From BettaP: When I first moved in, I was quite happy with the complex as well as the management. Many of the amenities are still okay, such as the fitness room. However, management and maintenance have gone severely downhill.

Some examples:

My toilet backed up while they were working on the plumbing next ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: GREAT EXPERIENCE!!! (Recommending!)

2006-08-11T15:07:24-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I recently sold my house, less than 10 minutes from SaddleBrook Apartments. I saw the apartments about one year ago and was impressed by the appearance, the exercise room, and location. The staff treated me wonderfully, and the maintenance is excellent. ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Don't Listen to the Negative Reviews (Recommending!)

2006-08-03T16:36:48-06:00

From nicholasmcgrew: I found out about this site after I signed the lease at Saddlebrook and grew concerned. As you can tell, the reviews are less than flattering for Saddlebrook. But after living there for several weeks, I can't help but wonder why everyone rated it so poorly.

Granted I haven't lived ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Gold Diggers (Not Recommending)

2005-11-14T16:17:28-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Pay no attention to the nice models they show you. Your apartment will be crap. The materials are of poor quality that everything will break. When you call for repairs, the maintenance staff is incompetent and do not know how to fix the problem, so it breaks again. My latest ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Frustrated tenant (Not Recommending)

2005-08-29T15:46:04-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived in the Saddlebrook for only 1 year. Paid the rent on time every month, asked little of complex. My apartment was spotless when I left and I even left my blinds in the living room and bedroom that I purchased at move in because apparently their blinds were ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: depressing (Not Recommending)

2005-08-04T13:40:57-06:00

From -Anonymous-: People are right, everyone is entitled to their opinion. Here is mine.

I lived at SaddleBrook for 9 depressing months. I was told it was great for families, they restricted dog breeds and our leasing agent was friendly at signing.

Our troubles started immediately. We were paying full priced rent ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: (Not Recommending)

2005-07-27T09:46:35-06:00

From merrittm@aol.com: We moved to Des Moines when our home in Wisconsin was sold and the buyers wanted immediate occupancy. Not sure where we wanted to live, we leased an appartment at SaddleBrook so that we could look around for a permanent residence.

We were certainly dissapointed in the way the SaddleBrook staff ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Cheap & Shoddy (Not Recommending)

2005-07-07T16:45:03-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I can only say that these brand new apartments are cheap and shoddy.

The building is crooked and the floor boards creek everywhere I walk. I can hear everything that my neighbors and their pets do during the day and at night.

The management girls are rude and disgenuine. I don't know ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Nincompoops (Not Recommending)

2005-06-09T14:21:06-06:00

From -Anonymous-: If you have never taken anyone's advice before take this. DON'T MOVE IN. I have lived here only 7 months. My car has been vandalized by those delinquent kids that live here. Not just once, but three times, shame on me I know I'm moving out. The new management staff ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Great place to live (Recommending!)

2005-05-24T17:34:55-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I feel that my experience at saddlebrook apaptments has been very good. In other apartments that I have been in there have been many problems that have been over looked. The staff here have taken very good care of me and my needs. I am very satisfied with everyone at ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Nice Apartments Would Not Recommend (Not Recommending)

2005-04-28T14:31:27-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The apartments are nice. Nothing special, but clean and new. The walls are a little thin, but luckily our neighbors are not that noisy. The big problem that we have with them now is that if you need to break your lease for any reason, it is a huge pain ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Detestable Management (Not Recommending)

2005-04-21T18:03:50-06:00

From Mentos: I came by with my daughter on two seperate occasions and was completely suprised at what I found. The staff in the office was lazy and unhelpful. They sit you in a beautiful room and go back to the caddy office and finish their chit chat before coming back out ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: love my place (Recommending!)

2005-04-17T20:53:08-06:00

From lucentlulu: ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Okay....could be better (Not Recommending)

2005-04-11T13:46:20-06:00

From -Anonymous-: My fiance's car was broken in to about 4 weeks ago. It's not very well lit outside... My cable has gone out multiple times...

This place would be worse. All the reviews are right about the uppity snots that work in the office. They basically look down on you and ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Cheap Construction, Difficult Management, (Not Recommending)

2005-03-29T14:41:23-06:00

From -Anonymous-: It's difficult to figure out what was worse, the building or the management. I'll start with the building first...and in one word, cheap. Everything about this apartment is cheaply made. Utility bills are outrageous because of the poor insulation and gaping holes between doors and the outside world. You can ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Your Worst Nightmare (Not Recommending)

2005-03-08T10:05:22-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I am actually a tenant of TurtleCreek, another complex run by Richdale. Basically, they are the same pieces of expensive crap, so I'd thought I share my opinion here as well. If interested check out the opinions at TurtleCreek in West Des Moines. These apartments are your worst nightmare.

I ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: What can you get for your money? (Not Recommending)

2005-03-03T15:04:37-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Well Not a Whole lot!
They claim many ammenities but...

1) We got a major snow storm overnight, which WE ALL KNEW ABOUT! Why don't they take some of the rent money and pay to have the sidewalks and driveways cleaned? There are areas they don't even plow at all. I ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Money Hungry SlumLords (Not Recommending)

2005-02-11T10:13:11-06:00

From -Anonymous-:
On top of paying the obsurd rent of $650 a month an apartment that is falling apart, the heartless bastards fined me for having an illegal occupant. When I told them the occupant was my mother and she recently had a heart attack and was just living there for a ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Invasion of Privacy (Not Recommending)

2005-02-02T12:56:15-06:00

From Charlie621: SaddleBrook snoops plain and simple. Since living here, they have averaged entering my apartment about once every three weeks for harebrained reasons such as checking the garbage disposal, checking my toilet, checking the cable. It's really rather annoying. To make it worst, when you really have a problem, they don't ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Where's Lori? (Not Recommending)

2005-01-30T15:19:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: At least when Lori was the manager I knew someone cared. Now I have to deal with a bunch of idiots, who don't give a shit about the residents. This is the worst experience I have ever had renting. Can't wait to get out. I may even buy my way ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Repulsive management, Overpriced piece of Chicken (Not Recommending)

2005-01-26T16:38:02-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I suppose this will sound like I have nothing better to do than write apartment reviews & I should get a life, but I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I didn't put out a warning about this place because that's one of the purposes of a site ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Thanks (Not Recommending)

2005-01-18T12:42:04-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Thanks for all the opinions here. I have to say that I had some reservations upon being shown a freezing model apartment and passing apartments with plastic on the windows. This site just confirms the truth that these apartments are not well insulated. Furthermore, it confirms my suspicions of dishonest ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: my horror story (Not Recommending)

2005-01-10T14:24:33-06:00

From -Anonymous-:

What can I say about a place that looks so good? I can say that while the apartments themselves are pretty nice (a few problems, nothing major), the management staff onsite is completely CLUELESS!

Roughly two months ago, my roommate alerted me that he had lost his job and was ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Dishonest Complex (Not Recommending)

2005-01-04T10:39:55-06:00

From -Anonymous-: My main concern is the dishonesty of the management in this place.

1)When i signed my lease, I asked them if it would be a problem if i have two vehicles and they said NO! When i got their to collect my keys, they said i could have a second ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Crooked Management, Cheap Building (Not Recommending)

2004-12-29T10:12:36-06:00

From -Anonymous-: These apartment are cheap. They are supposedly brand new. However, the walls are beginning to crack. Additionally the windows let cold drafts into the apartment. Furthermore, I've tried 3 different cell phone carriers here and none of them pick up a decent signal. The management is a bunch of bitches. ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Oh Hell No (Not Recommending)

2004-12-09T10:37:23-06:00

From -Anonymous-:
Wow. Unbelievable. My perception on rental properties has gone downhill from here. This place is a total sham. I am constantly lied to by the management office and the maintenance is nonexistent. There is nothing great about SaddleBrook. Just an expensive apartment which I feel I would be better off ... [click to read full apartment review]

SaddleBrook: Complete Rip OFF (Not Recommending)

2004-12-08T09:54:44-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The property looks nice on the outside, but its not. The builders used cheap materials and everything is falling apart. Additionally cell phone signals are weak here, so there are a lot of dropped calls. The electricity is not wired properly, so there are limited uses. For example you cannot ... [click to read full apartment review]