Apartment Ratings | Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills) Ratings and Reviews

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Nice place to live (Recommending!)

2009-06-19T09:55:46-06:00

From lainestyle: Overall, I really liked living here. I moved in when Gables was still managing the property. Never had any issues with them. When the new management company took over, there wasn't really any change. The office staff was very friendly and helpful, although they seemed to have a high turnover ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Pure Honesty.... (Not Recommending)

2009-06-12T08:34:14-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I'm not going to trash this place like most people seem to have before. In my opinion it's an average community at best. In the past, I think most people were paying for "The Gables" name. In Austin, it was synonymous with luxury. Today, that has all changed. Gables Great ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): You are required to leave utils in your name after move out (Not Recommending)

2009-05-12T13:13:02-06:00

From d1432755@bsnow.net: DO NOT MOVE IN HERE! This is a complete joke.I'm moving out 6 weeks prior to when my lease is up. So I'm paying for one month's (plus) rent even though I will not be here. That's fine. I agreed to a fixed month lease.However, I just found out that ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Management Awful! (Not Recommending)

2009-05-12T08:49:40-06:00

From -Anonymous-: While the apartment complex is ok I will state that if you have any form of problem that needs to be solved involving your lease they are definitely not very helpful and have a hard time returning phone calls. It took 3 weeks for me to receive a return phone ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Absolutely NOT (Not Recommending)

2008-09-08T15:03:52-06:00

From -Anonymous-: We had a great time living there, but dealing with management post-lease has been a terrible experience. We had a wonderful experience while living at Gables Great Hills. The wooded area afforded lots of shade (keeping energy costs down) and it was beautiful. However, upon leaving, we were told one ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Not worth the price! (Not Recommending)

2008-01-28T13:39:18-06:00

From trw001: ProsNice location, always had parking.ConsIn June when we first set foot in our apt. we were greeted by numerous little worm-like creatures crawling all over the floor. They were a constant nuinsance, day and night we were constantly picking up worms(at least 20 a day)!! They finally "went out of ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Ok Apartments, Huge Bug Problem and a 40 Watt Staff (Not Recommending)

2008-01-06T14:25:02-06:00

From heleninaustin@yahoo.com: If you live on the first floor, you apartment will be crawling with all kinds of bugs. I had a huge millipede invasion in the fall,and numerous other creepies throughout the year. The apartments are older, so you get single pane windows, and the buildings are not very energy efficient. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): The best we've experienced! (Recommending!)

2007-09-23T11:59:01-06:00

From j.leighbarry: Gables Great Hills has been the best yet. We are on the greenbelt with a beautiful view of trees and NO cars or roads. It is beautiful and well priced. We are in almost 1000 sqft with an incredible view for only $845.The management is fantastic. Any issue we've had ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Mr Belvedere (Not Recommending)

2007-04-23T10:39:47-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Let me tell you how lovely it has been living for 5 months with a raccoon that I lovingly named Mr. Belvedere. I can always count on this fuzzy friend to be scurrying up my bathroom wall each day at sundown, shaking the faucet sink as I scurry in horror ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Good place but rent is spiking (Recommending!)

2007-04-09T15:02:45-06:00

From -Anonymous-: We have lived in Gables Great Hills for two years and have loved it. However, rent is spiking sky high as is the whole area. Electricity bills can be high. Low is $80 and high has been close to $200 - but we have tall ceilings so I chalk it ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Great Management (Recommending!)

2007-02-05T15:46:02-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I agree with the earlier reviews about the paper thin walls and high utility bills. The apartments are older and so there are a lot of problems that come with it. The only plus point is the management. The Management is very courteous and will fix issues the same day. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Best fork over another 100 bucks a month and find a better place (Not Recommending)

2006-11-20T02:29:41-06:00

From -Anonymous-: We moved from a nice complex in another city to Austin. We liked the area around the Aboretum, and eventually decided on this complex. The area is beautiful, and convenient to downtown, great shopping, and fun things to do.

If I were to do it again, I'd keep the location and ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Do not live on the first floor (Not Recommending)

2006-10-10T08:08:08-06:00

From -Anonymous-: You will have mosquitoes and lot of bugs if you live on the first floor especially facing the greenbelt. There is no landscaping at the back of the apartments. You can forget about hanging out in your balcony. You do not feel safe walking in the apartment complex alone at ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Just fine...if you don't live in 1st floor (Not Recommending)

2006-08-10T18:39:20-06:00

From apio25: I've had a regular experience with Gables.

I've lived here for only a year and moving out.

Pros: Nice area
Lots of trees
A lot of parking space

Cons: DON'T leave in 1st floor, really!!!!!every time it rains it floods, you just see the water coming and reaching your front door.
People who ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): 2 happy years (Recommending!)

2006-07-16T18:06:14-06:00

From -Anonymous-: As they raise the rent much every year, I could not afford anymore and moved out recently. However, I am missing this place.

The property is near Arboretum yet away from busy roads, not very crowded with buildings, but full of trees. There is a trail in the property and a ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Decent (Recommending!)

2006-06-18T14:25:55-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The management is nice to your face, but have a problem and they'll stab you in the back.

There are too many dogs in the complex. No one picks up their dog poop and you can hear them barking all the time. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Pretty good (Recommending!)

2006-02-16T23:59:23-06:00

From elli143: I've lived here for about a year and a half now, but I've chosen not to renew my lease because my rent was increased (although now that I'm shopping it seems to have increased everywhere!).

I never had any issues with rodents or anything to that effect. In fact, I've had ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Get used to cigarette smoke (Not Recommending)

2005-12-05T22:24:30-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This is linked to the shoddy construction. If anyone living in your apartment building smokes indoors, the smoke will get into your apartment. The A/C ducts must have holes all through them, because they bring in the smoky air. In addition, there are all kinds of gaps in the drywallk, ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Living with possums (Recommending!)

2005-11-29T13:53:22-06:00

From -Anonymous-: There were possums in my ceiling for months and you could hear them walking around and scrtaching on the ceiling at night. Saw one through my A/C vent once. Management really didn't do much about it. The possums tore up all of the insulation in the ceiling, so the heating ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Made of cardboard (Not Recommending)

2005-05-23T23:23:51-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The walls are paper thin. You can hear it every time your upstairs neighbor takes a step. It forced me to move. I guess I should have expected this from a corporate owned complex that cut corners in construction to save a few bucks and raise their bottom line. Thanks ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): The Truth (Recommending!)

2005-02-28T20:42:32-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I had moved here site un-seen from Connecticut. I have never lived in an apartment (only a house) so I was nervous of the noise. I had other concerns being that I had only seen a floor plan over the internet.

I have a 2/2 1010 sq ft, it is ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Awful, just awful (Not Recommending)

2005-02-24T21:33:51-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Moved in and the bathroom was dirty. The faucets in the bathroom and kitchen leaked. The refrigerator leaked. I can go on and on. The also leave the security gate open half the time. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): The residents are the least of their concerns (Not Recommending)

2004-10-22T05:39:38-06:00

From -Anonymous-: They spend all their money putting notes on your door about how good they are instead of using that money to fix everything that's broken. Very shoddy workmanship in the construction; they tried to save a few bucks everywhere they could. If you value your sanity, don't move here, unless ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): If the staff are in the office, then who's running Hell? (Not Recommending)

2004-09-25T14:29:14-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Once you move in, you might as well drop off the face of the earth as far as the office staff are concerned. If you say one negative word, they turn nasty and basically ignore every phone call or service request. Don't waste your money on this place... RUN, don't ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Avoid at all costs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Not Recommending)

2004-09-19T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I feel that it is my duty to warn every potential resident to stay as far away from this place as possible. I could not live with myself if I didn't help my fellow man avoid the living hell that these people have put me through.
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Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): well, WE liked it... (Recommending!)

2004-07-05T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: We lived here for three years, and although it wasn't the absolute best apartment complex ever, it was quite nice. The grounds are wonderful, the management was generally professional (if a little uncompromising), and the apartment itself was quite nice. The greenbelt in the back was a treat, too. It ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Pets?!?! I didn't ask for any pets! (Not Recommending)

2004-06-21T00:00:00-06:00

From austex-readthisnow: It is 5:03 am and I am awake because a crazy raccoon lives in our ceiling. Usually, it just scratches around and makes little noises, but this time it seems as if it is screaming. We've called maintainance at least 5 times regarding this issue. Not only did they tell ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): great location (Recommending!)

2004-06-10T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I pretty much agree with the 3/21/2003 review. 183 is close, as is a lot of shopping, but it still feels very quiet and secluded.

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Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Their cleaning crew killed my plants (Not Recommending)

2004-05-16T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: As I was preparing to move out, the cleaning crew was upstairs cleaning an empty apartment to get it ready for a future tenant. All of a sudden, water started pouring off the upstairs deck onto my (ground-floor) patio. I had a number of rather expensive tropical plants on the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): One of the worst apartments I ever lived in (Not Recommending)

2004-05-04T00:00:00-06:00

From Dave_M: We moved here long distance, after meeting once with very courteous resident manager.

The day we moved in, the apartment was very dirty. The carpet was stained. And guess what, there were no washer and dryer in the unit, although our contract said otherwise. After the first week, they got ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Don´t Go There! (Not Recommending)

2004-04-13T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The previous review is 100% right. Not only do they charge you for everything, they invent charges to charge you after you move out. In my case, I moved cross-country and now they´re claiming there were stains in the carpet which weren´t there when I moved out (luckily, I have ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Not worth the considerable $ (Not Recommending)

2003-08-03T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This is a nicely forested complex, but the bug infestation is considerable (donﾴt live on the ground floor!).

I originally thought my upstairs neighbor was a moose from all the thumping around, but then I read about the noise issues and flimsy construction, so it could very well be that ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): A little cramped (Recommending!)

2003-07-16T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: We stayed here for almost 8 months. Overall the stay was good.

The apartment complex is a little old. The greenery is good but its too dense, so there is a cramped feeling. The appliances are somewhat old. I agree with the other comments, poor sound insulation. We could hear the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): The Good, The Bad, The Ugly... (Not Recommending)

2003-04-28T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The Good:
24/7 On site maintanence team, very efficient and nice people.
The management staff is helpful and nice.
Reasonable rent prices.

The Bad:
Very thin walls & noise complaints.
The gym is a joke (max capacity: 2).
Very mixed age group, so people don´t get along with each other (ranges from drunks coming home at 3am ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Great location - Quiet, Natrual, and Convenient (Recommending!)

2003-03-21T00:00:00-06:00

From kaisatsu: I love this complex. I've lived two other places in Austin, and this is by far the best of the three.

When I first moved in, there were some problems with the condition of the apartment, but every single one was resolved withing 48 hours with apologies! I've never had to ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): (Recommending!)

2003-02-21T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I really enjoy living here. The price is right. The area feels safe and is very beautiful. The staff is very helpful and caring. The manager is not all that great but you rarely have to deal with her. The Maintenance is AWESOME. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Great Hills (formerly Gables At Great Hills): Very peaceful setting. Beautiful canyon views from windows! (Recommending!)

2001-12-28T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I haven´t lived here very long, but I really enjoy it. The apartment layout is very nice. I chose this one because it seems like the apt. is big for the price I am paying. I shopped around in the Arboretum area a lot before moving and I really think ... [click to read full apartment review]