Positives:
- My apartment was VERY quiet. I was worried because I was right along Madison and thought I might be able to hear a lot of traffic but this was not the case. I did hear a train come through 1-2 times an evening but other than that I rarely heard traffic or my neighbors.
- I always felt safe there- I even dropped my wallet and my next door neighbor returned it to me!
- Allows up to 2 dogs. Instead of a monthly fee there is a yearly dog deposit. It seems like a lot in the beginning but when I did the math it ended up being pretty inexpensive.
- Such a great location- pretty much every restaurant you can think of is 10 minutes or less away! Also very easy to hop on 465 or 69 from this apartment.
Negatives:
- MICEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! My neighbor below me actually moved out over the mice situation. She told me that she thought it was due to her dog food that they kept coming back. I ended up putting my dog food in plastic to try to keep the mice out. I had the apartments pest control come out on 4 separate times to lay traps. When I moved out I found mice droppings EVERYWHERE even in rooms where I didn't have food like my front closet, bedroom, and bedroom closet. Every time I told Windsor court about the mice problems they sounded surprised and were willing to send out pest control but it never made a difference. the Mice actually cost me a few hundred dollars in damages- they ate my dogs heart worm medicine, lots of my food that was in cabinets, and one of them ended up living in my to-go- dog bag that had a blanket and a few other things in it. I ended up having to throw it all out as it wasn't salvageable.
- 2nd floor balconies aren't private- two apartments end up sharing a balcony. Depending on your neighbor this may or may not be a problem. For the first 8 months I had a great neighbor and this was never an issue but when someone else moved in the guy would come over to my side and had binoculars. Needless to say I didn't use or open my balcony door much after catching him with them... I love spending time on my porch and would eat dinner and even do paperwork on mine so I was kind of disappointed it wasn't more private like most apartments are.