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Ballantrae Apartments


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tallguy25

Resident 2011 - 2012

1/31/2012

Yes this place has a few things wrong with it, but so does any apartment complex. This place was built in the 70's, not 2011. The walls are NOT paper thin. Standing outside the door to our apartment I can hear most anything, but inside, it's like a whole new place. No sound from our neighbors. While management did all it could, other rentors do not have any regard for building safety. There were numerous times a rock was at the door to prop it open making the secure entry not as secure. I reported this to management and immediately there was a notice up telling people not to do that. There were very few issues that we had living here, the AC and the screen. Our AC unit does appear to be from the 70's, and didn't function so well at first, but they came up right away and fixed it. Our screen locked and we couldn't open it, and again maintenance was up right away to fix it. Parking is just peachy. The only thing about it is that there are quite a few blind corners where you can't see the person speeding around it coming at you. If everyone would go a bit slower, this would be fine. You have the option of getting a garage under the apartment complex or one that is detatched. THERE IS A PRICE DIFFERENCE. But in the year, I think we used it three times. The area is nice and very pretty to walk around. There are lots of trees and ample space to run around in. Also just a quick walk to the gas station, Subway, McDonalds, Dominos, Fitness.. all that jazz. Also just down the street from Hwy 77/Cedar Ave. Great Location! Construction was a problem for about 6 months that we were here. They shut down the main building so that you could not use the pool or party room or exercise room... however, we didn't use them anyway. And I'll be honest I don't think too many people did. The apartment itself is built fine, they are working on improving the complexes. The OLDEST building had some problems, upon seeing these problems, management was out checking each and every individual apartment to make sure that the remaining buildings were fine.... WHICH THEY ARE. As far as asbestos....THERE ARE 3 BUILDINGS ON THE LOT THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE THAT IN THE CEILING. They tell you about this when you move in. You sign something saying you are aware of this. Nothing will happen unless you drill into the ceiling.....WHICH THEY TELL YOU NOT TO DO!!!!! There are a few people that work at the main office that I did not like too much, but they were short lived. ---, she is great. I don't know when these other people talked to her, but she has been cheerful everytime I talked to her. Even remembered us by name. Always asking about the apartment and how everything was going. Very interested in everything that was going on. No problems reporting anything, as we knew it would be solved. Every time that someone has to come into the apartment for any reason, they send out a notice. You get a 48hr heads up. Overall, a very good place to live. The Pros outweigh the Cons for us. Check it out for yourself, much better than people are giving it credit for... Also there's no smell.

    Review 18 out of 29

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