I felt compelled to put in an honest, more up-to-date review of this place since the rest of these seem kind of dated. So, here it goes:
NUMBER ONE: DO NOT BELIEVE THE FAKE REVIEWS OF THIS PLACE. YOU WILL SEE THERE IS ALMOST NOTHING NEGATIVE REPORTED ON THIS PLACE ANYWHERE ONLINE. I FIND IT FUNNY HOW YOU CAN MAKE A TON OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE ALL RATE THE PLACE AS 5 STARS. REVIEWS CAN BE BOUGHT PEOPLE, THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT ACTUALLY SELL THEM FOR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, PLEASE DO NOT BE FOOLED!
MOVING ALONG HERE WITH THAT IN MIND... THIS IS A WOOD FRAME BUILDING. MEANING NO CONCRETE FOUNDATION ON EACH LEVEL, NO SOUND DEADENING INSULATION BETWEEN THE WALLS WHATSOEVER. ALL OF IT IS RAFTERS AND STUDS WITH CHEAP CHINESE DRYWALL. DO NOT LET THE LOOKS AND PRETENTIOUSNESS OF THE LEASING OFFICE TRYING TO SELL YOU SOMETHING FOOL YOU INTO THINKING OTHERWISE. TRUST ME, I LIVE HERE AND AM NOT TRYING TO SELL YOU ANYTHING AND CAN TELL YOU FIRST HAND WHAT IT'S LIKE, NOT TO MENTION HONESTLY. YOU WILL HEAR ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR, ABOVE, OR BELOW YOU AND IN THE HALLWAYS WHICH SOUND EXTREMELY HOLLOW WHEN YOU WALK ON THEM NORMALLY. THINK OF THIS PLACE LIKE A GIANT TOWNHOUSE, SAME BUILDING QUALITY! BUYER BEWARE. I DID NOT PAY ENOUGH ATTENTION TO THIS WHEN TOURING THE PLACE. PLEASE READ ON.
Neighbors are petty and will report you to the leasing office over 'excessive noise' when in fact those types of 'noises' are considered normal in apartment buildings. Lots of victimized mindsets around here with these people, never had this problem anywhere else. The type of people who can dish it out but can't take it. You probably know the type.
Build quality is of very low quality, seems like the investors here that had this place built wanted to cut corners everywhere possible and then some as real estate investment gurus normally tend to do. I understand real estate flipping budgets, but man, it is loud here.
You can hear everything here, people talking in the hallways echoing, people next door, above, or below you having their dogs bark, and the hallway doors opening and shutting will wake you up at all hours of the night as people come and go. Think of gym doors opening and shutting back when you were in school. Very loud and obnoxious.
The walls here scuff up very easily, if you accidentally brush up against one, you will need a magic eraser to wipe off the scuff marks. They clearly use very cheap and inferior Chinese drywall and paint.
Residents are standoffish, snooty and stuck up or otherwise ghetto. Sorry people, but you live in Middle River, not Towson or Hunt Valley.
This place is extremely overpriced, I have debated whether or not to break the lease early due to the types of people here and how much you are really getting ripped off. After moving everything in our unit, we didn't realize how much little space would be left. And we really don't have a lot of stuff compared to most people. Not enough square footage for your money in this part of town.
I moved here to have a closer drive to work, which is nice, otherwise I wouldn't live in this part of town. By the way, good luck trying to leave the complex, the intersection of Rt. 43 and Crossroads Circle right outside the main entrance to complex does not have a function traffic signal light yet, so you need to cut across 4 lanes of traffic to get out of here when you decide to go out or go to work, making a very dangerous intersection to say the least. The state or county will probably fix it after a catastrophe happens I'm sure and someone is sued for negligence, but not before to prevent something like a bad car accident.
On paper, it doesn't look too bad paying the rent and utilities here, but with the other things they nickel and dime you for like $25 garage parking, $35 pet rent (just for having your harmless pet here who does no damage whatsoever), etc., you are better off renting a house for the same price if you are not looking to buy any real estate at the moment. I am unsure of if they really do take Section 8 here, but I will find out for sure eventually. By the looks of some of these residents, some that say they are 'in school' or have other jobs that couldn't possibly pay for monthly rents this high, I'd say they probably are on some type of government assistance or their parents are paying for it because I know for a damn fact I wouldn't be living in something this expensive when I was a broke college student.
I could really go on and on about this place being a rip off, and as they say, hindsight is always 20/20. Not sure if I will leave and pay the 1 month rent and 60 day notice penalty but I might if I find a house for rent that is the same price where I will get more for my money. $1500/month plus utilities and Comcast/FiOS and renter's insurance with less than 800 square feet is a complete rip-off. I know that now and will not make the same mistake twice in the future, believe me. NEVER AGAIN. read more