What can I say...one has to lower expectations when renting in Fairbanks. They do have beautiful…read moretrails to walk and allow pets!

I moved into these apartments while going to college. I never had any problems at all. The only bad…read morething is that you can't fit a queen or bigger size bed spring upstairs. When I lived there, there was only one leasing agent in the office she always remember me and what apartment I stayed in which was nice.

3.75 stars! Overall, my husband and I were pleasantly surprised by these apartments compared to…read moretheir reviews on Google. Some quick key points: heat is paid for by the complex which is awesome. Also, know that I liked this apartment better than Yak Apartments and Jillian. Overall, I'm gonna discuss these categories in the review: apartment quality, apartment amenities, staff, military clause, & parking. Scroll to find what you're interested in. TL;DR is at the end of most paragraphs. Apartment quality: 3.5 stars, for Fairbanks. We stayed in the F building. All of Fairbanks apartments at a decent price range are grungy. Let's be honest, Fairbanks isn't the nicest place to rent. With that being said, there were NO serious problems with the apartment. It was not a recently renovated apartment, but was clean upon move-in. We were quite comfortable in our apartment, actually, and it felt like home. Our biggest complaints: really bad mold in the toilet bowl, poor sealing on the oven (meaning it would never stay at the right temp), poor sealing on the patio doors, and no in-apartment washer and dryer (which I will come back to -- laundry is a SIGNIFICANT issue here). With all of this being said, the staff member who did our check-out told me she also lives here. She pointed out the things that were different about her apartment because she found the differences interesting. This means your apartment, if you rent here, could be a different story than ours. I guess all of the apartments are a little unique here, some in bad ways. TL;DR: these apartments are no where near as bad as they're made out to be (or at least ours was). Better than some other options in Fairbanks. Other apartment amenities: 1 star. Please be aware if you move here -- laundry is ridiculous. The apartment sells special coins to operate the laundry machines. $25 gets you the normal size bag of coins, which I believe is 10-12 coins. This is extremely expensive, if you ask me. To make matters so much worse, though: half the driers did not work in the F building, no exaggerations. HALF. This really sucks, because people are lazy sometimes, and will leave their laundry sitting in the driers for hours before coming to pick it up. Therefore, a lot of the times, there are no driers open for use. I had days where I'd come back ever 15 minutes for 2 hours because I had a lot of work to get done and seriously just needed to get my laundry over with, but had to wait because there was nothing available. This next part about the laundry room is kinda funny, but pissed me off. There's a key code for the laundry room, but it doesn't lock all the time. When I first moved in, I had to ask a neighbor for help bc the code wouldn't work. He told me the door handle is literally just faulty. You have to enter the whole key code in as fast as you can and then YANK on the handle to get it open. It still took me 2-3 tries to open the door even after 6 months of living there. TL;DR: laundry SUCKS here. SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS. Staff: 4 stars. Overall, very kind. While they are kind, I would have to say staff can be a little unprofessional or disorganized at times. I was given incorrect payment amounts due to credits being improperly calculated while living here. If you move here, cover your bases with paperwork and numbers just to be safe. There is one lady name Aleah (Aleigha? not sure on the spelling..) who was so incredibly kind! She went out of her way to make sure my needs as a tenant were met, and I think she is the best leasing office staff member I have yet to interact with. TL;DR: staff are overall good. Some better, some worse. Military clause: 5 stars. My husband is in the Army. We moved in here with a military clause, and moved out after 6.5 months despite having a year lease on military orders with ZERO problems. I don't think military personnel or their families have to worry here. Parking: 3 stars. We got one designated spot and had to fight for our second spot outside the building. We couldn't find parking outside of our apartment only once while living there. However, get used to idiots running their tangled up extension cords from their designated post to their car in front of the building. Cars die constantly in the cold months of the winter, so get used to people possibly being in your spot in order to jump their cars. I personally wish the apartment put posts in the spots in front of the building for cars to plug in. Sometimes my husband and I had to decide who's car would be parked in front and die overnight.

To start out these are decent apartments, they match the quality of most other complexes in the…read moreFairbanks area but they are most definitely not "luxury" as advertised. The units feel very dated (wall paper everywhere, old tile and countertops, etc.) but they are in generally very good condition; each unit only gets one parking spot but there is overflow parking (just not conveniently located). Washers and dryers need to be replaced as there are "good" and "bad" ones that don't drain all the way, dry all the way, etc. After living in multiple buildings on the property I can say that the advertisement of it being "non-smoking" is a joke; there are people standing right by the door smoking almost constantly so beware of signing on a unit right next to an entryway, your windows will have to remain shut if you don't like cigarette smoke. On that note after being in multiple buildings on multiple floors my apartment has regularly reached temperatures of between 80-90 degrees so I personally have to keep the windows open 24/7 over the summer to stay comfortable. I have never had to make a noise complaint about other tenants, sometimes on New Years or 4th of July people use a lot nearby for fireworks but that's the only noise issue I've come across. Maintenance is pretty quick to fix anything, we've had a couple issues with pipes leaking but each incident was fixed within 24 hours; it also seems a lot of the screws used on the cabinets are the original screws as we've had 4-5 in our bathroom and kitchen snap in half during our regular use of the storage areas; it's an easy fix but could be avoided with much needed updating to the units. All in all it's an ok place to live, it's priced in the average price range for complexes in Fairbanks and it's definitely a good starter place for young families and couples.

Don't Do It! I moved to Alaska Feb 2015 had a bad roommate…read moreencounter. Found these folks on Craigslist very enticing move-in special. Cheap deposit, free cable for a year, 1/2 first months rent, plus they go by income for a tax credit making the monthly rent a bit cheaper in comparison to the high cost throughout Fairbanks. I was sold. My first instinct was to sign a 6-month lease I should've listened to my mojo but I was offered to save 100$ a month by signing a year lease. I have no big problem with the other tenants some are so sweet and others a bit racy but hey I'm racy too so I blended in lol! My pains: No A/C. I didn't think this would be a problem in Alaska but I was hot like fish grease this past summer so miserable my fans were just moving the hot air around the room. There was a thick layer of burnt smoke this summer from forest fires so I couldn't leave my windows open with the risk of inhaling smoke and ash particles. No ventilation system. They cook it you smell it, they smoke it you smell it, your fire alarm will sound off often if you tend to fry a lot, my hot showers would set the alarm off from steam too. Seriously Infested. Two types of roaches, bed bugs galore, nats, and another unidentifiable bug possibly fleas...First, coming from Texas these aren't the type of roaches 'I' would've brought with me nor the bed bugs either. Second, I never seen a bed bug up close and personal unit moving here. I suffocated one-bed bug, a roach, and the odd bug in a sandwich bag to show management on my first of many reports of bugs. I've been sprayed several times, even bombed my until 3xs a month and these dudes show up later that evening. Luckily, Raid returned my money for the failed attempts of the bombs and issued me several coupons for other products. I keep a very clean and dry unit and still they come...I've found a roach in my microwave while I let my food cool, I keep covers on my coffee and juice cups, and don't walk away from your plate on the counter because they will attack lmao! I've walked into my walk-in closet to get to the bathroom and there they are taking a leisurely stroll on the walls roach and bed bug alike. Uuuugh the misery I'm itchy thinking about them. Needless to say, I have 2 months left on my lease I started flying down to the lower 48 once a month to get away from the bugs making sure to bring no luggage only a back pack with fear of infesting my destination spots. Luckily, I secured a place down in Anchorage and will just wait this lease out...as of right now I left during my winter break from school and I've been gone for almost a month NOT ONE BITE on my body. If you're in a deep need of a cheap place with no utilities than go for it but do a month to month. Good lord don't move in if you have toddlers or crawling babies, my son is 21 living in the barracks and I won't let him sit down when comes to get me. I bought a brand new mattress kept the plastic on with a steel frame to try to keep the bugs off of me at night and I placed my steel bed in the kitchen area on the linoleum trying to stay off of the carpet. It cut down on the frequency of bites but they were still nibbling on me. Good things; Various ways of paying your rent, lock-out service 45-50$ during night and weekends, several little eateries, public library, city hall, and Safeway all in walking distance, 5-minute stroll to the bus transit center too, no utility costs. I waited until I was confirmed for my place in Anchorage before writing a review now off to the pool in my hotel down in Florida...Just Don't Do It!

Absolute worst people to work with. Their maintenance is amazing. Everyone else is annoying and…read moreconstantly nagging about something or harassing me.

When it comes to north haven communities I don't have much good to say. If you plan on doing…read moreanything fun while your in Alaska do not get a place without a garage or you will not have room to put anything (atv, lawnmower, boat, etc.) paying 1600 for a 2 bedroom apartment would allow for them to afford to provide some type of storage shed but no they'd rather not provide that. It's privately owned and has a list of regulations you'd expect a teenager to have to abide by. I've tried requesting a move over request and after getting approved and set aside for a month I'm no longer eligible because of covid-19. They also are offering people BETTER housing than mine for $1400 a month. I called and ask and there's nothing they can do for me. There are so many little things I've experienced with them that have all accumulated to me being angry with them now. What's most frustrating is I have been a good tenant for them. I'm a home owner and know how to take care of a home, my apartment now stays spotless, and trimmings are kept up around the house. But after getting bent over there is still nothing they can do for me?... Fuck north haven communities, if you want to live like an adult live off post.