Just moved to KCMO! My spouse and I visited a few different apartment options and Flashcube offered the best value to amenities ratio by far. Here's what I mean no particular order: -pickle/volley ball court -gym (with squat rack and dumbbells greater than 50 lbs.) -PLENTY of lounge space for studying, remote work, meeting etc. -free coffee every morning -rock climbing wall -turf field for indoor soccer -dog washing station -large screen tv's with Roku capability -biweekly events (food trucks, Wine Wednesday) -dedicated/secure locker space for package deliveries -security measures (monitoring, key fob only entry) -complementary Plexpod membership to access shared workspace My experience with the staff has been positive and welcoming. Shout-out to Jordan (Flashcube Manager) and Abigail (Plexpod community connector) for showing up everyday and working hard. read more

Flashcube Apartments - Lounge space - Apartments Near Me - Kansas City, Missouri

Issues: Residents are required to pay for assigned parking spaces, yet there are people parking in spots who apparently aren't paying for them, and management either claims they aren't or simply refuses to address the situation. It's incredibly frustrating and unfair that I have to pay for my parking space while others seem to get away with doing whatever they want without consequences. The management team does not enforce the rules consistently and does little to resolve legitimate concerns raised by residents. If you're thinking about renting here, I strongly recommend reading the other 1-star reviews before making a decision. Unfortunately, many of those complaints reflect the same issues I've experienced firsthand. The lack of accountability and poor management make living here much more stressful than it should be.. read more

Overall, this apartment has a great location, friendly staff, and nice amenities, but the quality of the units didn't justify what we ended up paying. The advertised rent looks reasonable for downtown, but between high utilities and additional monthly fees, the actual cost was much higher than expected. After living here for six months, I wouldn't choose to live here again. the staff was always friendly, professional, and genuinely tried to help. My complaints are with the apartment itself. We lived in a three-bedroom, two-bathroom corner unit and had several issues throughout our lease. Our utility bills were consistently much higher than expected, even after management checked our meters. The HVAC also struggled year-round. In the winter, our apartment would sometimes be in the low 60s, and in the spring our AC stopped working completely. Since our west-facing apartment was almost all windows, it reached 82° inside with almost no airflow. We couldn't get emergency maintenance because the AI bot didn't consider it an emergency based on the outdoor temperature, so I had to leave for 3 days because it was so bad The apartment itself felt cheaply built. Our shower was either freezing cold or burning hot which according to staff and residents is just normal, there was a gap between my bedroom wall and the windows that we had to fill with foam cord to reduce noise, and the metal window frames got extremely hot to the touch or cold depending on the season while carrying a lot of sound. We could regularly hear both our upstairs and next-door neighbors. The appliances weren't great either. Our washer had mold when we moved in, and our dryer broke during the lease. Maintenance did replace it, although it took about two weeks. the dishwasher rarely cleaned the dishes. The hallways and elevators also frequently smelled like marijuana. The biggest positives are the location, the amenities, and the staff. It's easy to get downtown, the streetcar is nearby, the parking lot is well lit with security patrols, and everyone I dealt with was helpful. Overall, this place has a lot of potential, but once utilities and extra fees were added, it just wasn't worth the price to me. For what we paid, I expected much better construction, insulation, and heating and cooling. Office building to residential conversions rarely turn out well overall. read more

If you're considering living at Flashcube Apartments in Kansas City, I strongly recommend looking elsewhere. My experience here has been frustrating and disappointing, especially when it comes to parking and utilities. First, parking is an absolute joke. Residents are required to pay for a designated parking spot, but management does not enforce it at all. As a result, people who don't pay for parking regularly take spots that others are paying for. It completely defeats the purpose of having assigned parking and creates unnecessary stress on a daily basis. Second, the utility system--specifically the extra steam and chilled water charges--makes no sense. Even when you barely use these services, your bill somehow increases. When you try to get answers or help, management just redirects you instead of actually resolving the issue. There's no transparency, no accountability, and no real support for residents. Overall, between the lack of parking enforcement and the confusing, seemingly inflated utility charges, living here has been more of a headache than anything else. Save yourself the frustration and look for a place that actually respects its residents. read more

I don't usually leave reviews like this, but I feel a responsibility to warn future tenants about what happened to me. On the very first day I moved into this building, the elevator broke while my movers were bringing my belongings up. My items were stuck inside the elevator for hours. I had hired professional movers--I wasn't even touching the elevator myself--yet I was later told I would be charged $2,000 for a part the elevator already needed. Instead of billing the moving company (if they truly believed there was damage), they decided to hold me, the new tenant, responsible for a maintenance issue that wasn't my fault. To make things worse, when I contacted the manager for a meeting, I was told she was on vacation for two weeks. I emailed her in detail about the situation, but she never responded. As soon as she returned, someone else from the building's management team reached out--not to resolve the issue, but to inform me that the $2,000 charge would be added to my rent starting the 1st. I never even had a chance to speak to the manager personally. I also contacted the Missouri elevator department to check whether the elevators were even up to code, but they said this was a landlord/tenant dispute and couldn't help me. I feel totally taken advantage of and silenced by the lack of communication and transparency. If you're considering moving in, please think twice. I moved in in good faith and ended up in a situation where I'm being held financially responsible for something completely out of my control, and I never even got a fair conversation about it. read more

I don't usually write reviews, but my experience with Flashcube Apartments has been so awful that I feel people deserve to know before signing a lease here. The apartment itself is fine, and the amenities are fun, but the way the office has treated us has been nothing short of a nightmare. When we moved out, they tried to charge us a lease-breaking fee we did not owe and then attempted to triple our amenity fees with zero explanation or basis. It's now been over 4 months since moving out, and I'm still fighting with them over charges that make no sense. The lack of professionalism, transparency, and accountability from the management office has completely ruined what should have been a smooth process. If you're considering moving here, be very cautious -- the nice building is not worth the stress of dealing with this office. read more

I would give this place a zero if I could. To any looking to live here you have been warned. There are many of luxury apts downtown KC but this is NOT one of them! Everything about this place is shady including all of their business practices. I made the unfortunate MISTAKE of signing a lease with this company and within a month I wanted out of it!   While the beauty of the building is aesthetically pleasing, it is one of the worse places I have ever leased. They trick you with a low lease amount only to ultimately tag on surprise Fabricated and Inflated charges/fees and add them to the lease amount and everything is due on the 1st of the month along with your RENT! You are also required to set up a utility account with Evergy and are NOT told that utilities will also be included in your monthly rental charges. I moved out the first week of Feb 2025 and still received a utility bill for the month of February only, for $400, this was my normally utility bill for their smallest one bedroom. This is on top of the monthly utility bill that I was paying to Evergy! I am going to number the rest of the issues so that you understand how just how many things are wrong here! 1. A month after signing my lease, a fee totaling $100 was added to my rent stating it was a "fee for not having my utilities in my name".  Once again I provided my account number and they only gave me back a partial credit and did not tell me what the rest of my money had been applied towards. 2. The following month I received another random charge in an amount over $300 for utilities included.  I had never been told there were any utilities included.  The charges were completely fabricated and inflated. I maintain another home on the east coast and would rarely stay at Flashcube. I was not even home to use the utilities. I immediately gave my notice to vacant.    3. You can hear everything going on in your neighbors apartment even when they adjust their blinds!  It sounds as if someone is right inside the apt with you. Additionally, If you have a disrespectful ghetto neighborhood on either side of you, your entire time leased will be a living HELL.  4. The next month following I received another bill which had been included in my rent payment for $393.   5. The quality of the people living in the building is low and to add insult to injury, the building is used to host a plethora of Airbnb guests.  There are sketchy people running around at all times of day and night.  6. There is a trash shoot on every floor which is often not working and therefore trashed is stacked up in the trash room. 7. There is major theft in the mailroom. If you don't rush to get your packages when delivered they may not be there later. 8. The elevators always stink and smell like dogs. Many tenants are walking around the building with their dogs without a leash.  I have made this complaint multiple times with no resolve. read more

We signed a lease with this company. They broke the lease and have not returned our deposit or our application fees. They will not answer calls or messages or return calls or messages. Definite Shady business practices I would be very weary about getting involved with. read more

My partner and I lived here for about a year. In the beginning, we loved it, we loved being so close to downtown. The apartment itself was lovely, and the amenities were well-maintained. However security is lacking, theft in the mailroom, dog urine, and feces always in the elevator, and the entire time we were living here our car was broken into 6 times. When concerns were brought to the office staff it wasn't taken seriously and it was frustrating. The parking is horrible you pay so much money to park and there is no security whatsoever. They rent out to Air BnB and the Air Bnb guest don't respect the apartment and are super loud. Since Alex left his position in the office this place is going downhill fast. Once our lease was coming up we knew we didn't wanna renew. There are way better "luxury" apartments near downtown. read more

Overall shady application process and ended up not moving in. They were great when initially speaking to them until I decided not to lease with them after shady incidents. I applied paid the fees and asked "if i were wanting to switch apartments would that be a possibility?" The staff took the question and decided to pull my other lease and put the apartment I had applied for and signed for back on the market without confirming or verifying price and if I wanted to move forward with the other apartment based off price difference. I had to ask an employee 3 days later after i found out lease was pulled if the price was the same since i did not receive a quote or new paperwork to look at. It had increase by almost $200 extra a month. And they had already pulled my initial lease and it was back on market without confirmation. This isn't even including the $110 parking fee a month you have to pay which is also found out cars get broken into a lot. During this process my "administrative fees" had been refunded" and i was charged and additional $50 for that when it had cleared my account already. I did not move in and apartment is still saying I owe them $300 as move out fees for errors on their end. They are threatening to send me to collections with no proof and threats. Shady overall and would recommend avoiding read more

It sucks to live next door to an airbnb. I had no idea. There are different people in and out all the time. We have a 24 hour gym but I don't trust to use it late at night as I prefer because it doesn't feel safe. People who are here for the Airbnb don't have to respect the rules and they have access to the gym as well. I wish I would have known about the Airbnb ahead of time as I would not have rented here. read more

This was our airbnb. Seems like a nest for millennials. We were the oldest people we saw. The apartment was fine, cement floors and whole place ran very hot. There were lots of amenities which we did not use including meeting space and lounge space. Entry had a lot of security, key cafe key cards, codes. All a bit to complex for us old codgers. The Streetcar stop was right outside the Flashcube and it was a few minutes walk to Banksia. read more

Poor communication. Paying $85 for set parking space but someone else always in my spot- management aware each time and nothing done to rectify- waste of my $85. Homeless man found inside the bottom lounge area. Shooting inside building with blood and blue tape over carpet areas affected. Walls paper thin. Without acknowledgment during our lease signing, they have opened some apartments to AirBNB rentals. Would give it a -10 rating but I have to give it at least a 1. read more

I enjoyed living at Flashcube when I first moved in, but now I am anxiously waiting to move out. The Flashcube Rent Portal was very poorly monitored by staff, my roommate and I were paying rent based on what the portal told us to pay. We did not realize we were not paying the full amount of money, thus leading to an email from the manager 9 months into living here that we owed the apartment $3,500 from their mistake! Also, we are RARELY ever able to park in our $85 designated parking spot due to people without a permit always parking there. I have mentioned it to administration several times. Each time I am told administration will fix this issue, however this is not the case. When signing my lease, no mention was made about opening some apartments for AIRBNB rental, this would have been nice to be aware of as it puts another added concern over a secure environment which I thought I was getting. Another incident happened a week ago as I was taking my dog out at around 1am to the pet area, in the lower lounge I noticed a homeless man sleeping on one of the couches. There have also been a couple of nights I've found vomit around the area across from the dog park. Lastly, there was a shooting incident inside the building last week. These incidents have definitely made me feel unsafe and I don't feel Flashcube is secure enough or these incidents would not have occurred. I don't think it will be the last either. I don't need counseling to get me through my last month of my lease agreement as has been offered by Flashcube, I need them to listen to these complaints/security issues and begin ramping up the security measures more to avoid more unsafe incidents. September is the time frame for the end of my lease, I have asked for an exception to be released from my lease early due to the safety issues. I explained above and have been denied. They are not doing enough in my opinion to provide safer environment to live. September can't come soon enough! read more

Great amenities and nice location however Jordan is the rudest, most incompetent person I have ever dealt with. She was the sole reason I didn't lease with Flashcube, I would not want to have to deal with her on a daily basis. The other members of the office staff seemed fine but if Flashcube wants to get more business, replace Jordan with someone friendly, knowledgeable and less rude. read more

I'm pretty disappointed in this place... The complex comes with a "secure" keyfob system where every resident has their own keyfob to scan and gain access to doors and elevators. Since they are having trouble renting these apartments with actual tenants, a growing number of the apartments are now Airbnbs and they are handing out keyfobs to new people every 3 days or so. I do not feel safe living here anymore. Please beware that you will essentially be signing a year lease in a hotel if you choose live here. read more