The Village has many amenities that I enjoy having access too. They are always giving away free food for residents, and are always nice when you need anything. The rooms are very spacious with lots of storage, and the kitchen is very large. The times that I have put in a maintenance order, they have fixed the issue as soon as possible. I have enjoyed my stay at the Village at Columbia! :) read more

We helped our daughter and her roommate move in this past Saturday, August 18,2018. A leak was noticed in the downstairs half bath, toilet upstairs did not want to flush and bath tubs were stopped up. Very nice man from maintenance came and when he opened the closet door in the upstairs hallway, there was water all over the floor. The downstairs bathroom had to have a fan running to try to dry it out. There was mold through out the apartment, grease on handles in the kitchen, and roaches were present. Both girls have noticed that they are having respiratory problems while in the apartment. Now they have what looks like bedbug bites on their hands and neck. This place is a dump and management doesn't seem to care. Don't let your loved ones live in this place. It is unfortunate that 1 star is the lowest rating. read more

Need to fix the speed bumps. Don't fix things on your own and then proceed to charge us for them. Good job answering questions when I have them. read more

THIS IS THE ABSOLUTELY WORST PLACE ON THE PLANET TO LIVE! Within the last month, there has been 2 shootings in Building 15. Tonight, the police dept. set up crime scene tape because someone got shot. The amount of weed that comes from building 15 and the management here is just terrible. I pay over $670 a month on top of an average of $120 for utilities ($240 a month between my roommate and myself split) and that only includes water and electric and wifi - no cable. Do yourself a favor and live closer to campus, away from the crime that takes place here and no one seems to care about in management (because the exact same thing happened last month and we were promised it wouldn't happen again), and stay out of this area. Parents, do yourself a favor and don't let your kids live here. This used to be called the Woodlands but they had so much crime they had to rebrand it as the Village. Wonder what its new name will be next year... read more

This is my first year living here and I have renewed my lease for next year. I love the community and the clubhouse and amenities are great! However, I wish the gym had a stationary bike! The apartments look stylish and the maintenance crew is very nice and fixes things in a timely manner. There has been some miscommunication between the people in the office which can get annoying but as long as you are persistent and stay on top of rent and paperwork you can get everything figured out. The bus to campus and downtown is convenient and the drivers are really sweet but it kept breaking down this year. Hopefully next year it'll be more reliable! The apartments are a decent size and the walk in closets are awesome. I live close to the clubhouse which makes me feel safe because at night there is a security guard who stands outside the clubhouse. A lot of people stay up late in the clubhouse studying and he will walk them back to their apartments to ensure their safety. Overall, The Village is a nice place to live as a college student. It's not very close to campus but the bus and amenities make up for the distance. read more

DO NOT PAY TO LIVE HERE. I have lived here for one year and all I have to say is this place has a terrible community, terrible staff, and terrible facilities. You can find places much closer to USC for similar prices. There is a shuttle bus, but it is not reliable. The bus has been broken down for a majority of the past year. Within the last year there has been a shooting in one of the apartment buildings, gunshots can be heard regularly, there have been multiple fights outside of my very own apartment, and people are constantly outside screaming and running around. I very rarely go to the office with any types of questions, and when I do, I am given a misleading or incorrect answers and have sometimes received rude emails a few days later. I have been late to work and class multiple times due to inconveniences caused 100% by the apartment complex such as, broken door locks and blocked off entrances without notification. The club house looks nice, but when signing a lease DO NOT be fooled by it. This is the only kept up area at the village but dogs are not allowed there and, if you hangout there past 6pm the environment becomes unsafe because of the people whom live in the community as well as strangers who hangout there. The apartment will charge you for absolutely everything. I was moved into an apartment with 3 people who have already lived here for 3 years. There were already damages to the apartment when I moved in but since we are all about to move out they are trying to charge me for damages that were here before I moved in personally. This place has no regards for cleanliness, safety, or convenience. They just want your money. If you value your college experience at all I DO NOT suggest living here. read more

dont live here. you will get charged a ridiculous amount of utilities no matter what, i was charged over $140 in utilities per month when we would make it a point to keep all of our lights off to try and see if the utilities would go down. the rent seems low but you will be charged hundreds of dollars extra for no reason. this place is a complete scam. read more

What a HORRIBLE place to live. I feel absolutely tricked by all of the amenities and built-in appliances that I was offered here upon signing. For months, we have had limited running water and major broken appliances, along with a disgusting cockroach problem. Management is rude and offers ZERO solutions to our problems, which is appalling since we are paying roughly 700 dollars a month to live here. They overcharge us on utilities to the extreme, and maintenance never is able to fix anything. They take weeks to even show up, and when they do, they fiddle with an appliance for five minutes, claim they have fixed it, and leave. Only for us to find out that it is still completely broken. This apartment complex is a joke, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. read more

Horrible. They'll charge you for anything. They furnish the apartments with horribly cheap furniture that falls apart from regular wear and tear and then charge you to replace it when you move out. Also, make sure you report ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING at the beginning of the year. If they have to lift a finger to clean anything, they will charge you outrageously. I bet if I went back, it wouldn't be any cleaner than I left it because I tried as hard as I could to get out the soap scum that was in the tub before I even moved in and couldn't get it. I bet they charged the last person to clean it and never cleaned it before I moved in either. Now that I think about it, I remember our entire apartment was full of dirt, dead leaves, and dead bugs when we moved in because they "missed" our apartment. They didn't come to clean for another week, and all they sent was a guy with a broom and a vacuum (we had already done that.) So, The Village, I planned on leaving a positive review figuring that you would be reasonable, but you have failed that. So here's this. I'll find every site I can to make sure people know what they're getting themselves into. Not all of us have our parents paying everything. Thanks. read more

I have lived here for three years now. The first year wasn't terrible, the management worked with me on some issues I had with my living situation and were very nice about everything. But then management changed and things went downhill. The only reason I did not move earlier was because not having a place to stay for two weeks wasn't an option, but thank god I am graduating and won't have to deal with this place for another year. Starting with the good things: Downtown shuttle Maintenance responds quickly Nice setup Night time security guards are great guys and very capable. Now for the bad: Utility bills are crazy high. Like that cannot even be possible high. I know the apartment has bad insulation so that raises the cost of heating and air but I swear they weren't this bad before. This past year when we all renewed leases they snuck in that cable was no longer included without informing anyone they changed the contract. Their reason was the wifi was getting improved. It hasn't. And to top it all off, RENT GOT HIGHER. We constantly get messages that there are crazy great promotions going on for people who tour or sign a new lease, yet nothing happens for the residents. Occasionally free food is given away, but that's it. Everyone that lives here would much rather be without all that and simply pay less rent. It feels like they are just giving our money away to other people. (Also when there finally is a chance for residents to win money, they never follow through.) When told that our street light was out in front of our apartment, we got the reply that this was a city problem, not theirs. IT'S NOT SAFE. We can't see our stairs and even guests have fallen. Not to mention we can't see other people on the street at night, and the security guards can't be everywhere at once. Recently, the resident portal system was changed. Which would be fine, however they got rid of the old one before the new one was in place, making it so rent couldn't be paid by credit card. Also, they did a very poor job of informing the residents of this. There's more but the bottom line is whoever is in charge of The Village needs to realize this is one of the worst marketing marketing strategies I've ever seen. Screw over residents and destroy customer loyalty and word by mouth marketing...not smart. This apartment complex is already the furthest from campus and with not so cheap rent, and new places are popping up right next to campus like crazy. Wherever you live, just don't live here. read more

I've been here for 2 years. I'll start off with the pros. Good community, lots of my friends live here, has pretty much everything I need, the inclusive rent is good for college students. The shuttle running downtown on the weekends is great EXCEPT for it's barely been running this past year. Now into the cons. One of the reasons I moved here was for the weekend shuttle service. I've only been able to use it twice this whole year. With the main shuttle being down for the majority of the school year, it's extremely inconvenient when not everyone can fit on the little vans they substitute. There have been a couple instances when maintenance requests have not been fulfilled after multiple requests. The biggest issue I've had (and some others) are car break-ins. My passenger window was recently shattered. No help or assistance was provided by the complex. This has happened to many residents, including tires being slashed. But there's 24 hour security who only seem to be good for noise complaints. read more

My Student has lived here in this apartment complex for 14 months. The first year she moved in July 2016, the community was great. The staff was well organized and the room she was given was very good for a college student transitioning out of campus housing. Well upon year two 2017 we requested a smaller unit and that is when a h*ll has broke loose. They have over charged these students for power and sewer! they sent us a bill for 170.00 for utilities, that is 340 for the month for two people. For the first few weeks they had police riding the area at night, this has stopped and I have visited many times at night,,,no police. I am guessing this was all for show. the staff doesn't know what they are talking about and they don't appreciate their good paying tenants. Don't let you young adults live here. It is not worth it. They have trash that is always over running and they don't enforce the other tenants to pick up after their dogs meaning that dog mess is always on the side walk or right by the steps. Run and don't live here!!! As a parent I am very disappointed in this place and I wouldn't recommend my enemy to live here! read more

Please do yourself a favor and run away as fast as you can from The Village. I was warned myself but it looked so nice that I ignored it. There was a promise of new management who would handle things better this time around but somehow they managed to make everyone hate the place even more. The ability to rate on Facebook has even been disabled. From the start I have had problems. When we arrived to move into our apartment it was a disaster. It was filthy and what made it worse is the fact that we paid an outrageous cleaning fee before move in. After speaking with 3 different managers for 2 hours they finally agreed to refund that money. From then on I'm in general spoken too as if I'm below the managers and a waste of time. Wifi cuts out CONSTANTLY! This week alone it has stopped working twice. Utilities which they said should be no more than $40-50 are around $70-80 every month! My roommates and I keep everything unplugged. We don't use heat in the winter and barley us AC in the summer and they have no explanation why the utilities are so outrageous. They claim this is not their fault and this happens everywhere but I lived in another complex for a year and never had these issues. My old apartment utility bill was $30 never more. Next they told me and my roommates that they would remove any of the furniture we did not have a use for. Well imagine our surprise when my roommate gets a new bed and they no longer store furniture and won't move the bed they provided out. THEN they admitted to me that the reason this happened is because they have not been keeping track of furniture and no record of what they removed. I have spoken to the company that owns them which is the Scion group but there is not much that can do for me. Let's not forget that they claim this is a safe area even though its far from campus but several cars have been broken into this year and it is not gated. Please take what I say seriously. Do not live here. You will regret it. read more