Villas at Chestnut Ridge

Horrible experience at the Villas. Wildly expensive. I lived in a 2 bedroom, paid $ 800 a month before utilities, so the apartment was $ 1600 a month total. The two-​bedroom townhouses are three stories. First floor has a ½ bathroom, living area and a small kitchen. The place is «FURNISHED.» Furnished in quotes because the pieces they provide are cheap and uncomfortable but it does save you the cost of purchasing your own coffee table, kitchen table, couch, and TV stand. The couch is leather and painfully uncomfortable to sleep on. Whenever I had guests, I had to lay down a blanket and tuck it into the cushions to make it comfortable. The kitchen had a little storage closet, great for keeping luggage and my bicycle even fit in there. There is an oven, microwave and a dishwasher too. There was ample cabinet space and counter room for cooking. The place needed a front closet, there was an open space upon entering that easily could have been made into a closet for winter coats and boots. The second floor had a bedroom with a full bathroom. This was the best part of the apartment, having your own bathroom. The bedrooms were furnished with a bed frame and mattress, lets put it this way, I didn’t get a decent night sleep for AN ENTIRE YEAR. The mattress was THE ABSOLUTE WORST. I AM TELLING YOU. HORRIBLE. I had TWO tempurpedic mattresses on top and the sleep was still a nightmare, every single night. You were given drawers, a desk and a nightstand. Third floor had washer/​dryer which was key and the second bedroom with a bathroom. My particular apartment had a little concrete «patio» area which fit two folding chairs and overlooked the disgusting pond filled with trash, ducks and geese that pooped everywhere. That brings me to the serious geese issue at this place.
Geese live here. I mean literally, the community is students and geese. They are EVERYWHERE and they are dangerous. They would hang out directly outside my apartment door and if I DARED walk outside they would hiss and charge me. It was absolutely petrifying and many times caused me to MISS class because I literally could not leave my apartment building. It was awful. Many times I had to call the front desk and beg someone from maintenance to come help me out of my apartment because I had an exam or had to be at work. This was a constant, every day issue. The grounds were covered in goose poop and no matter how often maintenance came around to clean it up, it never seemed to go away. It was gross. You could never walk around outside without shoes.
The Villas had a 24 hour gym that wasn’t supervised 24 hours which was horrible because god forbid something happened to you while you were working out at midnight and there was nobody around to help you. NOT SMART. The gym was great though, lots of machines, cardio and weights and a nice big bathroom. The outdoor patio area was awesome too, tons of lawn chairs, overhang with lights, tables and chairs, a hot tub and BBQ’s. This was a really nice feature.
Now. My biggest issue and the reason why I absolutely hated my year living year. The management here is horrendous. First, I had a gas leak in my bedroom when I moved in. I was told it was nothing and to ignore the smell. I took matters into my own hands, called the gas company, they came, checked the levels and there was in fact gas leaking into my bedroom. Another night sleeping there and I may not have been able to write this review. NO EXCUSE FOR THIS. Maintenance came and checked the levels multiple times and told me there was nothing wrong. Thank God I didn’t take their word. Next, their printing center was BS. 75% of the time the printer was broken and I was unable to print out things for school. I would constantly call and ask if the printer was working and the girls at the front desk would either say no or that they had no idea. They did not have the right staff working at the front desk. The lounge was open with horrible hours. You keep the gym open 24 hours but you won’t keep the lounge area open past 8 so that people can study and get work done? It makes no sense. The advertise that they close at 9 pm but a majority of the time they close whenever they feel like it and it’s extremely frustrating for the people who live here. The management has no respect for their tenants. NONE.
This brings me to the heat and air conditioning topic. My bedroom was a constant 90 degrees and when I asked maintenance about it they told me this was just the way it was. IT WAS WINTER. Every night I had to sleep with my window open This was not okay. Long story short, my father had to call and demand a technician to come in a check the situation out because the heat problem was a HEALTH HAZARD. There ended up being something wrong with my vents and the entire system had to be replaced. The management here always thought their residents were dumb and didn’t know what was going on. Truth be told, management needs to start doing their jobs. Living here was a nightmare

This place is so nice. It got a clubhouse, ²⁴⁄₇ gym, business center with free computers and 2 giant Mac to use. A hot tub, free tanning, etc…
The only bad thing is, the pond here is the home to over 50 geese in the summer. They don’t care about no one and literally poop everywhere.
This villas is smaller than Villas at Sweethome, Sweethome got a pool and a theater and other things. But still, overall nice place to live. Very close to UB.