St Mary’s Woods Apartments

If I could give them no stars I would!!! I just started reading the reviews and all I see is management saying they are sorry and talking about community that I have yet to see while they line their pockets with my hard earned money. The one star reviews are correct, the mold, ants, and the staffs false promises. I will disagree though that the maintenance staff is awesome they have always come and fixed our issues right away and they are doing a great job that is about the ONLY good thing about this place!!! The children here are TERRIBLE and the staff does nothing to make it better. I have had my car vandalized as well as other neighbors all because children play in the street next to the cars. I have told the office 4 times now and nothing has changed, in fact it has gotten worse. This place acts like they care and like they want to help you but as long as you pay your rent they don’t care!!! It might be cheap when you move into these «luxury» apartments but one thing for sure is they are far from luxury unless you have lived in a 3^rd world country. The train does pass close to some of the places but it doesn’t bother me! The windows are soooooo thin and the mold is out of control. I have lived in Mexico for a year and they live in better conditions then this!!! The way they handle things here you would think that it was their first time handling anything. I would NEVER rent from here again!!! The lack of respect and humanity amazes me!!! When I first moved in there, their were no issues and 6 months later a car was lit on fire at 2 am and since this issue, crime has increased and the police are here quite frequently. While you may think it’s a good thing it’s not because I come «home» after a LONG day at work and wonder if my place was broken into! It is mind boggling to me that this place is still even open for business you can bet that the BBB will be hearing about this.
Children lack respect and dicipline. They are left unattended and this would be a child molesters paradise!!! I have nothing against children, I am a nanny and my cares (while they may be young) still know right from wrong. I just can’t get over how they can allow THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS of damage be done to cars and the situation has remained the same!!!
DON’T LIVE HERE!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

My biggest complaints about this place really had been the neighbors & the buildings themselves. The neighborhood children are outside screaming from the time the bus lets them out until it’s dark, so in the summer they’re outside screaming until 10−11pm. It’s awful and there is no parental supervision. I have heard more swear words from 10 year olds than most adults, and on multiple occasions have heard a young child threaten to rape another’s mother. In the summer the children from the whole neighborhood fill the swimming pool, the trash is almost always full & overflowing.
The neighbors around me smoke marijuana & cigarettes and when they do, it fills my entire apt. You have to close the doors, open all windows, turn on the bathroom fan etc. To try and avoid it. it still comes up through the closets, bathroom & kitchen. Terrible place to be if you are a non smoker. Noise is off & on, had some noise issues with music playing but the office handled it pretty quickly with the other party. Hear the occasional conversation, door slamming, cabinets closing etc but it hasn’t been too bad otherwise.
Office/​maintenance has been pretty decent & quick to respond to issue or requests. The ground are not well kept, the trash area is usually covered in trash, cat litter. Outside lights go unreplaced & there are more spiders in the hallway/​stair area I’ve even seen in my life. They need a serious power washing. Also ants are a big problem, and I keep my place VERY clean.
I feel the rent is way too high, it’s completely unfounded to charge so much for the size of these units with no utilities included. The w/​s/​g runs about $ 55 – 60 a month + the electric bill. You’re paying over $ 1000 – 1100 for a friggin 1 bedroom.
The appliances are all decent enough. Older washer & dryer but work fine, the dishwasher & fridge are both fine. Not much storage or closet space, the bedroom is small & awkward to place furniture.

Also, watch out for the $ 75.00 late charge if you haven’t paid all the rent and utilities up by the 4^th of the month. This shows how CTL Management is a PREDATORY landlord. I paid the whole amount by OCT 6, I only had a $ 127.00 balance which includes their grossly overpriced UTILITIES of water and garbage. I was doing this for two years with NO problems, and all of a sudden they tag on this $ 75.00 late fee. PREDATORY UNFAIR LANDLORD PRACTICES. I say that a CLASS ACTION SUIT against CTL Management is something to consider.

We have been here almost a year now.
Pluses: Reasonable rent, utilities don’t run too high if you’re careful. We have a 3 bedroom/​2 bath apartment for less than 1200 per month, near services and transit, as well as covered parking for one vehicle. The office personnel are mostly pleasant, and easy to deal with.
Extra plus: The maintenance is OUTSTANDING. Prompt, accurate, pleasant. Every time I have requested maintenance, they have responded within a day, and fixed the problem. Just now, I requested maintenance, and he was here in less than 15 minutes. On a weekday, during a snow storm.
Minuses: Zero insulation between floors. We’re on the ground floor, and hear every move our upstairs neighbors make. Sometimes we can even hear conversations between apartments. Some noisy children, and noisier young adults at night. That doesn’t last long, though… we haven’t had to complain.
Note: There is a HUGE immigrant population at this complex. I would guess about 80%, with most being of Latin and Middle Eastern origin. We have absolutely no problem with this, but it might be something to note for those who either 1) are seeking a community with a high immigrant population, or 2) prefer a community without a high immigrant population.
All in all, we like it here. Our plan is to buy a house, but we are content to remain at St. Mary’s Woods until we do.

95% Mexicans. horrible construction and can hear everything. old dated appliances and old gross cabinets. moldy damp. wall electric heating. Re painted and maintained by complete retards.

I have lived here for over a year and I have to say… I do like this place. Other than having an occasional difference of opinion with the maintenance crew… which is solved with a quick call or trip down to the office.
For the most part this is a quiet place to live and only complaint is my downstairs neighbors which is not the fault of the complex just a problem with a mother not teaching her kids and their 30 friends not to slam the door between each person coming out of the house. That and they like to play right under our windows.
The grounds are upkept but there are no sidewalks and so people walk in the middle of the street.
There are not quite enough trash areas so the ones that are here fill up quickly and the parking spaces are way too small… other than that the grounds are upkept, you can use the office fax machine, there is a pool and hot tub, free dvd rentals and a movie room.
The staff for the most part are sweet and engaging and laugh a lot.

I moved in Oct 2010 and they had all new carpets and a nice housewarming gift. I even won their early-​bird-​rent-​payment gift once — $ 50 off rent!
Good management — friendly and honest. The respond quickly and politely to everything, and are very nice people in general. The maintenance requests are responded to promptly.
The apartment itself is cozy and inviting. And has washer and dryer, which is a big plus. One of the best things about this apartment complex is that it is very quiet and serene. My cats love it here because of the great views of trees, wetlands, birds and squirrels out of the window.
There are free dvd rentals at the front office, a large tv room with big screen theatre, pool, gym, etc. Only thing that i don’t recommend is the hot tub. It has way too much chemicals in it, and is very stifling.
And of course, one of the most important things — it is the most affordable place in Beaverton, considering that it has washer and dryer in the unit. One negative i will mention is that they charge unnecessary moveout fees — during the final walk through when i was moving out, they said everything looked so perfect and almost as if it had not been lived in because it was so clean, but despite that they took a considerable portion of my deposit saying that they needed to replace a bunch of things…