Legacy at Meridian Apartment Homes

Best complex I have ever had. The staff is amazing and I couldn’t ask for a better place! We have pool parties and food truck Wednesday!

I am not a full time resident, but I have family living at Legacy at Meridian. I have visited every other month over the last year and stay for several weeks at a time. I have found the staff to be courteous. The grounds are well kept. The maintenance staff are quick to respond to make repairs. The pool area is well taken care of and the water is crystal clear. Legacy at Meridian allows dogs and provide pet areas for each of the 10 buildings. The pet areas are clean as poop bags are provide for residents to pick up after their dogs. The trash pick up and recycling service does make this chore easy. My family and I are very pleased with our experience living here. My complaint is regarding the multiple air conditioning units next to the ground floor bedroom. These units are loud, but eventually during each visit, I acclimate and I’m able to block out the noise as long as my windows are closed. It is impossible to keep the windows open because the AC noise is deafening. Also, the upstair neighbors are heavy walkers and I sometimes expect them to come crashing down. I wonder if the upstair neighbors roll bowling balls in their apartment. If you are thinking of renting, avoid the ground floor. Overall, this is a great place to live.

I have lived here for several months and have been very impressed by the professionalism of all the staff, both the office an maintenance staff. They are proactive in making sure there are no problems and when there is one they are responsive and take care of it in a very timely manner. I highly recommend anyone looking for an apartment to come here first!

I’m a professional, early 40’s woman who lived here with my dog for 5 months, I had needed a place that would provide short-​term, renewable leases and this was perfect! I thought the apartment was clean, modern, a nice size, and quiet, and that the gym and pool, and laundary room on the property were clean, attractive, and functional.
The staff were always friendly and super-​efficient. It was the was the easiest lease and move-​in/​move-​out I’ve every done. The times I needed minor maintainence, the issues were resolved quickly.
I was very happy here and would lease again here if I’m back in the area. My experience here was positive and stress-​free.

Stay away they will nickel and dime you

We lived at 1520 Magnolia for the last year. I have very mixed feelings about the apartments. The property itself is quite lovely and I am not sure you’ll find a better pool anywhere in the area. The apartments themselves are large and I had a huge kitchen (which is a big deal to me).
So, why is my review only 2 stars? Well, we had one of those freak apartment happenings which turned me completely off from 1520 and their staff. I was in a ground floor apartment when we first moved in. Every time it rained, our master bedroom closet would smell moldy. I brought this to the attention of the property staff who first dismissed it as «probably being the cat». Well, once the problem got worse (soaking carpet, mold ON the WALLS) the property management took me seriously. Long story short, we were moved out of that apartment and in to a «comparable» unit. The apartment we were moved to was the same floor plan yes, but there were many problems in that apartment (unlevel floors, cracks in the walls, leaks from the windows) and it was in a inferior location to the last apartment (third floor with little parking versus our originally ground floor next to the pool). We were given very little help, yes, the apartment paid for our move, but they didn’t go out of their way to do anything to keep us.
My final straw was the property manager. The day before our move, she gave us her cell phone number as said to call if there were any problems. She then added «I hope not, because I’m hosting the party and its a Saturday night»
…I’m sorry, I have mold growing in my closet and am being uprooted from my decorated and furnished home because of health issues and you’re hoping for me not to ruin your party…
In addendum, the apartment building we moved to was burglarized twice in one month, that was it and we moved out about a month ago.
So, the take away is this, if you don’t have any issues and get a nice apartment this is a nicer place to live, but pray for no problems, otherwise you’ll be very displeased.

My interactions with their «management team» have been awful. When I first went to visit the place, the leasing agent Tina did not bother to greet me at all… instead, she asked what I was looking for and immediately told me they didn’t have that size apartment. I left behind my information card I filled out, and surprisingly, I was contacted later on to be thanked for my visit via email. I told the person that contacted me I was told that there wasn’t a 1-​bedroom but if there was, I would be interested, and I got NO response. Somehow, a couple weeks later, I unfortunately found myself back on 1520 Magnolia’s website, where I saw that, according to their availability, they did have something within the time frame I would be able to move in available. I clicked on ‘request more information’ and I got an automated response from «Tina.» I responded not long after, asking her important questions, and still, almost two weeks later, have not gotten ANY response back. It’s NOT my job to try to contact this poorly organized management staff when I am trying to rent from them. Every other leasing agent I have come into contact with has been extremely helpful, accommodating, would respond to my questions within the same day, if not within a couple of hours, and did as much as they could to try to convince me to want to lease from their apartment complex. Extremely unimpressed with 1520 Magnolia.

My boyfriend lived here for a year (so I practically lived here for a year) before we began cohabitation bliss. If you’re not still gagging, read on. He and I both got apartments in the same zip code — so we did a lot of hunting in the area. And I really think Magnolia is the best option. The property is on the newer side and is very well kept — the units and the grounds. He and I paid the same around in rent — and though my space was rather larger than his, I would have given that up in exchange for the quieter and significantly more pleasant atmosphere at Magnolia.
The pool is up and running (though not heated) year-​round. And the office serves a complimentary breakfast buffet on weekdays (a selection of coffee and muffins, bagels, fruit, and/​or pastries). There are doggie clean-​up stations, and the apartment has sidewalks throughout.
The staff was always friendly in passing and knew Phil by name. When it came time for us to relocate to our new house, Phil had to break his lease here. The arrangement was for him to secure a new resident (not necessarily for his unit); he was able to do so — and actually brought on board not one, but three (!), residents. Which, I think, just goes to show you how winning the property is. If you want to be in SW Durham, consider this place; you’ll be close to Hwy 55, I40, and Southpoint.