2125 Yale

Brittany at this apartment complex is rude, and on top of it all, apparently they charge residents $ 100 to use their «cabana room», and a really large deposit in addition.
You know how most apartment complexes have gorgeous amenity rooms that nobody uses, that’s what this «cabana room» is by their pool. I asked Brittany, «so this is an amenity that is not included in the rent?» And she was really rude and short and pretty much said yep. And I asked her if residents are aware of this when they move in and she said yep.
Nice apartments, but it sucks when apartment staff are rude, and silly when apartments have amenities they charge you to use. They should refund my friend (the resident) her $ 100 rental fee!

I’ve been living at 2125 Yale for about 2 years now and I honestly think this is the nicest complex in the Heights area. It’s not too large or small of a complex making it the perfect size. The complex is very quite and there is never any loud music or raging parties as I’ve heard of other large complexes in the area having these types of issues. There is also great shopping and restaurants within walking distance of the complex.
The current Property Manager, Burum Hazer, does a fantastic job of making sure the property is up to par. She is also the type of manager to take residents opinions into consideration. I find this very important knowing that I’ve signed a 12 month lease. The leasing agent Brittani is very friendly and everyone in the complex loves her.
I highly recommend this complex to anyone looking to move into the heights area.

Three break-​ins in 4 months. First time some people broke into the parking garage and smashed about 10 – 15 peoples’ windows on their cars and stole everything inside. Second time, people broke into the leasing office/​general area and stole 2 Mac computers that are for general use. 3^rd time, people broke into the parking garage again and smashed probably 10 car windows again and stole everything inside the cars.
2 – 3 months later the mac computers haven’t been replaced.
Firepits been broken for about 2 and a half months. Couldn’t use it during the winter when it was cold because they took so long to fix it and still haven’t.
The keys they provide to unlock the garages and use the elevators are horrible. I have to click like 20 times to make them work on the back garage and back elevator. Sometimes I just take the stairs because I get so annoyed that it doesn’t unlock.
I wouldn’t sign the lease again. Some things don’t work properly and don’t get replaced or fixed. Also the multiple break-​in within 4 months are horrible and I just don’t feel safe where I live.
The security is more of an annoyance than protection. Wish I could have known about this before I signed. Here is your warning.

Have been living here since May… Wasn’t sure about the heights at first but love it now. The apartment is very modern and updated. The maintenance crew is AWESOME! The few times I’ve needed anything, they’re out here so quickly. The office staff is always great too and really friendly. Love it here!

I lived at 2125 Yale from July 2, 2009 through July 2014. When Orion Properties managed the complex, I had no problems/​issues whatsoever. When Simpson Properties tok over in December 2012 all hell broke lose to say the least.
They claim to have installed laminate flooring in all units. Well, mine was changed in May 2014 and it is not laminate flooring at all but rather strips of vinyl that they put into my apartment. It looked like crap.
When I moved out, I was given an estimated statement of what my charges would be based on the fact that I was at the end of my lease term — this was provided by the manager. When I moved out, NOTHING was as it was supposed to be. I did not have any unusual charges for cleaning, etc., but all of the charges had been escalated to higher amounts and I ended up not getting any of my $ 1600+ deposit back. Th emanager claimed to have told me about this, but she never did.
I had to contact them in order to receive a statement of my account (when none was received by mail more than 30 days after I vacated), and when I did finally receive it and had questions, the manager would not call me back and I had to keep calling in order to find oout what they had done. At that time, the manager flat out lied to me and misrepresented what she had originally said prior to my move out.
Beware of this place … it is over-​priced and the management ARE also the OWNERS and cannot be trusted.

I moved into 2125 Yale in July 2013. The management AND maintenance at this complex is the BEST. Friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable ALL the time. LOVE IT!

Great location, friendly neighbors.

I am really torn on what to rate this apartment complex… I’ve listed my pros and cons
Pros:
–location, location, location!!! super close to 19^th st, awesome places to eat and drink (downhouse, chilosos…)
–They have great residents here. I never had an issue with noise, everyone is super nice and considerate
–Instead of a parking garage, they have parking levels. i hate parking garages bc people drive so careleslly and fast down them… wreck waiting to happen. here they have 2 parking levels which eliminate that hazard and its so much quicker to get in and out of.
–Anytime I had a maintenance issue they were pretty good at getting fixed really quickly.
Cons:
–I was here for 9 months before I had to move for work. The water went out at least 4 times. 2 of the times it didnt get fixed until the next day. my water pressure was always weird too. a lot of times it would go really low randomly… yeah it was super annoying
–So… the apartment is kind of shaped like an incomplete square and they have this bridge/​walkway thing that basically completes the square on the top floor. well for some reason pigeons love to live under that bridge. it gets really disgusting bc there are stairs that go from the pool level to the ground floor, which i took a lot to take my dog out or just walk to somewhere nearby to grab something to eat. well those set of stairs are constantly covered in pigeon poop… its REALLY disgusting
–They don’t give you any kind of notification when a package comes in for you. The only thing they have is this screen in the leasing office that tells you which apartments have packages, but most residents probably NEVER walk into the leasing office on a regular basis.
Now after all that… I would say if I didn’t have to move bc of work, I probably would have renewed my lease there… thats assuming I didn’t get some crazy increase in rent for a renewal. Yes some of those Cons are pretty bad/​annoying, but lets be honest location is king and the heights area is going nowhere but up. there really arent any other nice apartment complexes in the heights proper area. there are a lot of apartments now that are popping up that are saying they are located in the heights… but lets get real, we all know where the heights is actually located

I’ve heard people refer to this as the «Exxon dorm» because a lot of young professionals who work at Exxon’s Greenspoint office live here and do the reverse commute. There are some families with young children and a handful of expats.
The location, apartment design and furnishings are all great. So are the neighbors! The soundproofing is very good laterally across the floors, but vertically not so — you might hear your upstairs neighbor if they walk heavily or have pets. Everyone is pretty respectful, but sometimes pets pee in the stairwell or elevator.
You might appreciate the fact that this complex does not provide corporate housing for summer interns! I remember when I was an intern living in corporate apartments on Washington Avenue the apartment complexes were all party central!
Walking distance to stores, shops and walking/​biking trails. I can do 20 miles round trip from the complex via the west White Oak Bayou Biking Trail along T. C Jester heading north up to Little York Road. You can also bike downtown easily via the Nicholson Trail or Heights Blvd Trail to White Oak; it goes to Target then along the river to the University of Houston Downtown (about 4 miles?), splits off to Studemont Park.
The leasing office staff were not very polite to my friends when they came to inquire about availability. I think they have a waitlist because a lot of people want to live here. On the bright side, service requests have been addressed promptly.
There is tons of parking; I usually park in the basement and have never had a problem finding a lot, except a couple of times when the basement garage doors did not work. It’s not safe to leave bikes in the garage as there have been thefts.
We had the fire alarm go off 3 times one Sunday which was very annoying, but that is the one and only time it has happened in my 2 years here.
It is getting expensive so I’m not sure if I will continue to lease here. At the rate Houston is growing it might be better to buy a house.

I’m having mixed feelings while writing this review, but I will do my best to explain.
I lived at 2125 Yale for one year in one of the large two bedroom units. I loved my apartment, I loved the pool, and most of all I loved my neighbors. I made wonderful friends and the community feeling I experienced as a newbie to Houston was incomparable.
The complex is very clean, parking is never too competitive. Management recently changed, and while I experienced some issues they weren’t anything unexpected by a change in management.
The only issue I have had (and it is a BIG one) is that when I recieved my letter for renewal my rent was going to be raised an exorbitant amount. (We’re talking hundreds of dollars over what I was paying). I spoke with management to hopefully make a deal with them (I am a great tenant, all rent paid on time or early, no issues)…but they made it clear they would rather I move out and they get a new tenant because I was paying «significantly below market price for the area».
I was cool with that, until I overheard a couple looking for an apartment and the office assistant was showing them MY layout and quoted them the same price as my previous rent. the SAME «below market price» rent. I’m now in a new apartment, but I feel like I was jerked around and forced to move, only to have them give my apartment to a new person for my old rent price because I was unwilling to jump up to their new price… So keep that in mind before renting. It definitely left me with a bad impression.

The grounds are nice. However, customer service in the leasing office is horrible. They have an attitude when you ask them a question and there is no response or resolution to complaints.

Not a good place to live– save your money and live somewhere else. Way overpriced. The walls are paper thin. The complex is full of rude residents who allow their pets to defecate in the halls/​stairwells and park their cars in non parking spaces in the garage because they are too lazy to drive 3 seconds to the lower level. Management is unresponsive and allows bad behavior to continue. Management informed me on numerous occasions that they «forgot» my service requests. Your loyalty for being a long time resident will never be appreciated or rewarded. Every renewal your rent will increase dramatically with new surprise fees. They are soon getting new management and I would think that things can only improve but as of now these places are WAY over priced for their value.

its an ok place to live. just dont get your hopes too high. yes, hotel style place with the indoor hallways. but they adjust the temp in hallways for complaining residents. wish they regulated it and just left it alone. yes animal friendly. but i have seen poop in hallways a few times… big nasty ones. GROSS! so that speaks of some of the residents. garage parking sux if you come home late at night. the bottom level kind of scary. staff is nice n friendly. it used to be good bang for your buck there, but they started leasing to alot of younger/​partying folks. apt was fine. small 1bdrm has ok storage. loved the bathroom. loved outdoor patio storage. loved washer n dryer. didnt need fullsize, just a waste of space, but i know some like it.

bad security — garage doors, elevators often broken — poor services — management nice but not doing anything to help… Too expensive for the value they provide.

2125 has been home since March, I love this location as I can walk to so many great shops and restaurants. The new maintenance man is very responsive and friendly as is the manager and her office staff. The new gates are fantastic and seem to be working perfectly!
My only complaint is really just about a few of the other residents that are oblivious to fact that they share the common spaces with others in the community. But then that happens at just about every apartment complex. If you want easy access to the north side of Houston, a walkable community and a usually quiet, small apartment complex to call home I would recommend 2125.

Its an ok place to live for short term. Management is super friendly and helpful.

A change management made this place as
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