7100 Almeda Apartment

We moved in here in mid 2014, we were aware that this place was not the most decent place that we could live in med center, we chose here because of its location, and price was reasonable for a family. Inside of the apartment was ok at the beginning, and our expectations were not too high, so we were happy with our choice for the first year of our stay. We did have cockroaches, but we had to find our own method to fight, I haven’t had any cockroaches this year. Repairmen of apartment complex are quite nice, handy. Though I didn’t need too many repairs over a year.
Our all bad experiences started this fall with two heavy rains. In October, I had heavy roof leaks in my guest room and dining room which left a huge crack in the ceiling and water mark on the wall. We have called management multiple times, they only emailed us back advising to be patient, they were working on other apartments! It lasted 3 months to finally start working over our rooftop.
The day they worked on our rooftop, I noticed 3 holes in my ceiling made by repairmen from outside which was weird. Very next day, it was rainy again, and water was just poured from one of the holes in my guest room ceiling. We emailed management again, they didn’t even bother answering.
Now, this huge crack on ceiling of my guest room looks so bad. Worse thing is, I have countless ants in my apartment coming out of that crack. Who knows what would come out when the weather gets warmer!
We never payed our rent late. The only time was New Years holiday. We literally remembered to pay it on Jan 4^th, while the last day to pay it was Jan 3^rd. I found a paper in my door, saying that they have terminated our lease and they would lock us out if we won’t pay it for the next week. I found that very mean and disrespectful. It was only one time and one day delay over 2 years. I called the management and my husband went there in person. I believe it was Ms Suarez who he talked, they refused to dismiss the late fee.
Overall, our current experience with this apartment complex is pretty bad, I don’t see a respectful and helpful manner from the management. They stopped taking care of our issues.
We’re hoping to leave soon.

When I signed my first lease, I had no major issues with the leasing office. My lease expired and so I signed another lease and since then, my rent went up over $ 200/​month. I kind of expect rent to go up after your first lease expires, but then I started getting all these weird charges beyond just my rent. And when I signed the second lease utilities were included. Come to find out they are now changing their policy so that they bill you for utilities/​pest control separately. I don’t think they use pest control as much as they should because I’ve had cockroaches coming out of my bathtub drain. Anyways, overall very disappointed especially for the quality of the apartments. They are definitely overcharging and I will not be renewing my lease again because I could find a much nicer place close by for the same price. (Almost $ 1300 for around 780 square feet!). They also started nickel and diming everyone for really stupid stuff like replacing slats on the cheap blinds they put up. Shouldn’t that stuff be included in what you’re paying for rent? I am moving out as soon as possible.

I cannot wait to move out.
Bad quality. Bad service.
The walls are so thin you can literally hear way too much from your next door neighbor. I cannot even sleep at night because the noise of them showering is so loud. There are fire ants in the bathroom.
And more than half of the employees in the front office should not even work in customer service. They are full of attitude and acts so condescendingly and does not even acknowledge you because they were too busy talking to each other. The only nice lady is the one who works in the office towards the back of the front office.
Seriously I cannot wait to leave.

I lived there from August 2013 to August 2014 in a 2 bed/​2 bathroom layout for $ 1206 total every month. Living here was a last minute decision with my roommate, but overall my stay was pretty pleasant. This is a good location if you are a student at UH, TSU, Rice Village, etc. The water bill is already at a set rate so it was $ 40-​$ 50 (I forgot what the actual amount was). This is not an all bills paid apartment and they are pet friendly (there is a designated play area for dogs)! There is covered parking for an additional charge on top of your rent every month, but parking was never a problem unless you came home around 2 a.m. The maintenance people addressed my problems within a couple days of reporting it, so that was pretty cool. The office does store packages so you do not need to go to the post office to pick up your packages. Tenants were all types of ages and I never felt unsafe while walking around during the day time or night time.
The ONLY issue that I had with this place is during the last month of my stay, there was a communication issue. When I picked a day to do my check out or move out, I was not notified by anyone that I would have to pay an additional fee due to the fact that I moved in the middle of the month. For example, if you moved in on the 20^th, you would have to pay the remaining 10 or 11 days of the month. So I woke up one day with a note posted on my door stating that I was late on my payment and I would be charged with a late fee. My roommate and I were always on time with our payments and I felt disrespected. Jackie, the property manager, dismissed the late fee ONLY after I came in and exchanged some angry words. I definitely felt bad, but I am the type to go berserk if I feel that I am being treated unfairly. SO MAKE SURE YOU ASK ABOUT ANY FEES WHEN YOU PLAN A DAY TO DO YOUR CHECK OUT!

Upon moving in, I immediately marched back into the office due to the fact that my apartment was FILTHY. They didn’t bother to clean up after the previous tenant. It was so bad that I was afraid to touch anything in the kitchen and bathroom. The counters and appliances are very worn and gross looking– to the point where I’m embarrassed to invite people over.
Also, the AC has not worked SINCE I MOVED IN. I’ve called the office 5 times in a week and each time the maintenance crew will tweak one little thing– hoping it will work. Nothing they’ve tried has helped. They seem to be content doing the bare minimum amount of effort.
I am usually a sickeningly positive person, so the fact that I’m leaving this review should speak for how bad this complex is.
Run. Save yourself.

I would not recommend this place to anyone.
We were not able to look inside the apartment before we signed the lease. Turns out the apartment reeked of cigarettes, which it took us months for the smell to go away.
Within a week of moving in, we found out that there was a hole somewhere in the kitchen that a rat used to come in and out of the apartment. It dug in our trash and made a mess everywhere. I went to the management 3 times about it and they said they had been putting out traps. On my 3^rd visit they told me they needed to make a copy of my key because they forgot to make one? So how were they able to get in to put the traps in? A few weeks later I found the rat dead in my kitchen floor so that was interesting.
My bike was chained outside the apartment and was stolen on Halloween night. I told the apt people but they did not seem to care at all.
During the holiday season, there were multiple break ins, thankfully our apartment was not one of them but we did receive a lot of flyers from other residents warning us about the break ins and how management was not addressing it.
A few weeks later they started to hire a security person who would roll around the apartment occasionally so that was decent.
The last thing was when I gave them my last months rent, they deposited the check for $ 500 over what I wrote the check for which over drafted my account. When I called the office, they told me they would not be able to refund me my money until 30 – 60 days after I move out pending the status of the apartment. WTF? Isn’t that what a security deposit is for and if you know you owe me $ 500 why do I have to wait because of your mistake? I ended up calling my bank and they quickly adjusted my accounts and took off the fees saying they would be contacting the apartment office about the deposit since they did it from inside their office. I called the apartment office back to speak with them about everything and they said that they would «investigate» it. There is nothing to investigate. You deposited my check incorrectly. They never apologized to me for the inconvenience or anything. I’m just glad my bank was on my side.
When I went in to ask questions about moving out the girl at the front did not seem to give 2 shits about what she was doing and would not even look me in the eye to talk to me. Like I was bothering her or something with my questions.
I was so happy to move out and be done with those people.
The only good thing about this apartment complex is the dog park they were building up as my lease was ending. That’s the only plus.
DO NOT EVEN BOTHER LOOKING AT THESE APARTMENTS. GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

This is the most awkward experience one could have from an apartment complex. Whatever you do, do not sign anything with them!!! They are worst of all! They have my money and I am in process of filing a law suit against them. When you go and see an apartment, once they realize that you are interested, they will stop at nothing until they get your money. I had explicitly told the leasing agent that I do not have time and I need a place ASAP. She told me I have to ONLY pay 175 for application and 175 for deposit. After I signed and left for my town which is 2 hrs far from Houston, they told me that I need to also pay 375 $ NON-​REFUNDABLE fee which if I had know from the beginning I would not have ever signed anything with them under no circumstances. They made up an excuse about my SSN and why I have to be pay this fee. Also they knew that I do not have time at all and I probably will not come back so they figured if they withhold this information from me until after I sign the application then I would have no choice other than paying the fee. Guess what? I did not and what happens? they are refusing to give me back my application fee. In other words I am being charged for 175 $ for nothing. For something that I had no fault in! You think it is fair? Me niether… They fooled me and tricked me by withholding this info from me with only one intention:****To take my money**** I even told the manager that I will try and change the minds of as many people as I can about staying in this apartment complex. I will share this story as many times as I can in every forum and rating webpage until I am sure that my reviews have caused them loose at least 100 times as much as I lost. Then I will say we are even. Even if there absolutely was no other place to stay in town, you better off sleeping in your car rather than signing a lease with them. At least you are sure that no one is taking your money.

I have lived here for almost 3 years.
Pros is obviously the location, however, the leasing office is the worst, starting from the Manager M.P. /​As a manager, she has never returned a simple call nor email, only when I had spoken with her supervisor or I had to call her back for an answer. Very disappointing since she is THE manager of this complex, what could you expect from the rest of the staff???
I had a huge issue with my neighbor above me (nasty ppl who wash out their balcony once or twice a week after their two dogs defecate /​urinate, and yes, I got all the nasty water from above right In My balcony). I have contacted manager, they did not resolve this ordeal for over 4 months until I had to call immediate supervisor, only after making a formal complaint with central office these neighbors stopped.
Simple things as change of AC filters are not addressed by managements office. You have to remind the to change it every month, otherwise don’t expect nothing from them.
Leaking issues, a pipe from my bathroom got broken and my apartment was literally flooded… The water heater tank got a leak and happened the same: flooded! These apartments are old, I got that, but a proper maintenance should be done on a yearly basis… Specially if they want to raise rent prices as they have been doing it.
Maintenance crew is not the best but I guess they do their best since leasing office does not help. Opposite from office staff, maintenance guys are very polite, humble and respectful.
Do you wanna save money and «pay the price»? Go for it!
Otherwise, avoid a bad experience.

I have lived here since 2012 now and I am pretty ready for my lease to end. I hate to give a negative review but there are things that need to be addressed about this place. I’ll start with the cons:
There are cracks in my ceiling from the foundation. This place looks old and my apartment is tiny, 575 square feet, yet I pay a little less than other apartments with 800 square feet. To be fair, back in 2012 the prices were reasonable, but then Almeda started doing renovations to vacant apartments and the rates sky rocketed. My apartment has not been renovated and my rates still went up. Also, during the past 3 storms this year, I’ve had roof leaks. I called the front office every time but not until the third storm did they get around to fixing it. Very frustrating. One last thing, the fitness room needs A LOT of work. Half of the machines are broken and free weights go missing all the time. It looks like no one ever cleans up or wipes down the place.
Pros: the location is key. Close to everything; a Kroger, gas stations, Herman park, rice village, UH, and the Med center. The apartment is also relatively safe. The water bill is fixed, which makes budgeting easy. Parking is never an issue.
It’s hard to give apartments 5 stars due to the nature of apartment living. This place is not horrible, it just needs a lot of work. Prices could be better as well.

My girlfriend lives here, so I’m usually here at least once a week.
Pros: Close to the med center, spacious closet space, good sized bedrooms. Gated, although not that hard to sneak in. I’ve never had my car broken into here.
Cons: Some bugs (although in Texas I’m learning that is just part of life here), acoustics between apartments could be better. It’s midnight on a weekday, your Nordic death metal can either wait til the weekend, or just get some goddamn headphones guys.
All in all, no huge complaints.