Tanglewood Apartments

Tanglewood is a luxury apartment for individuals who are transitioning off of the streets or from slum landlords. Maintenance was horrible. Floods were frequent during rain and rodents were copious. On the surface it looks nice — but who was it,? Taylor Swift who states, «bandaids don’t fix bullet holes…» This place has been shot down by gangs with assault rifles.

Cons:
–Rent is pretty expensive: with bills I was paying as much as some of my friends were on their mortgages
–no utilities included
— water is a communal bill. If you use less and someone in another unit uses a lot, you still have to share the bill.
— water bill rarely got into my mailbox
— gym needs updating
— lots of rent money goes to making the leasing office look nice. Around Christmas time they had over 30 poinsettias in the office with the price tags on them still that valued each one at $ 15, so $ 450 for decorations for a month. I don’t know why, but that bothered me a lot.
— takes about 3 weeks to receive the deposit back after moving out.
— 60 day required move out notice instead of the typical 30.
— hard to find parking often
Pros/​cons:
— washer and dryer hookups are in each unit
— extra charge each month to rent a washer and dryer
— BUT if you get lucky and move into an apartment that already has a washer and dryer in it, you don’t have to pay extra.
Pros:
— EXTREMELY friendly employees. They really try to get to know you.
— my carpet was brand new when I moved in.
— allow pets
— there was a discrepancy with my gas bill and they said it got taken out of my name for a month so they had to pay the bill. Contacted BHE and sent over a document that stated the bill was always in my name. They quickly and apologetically took care of the balance.
— great location. Close to everything.
— $ 8 cab ride from downtown
— even though the gym needs updating, there is a gym and it is adequate.
— sauna
— 2 swimming pools, both allow alcoholic beverages for those of age.
— lots of friendly tenants in my building
— beautiful landscaping.
— I was on the third floor, so I had vaulted ceilings which was awesome.
— again, super friendly and helpful employees. They are that nice that I had to put it in twice.
I really didn’t want to move out because I loved my apartment, but it got way too expensive.

I lived here for years. I’m not sure Tanglewood is completely «A-​OK,» but there are ups and downs to it. If you can get an apartment with a view of one of the commons areas, that’s the best. Try to get on the 2^nd floor because the 1^st floor apartments tend to have more bug problems. When you leave, even if it’s when your lease is up, you need to tell them WAY in advance– the normal 30 days isn’t enough, apparently, and they’ll make you pay extra otherwise. On the up side, the location is great– near restaurants, grocery stores, Target, Barnes & Noble, O Street, and Vine Street. The complex has a gym, swimming pools, a tennis/​basketball court, electric garages, and in-​unit washer/​dryers (if you ask). Most of the kitchen cupboards are hard to reach, and the «breakfast bar» is just a too-​high, too-​skinny extension of the counter. The walking trail nearby is hidden behind the garages, which seems dangerous, and the on-​site car wash seems like a joke.
My main issue with Tanglewood was that every year the rent went up, while the property’s quality went down. The rent listed on the site may not seem that high, but that doesn’t include water, cable/​internet, gas, electric, or a garage, if you want one. My electricity bill would’ve been lower if air hadn’t escaped through the window and the crack between the door and the door frame. Some of the dogs are yappy, and some renters don’t clean up after them, which is gross. I guess that’s where that expression «going to the dogs» comes from. Also, the staff won’t repaint your unit, even if you’ve been there for years– although if you ask, they’ll touch it up a bit. They’ll have your carpets cleaned once a year if you ask, but it isn’t a deep cleaning.
The hallway in my building had a somewhat «ghetto» look while I was there, but a friend of mine who still lives in the complex told me that they were repainted– although evidently with the minimum coat of paint because they’re apparently easily scratched up. Although there are fireplaces, candles aren’t allowed. Smoking is allowed on the wooden-​framed patios, so just cross your fingers that your neighbors aren’t smokers because the dryer vents can suck all that poison right up into your apartment. The staff was OK with repairs, but not reliable, and they look for «rule-​breaking» while they’re in your unit. Overall, I’m not sure that Tanglewood’s disadvantages differ that much from those of other apartments in Lincoln. On the outside and probably inside the newly moved-​in units, it looks nice. And the location was definitely terrific. Just go in with both eyes open.

It is not EEKS! (1 star) but it is not Meh! (2 stars) 1 ½ would do it.
I rented as corporate housing for a 2, possibly 3, months stay and it is not worth the negotiated rate… if I had paid the full rate I would realllllly have been mad. The place is mediocre to low… stains in carpets, stains on counters (everything stains them because they are so old), dead bugs upon arrival (and they still show up), all the cabinets, baseboards, doors, are the cheapest materials and are not square (have to lift the door to lock it) or insulated (the hot air pushes at the drapes and shades). It looks good from a distance (brick is good that way) but really is not worth the +70 a day we pay for the honor of being here. Some of the places have a nice view but we have a view of garages.
Executive Corporate Housing, in this case, simply means that they are letting us stay here for less than 6 months and they gave us the honor of furnishing it with cheap, oversized furnishings. I am glad I brought my own kitchen gear and linens because I can not imagine the quality they would have furnished. I am glad that the utilities are included because I imagine they are very high since they don’t insulate… and the drip, drip, drip of the faucets would certainly raise the water bill.
This place reminds me of student housing… expensive and low quality.
The upside is that I can cook here… as long as someone is willing to stand under the smoke detector to fan it because the exhaust fan only recirculates the smoke (we are in LIncoln and the steaks need a good sear) and they went off the moment I heated the oven… it was dirty or it would not have smoked like that.
Being away from home for 3 months gets old in a hotel but it also gets old when cabinets give you splinters and you have to leave the shades drawn and air running at all times because of poor insulation.
I may be spoiled (not really) but I would not call this executive corporate housing… label is misnomer.

Although Tanglewood appears nice on the surface, the utilities are killer. On average, our electricity alone ranged between $ 150-​$ 175 monthly for a two-​bedroom apartment. Add in gas at approximately $ 50, and you’re paying more than $ 200 monthly for utilities, excluding TV and internet. My roommate attached seran wrap to her window for further insulation, and it started waving, as if wind were coming directly through our window. In its heyday, Tanglewood was a nice apartment. You can definitely do better now.