Country Gables

Good place to live never have any complaints you feel very welcomed always friendly smiles

Felt at home instantly. Great place to live and it’s close to shopping areas and some great food places.

This is an excellent apartment community to live in. The property manager & maintenance man are always really pleasant & friendly & quick to respond to our needs. Aleena (the PM) also works really hard to ensure the landscaping around the community is neat & well kept. Country Gables is located in a really decent area filled with great areas to walk if you are the outdoorsy type. The community is also fairly quite so we don’t hear a lot of noise or disturbances throughout the day.
Pros: Excellent & friendly staff. We’ll kept landscaping & property. Convenient to everything yet tucked away as to keep out riff-​raff. Pet friendly. People friendly. Good value for your dollar. Quick response for maintenance needs.
Cons: This is a smoking community & people smoke a LOT, so if you like to keep your windows open, you get the displeasure of catching second hand smoke. Solution: either have a designated smoking area or require smoking off property.
Pet friendly comes with pros & cons. Unfortunately many people on the property do NOT keep their dogs leashed so those individuals who do leash their dogs are faced with the frustration of having unleashed dogs attack at unexpected times. Solution: enforce the leash requirement in the lease.
The apartments are older & often sound like they are falling apart. Carpets are not always replaced prior to move in & this means lots of stains left behind from previous tenants.
All-​in-​all, a great place to live despite the listed items.
:) Ms. Darcy

What a great place to call home

I can’t really say enough great things about this place. It’s the first place I’ve lived in alone, without a roommate or significant other. I picked this place online before moving in and am very happy I took the leap of faith. The office gals are so sweet and take care of all needs. The place is quiet and safe and I love it. Recommend it highly!

Country Gables is the cleanest apartments I have ever lived at. The staff it’s always friendly no crazy drama, never police like other places I have been. So if you’re looking for a quiet peaceful environment I recommend living here

This was a review I made for them on 01/​31/​2013 on another website, but two years later it’s still accurate! :)
I have absolutely nothing but good things to say about Country Gables, here’s why:
Due to a job offer, my boyfriend and I were moving from Michigan to Washington with just a couple of weeks notice.
We were not going to be able to fly out prior to arriving in Washington, so I had to rely on other websites for pictures/​layouts/​prices and to see what people thought of the apartments.
I called and emailed probably about 50 different places to inquire about pet policies, rent, utilities, etc. Almost immediately, I cut out places under a 50% rating… If I felt the rating was justified. There is NEVER a perfect apartment for everyone, but when ⁴⁵⁄₅₀ people are complaining about mold at an apartment, there’s something to be said for that.
Then I cut out the ones that were too expensive Moving from Michigan to Washington was quite a change for us. The cost of living is significantly higher out here and although we took that into account, I didn’t want to be paying a ridiculous amount of money for rent. As much as I’d love to, we just can’t afford $ 1500/​month in rent.
Then I cut out the ones that had a pet deposit that was too high. My boyfriend and I don’t have kids but we do have two cats. I believe that paying $ 800 for a nonrefundable pet deposit is ridiculous. I don’t think there’s a reason for it, especially when I know my cats won’t pee in the house and won’t cause any more damage than a child would. (Country Gables was the second lowest pet deposit we found out of EVERYONE. The one that beat them only beat them by $ 25).
That left me with about 10 places left, including Country Gables. (I should probably mention at this point that there were already about 50 emails exchanged between Country Gables and myself. They were BY FAR the ones that kept in touch the most often and didn’t just try to sell the place. They answered my questions and didn’t just try to shove information down my throat).
Then we started really going through the apartment ratings and taking all the things like size, cost, and location into account. We immediately cut out about five more places. Looking at the reviews online, the only complaints about Country Gables seems to be that they try to make money and to keep your receipts.
I hate to say it, but they are a business. Of COURSE they are trying to make money. As far as receipts go, if you’re paying this much money per month and you don’t keep your receipts, I don’t feel that you are being responsible. I keep my receipts for EVERYTHING, even if I completely trust a place… It just helps cover your butt. Mistakes happen… It doesn’t mean they were trying to gouge you or anything.
When we decided to make Country Gables our home, the great service continued.
Theresa and Sarah (who is no longer in the office) are simply FANTASTIC. The new property manager, Aleina (sp?) is just as awesome!
We had to have everything set before we arrived so we could make sure we had a place to stay.
Theresa sent pictures, answered all of my questions, sent maps, sent the lease, sent everything I needed. They processed my application quickly, rushed everything for us because of our situation. I literally have probably about 200 emails back and forth between us I was nervous about moving without seeing the place/​area first and they really helped to calm me down.
On top of it, and here’s the kicker, when we knew we d be arriving late: THEY OFFERED TO STAY LATE. Theresa even gave me her cell phone number so I could call when we came in so we wouldn’t have to spend the night in the car or another night in a hotel.
Who does that? The customer service was OUTSTANDING. The place could have been a dump and I probably STILL would have signed the lease. (Okay, maybe not, but I would have thought about it)! :)
When we arrived, we got to the apartment, and I’ll admit, I was nervous. The complex itself looked like my old apartment back in Grand Rapids and I wasn’t COMPLETELY thrilled with that place.
We walked into the apartment and ALL my doubts went away. It might have LOOKED like the old complex, but it’s NOTHING like the one in Grand Rapids. All the appliances were new, the bathroom was beautiful, everything was just PERFECT.
Two weeks in and my ONLY complaint is that the kitchen is a bit smaller than we’d like, but definitely not a dealbreaker and it’s no smaller than any of the other kitchens at the other complexes we looked at.
I’m looking forward to maybe meeting some of the neighbors — Other than a small dog barking every once in a GREAT while, we don’t hear a peep out of the neighbors.
Long story short, I freaking love it here. I love the area, I love the apartment, I feel more at home here than I did at half of the other places I’ve ever lived.

Love living here, Office staff is friendly and efficient, repairs done quickly and correctly, thank you! Cute comfortable and quiet
Sally in Puyallup