Baxter Ridge Apartments

I’ve been here a week and I can echo there is little insulation between floors. Hate it! It’s not a home simply because of the noise coming through.
The builder/​developer who skimmed on the flooring should be held accountable. You hear upstairs cabinets closing, the shuffle of feet, phone conversations, and the contents of the toilet flush down through the walls.
All else is good. Good carpeting, walls, fixtures, decent appliances, quiet at night from road noise. Noise between the side walls is OK, as yet. We’ll see.
I recommend going month to month which fortunately is the same cost as a lease period.

No parking only one spot for your car guess have to walk 200 yards down a hill after finally finding parking. Management isn’t great. Over priced. Cheaply constructed

Baxter Ridge Apartments is a dump. The apartments sure look nice from the pictures, it’s new and it’s in a nicer area, but trust me, after living in apartments for 5 years strong, this is the worst I’ve ever encountered. To begin, the walls are paper thin and you can literally hear what people are talking about all around you and above or below you. The vibrations from people living above you make it sound as if they’re stomping their feet or weigh 1000 pounds, but again just poor cheap design.
Shortly after moving in, a pipe came lose in the apartment above us, in our main bathroom, and water began flowing from the ceiling, yes flowing out! When I went to the management about the issue I was told, no that’s normal, you’ll hear water flowing from time to time.” I had to literally explain to her the situation in grave detail, as if this wasn’t an emergency for her? If you want to make a complaint to management, don’t expect them to take care of it, you have to take care of it on your own… some management huh?
Now comes the most important part, the horrible management. The resident manager is utterly horrible. Totally unprofessional, is NEVER in her office, she doesn’t care about the complex or the customers and overall is just a really cold-​hearted person. She over talks you, doesn’t care if you have an issue, and really is just there for her paycheck. Have a maintenance issue? Forget about it! You’ll be waiting 1 to 2 weeks just to get something cleaned, fixed or replaced. When we first moved in, the apartment was not move in ready. The baseboards were filthy, carpets still had dog hairs on them, counter tops had sticky stuff on it, windows were a mess, there was some sort of mold growing in our sliding glass door, and cobwebs all over the place on our deck and near our door.
We feel as if we’re living in a prison at Baxter Ridge Apartments. I really suggest you do the research and look elsewhere for living. Move in/​move out vans and U-​Hauls are constantly in the parking lots, there’s dog shit everywhere, and we’re paying $ 800+ a month to live here. Please look somewhere else, you won’t regret it and if you don’t believe me, go ahead and check the filtered reviews as another resident mentions similar things. Stay far, far away from Baxter Ridge Apartments!

–Manager is never in her office.
–Garbage areas are always overflowing and ground littered with garbage
–Pet rent and weight limit doesn’t seem to matter – lots of bigger dogs.
–Manager does not look around the complex to make sure it is clean – there is a good amount of animal poop around the complex and there was some ones garbage on the side walk until the lawn people blew it on to the grass.
–I have heard that a couple of cars have gotten broken into as well.
The complex is pretty nice – they have air conditioning, but they are a bit expensive. The Manager seems to not really care about what happens in the complex as long as it doesn’t bother her.

I’ve spent the past few days viewing several prospective apartments, and I’ve decided to review each of them as follows (hope it helps!):
Location: I completely stumbled upon this property by accident. This is such a new development that I didn’t even know it was there till I turned in the driveway. This is just up the hill from shopping/​food/​highway access. It’s a medium-​sized complex and some of the apartments are so new, nobody has even lived in them yet. New apartment smell! Can you imagine? Nice, safe neighborhood up on a hill.
Staff: Friendly staff.
Dwelling: Brand new. They just started renting at the end of August 2011 and haven’t even filled all the units yet. What I liked the most about these apartments was that they aren’t the usual cookie-​cutter design. They had a bit of a unique flair, the walls were a light tan/​brown color instead of plain jane white. The cabinets were a nice wood grain, it felt very modern. Plenty of space, nice-​sized bedrooms and a good amount of light coming in from outside. Half of the apartments have a great view that faces south down the hill, the other half don’t have terrible views either. I really like this place, it felt very ‘homey’ even without furnishings.
Noise: Seemed pretty quiet to me, but like I said they haven’t filled the place yet. There were no playgrounds, but there are schools within a half mile or so.
Amenities: Pets= yes, but the deposit seemed a bit high (but maybe not considering these are brand new apartments). No gym or recreation room or pool.
Parking: Assigned parking. No complaints here.
In Summary: I liked these apartments a lot, and could definitely see myself living here because of how comfortable they felt and how updated they were. Although not necessarily out of my price range, I felt the deposits were a bit high compared to the market, but again you have to account for the fact that these are brand new units. So… weigh your options. It’s a great deal if you can afford the deposits.