University Heights Apartments

This review is for the first of two buildings in the University Heights complex.
Pros:
1. It’s inexpensive.
2. The apartments are thoroughly cleaned before move-​in.
Cons:
1. Don’t expect to get anything fixed or to get any quick response from the building manager. Someone vandalized my front door five months after I moved in, and when I moved out at the end of my twelve-​month lease, it was still there, even though I submitted a written work request and followed up with two phone calls. Having just moved out yesterday, I’m still having trouble getting a hold of her to hand over keys and do whatever inspection she needs. Also, rent was due by the 3^rd, but don’t expect your check to clear until the 10^th or 11^th.
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I moved out a few days before the official end of my lease, but paid for those days between move-​out and lease-​end, like you would. A day or two before that lease-​end date, I returned to the apartment for one last scan to make sure I didn’t leave something and then to drop off my keys. I opened the door and found new tenants had already moved in! They weren’t home, but I – a complete stranger – had a key to their place! I was stunned, quickly shut the door, and dropped off my old key.
Not only did the apartment get rented and occupied *before* the old tenant had turned in their key, but the apartment was technically double-​booked for a couple of days! They fleeced money off me and the new tenant!
So if you read this whole review and STILL have to move into this place, you better ask the landlord if they’ve gotten the old tenant’s key back and if the old tenant’s lease is up.
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2. It’s difficult to park anywhere, and if you have a motorcycle or scooter, expect people to leave passive-​aggressive notes on your vehicle, to literally pick it up and move it so they can park their Range Rover, or to even knock your expensive ride onto its side.
3. The laundry room is dirty and creepy. The washers and dryers are poorly installed. If residents use the two washers at the same time, the sink into which they drain will overflow and flood the floor of the laundry room, which is also where they provide shoddy storage space among spiders and other pests.
4. The apartment building is located in the U-​District, so it’s loud at night with drunk idiots. The house across the street will have huge parties on weekends, and dozens of people will be on the sidewalk and street drinking. Neighbors blast their techno music, so you’ll easily hear it through the thin walls, and crazies will wander around at 2am screaming – literally screaming. Also, transients will dig through your garbage in the unsecured dumpster and glare at you when you try to drop off a bag, so expect to see your old clothes getting re-​used. *Don’t throw away any important documents without shredding them first.*
Unless you have no other choice, don’t stay at this apartment complex.