Villas On Apache

Giving this place even one star is generous. Don’t live here! Upon moving in I found black mold in the toilet… GROSS. Also, this place is run by students so you know how that shit goes…

The worst apartments!!! Cockroach infested!!! Dirty, filthy, disgusting complex!!! This place totally gouges college students. The apartments are uninhabitable. The maintenance crew is not skilled. The management/​owners are slumlords! This is not a joke. Dead serious. 1 star because can’t give ZERO.

This place is a great apartment complex, but the management and staff ruined my experience both times I lived there!
The first time I lived there, I moved out because I was moving to New York. After living in NY for about 4 months, I received a call from a debt collector saying that I never paid them my move out costs. I specifically asked when I moved out if there was any forms or fees and they said no! Not only that, but they made up some random address to send the bills to, and address that I didn’t give them and didn’t even know where it was. To make it even worse, the manager lived a floor above me, we were friends, and he had my cell phone number. Ever think about just giving a girl a call? Apparently not…
The second time I lived there was a disaster from the start. I was told I would have the apartment all to myself. On move-​in day, they have me the keys and directed me to a different apartment than I was promised. They key did not work in the main door nor in the bedroom door. Thy ended up having to literally break into the apartment to get me in and when we got in, someone was already living in the other room… Not quite the empty apartment I was promised. Then, the girl turned out to be a huge bitch who stole half my closet and made the apartment a living hell, but they wouldn’t do anything about it except tell me that I could move apartments for a $ 200 fee. When I actually agreed to move apartments, I found out that they had sold the apartment out from under me and there were no other available rooms… In addition, I had a cat (which, granted, I wasn’t suppose to but a lot of people in the complex have secret pets). When my horrid roommate that they stuck me with told the office, they came to the apartment and threatened to take my poor rescue kitten to the pound! Needless to say, I moved out the next week. Then I had to find someone to take over my lease and they spent the next month shooting down everyone I brought in, even students. Finally they moved someone into the room and I got out of the lease. Only to find out now, 6 months later, that they once again called set collectors on me for some made up bill. This time, I contacted them and they said that they sent bills to my parents address, my email, and called my phone. Neither I not my parents received any of these notifications and I seriously doubt that they even tried sending them.
STAY AWAY!!! There are much better apartment complexes that wont give you the trouble that this place does.

Run like the wind, you will never get your mail, and I wouldnt let my dog live here.

Apparently I am not the only one who didn’t have a good experience here. Here are my pros and cons:
PROS:
— It is super close to campus and to a light rail stop.
— They have a pool and fitness center.
— It’s fully furnished, with huge beds and closets.
CONS:
— My refund check took nearly two months to come, which is ridiculous.
— They close their «fitness center» at different hours each day so you never know if it will be open or not.
— If you need something fixed, they will take forever come look at it or forget all together. (See below)
— They don’t have wifi. Instead you have to buy an ethernet cable.
— Each resident pays their own rent, which is around $ 650 a person for a two-​bedroom apartment.
My main problem with this place was when we had a serious issue with the apartment. There was water coming up through the floor boards, and it was starting to make the apartment smell awful. We went in several times and told them the issue, but it took them at least to week come look at it. By that time, it had gotten so bad that we had to move out of the apartment for a month and into their other complex (which is definitely not as nice/​safe). They reimbursed us for our rent, cable, and other expenses, but the fact that it wasn’t taken care of before it got to that point was unacceptable.
I wouldn’t live here again after that experience. It makes me worry about the upkeep of the complex and I wouldn’t be surprised if they experienced similar situations in the future.
There are much better options in the Tempe area.

It’s generous to even give one star. Villas on Apache is overpriced, dirty, bug-​ridden, and was one GIANT nightmare. The show room is decent, but extremely misleading. The furniture they show you is nice, but that won’t be what you get at your apartment. The furniture in our place was stained and much less quality fabric/​design. We had broken kitchen drawers when we moved in and after asking for repairs for two months, finally gave up on it ever being repaired. Probably the worst thing was the cockroach problem that we dealt with for over 6 months. Talk about disgusting (and our apartment was never dirty or grimy to attract the bugs).
Basically, I could go on for another three paragraphs about why NOT to live here, but just take my advice:
It was probably the worst living situation I’ve ever been in and it caused more grief, financial heartache, and stress than anyone should ever deal with in their home.
DON’T LIVE AT VILLAS ON APACHE. Save your money and find something nicer.