Rivercrest Meadows Apartments

STOP! THIS IS A SNEAKY NIGHTMARE. Mold, no parking (guest will walk atleast a block or 2.) Lying management, wont loft a finger after you sign lease. thought that management seemed nice and helpful.. I thought apartment seemed pretty nice but as soon as I moved in everything changed. There is a serious mold problem that is so bad after 1 month shoes in my closet were covered in a growing hairy mold they say its my fault because I need to run my bathroom fans nonstop and open windows every day and no customer services, they charged me when someone came out to look at the mold after a week. Rent fluctuates $ 200 when I only used $ 10 more water the closet door fell off and all closet doors will fall off if you use them too much, they painted over mold so now paint flaking off. if you see this and you still go to Rivercrest Meadows you deserve tragedy. stay away from there.

The only thing luxury about these apts is the price! We lived here about 16 months. Within the first month, my van got keyed by a neighbor kid, a few months later my daughter’s bike was stollen! We constantly got complained about because our 4 kids were always outside playing. The old people that live there don’t like kids and will call the office to report you if your kids are outside playing. Like kids are supposed to be doing!
Lots of dogs in these apt and lots of poop on the grounds.
There is not enough parking! I constantly had to park on the street.
We also weren’t allowed to hook up a hose to let the kids play in the sprinkler, even though the town houses side of the complex IS allowed to have a slip-​n-​slide…
The ONLY good thing about this is the weight room i s pretty great and the large yard areas are great.

Moving as soon as my lease is up!
As everyone has mentioned, the parking is a nightmare. The carports are $ 40 a month but they are all rented out so there is virtually nowhere to park after about 6pm so I end up hauling kids and groceries from 2 blocks away.
Downstairs neighbors smoke cigarettes and marijuana so unless I keep all of my windows closed, my apartment is constantly filled with smoke.

As apartments go, this one is fairly typical. I have lived here for over a year now and am on my way out. I will say this, if you expect help on anything related to your neighbors don’t. The woman below me smoked so much weed that MY apartment smelled like woodstock. I asked her to stop, she told me to go !@#$ myself, I complained after the 3^rd or 4^th time of it happening and was told to call the police. I did that after the 6^th or 7^th time and they of course did nothing. It wasn’t the smoking that bothered me, it was my apartment being effected by it.
There are NO assigned parking spaces here unless you pay extra, and even then good luck getting one by your apartment. They charge 25 dollars at the time I write this, but it will go up. The rent seems to go up every few months as well. The spaces available for everyone are few and far between as well. In addition to the parking, the spots are all compact, when I say compact I MEAN compact, you wont fit your full size truck or SUV in a free spot without making it impossible for someone to park next to you. If you come home after 5 pm and didn’t pay for a spot, you are parking down by the dumpsters away from all the apartments. Don’t worry though, its conveniently located right by hwy 99 so your car can get broken into and vandalized with ease.
Speaking of location this place is perfect if you like being in the middle of nowhere. Its a 10 minute drive anywhere you go, minimum. But even though it is remote fear not, because if there is a fire you are safe, the complex is right across the hwy (yes you hear highway 99 all night) from the Tualatin Valley Fire Department. Its likely that they will not be able to get to your apartment if there is a fire because of the crappy parking lot layout, but you can hear the sirens all night from across the street and that’s what matters.
They tell you it is located by bus routes, it is not. It is a mile walk unless you cut through the apartment and walk down a hill littered in dog feces and even then to get anywhere in Tualatin you have to take the bus to Tigard transit then double back. Also have fun playing frogger trying to get across Highway 99 to the bus stop that goes to Sherwood.
The leaf blowers are out at about 8 am and don’t stop until about 5. Really this only happens on your days off or when you are trying to sleep, they are nowhere to be found the rest of the time, regardless of how many leaves and things are littering the walkways.
The office staff seems to rotate frequently, most are somewhat snobby. The fees associated with the property are pretty high. A garage costs 100 dollars for example. If you are a day late on the rent its a 175 dollar fee. The rent is due no later than the 4^th, which is odd every place I have lived its due by the 5^th. Any way I learned that the hard way when I went out of town and forgot to pay the rent. I called to explain I wouldn’t be back by the 4^th and they said «that’s too bad» (her exact words) They say you can pay online but it doesn’t work.
The pool is ok, but is crowded with kids most of the time (That’s pretty much anywhere you go though) The clientele has been on the decline in my opinion. In the summer expect a lot of people sitting on their patios staring at you. The tow sharks regularly patrol the area and are not afraid to tow your car if you are even on the line of the space next to you. I had to buy a space because my truck is to big for the regular spots, but I have seen them do it to my neighbors. Call the property manager when someone parks in your paid spot though and watch how quickly nothing gets done.
The apartments themselves are nothing special, they are nice enough and if you get an updated one, its fairly nice. But for the money you can do better, I promise.