Pomona Terrace Apmts

Pros:
— Spacious two bedroom, 1.5 bathrooms with a nice layout.
— New hardwood floors and oven.
— Rent & maintenance requests can be completed online.
— Property manager is a really nice guy.
— Maintenance requests have been handled in a fair amount of time, so far.
— Seems to be a quiet area, with quiet neighbors.
Cons:
— Apartment was listed on the management company website as available now, it wasn’t.
— It took 41 days after the submission of my application fee before I could actually move into an apartment. I had to aggressively pursue throughout the entire process.
— Apartment was not ready on agreed upon date. As of today, apartment is still not completely finished.
— I was assured the apartment would be «move in ready».
— The apartment was filthy upon arrival. The floors, the kitchen cabinets (especially the insides), the counter tops, the bathtub, the ceiling fan, the windows, the vertical blinds, the front door, the porch area outside the door, the balcony (see below), the refrigerator, the dishwasher (which I was told was new), etc. The amount of dirt and grime that came up from every surface was appalling.
— The balcony is disgusting. Paint almost completely peeled off. Graffiti. Overturned ashtray and cigarette butts from the prior tenant. Construction supplies left on it. Unusable.
— Roach traps. In the kitchen. In the bathrooms. Several near the water heater in one of the bedrooms. I don’t think they were placed there for decoration.
— The rent, at $ 925 dollars a month, is higher than most other available two bedrooms in The Dalles.
Summary:
Sadly, there aren’t many apartment options located in The Dalles, so there wasn’t a lot of choice about where I ended up. The apartments could be very nice if cleaned up properly, which is a shame. The Pomona Terrace Apartments, in the condition they are currently in, are most definitely not worth the exorbitant price they are asking for.