Woodgate Apartments

While I don’t enjoy apartment living at all to begin with, I’ve certainly had better experiences than living at the Woodgate Apartments. While I always have issues with my neighbors (they leave their trash bags in piles outside their doors and typically people who live in apartments don’t seem to realize that everyone can hear their music), I’m basing my review score solely on my experience with the staff, their policies, and the actual apartments themselves.
First off, the apartment. When we moved in it was filthy. The cabinets were sticky and dirty, the counter tops were stained beyond any hope, the carpet had stains everywhere (including one stain in the guest bedroom that was a very suspicious brown color.) It was just overall in poor condition and you don’t look forward to dealing with that when you’re exhausted from moving all your stuff in.
Secondly, the water pressure is just plain weird. For some reason, the showers in the apartments are those single-​lever all-​or-​nothing water pressure faucets. One of the first things I did was replace the shower head with something that didn’t make it feel like a million needles being shot into your back every time you showered. But then we found that the water pressure isn’t exactly stable. Sometimes it’s fine, sometimes it’s a trickle. It doesn’t seem like the neighbors cause it as the water pressure can be extremely low for hours at a time. It doesn’t seem to be caused by the sprinklers (as they don’t have them running in the winter). I’m at a loss as to what causes it, but it’s annoying when it switches to a trickle in the middle of your shower.
Third, speaking of water… the policy here is to divide up the water bill among the apartments based on number of occupants. I wasn’t overly thrilled with this fact when I signed the lease, and I certainly wasn’t thrilled with it when I started getting the biggest water bills I’ve ever paid. I believe that this policy creates a mentality of «Since I have to pay a part of everyone else’s water, I might as well use as much as I want instead of being conservative with my water usage since all the benefits just go to my neighbors.»
Fourth, the staff. While they seem friendly enough, it’s one of those «the right hand doesn’t know what the left is doing» type of situations. For example: when I was apartment shopping, I had set up an appointment to view an apartment here. I was in town and decided to call ahead just to let them know that I was on my way. A staff member that I had not spoken with before answered the phone and told me that I was mistaken, that there were no unoccupied apartments to view. Since I was in town and now peeved at having driven over an hour and a half mainly just to see the apartments, I decided to stop by and voice my frustration with them. To my surprise, I was greeted by an employee who immediately grabbed some keys and took me to view an unoccupied apartment. Since then, it’s been more of the same. The answers you get from the staff depend on who you’re speaking with.
And finally, price. After having lived in the area for a while and done some comparison shopping, I’ve come to the conclusion that I picked poorly. The size of my apartment compared to what I’m paying for it frustrates me. Unfortunately, I was in a bit of a hurry when I was moving, else I’d have done some more shopping. Also, they do not cover any water/​sewer/​trash/​gas/​electric. So be prepared to pay ~ $ 60 — $ 90 extra dollars a month just for the water/​sewer/​trash.
On the plus side I don’t mind the location!

I’ve lived here for 2 years and the maintenance guys are really nice however, the folks that work at the office are not very bright. I’m in the process of moving out and suddenly they’ve lost my lease agreement. They have also have wrong information on their computer compared to the actual lease agreement ie contract end date, my security deposit info and pet fee. I only go there once a month to pay my bill and I always see a new employee everytime. I was happy living here as the maintenance was a quick turnaround however, since these last couple of months, it’s been pretty awful