Cedar Trace Apartments

Let me start off by saying that you get what you pay for.
This management company offers a lot of specials at lease signing time. For example, I came in and signed a 10 month lease and got $ 1k «anytime dollars» which I used to divide over the lease and take 100/​mo off my rent. I have looked high and low around Polaris and the apartment complexes just keep popping up everywhere… With rent higher than most people’s mortgage.
I’m sorry but I think paying $ 730-​ish a month is pretty good for a 2 bedroom apartment that includes:
–No pet fee/​pet rent
–Free washer/​dryer
–Free water
–Free gym membership
YES, I could hear my neighbors constantly… YES, the electric bill was high (in fact in the winter of 2013 – 2014 I had frost growing INSIDE my apartment). I didn’t mention it to the office, I just bought insulated curtains and kept them shut most of the time.
So — you choose what’s important. This is a prime area, and these are old units.

BE WARNED POTENTIAL RENTERS!!!
Countless times of having to do my own repairs and improvements to make the apartment function and energy efficient. Windows that leak air which in turns causes water to leak in when raining causing black mold that has had to be cleaned up by myself, not properly sealed AC/​Furnace returns (leak air), interior doors that do not shut completely (warping frames), An owner who believes in not ever getting in touch with tenants. A maintenance crew who is not trained correctly.
Be prepared to WAIT and then be let down with what the complex will actually do to help the situation. Maintenance and owners attitude is to «band aid» the problems and not fix them.
For $ 650 and then an electric bill of over $ 120 a month for a 1 bedroom apartment… Not worth the headache.
Rent was just increased another $ 20 a month and as I type this I HAVE NO FUNCTIONING AIR CONDITIONER on a day that is 90 degrees outside with heat indexes over 100. (July 20, 2011 Heat Wave)
Air conditioning is blowing air at a temperature of 84.7 degrees out of the vents in the apartment. I have reported a bad air conditioner twice now to the office.
BE WARNED POTENTIAL RENTERS!!!