Forest Creek Apartments

I’ve been in one of the townhouses for a couple months now. The place is nice if you don’t look too closely. Within 2 weeks of moving in, I got a notice saying they were going to be fogging for cockroaches. That was a great way to start my experience living here, and a bit of a surprise since I didn’t see any reviews mentioning roaches (which was the one thing I considered a deal breaker when looking for a place to live). So I had to remove all the sh*t I’d just put into my cabinets and drawers a couple weeks earlier, pile it all on my kitchen table and cover it with blankets. Then there was a second fogging a couple weeks later, so I had to waste another hour of my life removing things and repeating the process again.
But the presence of roaches is to be expected when you look at the cabinetry and plumbing in the kitchen. Easily the nastiest f***ing kitchen I’ve ever had. You can feel the grossness just standing by the sink. I guess I overlooked it during my tour, so I’m partially to blame for my current situation. The cabinet doors are literally chipping away, they’re so old and cheap. Apparently the management company was too stingy to remodel the kitchen when they put new carpet in and painted. The sink leaks, creating a nice damp environment for roaches underneath, and the garbage disposal sounds like it’s going to explode. The flooring in the kitchen is no better than anything else. It’s seriously the thin, cheap sh*t that comes in rolls, and whoever installed it didn’t bother to cut off the excess, so below my sink it’s folded back over itself. There’s also the nail sticking up in the middle, which I consistently snag my socks on. Quality work guys, and bravo to management for ensuring that contractors are reputable and do things the right way.
Moving to my downstairs bathroom, there’s more high-​quality craftsmanship. The sink is shabbily propped up by two metal rods lol. The most ghetto sh*t I’ve ever seen. And whoever did the painting, I would love nothing more than to punch them in the face for their incompetence. My 10 year old son would do a better job, and I would bet money on that. The idiot even smeared paint on the toilet and didn’t bother cleaning it off.
I hate to keep going, but there’s so much crap wrong with this dump, and I don’t wanna leave anything out. The windows and doors are almost pointless, as the cold air comes in uninhibited. I can feel the draft from my back door several feet away. So you can expect a cold apartment or ridiculous gas bill. New windows and doors cost money, so I guess they won’t be replaced until they’re totally destroyed. And speaking of my back door, if you look outside it, you’ll see my luxurious back patio, complete with a small square slab of concrete surrounded by mud. Not dirt, but mud, because the shoddy gutter above the neighboring unit makes the rainwater pour into my «patio.»
I gave the place a second star because the outside property is well-​maintained, in terms of landscaping. It actually looks pretty nice when you pull in. And there are some trashy people here but I don’t feel unsafe or worry about crime (a rarity in Hilltop, from what I’ve heard). The staff has always been courteous, though most of my interaction with them happened before I signed my lease. But it’s obvious that the management company is cheap as f*** and promotes a culture where issues are addressed in the cheapest way, rather than the most appropriate way. The bare minimum is the standard here. F*** this place. There are nicer places for a similar price, I’m sure. If not, the extra cost is worth not having to live in this hole. They’ll be lucky if I don’t break my lease to find a quality place to live.