Deep Ellum Lofts

They’re amenable.

Deep Ellum Lofts is the company that cares for, well, the majority of the rental lofts in Deep Ellum. The property manager and employees are friendly, the office is open on Saturdays and some holidays (such as 4^th of July), and their system for submitting maintenance requests and paying rent is pretty easy to use. The system is slightly outdated, but you can have your rent (and payment for water/​sewer/​trash/​parking) automatically deducted from your bank account, or you can direct the transmission of funds monthly. They have been good about notifying residents in the various properties about local crime/​break ins, and have a secondary office in the Adam Hats building where you can go/​call if the folks at the Deep Ellum Lofts office are out showing units.

I’m currently in Farm &7 Ranch, and haven’t had any problems like the person who previously posted.
Pros: I’m on the first floor and have a nice, roomy loft. I’ve turned on my air conditioning about 3 times in the last 6 months that I’ve lived here (once in December, and twice when it got realllly hot a week or so ago). I used to live at Mockingbird Station and would routinely have $ 300 electricity bills, so this is nice. Maintenance is generally prompt, the management is courteous and almost always availible. I’ve only witnessed the gate not working once, and they fixed it quickly.
Cons: The walls are a bit thinner than I’d like. I can hear my neighbor on the left occasionally in the evening, but nothing too bad. My neighbor on the right, however… has a huge dog and it barks all. day. long. I also live on the first floor, and so I have huge picture windows that face the street. This would be nice, but the windows are street level — meaning that if I have the blinds open, people look right in as they walk by. The laundry facility onsite has HE washers and dryers which are awesome if you love the environment, but suck if you want your clothes to be clean cheaply. I find that I have to do a very small load or my clothes dont even get wet all the way!
All in all, I enjoy this apartment. I’m doing a transfer to another building because I want a larger space, but (except for my neighbors annoying dog) I recommend it!

As a former resident of Farm and Ranch (Deep Ellum Lofts) almost 4 years, I can give you the proper perspective, NOT the leasing office’s perception that they want you to have. Gates work about 60% of the time. You pay for a carport that will collapse if it snows. They don’t alert residents to break ins. I witnessed a car getting broken into after a storm. The gates NEVER work after a storm. I’ve had to call the office more than three times to complete maintenance requests. They NEVER replace any of your appliances. They just repair them over and over again and they never work properly. My fridge and stove NEVER were calibrated correctly. I had to deal with leaks that were never repaired. Each time it rained, I would get puddles of water inside my unit. The air and heat escapes through your doors and windows, and it is very expensive to keep it cold/​warm inside as it is! Landscapers damaged my personal property and Westdale Management refused to even reply to ANY of my letters. Nothing was ever done. I was the victim of a home invasion in 2007 and Westdale did not alert the residents. Imagine waking to a huge man in your home! Wouldn’t YOU want to know if this happened to any of your neighbors? They treat new tenants better than existing ones. Westdale turnover is very high, so don’t get used to any new managers! They’ll be gone by the time your lease is up. We had 15 ft ceilings, but management would not allow maintenance to clean the ceiling fans! Pool area is shared by 6 buildings. VERY VERY crowded. No room to swim. I’ve seen bigger pools in residential homes. I had a patio and erosion caused it to slope and slant. It was bricked instead of concrete. I also had a hose so that I could water my plants. The maintenance man would always help himself to my patio and my water. I had to get a lock to keep him and the landscapers out. My guests cars got broken into for change… make sure you hide everything. For what they ask you to pay to live there, you could live in a place with WONDERFUL amenities and a staff that cares! LOOOOOOOK BEFORE YOU LEASE! I had enough and left, and all of my friends are doing the same as their leases are up. I love Deep Ellum, but HATE Westdale (mis)Management. Don’t get me started on the DIRTY laundry room where they failed to replace my money that I lost in their old machines or the cabinet that fell off of its hinges and hit me. I could LITERALLY go on for days about this place, but you get the gist! The office failed to put a lease renewal on my door and then acted like they had no idea what happened to it. I’m sure they wanted me gone because I was very VOCAL about their incompetence and wrote letters to the TAA and their corporate office to complain. Upon move out, they tried to charge me for days of rent after I moved out. SHADY dealings… you’ve been WARNED!