Greens At Derby

Crime — Screwed Over — Crime
I have a lot of positive things to say about this apartment and the five years I lived there. The people that work there are generally friendly; facilities and area is fairly well taken care of; free golf. However, I have two major things to warn any prospective residents about — crime and fees.
Call the local police station and ask them about what goes on in the apartments and how often they are there. I’ve had an officer tell me they get called there almost daily.
The second issue I should warn you about is they are a little incompetent in the leasing office and you won’t get the benefit of the doubt. You are just a number to them. I gave them (in writing) sufficient notice that I was not renewing my lease. They conveniently lost that notice and charged me another month’s rent. They will collect that rent from somebody else as well. And you can completely forget about getting your deposit back.

The apartments and facilities are very nice. The leasing office staff is friendly and helpful. when they can be. This, however, brings me the bulk of my review.
Parking is a nightmare after 6:00pm. There are more cars than there are parking spaces, which sometimes leaves you parking blocks away from your door. I attribute this to multivehicle households and otherwise compensating truck drivers who can’t park. Perhaps an enforced parking permit system would put a bandaid on this problem.
Another issue you run into at the Greens is noise. We barely hear our next door neighbor, but we hear the every move of our neighbors above. Apparently this a pretty common issue. Although this a fairly typical apartment-​living issue, for as much as you pay in rent at the Greens, it should be silent.
This brings me to my final point, the cost of rent. Compared to where I am from, Columbus OH, rent at the Greens is manageable and is a little less than you would expect to pay. In Wichita/​Derby, however, the rent is absurdly high compared the surrounding market. Unfortunately, the Greens were the first (and only) apartments we looked at when I was first stationed here. Thus, we didn’t get an accurate image of appropriate rent. It wasn’t until later that we realized we were paying far above the mean rent for the area.
Although I am overall satisfied with our stay, we won’t be renewing our lease come April.