Forest View Apartments

Just save yourself the headache and find a better place. Some of the reviews here seem biased one way or another, but if there's anything you should read before considering moving here, I'll stick to some facts:

- Lived in Forest View Apartments for 12 months personally, and I knew by the 3rd week in I wasn't going to enjoy it like I'd have hoped.
- The leasing office is not on site. It's actually about a 15 minute drive one way.
- Forest View is run by a single person who answers to every need… .
- Getting ahold of said person can be next to impossible. She is out of the office frequently, takes about 1 week to respond to emails (if at all), and is typically gone by 4pm.
- Maintenance can be spotty, but they are generally kind; sometimes they show, more often than not they don't show.
- There's basically no consistency. In trying to adopt a dog, a 2-week debate happened where I was first told "we don't allow dogs", but confronted this by mentioning several of my neighbors had dogs. This led to a response of "ohh, that's right, we do allow dogs, but none over 20lbs". When I told them that my next door neighbor had a Black Lab, they replied with "well, sometimes we do up to 50lbs, but that's the maximum". When I raised the point that both a Great Dane and a Husky lived across from me, I was told "okay, we can look into it" and the person then said they needed to get off the phone.
- The AC/Heating unit is comically old, only blows air out of the top in front of a massive window, would blow out 75 degree air on a good day in the summer, and runs up your electric bill like crazy. Mine personally malfunctioned during December and run non-stop, leading to a bill of $190 for a tiny 1-bedroom apartment.
- The cheap paint used on the walls/ceiling led to gross yellow stains all over the apartment when the summer humidity kicked in (I'm a non-smoker). I washed the walls on move-out to ensure my deposit back, knowing I didn't want to argue over something I knew I was right about and risk losing money over just for pride's sake.
- My patio fence was decaying, old wood that had fallen apart years ago.
- The gutter above my door was smashed, so each time it would rain there would be a heavy stream directly in front of the door.
- My bathroom had water damage on the trim, floor, ceiling, and even the linen closet
- Only a handful of places had dishwashers or new AC units for no extra cost as I found out

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