The Links at Starkville

If I could give a 0 star I would. They increase rent every year which is understandable but the amenities that we are paying for in that rent we can't use. The swimming pool has been out of order for the past two years with them saying they can't get anyone to come look at it. The roads are horrible that it has unbalanced my tires twice and the garbage dumpsters have trash all around them. I have a roach problem and it's not due to the uncleanliness of the apartment. They are everywhere. ... The management does not communicate with you at all unless they are wanting money. Then they threaten to throw you out. When the security that is living there is called, the county sheriff's dept makes it there before they do. There has been a shooting, robbery, and domestic violence's all within a few apartments of the one I have and no safety communication has been given to the residence...
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The apartments on the bottom have a bad termite problem and there are lots of drainage/leaking problems. Management seems strangled by "corporate" constantly... seemingly unable to get anything done in any kind of timely, appropriate or even sensible manner. I would rent elsewhere. But definitely come play golf here. The golf course is awesome.

Where to start, units are full of termites that eat through sheet rock and fly all over your apartment dying on everything. The management is absolutely awful they are not willing to help you with anything, the maintenance is very very bad when you call the office they tell you to submit a work order and the just mark it as complete 20 minutes after its been submitted. Then Building upkeep is awful holes in the walls mold, its absolutely awful.
Not Recommended to anyone!!!

The management doesn't seem to get much done around here. I have had the same appliance stop working 3 times in 3 and a half months, and am still struggling with it. Said it cannot be replaced because it's fixable, even tho there are screws poking out of it.

I decided to move here as a second-year PhD student because three of my other classmates lived there and liked it. Immediately upon moving in I had a disgusting roach infestation (seeing anywhere between 8-20 roaches every day for at least a month) and per the fine print of the contract, the apartment did not have to claim any responsibility. As a grad student on a tight budget I paid about $200 of my own money between buying roach treatments and getting a hotel room for myself for two nights... while this was happening. I also stayed with a friend a few nights and almost moved into a friend's apartment for the summer while they were home (I moved in at the beginning of July). I had roaches crawling out of my purse, in the dishwasher, on every cabinet, on my dishes, and one even ran across my leg in my sleep (try ever sleeping again after that!!). To make matters worse, July is one of the most intense months of my grad program so to have to deal with this on top of that was extremely draining and majorly affected my performance for my school duties. On top of that, my mom found lots of roach droppings in the pantry when I moved in and the carpet was so gross it crunched under my feet, and it took them weeks to come clean it (when they really should have replaced it). While management was good about answering/returning my calls, there was no sense of urgency whatsoever in alleviating these problems. I'm not a high maintenance person, but I did everything in my power to see about getting out of the lease, and once again the fine print of the contract locked me in for the year. I sucked it up and didn't necessarily have problems the rest of the time, aside from loud music late at night from neighbors below me and the one time there was a domestic dispute so loud next door that the police had to come at midnight and my whole apartment was shaking from the couple slamming things and yelling (thankfully I got to go home for the remaining four months of my lease). Finally, out of the $250 security deposit, I only got $40 back of it!! The only pros of this place were the great maintenance system and my really nice neighbors. But please, get the true value of your money and find somewhere else to live. I couldn't get out of here fast enough. Read More