Wilson Park Garden Apartments

"**UPDATE** Around the 6 month mark, the building was taken over under new management. This is when I began to have the most issues. When I initially moved, the prior managers gave me a “temporary parking” sticker until an official one was given to me. I frequently contacted the office with no response. I was never notified that the parking stickers had changed, my vehicle was towed. I contacted the office, with no help, they gave me a phone number that was not the correct towing company’s number. It costed $500 dollars to get my car and they did not reimburse me and tried to make me pay for a new sticker when I previously paid when I moved in. Okay, I took the loss and moved on. My tub flooded, no one came to fix it for 2 weeks. The drier had been broken, several requests, no one fixed it. I feel like it was impossible to get ahold of the office. My last strike was the rats. Yes, rats. My unit had rats, I noticed my cat playing with a dead mouse. When I investigated, I found rat droppings in corners of the rooms. It took them a few weeks to do anything. The “pest control” did not check all the rooms and only checked over the downstairs. This is extremely ironic because every month the complex charges you extra for “pest” and “trash”. Another thing is the parking lot itself, I’ve had my car hit TWICE and scratched by people. I don’t necessarily blame them since the parking spots are abysmal and poorly done. Another thing to note that’s very important: the area. It is NOT a nice area. Shady people hanging around at night, I’ve had my car broken into. The office is very unhelpful, they just put up papers “spreading awareness” of numerous car break ins. I attempted to call the office several times about giving them my move out notice. I called 3 times, left voicemails and I even emailed. No response back. I had a feeling they were ignoring my calls, I called on my work phone and I got an answer immediately. I only lasted 1 year and I could not wait until my lease was up. The unit is beautiful, if you live alone this place isn’t for you. It is catered to bigger families, and even then it is not a safe place to raise a family. I typically do not leave poor reviews, but the things I went through was very unpleasant and the unprofessionalism of the office didn’t help. They’re trying so hard to gentrify the area by renovating outside without a second thought about the real problems in the buildings. There are much better places to rent from, that are CHEAPER, and safer."

"Are zero stars an option? They run through managers and maintenance like water. The onsite managers must have to be rude to get a job here. Continue to raise rent and make tenants pay for the trash removal and pest control, when I never needed pest control in my unit. They will Nickel and dime you to death. They hire low budget terrible snow removal companies that don't do their jobs. Slumlords!"

"DO NOT RENT FROM THIS PLACE!! My sons family with little kids were kicked out just before the holidays. The new ( for now) management company are getting rid of tenants so they can remodel and charge ridiculous rents. The buildings have changed management several times during their stay. I know it hard to find apartments now, but run from this one. I'm surprised they are even rated a 2 stars."

"Please RUN FROM THIS PLACE ! First and foremost staying here has been an experience that I can not begin to put into words ! Not all the units are “remodeled “ luckily I was able to get a unit that was remodeled !!! But trust me they cut corners on the remodeling ! They have the cheapest carpets..my shower you can tell was man made ..they hire people who half do the work ! All they have done was paint over the wood from their previous layout ! The windows are cheap and you will be freezing !!they had to fire the previous property managers cause she was stealing along with contractors! My neighbors had to leave their unit because of a fire and when they returned ..they found their things were stolen by contractors hired to fix their apartments ! They also kicked them out just to remodel ( half done ) their unit ! A family fell from their balcony when it collapsed so they had to redo all balconies which I’m pretty sure put a dent in their budget ! I got bit by my neighbors dog ! The ventilation system is non existent ! You will be freezing in the winter time the heat goes in and out and they suggest you put plastic over ur windows ! Around Christmas and new years we were without heat and hot water for days and they did absolutely nothing and still wanted full rent ! They have one maintenance man and work him like a dog ! He provided me with space heaters and heated blankets because he felt so bad ! It’s very noisy ..you can hear everything everyone is doing in the building ! Like seriously ! Then they have the nerve to not renew leases! Take your money and get luxury either downtown or downtown east / or south area ! Trust me ! I can’t wait to leave and I will be calling the inspectors on Wilson garden apartments"

"The place in general is OK. New management took over 1.5 years now... asked to have carpet replace in April after they said they would... and I get a 60 day notice that my lease would not be renewd. The manager is rude to everyone except to potential tenants. They put out letters about dogs.... kids.... but never follow through on what they post. You can't grill.... have visitors have your dogs on leash in a gated dog park area. You basically have to stay in your house and not make any noise. I'm a disabled veteran who lived there for 1 week shy of nine years and I was forced out."