I have lived at the Woodlands for two years and I am looking forward to June 19th! My MOVE OUT DATE!
I thought living off campus would be a plus but it has been nothing but a nightmare living at the Woodlands.
When I first moved in my apartment had not even been cleaned thoroughly. My parents hired someone to clean what the Woodlands had neglected - there was still food drippings in the oven, the light switches were grimey and the carpet was disgusting. The model apartment looks nothing like the actual dirty apartments. We had to hire someone to clean up the mess from previous tenants that the Woodlands failed to do.
The management is twisted - they never do anything to help out their tenants. Once I heard someone come into the management office and told them that the apartment above them was leaking. They told him ""Maintenance is overwhelmed at the moment but they would look it at as soon as possible."" He had water pouring down his walls! I caught up with him later and he had called plumbing on his own.
All of the girls that work in the office are locals who didn't go to college and don't understand how to do anything. They have told me more than once that they will come out and fix issues but they never do. The maintenance requests are an endless cycle.
They do not appreciate the people who live here and treat all of the students as children. They are quick to take your money from rent, fines, etc. but never give you a receipt of payment. You have to ask for a receipt or else they will claim you didn't pay.
A new management group tookover but changes have not been made. If the new management was actually trying to make things over...shouldn't they have fired the old management personnel who was making all the extremely bad mistakes to begin with'
They recently sent out an email to us asking us not to park near the clubhouse because the tenants who live near the clubhouse did not have anywhere to park. However, the management thinks they are not part of the problem! They park right in front of the tenants buildings next to the pool and clubhouse! I see it everyday!
When the trash compactor is full you have to take your trash elsewhere because you will be fined $25 per bag (even though the dumpster is full) for leaving your trash at the compactor. What a nuisance!
Becuase the Woodlands is situated in the ghetto there are always strangers at the pool and basketball courts.
The computer lab is not functional - go ahead - try it out when you come visit. They have 5 computers all of which are from the 90's and are useless.
The gate stays open for such a long period of time that 6 or 8 cars can get in behind you.
There are very few chairs at the pool in relation to the number of bedrooms at the woodlands (which is 460 bedrooms).
There is one parking spot per bedroom which equals = zero parking for guests.
The clubhouse is rented out to non-tenants (ie. sorority and fraternity parties) so don't expect to use it on weekend nights.
If you want to have a pet there is non-refundable $240 charge $20 a month for every pet.
My case is not an isolated incident. TALK TO SOMEONE OR EVEN MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AT THE WOODLANDS BEFORE YOU SIGN A LEASE TO GET REAL INFORMATION FROM FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE!
There are much nicer places to live where the management will just leave you alone and only come around when you need them. Think twice because you are locked in for the enitre term of your lease no matter what.
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