Canyon Springs at Bull Creek Apartments

Update: I have never wanted to renew a lease since I moved to Austin (3 years ago). There’s always been something. Either rent cost goes up substantially or I realize the area is not for me and I need a change. This year however, I’m not moving and that’s the best news yet. This apartment complex is amazing! You pay a pretty penny but they make up for it in diligence.
Just resigned my lease!

I moved here at the end of October so this review is based on my experience moving in and dealing with the office staff. Jade and Paige are seriously the greatest girls ever and I’m so glad they are always in the office happy to help with any questions and to give my puppy some loving. The facility crew always smiles, says hello and genuinely seems to love their jobs. Over all, the employees here are the best of any complex I have ever lived in (5 apartments). I love my unit, it was all clean and ready for me to just bring my things in and call it a day! The grounds are well kept and the neighbors that I have met so far are all extremely nice. I am so happy to make canyon springs my home and will update my review once I have more months of living here under my belt!

This is one of my favorite complexes that I’ve lived at in Austin (and I’m from here so there have been several). It’s a nice, quiet community that backs into Bull Creek so don’t look here for 24 hour party, hate dogs, or if you don’t like nature (especially trees, deer, or adorable bunnies). Seriously, please don’t bring your crappy hipster attitude and ruin it for the rest of us. That’s why I left downtown. :)
Pros:
–Amy & Jade are incredibly nice, responsive, and helpful
–Maintenance is very responsive & go above and beyond (bringing packages from the office when they have a work order to complete, putting packages inside you unit from your doorstep when you’re out of town, etc)
–Swank interiors (crown molding, wood floors, granite countertops, new stainless steel appliances, wood blinds, garden tubs, etc)
–Covered patio with a fan (keeps the mosquitoes away)
–I feel safer than ever before (I’m a single woman so that’s a big deal to me)
–The property is spotless (residents take good care of the community and when they don’t maintenance handles it immediately)
–Super close to The Arboretum, The Domain, Barton Creek Mall, 2222 bridge (popular lake boat ramps are underneath) and 183/​Mopac — so basically it’s close anything you want to do
-$ 20 Über ride from downtown
–Garages (I LOVE having an attached garage)
–The office does nice stuff for the residents often (standing at the front gate in the morning to give you breakfast on your way to work, pizza parties, doggy play dates, etc)
–VERY dog friendly (and the back gate opens up to the trails which is great for hiking)
Cons:
–Critters (you’ll see more than you’re used to, but chill out because the staff sprays regularly — definitely worth it for the amazing location)
–The gym is a little small (there are gyms everywhere though so that shouldn’t deter you)
–360 traffic can be annoying (where in Austin isn’t it annoying now though?)
I am very pleased with my decision to move here and will definitely stay until I buy a house of my own. Thanks CS team for being awesome!

I’ve lived here five months (so far) and really enjoy it! My lease is up in May but I will likely renew because (a) moving sux, (b) I LOVE this area and © moving sux! Quiet complex/​area, conveniently located to all kinds of shopping, private garage for every unit, allow dogs (yay!), rarely hear my neighbors (if ever), small but nice pool, professional/​friendly staff, super nice and incredibly responsive maintenance, small but decent workout room, Bull Creek access direct from complex, tenant turnover/​short-​term leases available, well-​lit property, extremely limited resident/​guest parking, dog poo dispensers with free bags conveniently located all around the property (wish people would use them, sigh!). My unit is not remodeled (see photo of kitchen below) and my appliances are old and HOLY COW-​very noisy! I was told my unit was cleaned before my arrival, but it was gross/​dirty on move-​in. Thankfully, management arranged for a cleaning lady to come back and clean whatever I needed. The carpet was also dirty but I couldn’t tell/didn’t know until a couple weeks after move-​in when I deep cleaned it myself (I hate carpet anyway but, ew). I wasn’t sure about the odd shape of my unit, but I fit all my furniture in and put shelves in my private garage for extra storage. The remodeled units have very nice finishes but are pricey (tho competitive with the rest of this area). Could you find more bang for your buck elsewhere? Maybe… but location, management and maintenance mean a lot to me and I appreciate all of them at this property. We have north AND south access to 360 — most apartment complexes on 360 do not. Traffic is bad everywhere but I travel south in the morning and once you pass Westlake intersection, traffic opens up like magic. It’s crawling speed before/​after 2222 and after Westlake — poof! Traffic is definitely heavier/​longer coming home at night but no worse than anywhere else around town. I want to give it five stars but the limited parking and old appliances/​finishes don’t allow for it… but overall, I’m really glad I chose Canyon Springs at Bull Creek!

I have lived here for 2 years and am about to move out, let me break ot down for you.
Pros: small community, grounds are well kept, pool is almost always empty, not a lot of kids, quiet, accepts dogs up to 65lbs!, gate acceas to bullcreek greenbelt, garage for every unit, maintence man is usually here next day to do repairs which is astonishing!, I have never heard my neighbors.
Cons: rent is extremely high, I pay 1100 $ for the smallest 1 bedroom, plus a 600 $ pet deposit, which is awkwardly shaped and has 0 storage space… I mean 0, its just too much to pay for what you get, these apartments aren’t extremely nice inside. I have had almost every single thing break in my home, every drain has had to be plunged, ice maker broke, heater broke, stove broke, microwave broke, they fix it fast but geeez. Parking is non existent, there is 1 spot for about every 10 residents, overflow parking is outside the apartment gate on 360, traffic on 360 is horrible and you do have to take your chances and just dart across, the only extra amenities are a small weight room and the pool, the emplyees at the office can be snooty! They come off nice, but as soon as you have a problem they start questioning you like everything is your fault, and the gate system is extremely faulty… I dont even know where to start. First the you have to scroll through the directory 1 TENANT AT A TIME to find your parties extention, once dialed you better hope your party answers bc the system then times out and gets glitchy for a few minutes before you can try dialing again… its a pain in the butt… oh and also only 1 entry code per apartment, so when my husband is at work and my friends try to enter by dialing the code, if my husband cant answer his phone I have to drive up to the gate to open it for them… yeah.
Why the 3 stars with all the cons? Overall, i have enjoyed living here. It is a quaint, small, quiet community with nice, respectable tenants. I think upgraded appliances (that work), more parking space, and an updated gate system would justify the high rent.

It is a good location, and the complex is small and quaint. The units have assigned parking, but NO parking for guests. My garage flooded during some big rain storms, and I had to live with stained ceilings and walls in the unit that also leaked. The seal on the front door was nonexistent, and you could feel wind and see light when you looked at my front door in the dark. Once you move out, they will stick you with charges for «repairs» and upgrades that should have been done when you moved in. I was charged, upon moving out for ridiculous things like resurfacing a tub, which was in need of being replaced in the first place. They nickel and dime you when you leave to pay for slow and insignificant upgrades. For what you pay in rent you could live in a newer place that actually has parking.

This is a great location if you like to hike the bull creek greenbelt, have a dog and/​or want to be near the Arboretum area. The apartments look nice from the outside, though much of the paint on the railings and in the common areas are flaking off and the appliances seem to be original from the early 90’s when these were likely built. The workout room is ok, with similarly ok equipment. Pool is nice for hanging out and having a party (not so much for swimming). Maintenance guys are responsive and friendly as are the girls in the office. The complex is most definitely dog friendly — most of the people in the complex seem to have dogs.
Real negatives about this place are 1) the parking. There are not nearly enough places to park for as many units as there are. It is like a game of musical chairs — if you are still out when the last space is taken, you get to park outside the complex. 2) 360 northbound — getting out of the complex can be death-​defying. Heading north in the mornings you either have to wait 10 or 15 minutes to find a window to cross 360 or you have to trust the reflexes of your fellow drivers to hit the brakes before they slam into you when you screech out with the throttle WFO. 3) much of the layout of the apartments are peculiar with lots of unusable and poorly used space. 2 car garages are nose to tail (duh?), I had four drawers in the kitchen and all were less than 4 inches wide, bathroom storage was minimal, etc. 4) typical apartment games. jumping the rent over 10% after 6 months, capricious and fatuous charges on move out to eat up deposit refund, etc.
I had a decent experiece there overall. Though if it were not for the private and immediate access to the bull creek greenbelt, I would give Canyon Springs a 2.

I visited this community recently. Pros: apartments include stackable w/​d (or at least the one I viewed), patios have a ceiling fan and some of the patios face a wooded view. Cons: weird garages within a parking garage (not good for claustrophobics), terrible/​almost no guest parking, standing water (hello mosquitos), and like another reveiwer noted… turning left on 360? Good luck! Still looking. Oh, and the full page colored picture book they give prospective tenants while nice, is not «green» and has to be paid for by… let me guess.

I have lived in Canyon Springs for almost a year now (just renewed my lease). It’s a small, quiet complex with residents of all ages. If you’re a student or like to frequently party downtown, Canyon Springs is probably not for you.
I live in a 1 bed/​1 bath (799 sq. ft), and it’s very spacious. The carpet isn’t that gross crappy apartment carpet (you probably know what I’m talking about); it’s actually really plush and was brand new when I moved in. As for the management, they are all very friendly and I have never had to wait more than 48 hours for a maintenance request to be filled (I haven’t had very many). One of my favorite things about living here is that I get my own private garage without paying extra on my rent (all residents get the same deal).
However, like any apartment complex, there are a few downsides:
1) parking for visitors SUCKS. Like I said above, each resident is given their own garage, but many of them use them for storage and park in the spaces outside their building. There really aren’t very many spaces to begin with, and the residents seem to take the very few we have. There have been several notices to the residents about parking in their garages, but there’s not really any way that management can enforce it. A lot of people used to park in the fire lanes, but a few visits from APD and several parking tickets later, that hasn’t been such a problem recently. Basically, if you have a guest over on the weekend or at night, they are probably going to have to park outside the gate, and that’s really shitty.
2) Some people are really bad about picking up after their dogs. I always look very carefully when I’m walking in the grass.
3) Turning left on the 360 during rush hour is nearly impossible. I take 2222 to MOPAC, so I don’t have to worry about it most of the time, but if I need to, it can be a real pain in the ass.
Even though Canyon Springs has it’s problems, they are VERY minor compared to other complexes in the area. I am happy to call Canyon Springs home.