The Block On Rio Grande

This place looks nice enough from the outside. The fixtures are okay, the ceilings are high, and there is a lot of light in the units, etc. But no. None of that makes up for the terrible maintenance and general filth that pervades in this building.
There is one elevator for probably 120 units, many of which have four bedrooms. That elevator breaks down on a weekly basis, and then you have to climb six flights of stairs with a backpack or groceries in hand. Often dogs will not be able to hold their bowels coming down the stairwell, so they will defecate on the stairs and no one will pick it up. It will get smeared and the entire eight floor stairwell will smell of it.
It’s disgusting, and when that doesn’t happen, there’s often vomit that gets left in the stairs and hallways over the weekends. Fast food containers get throw down in the walkways, and garbage often piles up around the full trashcans by the elevators in the garage levels. It begins to rot and you have to stand by it while you wait for the slow elevator to reach you (when it’s working).
These buildings may look bright and fresh, but it’s like bright paint in a Brazilian favela. It can only hide the poor upkeep from a distance.

DO NOT LIVE HERE. The maintenance is terrible, it’s overpriced, and the elevator is broken for more than half the time. The elevator didn’t even work during MOVE IN and everyone was moving heavy furniture up and down the stairs. There are also drunk homeless people that are extremely loud, drink, and do drugs in the alley right next to the entrance to the garage. I have called the block many times and they can’t do anything about it. Walls are paper thin and you can hear every footstep if you live below someone. It’s the worst apartment in West Campus.