Carpenter Crest

I never had any issues with management or maintenance, I lived there for about 11 and just turned in the keys today. You get what you pay for, rent is cheap and the apartment is cheap. I noticed they do upgrades/​replacement when tenants move out so that’s good to know. My overall experience was decent but I would not want to stay there for more than a year. This is a good «first» apartment options, especially because of the location.

What a nightmare of a year we spent here. Trying to get any maintenance in the apartment was like pulling teeth. We waited 7 days for a drain to be fixed in the shower. By the end of the week it was impossible to use the shower at all and they insisted I wait it out two more days so they could fix it CHEAPER. Lucky for me they managed to reach a friend of a friend of a friend who could fix it (for free probably ugh). We received noise complaints for simply walking up the stairs to our apartment, and many a threatening note left on our door from management. Did they want us to fly up the stairs on a broomstick for gods sake? There’s a serious air circulation problem in the apartments, mold can and will grow in every corner of the windows and on the ceiling and what not. No amount of Lysol and fans and airing out the place would keep it away.
This complex is seriously not military friendly. We switched to a month to month lease knowing orders were on their way down for my husband. The day we got the orders we gave notice and even though they have a ‘military clause” in their lease they did not want to honor it. They kept our $ 600 deposit as well as holding us responsible for cleaning costs and next months rent. While trying to explain the situation to the circus freak that ‘works’ in the office, she seemed MORE than pleased about our predicament. Her sing song voice and disgusting attitude towards us was incredibly infuriating. She had a nasty demeanor the entire time we lived there as a matter of fact.
We couldn’t get out of this dump fast enough. please save yourselves. Shop around! Lacey is a great place to live but NOT here. For the same amount or even less rent, you can have a much more pleasant experience in a different apartment complex.

Shit hole.
Avoid at all costs.
Don’t expect to get your deposit back.
Don’t expect things to get fixed.
Don’t expect decent human beings to be running the place.
DEFINITELY avoid if you’re military.