Willow Lakes Apartments

Convenient location, cheap in terms of price AND quality and nothing special overall.
It’s newish– built in 2008, but age is the only thing separating this place from being the standard, run of the mill, beat up, low class, place. The builder did a pretty poor job as evident by repairs seen in a few places. Low grade cabinetry and carpet as you might expect. Most of the apartments are very large, yet poor use of space and arrangement. The larger two bedroom «master bedroom» feels more like an addition to the rest of the apartment than a part of it. The «master bathroom» is smaller than the guest/​2^nd bathroom. The cheesy built in desk is not in a protected cove but sticks out oddly off of the wall. Closets are incredibly small for what they could be given the size of the apartments.
The sidewalks don’t connect in ANY manner that makes sense, even less sense than the numbering system to the place, and where the sidewalks begin, there aren’t any designated, «no parking» areas to keep them from being blocked. If it were me, I would never park my car there because suit cases, groceries, etc… are probably going to scratch your car as people try to get to their apartments. Handicapped? — well F-​off and get some exercise as you search for a sloped entrance to the sidewalk «system» they have. and exercise you will because there aren’t many of them and none where they should be.
On the bright side, the leasing office ladies are usually nice and they are pretty. The work out area is large, with a fair amount (of not-​so-​brand-​name equipment). The pool area is pretty decent; integrated kiddy pool, plenty of places to sit, it’s nice to look at and has grills– charcoal only though, and wi-​fi is available.
The «lake/​pond»; I don’t know what that actually is or what sort of unnatural shade of blue-​green it’s been dyed with, but someone needs to fix that. It makes me think it’s actually a cesspool.

If you are looking for clean, new and nice apartment look no further.
Originally from Houston, I will be working on the Motiva Project for a while and needed a place to live. While many like to live a bare bones lifestyle, I don’t and that is why I chose Willow Lakes.
My top two candidates were The Avenue and Willow Lakes. What set Willow Lakes apart from the rest was is its reasonable prices, big rooms and great community.
Located right off of Highway 69, south of Nederland Ave, it is very close to everything. While Willow Lakes does have a gym, I am glad I’m close to an Exygon.
Another nice amenity Willow Lakes has is a great big pool.
Although, Port Arthur is no Houston, Willow Lakes will make it a very comfortable stay.