Northgate Apartments

This place is a horrible place to live. They have bed bugs and the mangement will not do anything about it. The maintenance it a waste of time that will not do anything. There excuse is always «We have to talk with Andy.» Then they never do. People park in «secure» parking, and they will not do anything about it. The applainces are horrible, and noone will do anything about it.

The actual apartments are nice. I mean they are well maintained and everything. They may need to do some interior remodeling. But still they are pretty descent. The area is what I don’t like so much. The Homeless shelter is very close to the apartments. Almost every time I enter or exit the building I pass by a homeless who wants to «ask me a question». Sometimes the area can get really noisy too. You can also hear the sound of the train. Visitor parking can be very hard sometimes. Off street parking is very limited. The nice thing though is that it’s above a shopping mall. So you can go watch a movie, go to a restaurant or do some shopping without driving anywhere.

My boyfriend lives here and so do a lot of my friends. I’ve noticed that management keeps the outside grounds well manicured and clean, but the inside needs a good scrub down! I remember there being puke in the elevator once for a whole day. It doesn’t look like they invest in an interior cleaning crew to just do daily upkeep inside. There was a trail of sunflower seeds for a solid month from the elevator to my boyfriend’s next door neighbor’s door. They also send him unnecessary fines from time to time (I think it’s because he’s not American, and a lot of places tend to try and take advantage of their international residents). Once he was fined for smoking and he doesn’t even smoke (most Arabs do though, so they probably assumed it was valid and that he was). When I was looking at apartments to move into in Salt Lake, he told me to stay far away from these properties, and the only reason he hadn’t left was because of the fact that he was in a contract, and although they didn’t have a social security number on file for him to go after him, he just could not break his contract, otherwise he would have the same way a lot of his friends did because of similar issues.
The property is really close to the homelessshelter, and while I have no issue with the homeless population, I do not feel safe a lot of the time when I’m waiting outside when it’s dark outside for my boyfriend to let me in the building. I once had a homeless guy grab me while standing outside and it really freaked me out. I feel like something like that can easily be prevented by hiring security that isn’t drunk or high on the job (yes, I’ve witnessed this at this property). Believe me, I am not a cynic, although this review seems cynical, it’s just very true. The redeeming quality here is that the rent is a pretty good deal for a downtown apartment.

Management is really good, easy to deal with and the apartments are pretty nice. The parking and building require a key so building fairly secure. The only complaints is that guest parking is not a thing so it can be very difficult to find parking. Another issue is the area. The building is a block from the homeless shelter and the area is super sketch. They have security around the building but they don’t do a great job. I’ve been involved in 2 incidences where the police have needed to be called (car breakin, and breaking up a bum fight). Police took 20 min to respond and even after they showed apartment security was never to be seen. If you’re a girl or concerned about your safety, this is not the place to be. Not any of the apartments fault for the most part, just the area around it.

I lived in the south building for six months and in the north building for six months. The first 6 mos in the south building were «okay.» I lived in a 2-​bedroom, 2-​bath unit on the 5^th floor with one parking space in the underground parking garage and no balcony. There was a problem with black mold, but I dealt with it. The second unit had two parking spaces and a balcony for less money. Little did I know, it also had a major bedbug infestation. Those six months were an absolute nightmare. When I asked management why they didn’t tell me before I moved, they said, «The other unit had them, too, so why would we tell you?» Seriously. Upon moving out, I met one tenant who had moved in a week prior, and management was accusing HIM of bringing the bedbugs. Another couple was just moving in, and they had specifically ASKED about the presence of bedbugs, only to be blatantly LIED to, and told there were none. My family has still not recovered from the financial loss, and my youngest daughter remains traumatized. If you have never experienced an infestation of bedbugs, believe me, you don’t want to. The deceit and cruel response from management and corporate made the experience that much worse. Do yourself a favor, and rent elsewhere.