1160 Hammond Apartments

This apartment has some pros… but the cons outweigh it by a ton. I would never recommend this apartment to anyone.
Pros: Yes, the apartments are gorgeous (wood floors, tall ceilings, granite, huge windows). There is a dog wash room. On sight dog park. Trash valet. Close to everything in the area.
Cons: Where do I start… rent is WAY too expensive. There are ants in the bathroom and we can’t figure out where they are coming from. Poop all over the property (no one picks up after their pets). People smoking weed and cigarettes all the time even though it is against apartment rules. The hallways are discolored and have chips all over them. Our car was parked on the gated 3^rd floor and it was keyed all the way down the side… there are NO cameras in the garage! A police car was set on fire in the parking garage earlier in the year… They let thugs live here, not the environment I pay to live in. There have been apartment break ins. The walls are just ok sound-​proof but the windows, you can hear literally everything outside of them. Also with the windows, the heat that comes through them is insane… good luck with power bills. Maintenance crew can go in your apartment without your permission. I could go on and on.
Please save yourself and do not live here.

I’ve been here once for a party for a friend but I was sold on my first visit. The apartment had high ceilings and lots of cabinet space. A small patio but still enough to put a chair out there. Almost any amenity you can think of they have. The gym is HUGE and updated. The pool is pretty big and in the center of the apartments. The common area has a kitchen couches fireplace and a pool table.
The apartments are close to the Perimeter mall, Marta and I-​285

Ok so like Vee said, I was VERY skeptical about moving into 1160 Hammond at first with all the bad reviews, but I did anyway because they had a special going on (very rare in Dunwoody). I must say… I absolutely love it!
UNIT: I got a studio and I have 0 complaints. The unit is stunning — hardwood floors, plus all gorgeous and updated appliances. I am facing traffic so I do constantly hear cars, but I love the sound — reminds me of the ocean as long as they’re not honking. My neighbor upstairs walks like she is 600 pounds, but thats not the apartments fault so whatever.
MAINTENANCE: I’ve had one maintenance request for a stopped up sink and it was completed the next day. No problems there.
AMENITIES: The gym is friggin awesome. The best part is NO ONE goes lol. I am in this amazing gym by myself about 90% of the time, and I go everyday. It is kept clean and all the equipment works. We have two hot tubs but only one works. Doesn’t matter because again, no one goes. You’ll be in there alone. Love the pool tables in the club house as well. Nice place to guests over to watch TV and sit by the fireplace. Haven’t used the pool because it’s cold but it looks clean. I have no pets to use the dog spa.
PARKING: Ample parking but I have noticed that the gate works 10% of the time. If you have a Porsche, might want to pass up on 1160. Unfortunately I have a Kia so I’ve had no problems.
OFFICE STAFF: Joy SUCKS! It’s ironic that her name is joy. She is literally the WORST. She has a horrible attitude and acts like you’re bothering her if you go get your packages or even ask a simple question. Please fire her! Otherwise, everyone else is great. Especially the hispanic guy, I can’t remember his name. Isham is cool too.
Overall, I’ve been here about 4 months and I’m loving it. My apartment literally looks like a model in a magazine. I only wrote a review because they had so many bad ones and I feel like they don’t deserve it. I recommend!

I moved into 1160 Hammond drive and I really like it. I was skeptical at first with the bad reviews, and the reviews have proven me wrong so far. Very quiet and peaceful!

I don’t have to much more to add to the bad reviews already posted. The previous reviews covered most of the terrible things about this complex. (break ins, stolen cars, on site police officer’s car was vandalized /​set on fire (yes this really happened), nothing done to increase security, terrible maintenance, no resident events, very badly built complex) We jokingly told all our guests that the complex was built by either blind construction workers or children.
One additional item, all units facing Hammond Drive are SUPER LOUD! The huge windows they installed look nice but might as well be plastic tarps or writing paper. They are the cheapest possible windows on the market. There is ZERO sound proofing or noise insulation. We are on the 2^nd floor and hear full conversations from the sidewalk and the road noise on our balcony is about the same as inside our living room. Make sure you have a decent sound system so you can drown out the noise while watching TV. People love to race up and down Hammond at from 12 AM — 4 AM. If you are a light sleeper make sure you lease in the back of the complex. Due to the lack of insulation the windows put off an amazing amount of heat or cold. Your electric bills for units with the large windows will be high in the summer. I am sure heating would be the same during winter. Our guests were always shocked at the heat near the windows with the blinds closed or open. Your best bet is to keep the blinds closed during all daylight hours to limit some of the heat intrusion.
My suggestion is simply go elsewhere for an apartment. There are better complexes in the Perimeter area. The 1 star reviews are 100 legit. We leased this place based off pictures as we relocated to Atlanta this spring. We erroneously did not set aside enough time to fly in and view apartments. That is a mistake we won’t repeat.
I left more detailed reviews earlier this month on
and
if you want more details of our experience. Anyway, we were able to terminate our lease and get out. We are so excited to move into a better place.

I went to visit this complex today. It was actually recommended to me. I say actually because of the comments below that i’ve read. I typically read reviews on everything prior to going somewhere so it was confirmation for me once I got home to see what others thought. The amenities are amazing, you would love the place just for that. The apartments were very nice as well. My issue was the person that assisted me was not as warm and fuzzy as the other places that I visited today. That’s really not what I look for but when its obvious that someone is «trying» to be nice versus just naturally a nice person it sticks out for me. I also noticed that the residents that were in the common areas weren’t that friendly either. I do this thing where when I walk pass someone, I turn around after I pass to see if they’re looking… they were looking, kinda with a side eye. I don’t think I looked the part to them or to the person assisting me. Nevertheless, I always ask myself if I would feel comfortable coming to workout or hang out at the pool or just relaxing watching a game, I wouldn’t. I came prepared to complete an application and place a hold on an apartment. I was told that there wouldn’t be one available until the beginning of October. That was probably true since it is the end of the month. I was also told that i would receive a call back to come and view another unit that was a little bit bigger once it became available. Okay, that’s cool too but I’m just wondering why I wasn’t asked if i’d like to complete an application to get that out of the way and put down a deposit to ensure i’m the first to get one of the apartments that will become available the first week of October??? Needless to say I went around the corner and they were glad to take my application and hold an apartment for me. It’s unfortunate that people neglect to realize that your first point of contact can make or break a sell. Should be apart of the training program.

This place is awful. It had so much potential. Construction was basically crap so maintenance could never keep up with all the issues but poor management contributes to problems.
Among them:
1. Trash chute is near elevator off parking deck and ducts are not sealed on some floors allowing the garbage to stink more than it already does — on the weekends it is horrendous and the stench fills the floors. It is embarrassing to have guests come in that elevator and you have to cover your nose. I urge residents to complain to
because it is not a sanitary way to live. Yet of course they bill us the required $ 35 valet trash fee without a hitch.
2. No recycling. Been promised recycling since I moved in months ago and I have to take things I want to recycle to the Sandy Springs municipal. Serious this is 2015, how can a brand new building be so un-​environmentally friendly. Again, they bill us $ 35 fee for valet trash but can’t contract for recycling services. This should be a law but unfortunately in GA its not.
3. Another promise was TV service on the machines in the gym. Like the recycling people office keeps making excuses and it never happens.
4. Saturday morning breakfasts stopped which was another one of the false selling points. Guess its not in the new management company’s budget. It was pretty lame anyway. Resident events are few and far between, again another selling point, cooking classes in the club area that never happened. When they did have events they were always too early for people who work 9 – 5 to make them anyway — because office staff did not want to work late. Can’t understand why they can’t have a rotation like in my old building where a staff member comes in late that day to help out with the event a little later.
5. Hallways, parking deck areas are rarely maintained and cleaned. If you walk the hallways you will see pee stains from dogs on carpeting and broken up walls. I live on 5 but when I walk to the parking deck you see them.
6. If you want to duplicate your key to your apartment its a special fob type key so it costs $ 50 per key.
7. Security is weak. Many doors are left open. The Sandy Springs police officer who lived here left and went to another community.
8. Lots of issues with apartments when you move in, again, construction was a mess, paint is a mess, color scheme on brown cabinet floors (even floors) doesn’t match, I like my white cabinets though cement floors on balcony (and in parking deck for that matter) look like drop cloths
9. Visitor access is inconvenient. The callboxes are either near the leasing office which is no where near visitor parking or by the smelly elevator which requires a fob anyway to use. They can enter the hallway and walk to the elevator by the leasing office but again it is far and confusing — you will have to go down to greet your guests. There is no callback at the parking gate
10. Level 1 parking is reserved for «office parking» and is before gate. So if you choose a first level apartment, you will likely have to park on another level or park in a spot that says office parking only. AFAIK, they don’t enforce it but still have to think about the potential of your car being towed for parking at home sucks.
I can go on and on but I think you get the idea.
And the positives, the kitchens are nice, the pool area is nice, the jacuzzi near the gym is nice, the location is good

I hated every moment of living at this apartment. The reviewer that gave this place a 5 start is judging the property by a tour… I want to see them live there!
We decided to break our lease and it sucked to have to pay two months of rent but I would have done anything to get out of there. I was really excited about the gym and some classes offered, the weekend breakfast with a chef cooking, and the amenities in general. Well, none of these happened.
Even with a brand new apartment, maintenance or someone was always entering our apartment almost every other week. We would receive an email stating that someone would be entering and had the option to reschedule so that we could be there when they entered, however, this was always ignored. There were multiple times when we received an email stating that someone had been in our apartment without letting us know in advance. There was absolutely no sense of privacy or security, and when this was bought to management’s attention, they obviously stated that they had the right to enter our apartment when needed, even if it was excessive. Our balcony was unusable due to the construction debris that was never cleared up after completing our unit and we had an issue with standing water which caused mosquitoes.
Then there was the rat issue and nasty trash smell/overflow…its was like living in a third world country. I would gag each time I had to walk from my car to the entry door of the building to get to my apartment. The rat issue had management place traps in each apartment’s water heater cupboard and they would enter every week to check on it… again, no privacy.
The floors are so thin, I would hear the dog and resident above at all times, which including sneezing and coughing and the occasional love making. The pool parties were getting out of hand during this summer including the music and noise level. It was like a music video setting.
I’m glad to be out of there — I only lasted 4 months into our 1 year lease.

If you come to view these apartments, ask to see the trash rooms. You will pay a $ 20 valet trash fee every month, but the trash will pile up for weeks in these rooms because the week night trash collectors don’t pick up the mounds of stinking, rotting trash in the trash rooms. No one will care when you call to complain about the smell. Ask about the rat traps in every apartment. Ask if mgmt thinks there might be a correlation between the rats and the piles of trash on every floor. And don’t expect much to work well here. The units were slapped together carelessly and no one will care when you call or put in requests to get items fixed when they break. Management here is unbelievably unconcerned about the health risks and the unhappy tenants. Ask anyone in the halls as you tour whether they plan to renew their lease. You will not find one person who says yes.

Broken elevators for weeks in a row. The smell of rotten trash filling the hallways. The courtesy officers’ car was vandalized. Keys don’t work on move-​in date. The management doesn’t return calls. They don’t refund fees when they’re clearly in the wrong. This place is a disaster.

I just wanted to let you people know who are considering to rent here, to look twice.
I went to this location on 2÷28÷15, to look at a studio apartment; a modest 500ish square-​feet floor plan, they wanted close to $ 1400 (oh also there is now a «pet rental» thats monthly charge) anyway this was when I was in a time crunch at my current condo lease, I spoke to Alexis; my current lease was ending and the owner wanted to put the condo up for sale (799 Hammond Dr NE) I told Alexis that this was the case, after showing me around I wrote a $ 225.00 check as a deposit to hold one of the units; I was later told the unit would not be ready in the time frame I requested, several calls later I explained that situation to several of the staff they, they assured me that, they would not be cashing my check since I didn’t complete or pick a unit… well 3÷10÷15 comes around and my check was cashed. Now I’ve been calling for a few days and getting the running around «management isn’t here right now», «try again later» «someone will call you back» the sad part is I referred a coworker to 1160 Hammond, and he’s had similar complaints about maintenance work being slow. These apartments are far from being completed and they are just letting people move in without due diligence. I will be attempting to call Lexus this week; Luckily I have connections with Thrasher Law Group in Concourse and I’ve been living in Sandy Springs for the last 6 Years… Someone needs to get back to me and return my «deposit» that I didn’t even use, and clearly explained to them that their unit wouldn’t be ready soon enough for me to move in. Very poor management and communication skills. potential renters beware.