Chameleon Apartments

I lived in Chameleon Apartments for 5 months as a cosigner with my friend and can’t complain about it. Apartment is ok and and staff are not bad at all. The location is good because you are not gonna face with any homeless ppl from Lake city, and bus station is in walking distance. Also, Fredy Meyer, jack in the box, and some other sushi and teriyaki places are in the walking distance. If I have a chance, I have no doubt to move back here. I moved from here because I had to go back and deal with some issues with where my parents are living. Overall recommended for college students and on budget people.

I have lived here for about 3 years, and I have to say, I cannot wait to leave. I have had many problems living here that could have easily been solved if the staff wasn’t completely incompetent.
The only thing they care about is getting a check every month. I have complained about cars getting broken into in the parking lot, the price of parking in their «secured garage», slipping on pools of water in the laundry room, having a verbal altercation with an insane resident, having to call 911 at 1am on a resident that was beating up on his wife or girlfriend, screaming children in the hallways, massive spiders in the lobby, the list goes on.
Side note, when this nutso resident was about to start taking swings at me, I called the manager, she told me that «disputes between neighbors should be handled yourself». So much for resident safety. I keep my pepper spray at my side at all times.
I am a student, and I was told when I moved in that the complex has many other students living here, but from what I have seen, I am the only college age person that speaks english here.
Don’t be fooled my amenities like the gym, courtyard, or party room. They are all as gloomy and depressing as the rest of the place.
I shouldn’t have to be constantly concerned for my safety living here, but nearly every time I step out of my room I am gawked at, heckled, or cat called. I also am concerned about when the day comes that my car window is busted out, but so far, I have not been the chosen one. Also, during the holidays, people steal packages from your doorstep.
If you are willing to sacrifice your privacy, and especially if you don’t need silence at any time, then this is the place for you. I need silence to study, so I cannot get my studying done here. I can hear every cough, word, etc. of everyone around me. They might as well have skimped on costs and put in japanese shoji paper walls, because the walls here have the same effect. My neighbor on my bedroom side of the wall lets his alarm go off at 4am and beep for hours, as well as having a hacking deadly cough and snore at night, and my living room wall has the extremely loud fighting couple on the other side. I can also hear people peeing and flushing from my bedroom. YUCK.
About a year ago, they completely redid the plumbing. A necessary thing I suppose, but we couldn’t use our toilets, sinks, or dishwashers for often 12 hours at a time. This continued for weeks. They put one (singular, one) port-​a-​potty for the entire complex to use. Gross. At the end of all of it, they gave us a $ 25 discount on our next months rent. Oh, goody gumdrops… The rent here is way too expensive for the area anyway. I think that $ 845 for my one bedroom in the middle of the ghetto of seattle is a little much to ask.
All in all, I would search elsewhere for apartments, I would recommend ANYWHERE ELSE but Lake City. This part of town is a sad, sad dump.