Review for Willow Creek Apartments

February 8th 2009 - I’ve been looking for another place to live and will continue to do so until the right place opens up for me. Willow Creek Apts is an unpleasant environment, but it could be so much better, with the right changes made to the rules and appearance of the overall site in addition to having a manager that actually cares and is not on a power-trip.

The manager will rent to anyone here. The manager comes across as very nice until after you move in. Each time I knocked at her door, “if” she were to answer it, she makes you feel like you are putting her out. Not once has she answered the phone when you call. You always get voicemail. There is not a separate office that is only open certain hours of the day, the office is her apartment.

The parking here is the worst ever! Not enough to go around but the Manager has two spots. We all have one spot and very little “visitor” parking spots for your family or guests that visit. Some of the units have 2-car households.

You can hear water running in the walls all the time, and this complaint seems to be universal amongst many of the renters. Lots of mold. The outside lights are supposed to be on a timer and yet, they burn constantly. Lights are burning all hours of the day. I feel the fault lies on management and property owners but recently we all (renters) get another increase in our rent. However, they don’t call it a raise in the rent. It’s a fee we must now pay to cover a “portion” of the utilities. This is the second raise in my cost of living here in the last 10 months. Before that, the rent is raised on you up to three times a year. They raise the cost to live here and tell you at the same time to conserve on energy.

You are not allowed to wash your car on the property because of the cost of water. The manager will come up to you and talk to you about this. But, the manager washer’s her own car, and she waters the lawn everyday.

Yes, it’s much different once you move in. It’s not the worst ever but with the constant money increases and the double standards set here, it’s time to move on.