Review for Sycamore Square Apartments

Sycamore Square rents to graduate students only. I have lived here for 4 years while in graduate school. Some things I really like about the apartments:

1) Lots of storage space. Living room closet, hall closet and HUGE walk-in closet off of the bedroom.
2) Central AC that works wonderfully - key to have in the humid summers here!
3) Super responsive management - everytime I've called in a problem it's resolved within a few hours
4) No rent increases each year as long as you renew your lease
5) Within walking distance to campus and downtown
6) Everything is fairly modern and clean
7) Since only grad students can live here, there generally aren't wild parties going on every night til the wee hours of the morning
8) Tons and tons of parking (for me and anyone who comes to visit me ). I never have to worry about getting a space in front of my place.

A few downsides:
1) Right next to the railroad tracks. It sounds like the trains are coming through my living room.
2) Not great insulation between apartments. I live on the bottom level and have a very noisy upstairs neighbor and can hear EVERYTHING. Also can often hear the TV of my next door neighbor
3) Dishwasher is really old and doesn't work too well (but that could just be my unit)
4) No pets
5) If you live on the building facing Lehman Ave., you get a lot of drunkards walking by during the weekends that can cause trouble. My car has been minorly vandalized a few times.

Overall, for the price and the convenience, you really can't beat Sycamore Square if you're a grad student. I would definitely recommend it.