Review for Timber Ridge Apartments

Let's start with the utility billing. They bill through ista. Ista charges you for heat(from a boiler system) so you will pay to heat the water that you are already paying for, paying to run the water through the pipes, paying for your water usage on top of that, tack on another 10 bucks for trash removal and few charges I haven't been able to figure out yet, plus your electric and your bill is about $200 for a 1 bedroom. And you're paying Duke Energy for your electric too. Your ista is due with rent, so you never actually know what your rent will be.And don't be late, even if they are late with your statement, because they will bleed you dry with late fees. You will pay through the nose for your ista bills, whether your heat and air work or not(usually not) because the individual usage is not what you are billed. A city building inspector confirmed the meters don't even work. Everything is "averaged out". They are pet friendly. Too pet friendly. If you complain about dogs barking all night and dog crap everywhere they will tell you it's a pet community. Good news though, if you have a pit bull or other large aggressive dog it will have lots of big friends and plenty of smaller dogs and cats to snack on. The front of the complex looks great, along with the club house, but check out the back of the complex before you sign that lease. You will see the real Timber Ridge. Look for the broken down cars taking up parking spots, garbage, beer bottles, condoms, cigarette butts, dog crap, peeling paint, rotting balconies, holes in the ground in courtyard areas, holes in the roof (raccoons love them), and a little something you won't see are the termites that will invade your unit in the spring. They call them gnats at the office, nothing to worry about. You will also share your apartment with a variety of other bugs. In our apartment alone we have a water leak in our bathroom causing the cabinets to mold and rot, our kitchen shelves are held up with canned goods, and the bottoms fell out of the drawers. They said they would raise our rent if they had to fix them. The building next to us was burnt down by an idiot with a grill, and WE got stuck cleaning up most of the smoke damage. The fire department had to pry our door open and that never got fixed either. The windows are about 30 years old and VERY drafty. Every time a washer or dryer breaks in the filthy laundry room WE are the ones to call the repair man from Coin Laundry. Maintenence has left our doors unlocked on several occasions. They will, however, fix your problems in a timely manner if you are cute and one of them wants to sleep with you. Otherwise get used to playing the waiting game, or fix it yourself. Parking lots have next to no lighting, which could explain all the break-ins. Apartments and cars. Don't get too attached to your car windows if you live here. Or your stereo. There are some very nice people that live here, but most of them don't bother coming out to socialize because of the overabundance of trashy people with ill-behaved children that have moved in recently. There are known drug dealers living in a building next to me. You will also hear a lot of domestic fighting going on, mostly when you are trying to sleep. Lots of loud music, even firecrackers thrown off of balconies at times. You will, however, get on a first-name basis with local law enforcement. Wonder if they do any background checks on new tennants? They say yes, but I say no. I had a registered sex offender in my building. We affectionatly nicknamed him the poolvert because he likes to watch girls swim and masturbate. I was discussing it with a neigbor only to find out there was one in here building too. Lots and I mean LOTS of illegal immigrants. Four of them were murdered here earlier this year. Never caught the killer, either. Add to that an attempted rape in a vacant apartment a while back. It's a great place for the illegal daycare being ran out of one of the apartments. Kids that live here are out of control. I have seen them throwing rocks at cars, stealing bicycles, and playing in and around dumpsters. If you say anything, the redneck parents will threaten you. As I type this I am watching the hombres swim in their underwear. I get a nice view of their fellas when they get out of the water. There are four children swimming in diapers in a pool that the tiles are falling off of, and a pit bull running loose in the pool area. There are beer bottles around the pool (Corona, of course), and I see a nice big pile of dog crap in there. I won't be swimming on my day off. If you want to live here I suggest you take a self-defense class, buy a hand gun, and put Sharonville police on speed dial. Good Luck!