I was wondering where people lived off-campus, apartments and townhouses. How safe is it?

2/8/2006 3:08:58 PM

I live at University Woods, with about 35 other TWWers.
It is relatively safe, with a few vehicle breakins and robberies a year.

2/8/2006 3:10:04 PM

baltimore

2/8/2006 3:10:14 PM

you can be safe most anywhere. you just can't be stupid and inattentive at the same time.

2/8/2006 3:13:37 PM

I stay at Ivy commons down on Avent Ferry Road..before that was staying at Avery close..which is a block down..

2/8/2006 3:15:25 PM

falcon ridge townhomes
intsection of kaplan and gorman

me and my roomate pay 800$ (400$ each)

and each one of has has two rooms
one bedroom and one office

2/8/2006 3:55:09 PM

falcon ridge - 2br/2ba townhouse - we each pay 325

2/8/2006 3:57:15 PM

UWOODS w00t

2/8/2006 4:04:14 PM

sumter square apartments... its largely a family place but has a significant subset of college students. a little quieter than the places closer to campus. is between the crossroads-cary area and western blvd. having a pro family atmosphere and being near cary (ranked one of the top safest cities in the us) i think its pretty safe.

i've lived there for all of my off campus life, it was worth renewing the lease. i'll be leaving it for grad school elsewhere some time this summer though.

http://www.sumtersquareapartments.com/

1 bedroom
"1 Bed X 1 Bath, 700 Sq. Ft.
Features a spacious living room, a separate dining area, and a cozy balcony."


2 bedroom
"2 Bed X 1 Bath, 800 Sq. Ft.
Features a spacious living and dining area, great closet space, and washer and dryer connections."


"2 Bed X 1.5 Bath 1000 Sq. Ft.
Features a spacious townhouse floor plan with great closet space, and a patio."


"2 Bed X 1.5 Bath 1050 Sq. Ft.
This spacious townhouse floor plan features an eat-in kitchen, a utility room, washer and dryer connections and great closet space."


3 bedroom
"3 Bed X 2 Bath 1100 Sq. Ft.
Features a spacious living room, a separate dining area, washer and dryer connections and great closet space."



I went for the 2 Bed X 1.5 Bath 1050 Sq. Ft. option which is the most space per person if you have 1 roommate.

2/8/2006 4:06:17 PM

dominion walnut ridge. This is my second year here. I lived by myself in a one bedroom and then me and my boyfriend moved into a two bedroom, two story apartment when my old lease was up. They just renovated most of the apartments with new appliances and new carpet. Pet friendly. I've never had a problem with safety either.

2/8/2006 4:14:59 PM

Atlanta

2/8/2006 4:30:57 PM

College Inn. I'm not afraid of being mugged or anything, but there have been breakins, and drunken vandalism of the complex is rampant.

2/8/2006 4:47:31 PM

Gorman Crossings


i've never been mugged or anything.

2/8/2006 4:50:15 PM

AlliePaige, my old roommate's car was broken into TWICE there... we watched the SWAT team raid the apartment below ours one night, witnessed a guy yelling loudly at another person threatening to stab and kill them at 2am (I called the police... it was a scene that everybody was standing on their balconies watching), saw various acts of vandalism by the neighborhood thug kids, and I saw another instance of the police raiding another apartment.

these are just the things that I PERSONALLY witnessed when i lived there.


this was at Dominion Walnut Ridge.

2/8/2006 4:53:38 PM

I haven't personally had any problems at Walnut Ridge, but I attribute that to luck. There were several cars broken into a little less than a year ago and I had to call the police on some thug beating his wife/girlfriend, right in front of their young child. There are older retired couples that live there and I know and get along with all of my neighbors. Maintenance has always been prompt and completed the job. I have lived in worse.

2/8/2006 5:18:55 PM

Norfolk

2/8/2006 5:50:58 PM

I'm looking for some people that I can talk to about where they live off campus. Mostly just about if they're satisfied or not and if they feel safe. If there's anyone I can talk to, please let me know.

2/8/2006 7:41:43 PM

I lived in Kensington Park, and in Lake Johnson Mews when I was in raleigh. I also lived in a house in Cary, but that's a completely different subject.

I would recommend Lake Johnson Mews from personal experience

2/8/2006 7:44:37 PM

San Diego

2/8/2006 7:52:13 PM

Northwoods Mews Townhomes in Cary


anyone lookin to sublease in May or so for the summer??

2/8/2006 8:29:40 PM

Quote :

"dominion walnut ridge. This is my second year here. I lived by myself in a one bedroom and then me and my boyfriend moved into a two bedroom, two story apartment when my old lease was up. They just renovated most of the apartments with new appliances and new carpet. Pet friendly. I've never had a problem with safety either. "

it was either walnut ridge or walnut creek where lauren was stabbed multiple times in her car in november...

2/9/2006 12:55:40 AM

Village Green apartments...havent heard of anything bad happen here really..i'd say it's safe.

2/9/2006 12:57:09 AM

the links... i like it

2/9/2006 12:59:24 AM

^^^walnut creek

2/9/2006 12:09:33 PM

Walnut Ridge, I feel pretty safe because my pitbull and 3 vicious pigs would keep anyone away.

2/9/2006 12:21:03 PM

not to mention your 30 pound catcougar

2/9/2006 12:28:05 PM

At home and.....










btw... "home is Murphy, NC"

2/9/2006 12:29:43 PM

house on kaplan across from the park.

previous to that:
clarion crossings apt.
collegeview ave. house
clark ave. house
fraternity house
bagwell dorm

2/11/2006 12:17:33 PM

UWoods... the only problem is that parking can be a b*tch

2/11/2006 12:23:47 PM

People break into your apartment at UNIVERSITY COMMONS (twice in my case) ... and WILSON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT will not do a thing about it ... THE MANAGEMENT IS HORRIBLE! ... oh yeah and then they charge you for the window screens that were broken in another attempt ... not to mention the $937 they kept of our deposit even though the place was five times cleaner when we moved out!!! not a good choice

2/12/2006 11:27:44 PM

I live in Cameron Court. I could never live in one of those big college-apartment-complexes -- there are hardly any students that live in these apts, and they're just a mile from campus.

2/12/2006 11:37:49 PM

^you have a right to a receipt of the expenditure concerning your deposit. I ran into the same problem with a Tarheel Co. property and had my attorney right them a letter when they didn't provide one in the legal time frame.

2/12/2006 11:38:11 PM

getting ready to move in to the Ashborough on Dillard Dr. , I hope it meets our expectations!

2/12/2006 11:38:13 PM

Evanston, IL

2/13/2006 1:41:06 PM

gonzales, la (between new orleans and baton rouge)

2/13/2006 1:42:23 PM

oi... good ol gonzales. I had a few friends that lived there. Don't know where they are now.

2/13/2006 1:43:32 PM

it sucks. i lived in kenner when i first moved and then baton rouge for a bit. we ended up in gonzales because it is roughly the hlaf-way point between my job and my husband's (i'm at a refinery in norco and he is at the exxon refinery on the other side of br).

granted we live across from the country club and golf courses and we have a nice house.... but still it is so far from everything.... out in the middle of nowhere!

[Edited on February 13, 2006 at 1:48 PM. Reason : er]

2/13/2006 1:46:13 PM

Cameron Village Condos II. Lived here since July '04 and am happy with it...cheap, close to campus, and safe. Very few students live here (surprisingly in my opinion); it's a mix of single folk who work, some young couples, and older folks. The places are quite small (566 sq. ft. 1-bedroom), but if you can live with that, fine otherwise.

Previously I lived in a house on Dixie Trail for 3 years, and for 2 years prior to that in University Oaks.

And to the person who had complaints about Wilson Property--they were the management co. for our house on Dixie, and aside from somewhat slow maintenance, we had no problems whatsoever. Got back almost the whole deposit when we moved out (I think there was a charge of $100 or so for some little thing, but not bad on a $1565 deposit. Yes, that was only one month's rent, such is the going rate for a 4-bedroom 1 block from campus)

2/13/2006 1:52:24 PM

Annapolis, MD

2/13/2006 1:55:05 PM

^^^ yeah, no kidding - I split time between New Orleans and Donaldsonville (I-10 exit #182), we would go to Gonzales to have fun

2/13/2006 2:32:17 PM

Woodbridge Apts
Cary, NC

2/13/2006 2:33:37 PM

Another U Woods person here to complain about a lack of parking.

2/13/2006 2:35:59 PM