I lurk around these forums most of the time. However, I will be living at UWoods this fall and from what I read it has a really bad rep. I just wanted to get some of your opinions on it. I know its loud and the walls are paper thin but that is expected of almost any cheap college apartment. The reason I picked it was because of the price and the fact that the rooms were nice and it seemed to be in a descent neighborhood. The thing I am worried about is safety. I hear a lot about break-ins. Do I need to worry about my car or apartment getting broken into? I don't mind noise as long as i'm not constantly worrying about getting mugged.

Any info would be appreciated.

6/11/2007 9:47:31 PM

it begins

6/11/2007 9:49:49 PM

my g/f had a guy with gun come up to her door and try to come in

but that is student living around campus in general

easy targets

oh and probably search or some shit and [old] and things

6/11/2007 9:58:48 PM

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"it seemed to be in a descent neighborhood. The thing I am worried about is safety. I hear a lot about break-ins. Do I need to worry about my car or apartment getting broken into?"

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"worrying about getting mugged. "

if you're worried about these things something tells me its not a decent neighborhood haha. The apartments are what they are (cheap, lots of parties, lots of noice, shitty parking, and car break ins). However, a lot of "popular party" complexes have this, so I wouldn't sweat it.

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6/11/2007 9:59:40 PM

So you've already signed the lease to live there and now you want to know should you worry about it? Kind of a moot point now. I would worry more about your logic.

6/11/2007 10:01:48 PM

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" if you're worried about these things something tells me its not a decent neighborhood haha. The apartments are what they are (cheap, lots of parties, lots of noice, shitty parking, and car break ins). However, a lot of "popular party" complexes have this, so I wouldn't sweat it."

Yeah, I wasn't trying to be redundant. What I meant was it looked aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

6/11/2007 10:03:02 PM

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"So you've already signed the lease to live there and now you want to know should you worry about it? Kind of a moot point now. I would worry more about your logic."

It was more of a rushed decision because school was about to end and I didn't have a place to stay. My fault? Sure, but it would still be nice to know what I got into regardless of what i've done prior.

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6/11/2007 10:05:21 PM

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6/11/2007 10:09:45 PM

its safer than some other places i know

6/11/2007 10:14:38 PM

which side is the new side? University woods rd or pardue woods place?

6/11/2007 10:23:42 PM

I live here and sure have never sen a "new side."

If you park in the middle of the lot under a light, take out anything that looks remotely valuable, and lock your doors, you ought to be fine. It's mainly the cars parked right next to the bushes that connect to the ethnically diverse housing that are broken into.

6/12/2007 7:26:23 AM

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"ethnically diverse housing"

ha.

6/12/2007 8:24:39 AM

I liked my roommates while I lived there but it was very loud all the time. Even during exam week we had some rednecks setting off fireworks at 4am.

also had misc problems with landlord but that's pretty much everywhere in the area i believe (preiss and private landlords).

6/12/2007 9:09:29 AM

Bad Things About University Woods:
1. VERY LITTLE VISITOR PARKING!! You can't find a spot past 8pm most night. They also prey on students with the towing like its nobodies business.
2. You live around the drunk driving headquarters of Raleigh "Trailwood Road".
3. You have no back deck.
4. The property management company sucks. The preiss company is a bunch of slum lords in my opinion.

i'll add to this list as I remember more negatives

6/12/2007 9:31:06 AM

care to be more specific about preiss?

6/12/2007 10:35:15 AM

Preiss is hit or miss imo. They love to try to suck as much out of your security deposit as possible. They take a while to get stuff done, but if you bug them enough it gets done.
Just a pain to deal with, but very few other options.

6/12/2007 10:37:58 AM

they use to manage my apartment complex at university glenn

all the trees and shrubs were overgrown, light bulbs were out all over the property, no new pine straw had been put out, lights had been ripped out of the wall, paint had been spilled all over the parking lot, etc

and they just sat there collecting $130 homeowners dues from my parents every month

needless to say we changed property management companies within the first year of us being there

6/12/2007 10:56:24 AM

Oh whoops. I'm in Uni. Oaks, not Woods.

6/12/2007 4:45:13 PM

The motto of apt living life - "you get what you pay for" self explanatory

You said you chose it because it was cheap.....well don't expect much (safety, quality, amenities, upkeep, guest parking, etc.) and you'll love it there!

6/12/2007 7:37:32 PM

just buy a gun, you'll be fine

6/12/2007 8:23:02 PM

i lived there for the last 2.5 years or so until i moved down here to Greenville, SC last week. Never once did it feel any less safe than any of the other apartments i ever visisted around NC State. Now some of the other preiss company locations....they are a different story.

only complaint i ever had was their installation of a crappy new door handle when our original one became dysfunctional. They promptly fixed our AC unit and washer and dryer units when they needed to be, and even came back to shampoo the carpet where they saw the AC had leaked while they were fixing it. Grass, shrubbery, trees were cut more than once a week and the sidings and sidewalks were pressure washed more than once while i lived there.

neither me or any of my roommates ever had security issues while we were living there. Now of course other people may have different stories but thats mine

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6/12/2007 10:45:27 PM

I think U wood is much safer then U meadows on kent where i stay

6/12/2007 10:49:31 PM

^yah U meadows..ive heard some horror stories and knew some people that had some stuff happen there :x

6/12/2007 10:50:10 PM

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"Do I need to worry about my car or apartment getting broken into?"

I would say yes. Heard of many car thefts - including mine - lost a lot of shit that night dammit.
But in general, the police don't care and won't even bother to come out if its not in progress. But be damned sure, if you have a party, or attend a party there, they will come out.

The tow company is very sketchy out there too, they are predators.

Other than that, you really can't beat the price. Just don't keep anything expensive in your car. Or, keep razor blades under/behind your expensive stuff.

6/12/2007 10:55:41 PM

^^ yea it is shitty place man ppls cars gettin robbed.Trees and leaves right next door ppl killin each other. Least they did pu up a fence on one side kinda slowed um up lil bit but they still be look. I had to pick up AR-15 just so i felt better

6/12/2007 10:58:54 PM

would not recommend. see:
http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=450624&page=1#9717844

6/13/2007 12:11:00 AM

see marko's post

6/13/2007 2:41:52 AM