City Scene Apartments

Needs more parking...needs a handicap parking near to the set of apartments. Inside the apartment are very cute.

I've been at City Scene for almost two years at this point, and have really enjoyed my time here so far. Location is great, the apartments are beautiful, and it's well priced. I know a lot of people have written about the change in management, and to be honest I was nervous at first too! However, so far they have been great to work with, nice people, and I haven't experienced any issues (except for the occasional delayed response). They've always completed my work requests, and helped me successfully move from a one bedroom to a two pretty painlessly. If anything changes in this regard, I'll update my review but so far this notoriously hard to please person is a happy camper! Update: the apartments were sold again (to G&B) then many of them were turned into airbnbs which were so horrible to deal with. Also almost no maintenance on the grounds, washing machines, and getting things fixed was a nightmare. Seeing such a great little community turned to trash was sad. Avoid!

I’ve lived here for almost a year and while the inside of the apartments are nicely updated and pretty decent, the maintenance of the exterior leaves a lot to be desired. First, the communal laundry facilities (there are none in-unit) are pretty awful. They are not climate-controlled so very hot in summer and of the four washers and four dryers, only 1-2 of each are usually working at any given time. Today, ALL of the washing machines are “offline” and aren’t working, which is what prompted this review. The laundry trash is always overflowing and there is trash on the floor, and since there’s no A/C and the windows are always open, there is lots of dust, dirt, and bugs on every surface. I usually go out of my way to take my laundry to a friend’s or the laundry mat. Several units are short-term rentals (like the one above me) so you never really know what you’re going to get regarding noise with vacationers in and out. Maintenance seems to only come for non-emergency issues once in awhile when there are enough requests for them to make a trip and do them all at once, so sometimes they get handled pretty quickly and sometimes it takes a week or so. They did respond within the same day when I reported water leaking down from the unit above me. However, they never seem to truly fix the all of laundry machines. Overall, given the location, interior updates, private yard, and the price (I pay $1,350 for a 2bd/1ba when I signed my lease in August of 2021) it’s not too bad, but I don’t plan to renew my lease either.