My experience with Bart Villa has been pretty awful. The air conditioning and water heater are frequently broken, Internet service is slow and spotty, requiring you to log in through a gateway with an expired security certificate, and you don't have any control over the apartment temperature. There were several points when Internet service was down for several days, and there was a day or two in the beginning of January when absolutely no hot water was available. The faucet water, on the other hand, is almost inevitably warm, regardless of what the dials claim. Bart Villa doesn't stick to their maintenance guarantees, either. Dubiously enough, no interior photographs are posted on their web site, which is telling--it seems they spend all their money on landscaping rather than unit maintenance, although admittedly the location and courtyward are decent. They are also the only leasing management I've ever seen insist on charging multiple security deposits for subsequent leasing periods. Main pluses are an average price, including free heat, water, and air conditioning, as well as decently sized units.

I rented from fall '07 through summer '08.
I paid monthly rent of $375 during fall/winter for a private room.
I paid monthly rent of $375 during spring/summer for a private room.

I had the same experience. Management threatened to sue me for over 1000 in painting and carpet replacement. They never fix the AC, their guarantee means nothing, and the refrigerator was leaking. The neighbors were also noisy at 4am and wrote threatening notes. Maybe a class action suit should be filed.

I rented from fall '06 through spring '07.
I paid monthly rent of $670 during fall/winter for a private room.
I paid monthly rent of $670 during spring/summer for a private room.

Please oh please don't sign a lease here. Management is a nightmare and the units are in poor condition. My husband and I experienced ceiling leaks, broken window locks, broken A/C, heat that would not turn off in the winter, and an old dishwasher that didn't clean the dishes but they refused to replace (we had to hand wash everything). Finally, after we moved out (after the longest year of our lives!), we received our move-our report billing us for $1200, over half of which was supposed "carpet damages" on carpet that was brand new when we moved in. We had to go back and ask the new tenant if he would let us take pictures of the carpet (he did), and we are suing them for the amount that they are withholding from our deposit in the name of carpet damages. Businesses like these don't deserve your patronage.

I rented from fall '05 through fall '06.
I paid monthly rent of $530 during fall/winter for a shared room.