
OH my goodness!
I AGREE With every single comment on here. If you have not summed it up for yourself...I will do it for you! I lived here for 3 years. NOT out of choice though.
1.High rent that changes month to month. Some months you can expect "random" charges to be added to your bill. They are "non-negotiable".
2. Extremely social. Do not expect to sleep most night unless you have a loud fan, ear plugs, or music going all night. Especially in the summer. If you are a student, you will find it hard to get homework done here. Alot of distractions.
3.Office staff is HORRIBLE!! They are rude rude rude. If you have an issue, it will not get taken care of for MONTHS, if even. Alot of older people live here. Most over 25.
4. ROOMMATES;The staff will not take care of any roomate issues, so if you are stuck w/ a bad roommate, you better expect to end up being the bad guy. I turned a roommate in for having sex all the time, and my other one would come home drunk alot, I finally had ENOUGH when my drunk roommate started hitting me and messing w/ my things, and went to the office. They did NOTHING! They left a warning on the door (that I could have typed up myself) that basically said "we are watching you". Months passed, and more and more people began to complain about my roommates. They were loud, and crazy. Music pounding alll night! STILL nothing done.It took about 5 months, several calls to the honor code office, several written complaints, before they kicked them out. They told me that the girls would have 1 day to move out. But the office lied. They gave them 3 weeks. (it was 3 weeks of hell for me...they tortured me)
5. Moving out. If you need to move out...get married, whatever, dont expect any help from the office. A friend of mine had her contract up for sale, and she had a buyer all set up. She told her buyer to go into the office to sign the contract saying she would purchase my friends contract. When the girl showed up to the office, BRANBURY offered the buyer a better deal so that she would buy through THEM and not my friend. They have 0 tenant loyalty, 0 respect.
6. Maintenance- This happened 2 times for us,and several times to our neighbors; maintenance walks into your apt, w/o knocking, and finds you half naked or in the shower. YUP! Girls beware! They are sick!
7. Check outs. If they like you. You pass. They dont like you, expect a white glove test and a fee. goodlooking boys and girls apartments seem to pass them when they shouldnt. Dont know what was up w/ that.
Parking is horrible. The office girls are complete jerks. OH and if you DO complain about something, THEY WILL TELL the person you complained about that it was YOU who made the complaint. The girls are backstabbers. They will pull you into the office and ask what your complaint is, act like they care, then roll their eyes at you and make false promises to get you to leave.
I LOVED my ward. It was the only thing that kept me going. I tried to move out on several occasions, but they made it very difficult for me. Expect random fee's, high utilities, broken appliances, pounding music all night (the walls are thinner then paper thin) and expect to have a horrible experience with the office crew. The people on here who say that they had a good experiance, most likely had a good ward, and moved in with 4 girls that they knew, and weren't tight on money. If you are like me, and CARE if a random 40 buck increase shows up on your rent...this is NOT the place for you. They cannot tell you WHY the charges show up, you will get mumbling and excuses. I would never live here again. Not sure how it is for married ppl. But for single students, most of us moved out as soon as we could!! (Oh and if they put a sign on your door saying " resign for Winter, spots are filling" YOU BETTER DO IT soon if you really wanna live there again, or they will kick you out of your apartment, and put you in a random building. (Even if your contract is a full year...you have to resign for your apt or they will give it away to someone else. And if they do, you can expect to move with NO mercy. And you willlll get thrown into the apartment that NO ONE wanted. Ugh. If you are looking for a nice LDS atmosphere, try king henry or raintree. If you are looking for something nicer then that...get some friends and rent a condo outside of provo. It is cheaper and nicer.
I rented from '04 through '07.