Kingswood

Value for mone. Good location and easy access,

Experience has been not bad so far. There is an annoying neighbor, who shouts like a maniac when we are deep asleep. No idea which room is he from. Either he is crazy or he is a maniac. Noise from the train is the worst, but I think I am used to it now. I do not like the fact that we need to pay for the shared water bill. I do not use much water but the bill is like 50 dollars every month. 10-15 dollars would have been more reasonable. There is also a sass-mouthing neighbor who sometimes calls police to the neighbors with no apparent reason. Glad that I never had to deal with her. The only issue with them is that they smoke at the shared space inside the building, which makes the whole entrance and alley smell bad. The representatives are really good. They are prompt at fixing the renters' issues.

The parking lot is in a bad condition. Otherwise the apartment is fine.

The price and location of these apartment buildings were the deciding factors for moving in. My roommate and I are both students at NDSU, so the 60 second drive and less than 10 minute walk, along with pretty affordable rent, were appealing. It’s also nice to have designated parking spots, though one of our apartment’s spots has a large telephone/utility pole blocking about a quarter of the space. We’re lucky that I have a smaller car that can maneuver around it, but it’s still pretty difficult to avoid. We’re also lucky that we’re in the 1001 Kingswood building rather than the 1011 building, because those parking spots aren’t side by side; it’s one car in front of another for the same apartment, which just seems a bit inconvenient. Something that is a bit confusing however, is the maintenance for Goldmark. I’ve put in maintenance requests and called for updates week after week and month after month, just to eventually hear that my request was marked as completed when they were definitely not completed. This has happened several times, and I’m not sure how, but oh well. A second thing about their maintenance- we moved into these Kingswood apartments summer 2021. And almost every single time I’ve called the Luxford office for updates on maintenance requests that I’d put in weeks/months prior, I’m told that the reason it’s taking to long to complete the requests is because they’re trying to catch up from the busy summer 2021. I completely understood that from the months of June to September or October, but I have to admit that it’s difficult to understand that reasoning when they continue to tell me that in March and April of 2022. It seems like if I don’t take the time to repeatedly call the leasing office, the maintenance requests won’t be done. Also, we’ve had our water turned off twice with zero notice whatsoever, which I’ve called and left a voicemail about, but never received any responses? But in general, I do enjoy our apartment, the price and location!

If you are renting with another person and you both have two cars.. well good luck parking on the street. They only gave us one parking spot. Cant chose your neighbors but seems like every household on my floor smokes pot and has fought with their roommates, significant other, or the worst of all it their little kids. It's a good location to go downtown or go to campus, and fortunately, our apartment has been renovated so no complaints when I am actually in my apartment. Actually, there is one. You can smell the neighbor's cigarettes smoke and weed from the bathroom fan. I suggest investing in air fresheners and washing your towels frequently.

The apartment itself is nice, remodeled recently and is in good shape. Maintenance has been slow however and when something does break the maintenance will take weeks to get here and when they do half the time they haven't fixed it.