Mountain Vista Apartments

 

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Jelena W.

Lakewood, CO

Oh no, now you know where I live! I don't see many folks here reviewing places to live, so I'll start a trend, okay? These are average size, fairly cheap apartments in a nice area. The cheapness does tend to attract loud people and the kind of folks who the police get called on every once in a while- but mostly people leave each other alone.

Small dogs, cats, and caged pets are permitted, with the odd exclusion of reptiles, ferrets, and rabbits. I do know that several neighbors own reptiles, so it seems that they aren't too Draconian in their pet policy enforcement- I prefer not to test the limits, though, other than occasionally having one more foster kitten than I'm supposed to.

Maintenance and management are at least cordial, and sometimes surprise me by going out of their way to be helpful. Most maintenance requests are solved within a day or two- less if they're urgent. When I first moved in, my refrigerator's door wouldn't close, and within a day of complaining, the old one was carted out and a new one installed with no effort or expense on my part. I've also had maintenance come put a new window screen in after mine fell out.

I've had one or two personality conflicts with management, but nothing that didn't blow over- neighbors were throwing food out on the lawn, which my dog ate and got sick, and I was peeved that all they did was put a notice on the door, and the behavior continued! After my second complaint, they put a really threatening notice on the door, and it stopped. I at one point gave my 30 days notice (then took it back after my move fell through) and my pro-rated rent was calculated incorrectly; they did give me a refund rapidly after I noticed the mistake.

Overall, average, but a good, cheap place short term- you can probably find a better place for the same price, depending on your needs, but it's easy and not bad at all.

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