Apartment Review for Sunridge Village Apartments - Albuquerque, NM

Security: There are security gates (though other tenets do like to keep them open with a rock, or some other device proped in the door jam), and there is security that moves around here at night. So no crimminals wouldn't want to come here. On the downside, there have been a few times when comming home from a movie (show time between 10 and 11 pm when it started), I was greeted by a security gaurd comming in, who was a bit confrontational on why I'd be driving in at that time of night. tbh, just drove in and was just getting out of my car then and there. Parking: I haen't tended to have a problem with parking here. That is a plus... Appearance/Upkeep There is a landscaping crew, and the premesis is nice to look at. The only downside is that I've had a few neighbors that have kept trash in their front porch (aren't supposed to) that hasn't always been carried to the dumpster right away. This is more them, then the grounds keeper. Staff: Seems professional by and large. When I did move to a bigger apartment a few years back, they did show me one unit (which would have been nicer then the one I got), and after the fact said it was taken. I was told that there was another "just like it", but they didn't show it to me. Moving in, this was not the case. Had I known of a few things (had seen it), I would have asked for a different one. Management had changed hands since then however. Maitanence: There have been a few things, where getting repair has been a bit of a problem: - My old apartment, I had a problem with the heater/air conditioner sticking in phases. Basically, when the heater/air conditioner started running, it got stuck (so the apartment would get rather hot or cold) and not shut off until one jiggled the dial a bit. I reported this. One guy said a new stat was needed, but maitanence would just say "adjusted stat, seems to work". It took between many months and a year to get this fixed. Moving into the new apartment, the change over stat that detects whether hot or cold water is in the pipes was busted. So when summer came, the thermostat worked in reverse. It turned the AC on when the room was cold, and off when it was hotter then the thermostat shown temp. It took constant nagging, and after about 9 months, it was fixed. The stat still sticks in cycles (like in the old apartment) some however... On the upside, when the electricity went out (the neutral wire in the circuit breaker box had become loose), that prob was fixed that day. Some other fixes (also a problem with the oven) however wasn't so timely, and when something needed replacing, there was a reluctance to do it. Condition of unit: The old one wasn't so bad. As to the new one, move in condition was as follows: - Lumps in carpet. It's actually kinda disgusting to walk on in some places. It looked clean, but it felt like an old carpet or something. The carpet fibers were also a bit stiff (felt grungy) in addition to being lumpy in places. - The floor in the kitchen has a gouge in it (as does the wall in the hallway), and that and the one in the bathroom had stains, indentations, and other problems. - The oven was broke (the oven door), quite old, discolored, the enamal peeling, etc. One of the burners on the stove had (it looks like white paint, but thicker) melted on the burner. I don't dare turn it on or use it. - Kitchen cabinets have gouges and the shelves feel rough to the touch, like whoever planed them didn't know what they were doing. Some gouges are in the cabinet, others on the surface. - Wasn't a condition when I moved in, but since then the famicah on the cabinets has started peeling. - The bedroom window never quite worked right, and has always been rather loose and all (like it didn't really fit there). - The place (both apartments) have always been poorly insulated. In addition to heat/cold issues in the summer/winter, this effects noise levels between units. There's practically no insulation at all. Noise level: Attroscious. There hasn't been many mornings that I haven't gotten awakened. Add to this, the new unit (unlike the one they showed me) was right next to the road, and the extremely poor insulation in the walls. I have also had neighbors from hell, who are determined that everyone should be a morning person, just because they are. In the old unit, I had someone who woke me up with the shower (extreme water pressure, combined with no insulation) at about 6 am every day...but if I flushed the toilet after going to the bathroom in the evening, they complained bitterly. Nothing was done to deal with that, as if they consented to that sort of nonsense. Especially over the last 4-5 months, but even before then in the new unit, I've got more neighbors from hell. A car driving by, they can call security (wasn't even home, and walked to my door to see them there), but these same people can make it so no one can sleep. In part they could address this with insulation, and in part by addressing people who make it so others can't sleep in the morning, as much as those who can't at night (define this, 8 and 9 pm for the people I'm speaking of). All in all, I really don't like moving. But after all I've been through here, I wouldn't mind a house. If one is apartment hunting, personally, I'd recommend looking elsewhere.