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| - Regents on University (formally known as Block 1949, a better name I feel), is a furnished apartment for students about 2 miles from the ASU Tempe campus. It includes all utilities in the monthly rent cost except for electricity, which is billed separately and split between roommates. I am a graduate student and have lived at Regents for about 5 months starting in Aug 2014. I am in a regular 2 bedroom/2bathroom apartment.
So, first off, I feel they take the Roommate Matching paper work and throw it in the trash. My roommate is the opposite of everything that I asked for. I wanted someone over 26 yrs old, but was willing to settle for 22-25, out of undergrad usually. Nope, mine is 20. I wanted someone who is clean. Mine leaves splattered oil all over the stove top, "grows clothes" on the lint trap, and throws away full containers of spoiled milk in the trash instead of dumping it. I wanted a serious student. Mine admitted to failing a class because noon was "too early of a deadline". I wanted someone that ate healthy and took care of themselves. Mine never cooks and only keeps Sunny Delight and Coco Puffs in the house.
One of the most annoying things about Regents is the lack of follow through. Pretty much every time they say they will do something, it either doesn't happen or it is much later than they post. For example, I requested someone come and fix the low battery beeping smoke detector in my roommate's room, who was out of state for the Holidays. I come home 4 days later, and no one had come by. I would go in there myself if I could. I've also called 3 times about the people upstairs where it regularly sounded like things were crashing and they were hitting the walls. By the time someone went by 3 hours later, they called back and said they didn't hear anything. There should be no reason why my fan and walls are shaking by normal activity.
This also relates to quiet hours. I received a text stating that there would be strictly enforced quiet hours starting at 9PM from Jan 19th to the 23rd. What happened Monday night? A party until about 11:30PM. Then Wed it ended at 11PM. Fri night, some kid screaming in the courtyard at 4:30AM. There was also a time in December when the pool was closed until further notice and that really didn't stop anyone. It is true it isn't their fault a lot of inconsiderate immature spoiled brat kids live here, but if they say they are going to enforce a rule, they need to.
I suppose you get what you pay for, since the internet is exceedingly slow at random intervals. It really wasn't that way when I moved in, so I'm not sure what happened. For a building that is supposedly for "students", this is a regular frustration when it comes to homework.
I also had issues with rent payment. I was told they would no longer do paper money orders and would only accept electronic money orders. I called my bank and they didn't know what I was talking about. The office said I had to go to someone on a list like CheckSmart to get one. They would use the pin number I give them to do the electronic money order. I went there and the lady behind the counter had no idea what I was talking about. Of course, the office didn't know what to say.
Now, there are some, but very few, redeeming qualities. First, the close proximity to campus makes it easy to ride my bike to class. Second, the apartment itself is fairly nice looking, mostly from the counter tops in the bathroom and kitchen and faux wood flooring. The biggest sell for me though was the amount of personal space relative to shared space. I've seen apartments in the area that had massive kitchens and living rooms, but rooms in which you could barely walk around the bed and just a slide door closet. Personally, I never spend time in the living room, so a good size room, a private bathroom and a walk in closet were very attractive to me. This is probably the best aspect about Regents.
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