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| - First and foremost, my apartment is great, including an attached garage, and my own laundry room. I was able to put my king size bed in the master bedroom, the kitchen has more cabinet than I can fill, flooring is ripe and ready to retire. I love it and the rent price is perfect. The staff is very nice and professional, maintenance is great too.If it was not for the following I would give it 5 stars.
BUT:
1 - Valet trash is now $35 per month, and we are at their service, we need to put our trash out by a certain time, in their own garbage can. I got fined several times $25 because I was a little off the schedule, and because I just put out the trash bag outside of their container. many times they did not collect my trash (and no you cannot fine them).
2 - Camden signed a new deal with COX for cable/internet, under the old deal, I had upgraded to services that are now provided in the new deal (internet and more TV channels), well I am stuck in paying both, my upgrade to COX because it was a 2 year contract, and the mandatory COX subscription through Camden. Additionally i would prefer to use Century Link for TV because they have an offer that I prefer, but since I have to pay through Camden I am stuck. Camden should propose extra services, but not make them mandatory, it take freedom away, and cost more.
3 - Outrageous pet fees you get a cat (not sure for dogs) you have to pay $150 deposit, $300 fee (wonder why) AND $35/month extra, so $720 first year, $420 afterwards, it costs more than the vet.
4 - There is no out mail box.. Odd, you want to mail a letter you have to go... elsewhere. There is a courtesy open box in the office, but it is only when the office is open, and then, it is still not mailed, it is in a box in the office, what if they forget to mail it, if someone take the letter. The office is at the opposite side of the property from the mail boxes. Camden should arrange with Postal Services to have a collection box in the mail box area, or to have the mailman collect out mail left in each resident's mail box.
5 - Visitors parking are very sparse, but they asked the city authorization to park on the street adjacent to the property (90th place).
6 - They no longer accept packages for residents because lifestyle has changed and people receive too many packages. It is true, yet, when cars came along if managers back then would have adopted the same attitude, instead of adjusting and building parking spots, they would have asked their tenants to park somewhere else. Camden needs to adjust to residents demand and find a solution to adjust to their time.
Then again, after having reviewed many other apartments in the same area, my conclusion is that Camden Legacy offers the best you can get for the price, most comparable apartments I visited run $400 to $700 more than mine per month and are not necessary nicer, bigger or with more amenities.
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