East Edge, tuscaloosa-al

East edge was a wonderful experience. I went in for a tour because I am going to Alabama for the fall. I had a Jasmine showing me for the tour and she was very nice. Im definitely thinking about signing here everyone was very nice.

I have enjoyed my two years at East Edge. It is a very resident focused community with biweekly resident events that always include food. I haven’t had a bad experience with any of the staff either, whether it be maintenance or leasing. They’re always nice and ready to help with any questions or concerns I have had.

My son moved in today, August 2024. The complex seems to be changing management companies. I’m hopeful the new company is able to clean and maintain the apartments better than the way many have found their kids places this summer. My son is in a renovated, 4BR, 4BA apartment with a balcony. The renovations are pretty nice overall and the apartment is spacious! Good bones. It’s an older complex so there are some issues—light is missing in laundry room, disgusting filters (that one boy went and changed himself because it was so nasty), weird touch up paint, poor cleaning of kitchen and bathroom. But overall, the place has such potential so I’m hoping the new management can really invest money in fixing issues and keeping maintenance up. Parking is fine so far and the building feels solidly built to me.

I honestly only got an apt here because it was one of the last available and I kinda regret my decision. First of all, even on a discounted rate, I’m paying more than $1200 a month to live in a studio and that is the DISCOUNTED rate, if I paid the real rate, I would be paying over $1500 month which is absolutely ridiculous, especially for a UA owned property for student housing. I also asked if I resigned if I would keep my same rate back in January and they told me no it wouldn’t be discounted, then when they asked me if I wanted resign, I had told them what I asked and they said they actually would give me a discounted rate, only after I had already just signed another lease with a different complex, overall just bad communication on their end. The nail in the coffin is the fact I’m having to pay $75 for my first lockout and even though they may sound not too bad, the fact is that getting locked out is so easy since they use doors like hotels with fobs, meaning if you simply just close your door without your keys, your locked out. It is absolutely ridiculous and I’m just glad I signed with a different complex. The only reason it isn’t a one star is because they give you Tempur Pedics.

The doors in the common area are very loud, have rusty hinges, and slam shut. Considering that several doors open directly to the quiet study area it makes the study rooms basically unusable during the day time. Maintenance staff and delivery drivers are consistently entering and exiting the study/package area. I've asked before (five months ago) if they could fix the hinges on the very loud creaking mail door that is 10 feet from the study rooms, but the office staff have literally never done anything despite this being a simple fix.