Jefferson 2nd Apartment Thoughts

tzais01
Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:10:47 +0000

My D is living at Jefferson now, in fact we are here now staying with her for the weekend. As far as parking goes, I think they are assigned now by floor. As visitors you go to the office and get a pass. Then you have to park on the top floor. Otherwise you’ll get towed because the first five floors are for residents.

She feels very safe here. I just don’t think you would walk alone at night too far from the complex. That is going to be the case anywhere.

There are cable outlets in each room. I see a data outlet in the living room, but not in the bedrooms. The wireless works fine in her apartment.

As far as the bus goes, the number 1 goes to campus every 20 minutes, but it doesn’t come that close to the northeast side of campus where most of D’s classes, so it’s much more convenient to walk the five blocks. Straight down 2nd Ave and you’re there. She works in the Reitz Union, so it does come in handy to take the bus home from work in the afternoons since that’s quite a long walk. She does that walk though sometimes if she just misses the bus.

Like many of the new apartments, they seem to have been slapped together and things definitely get a lot of wear and tear, but any problems with maintenance have been resolved.

If it’s any indication, she did opt to lease here again next year. I think the location being in walking distance to campus, the reasonable prices, the covered parking garage and large kitchen and newness of the complex are what make this more appealing than the many other apartment options in town.