Medicine Lake Apartments

If you enjoy your peace and quiet do not rent here. You can hear every little footstep above your head as if they were walking 10 inches above you on Styrofoam. You can hear people coming all the way down the hallways while in your own living room. It's an older place so toilets and things like that look discolored and nasty. Dogs bark for hours on end. It's right by a train track, and I mean literally 10 feet from the parking lot, but the train came only once a day so that was tolerable. Being… by the lake you get all kinds of disgusting pests coming around. Management is all right, they try to be accommodating and generally leave you alone. Nice little workout room with a sauna, kinda crappy tennis court/basketball court with fake flooring that feels like you'll snap your knee. Nice pool, and the Lake itself is great including the private dock.

Overall not worth the price they charge at all, the footsteps and paper thin walls will drive you insane; I've never lived in an apartment with such thin ceilings and walls, better off finding yourself a cheaper place with concrete walls. Oh did I mention you can HEAR EVERY FOOTSTEP above or around you?!!!! But you if don't mind the FOOTSTEPS and NOISE and want to legitimately enjoy the pretty dope bass lake, it's your call. Read More

The upside of Medicine Lake Apts is the setting --- walking/ biking trail next to the complex, view of Medicine Lake and lots foliage/trees. I pay $1235/month for a two bedroom and while the square footage is decent with a nice storage closet near the front door, the rent seems high to me considering the maintenance issues I've had. Sometimes they are addressed promptly but too often they are addressed half way or ignored. I don't believe I am all that fussy of a tenant about maintenance as I've… lived other places with little need for it. Also, for $1235/month I expect some updating -- both of my toilets are old, stained (cannot remove stains) and need replaced. Also, the faucets hardware needs replacing. I have a tiny shower in my bedroom bathroom which is quite cheap -- like something you'd install in a seasonal cabin. The floors above my 1st floor unit are very loud when the neighbors are walking around -- by far the loudest of any apartment I have lived in, including a home built in 1909 that I owned. Windows in my unit work poorly and are drafty. The apartment was not well cleaned when I moved in -- not awful, but I expect better. The water tastes terrible here so I recommend using a filtered water pitcher. You get an underground garage spot and I was shown the garage when I toured the complex, yet after I moved in I was told I would be on a waiting list for a spot --- I was not informed of this before signing the lease. All this said, the building tenants are quiet and even the dogs allowed here have not bothered me. Although I do not have a direct neighbor with a dog. One thing I really like about my unit is the kitchen -- reasonable spacious, unlike the galley kitchens in so many apts. I believe some of the 1 bdrms have galley kitchens. Even with the negatives mentioned, I think it could be challenging to find anything markedly better for the same money here in Plymouth. Oh, and my rent increase after one year was $65/month. Irritating, but not uncommon. Read More