Commons West

Good Apartment and management

The apartment is very well-located, and management is responsive (except for weekends). The rooms are spacious, and there is a lot of natural light.
The property has two main problems:
1. There is plenty of noise during weekdays and weekends, especially at night.
2. The water from the shower and the sink take several minutes to drain.

Management does a poor job of informing residents of elevator outages, is slow to respond to maintenance requests, and overall does a poor job at maintaining the property where I had several water leaks from the roof. Only upside is the price.

Really small, doable for a single person for a year. As compared to other options it was a cheaper option

The apartments are definitely not the prettiest or newest, and my bathtub faucet has been dripping since I moved in (apparently, they have to shut off the whole water system to fix it.) On the other hand, my studio is affordable, clean, and generally quiet, and I've got a good amount of space and a large window. Management is responsive--with the exception of the faucet, maintenance has fixed my problems quickly.

The location is its biggest selling point. It's directly on the Commons and a 2-3 minute walk from the major Commons bus stops (a godsend when you're lugging around giant law books.) Buses head to Cornell every 10-15 minutes. It's also a 15-20 minute walk on flat ground to CVS, Wegman's, Walmart, Staples, and a bunch of other useful stores.

Mostly graduate students. Doesn't allow pets. You have to pay for Internet and electricity, but it doesn't add that much cost. Overall, a good option for someone who wants convenient housing and a vibrant location without the prices/noise of Collegetown.

Nice size for someone that lives alone and buses to/from campus on both sides of the building. Still pricey for a small town, but that appears to be the trend here.

The building is now new and has a lot of options (1, 2, 3 bedrooms).
The place is good and in a good location, the apartment was delivered clean and in good shape, we have A/C, 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom and the kitchen. One bad point is that my apartment was located in the back of the building and we had a little bit of noise in the morning because of the garbage truck. We paid more 300$ for the Internet. Overall a good place, my only complain is the bathroom that urgently needs a renovation.

It is a large studio compared to european standards. Everything is great. Close to Green and Seneca streets where most buses stop. The only problem is that it is a little expensive.

Nice but still many disadvantages

Big enough for a studio. I asked for an apartment with a good amount of sunlight. All of the apartments don't get the same sunlight. Convenient location.