Ample free parking, pool, small gym, little dog park, and easily accessible to bus routes.

Good experience; place is nice. Gym is small but rarely crowded. Maintenance comes quickly to fix issues. Staff is very committed and present.

Only downside is about 10 minutes from campus and not as close to the 'action' of Franklin St. or 'downtown' Carrboro.

I live the area but the management company needs to improve in reducing it's maintenance order backlog. It's unacceptable to wait for months for emergency situations to be taken care of.

My roommate and I have had a great experience (2 years) at Autumn Woods, however there are plenty of students in my class that had major problems with the management company regarding apartment issues and their willingness to promptly fix issues/reimburse for inconvenience/having to relocate to a new apartment with movers. Our apartment is of decent build quality, has a great location, spacious, in a safe neighborhood. Be wary of price increases between the two years and fight back when they try to raise rent by $200 at the end of year 1 (you can avoid that entirely).

It's a great apartment - I would definitely live here again.

Gym is not maintained. They throw away equipment and do not replace it. Maintenance crew can be found relaxing on golf carts and chatting on their cell phones during the day meanwhile - my roof is leaking, my window is in disrepair. Poor response from management. My apartment wasn't clean when I moved in. Garbage from previous tenant still there when I moved in and pubic hairs in the bathroom. Community garbage bins left to pile and leak out onto the sidewalk. Children's playground is filthy. I couldn't move because I was moving from another country and school had already started.

I've lived at Autumn Woods for nearly two years with my partner. The layout isn't my ideal, but the separation between he two bedrooms is nice and having guests has been easy. Parking is usually very good, the area is usually very quiet. There are two food lion stores within a 1 mile radius. The apartments were "updated" last year, by which I mean they had someone come in and do a lazy paint job.

The apartments are pretty big compared to some other 1 bedrooms I have seen around town and are usually cheaper. The complex doesn't have as many amenities (they close the pool really early where other complexes leave it open year round, no dog park) and management can be a pain sometimes but all in all its a good place to live.

On move-in day, Autumn Woods gave me and my roommate a filthy, below-ground apartment that had a horrible insect infestation, dozens of millipedes crawling in nightly. They failed to effectively fix the bug problem for months and finally relented to our demands for a different unit. They provided no compensation and didn't pay for moving expenses. When they asked us to renew for next year, they offered a 30% rent increase. Incredible!
Many classmates had similar frustrating experiences. The management company is focused on getting by with a skeleton staff and racking up fees ($30/mo for storm drains!). You might get through the year with no problems, but good luck to you if anything goes awry.

The apartment complex is located in a very nice wooded area close to Carrboro. My apartment faces the woods where a small creek runs through, and makes for a very relaxing ambiance. The swimming pool is very nice and they just renovated the entire pool are and put new grills, TVs and an indoor pool table. The down side is that they close the pool too soon in the year before winter starts.
The down side is that the apartment complex is a bit far from town, unless you have a car. There is a bus stop right outside the complex, but it might not be the best place to live without a car. Also, the apartment is not very well insulated, and our electric bill during the winter spiked because the heating was constantly going to keep the apartment warm.