Moving to Baton Rouge from Atlanta, and need to get a NICE apartment and area! (Jefferson: apartment complex)

[Topbillen]

I will be working off of Florida Blvd. (Mid city area) and I'm looking for a nice safe, comfortable apartment complex within 8 miles from work. I Looked at some of these apartments: Millennium Towne Center, The Regent (Millerville), Bristol Place (Siegen) and The Park on Bluebonnet.
Can anyone tell me how these places stack up and how is the commute from any of these areas, when I'd have to be at work at 9 or 10 am?
Or could you make some great recommendations for 1 bedroom apartments that are in great areas?

[darylwi]

Originally Posted by Topbillen

I will be working off of Florida Blvd. (Mid city area) and I'm looking for a nice safe, comfortable apartment complex within 8 miles from work. I Looked at some of these apartments: Millennium Towne Center, The Regent (Millerville), Bristol Place (Siegen) and The Park on Bluebonnet.
Can anyone tell me how these places stack up and how is the commute from any of these areas, when I'd have to be at work at 9 or 10 am?
Or could you make some great recommendations for 1 bedroom apartments that are in great areas?

Millennium is the closest and the most expensive to Florida/Midcity. One bedrooms run $1000+. The area is great though. Next to Towne Center and the easiest commute to MidCity.
Bristol looks nice, but personally I think it would be a hassle negotiating Siegen Lane most hours of the day, especially in the afternoon. Otherwise, I don't know much else about the property, it's relatively new.
The Park on Bluebonnet seems nice, reasonably priced (I think around $800 or so for a 1 br now. It's very close to Perkins Rowe. Nice area.
The Regents are off of I-12. They look nice. Otherwise I don't know very much about the property. As I live close to MidCity now, I wouldn't move that far out to commute to downtown, so I don't bother with it. The area is pretty good though. As are all of the areas you mention.

[BR_Bound]

I'd suggest staying away from The Park on Bluebonnet. I have a friend who lives there and is having bad experience after bad experience -- all related to complex management. (I wasn't terribly impressed with the leasing agents when I went for a tour.) Also, the traffic is terrible. There are several good, affordable, charming places on Jefferson Highway. Jefferson Place condos and Maison Bocage are both really nice. The Millennium is really nice but pretty sterile to me.

[KC223]

Have you checked out apartmentratings.com? Read the posts but make your decision based on whats important to you. People like to complain a lot about silly things. For example, I don't care if the office staff is friendly, but I do care if they can't get things fixed for you in a timely manner. I live in the Bluebonnet/Perkins/Siegen area and traffic is really bad right now bc they are redoing the road at the intersection of Bluebonnet and Perkins. Even before this the traffic is bad coming down Bluebonnet from Coursey/Airline. My husband commutes to the Airline/Florida area and it takes him about 30 min in the morning down Siegen. In the evening though it may take him closer to an hour to get home (down Siegen or Bluebonnet). I think the Millerville apartments would be a much better commute time than this area. The Millenium apartments though are in my favorite part of Baton Rouge (Towne Center off of Corporate). The shops and restaurants are great. This probably would also be the best commute time. Also if you want to kind of look at the area use Google maps. They have that street view option and you can get 360 views of streets. Just drag the orange man on the left onto the street and you can browse down the streets just like you are driving it. Hope this helps.

[BRMan]

Originally Posted by BR_Bound

I'd suggest staying away from The Park on Bluebonnet. I have a friend who lives there and is having bad experience after bad experience -- all related to complex management. (I wasn't terribly impressed with the leasing agents when I went for a tour.) Also, the traffic is terrible. There are several good, affordable, charming places on Jefferson Highway. Jefferson Place condos and Maison Bocage are both really nice. The Millennium is really nice but pretty sterile to me.

You know, I had someone tell me today that after Gustav, the mgmt at the Parks dragged their feet on roof repairs. And every time it rained, this person got water in the living room and bathroom.

[pred197]

The Regent is the best place in town. I lived at Bristol Place and the Reserve at Cedar Lodge and they were both ok but the upper management sucked. The Regent has the best security in town, the best over all fitness center in town plus a full service car wash, nature trail and the option of your own private garage.