Jamestown Apartments (St. Matthews, Lyndon: apartment complexes, rental, condo)

[lollypopbbc]

Does anyone know anything about Jamestown of St. Matthews apartments?

They seem wonderful when we visited but they have bad reviews. Are there just a lot of negative people there or should we avoid the complex?

We were also looking at Stone Mill Village Apartments as a second option

ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED

[mdawg]

I also have not heard good things about Jamestown

[stx12499]

Originally Posted by lollypopbbc

Does anyone know anything about Jamestown of St. Matthews apartments?

They seem wonderful when we visited but they have bad reviews. Are there just a lot of negative people there or should we avoid the complex?

We were also looking at Stone Mill Village Apartments as a second option

ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED

If you MUST choose suburban apartment complexes, Waterford Place and Mallard Crossing are less than a mile from Jamestown and infinitely nicer. I would personally choose Waterford in that area, and their grounds and amenity package are amazing. Their pool and jacuzzi area surrounded by the little streams reminds me of being in a beach town.

That said, why dont you search craigslist for a rental condo or home owned by a single landlord? I usually hate these large, corporate owned apartment complexes.

[gocards1289]

Actually I live right across the street from Jamestown. The units themselves are nice and most were renovated within the last few years; they're mostly 2 story colonial-style townhomes built in the late '60's. The grounds seem well-kept and nicely landscaped as well. However over the years the quality of tenants there has seemed to deteriorate somewhat and the units that are on my street (the garden apartments) haven't been updated like the rest and seem somewhat "dumpy." Not to mention like mdawg stated most of what I've heard about Jamestown seems negative, namely poor management. The place isn't really a dump or "ghetto," its just that there are better choices.
If you must live in a large suburban complex then as stx stated I'd go with Waterford Place, Cypress Pointe or Mallard Crossing which are also off Breckenridge along Kresge Way/Bowling Blvd (the road that runs by Baptist East Hospital). Any of these would be a fine choice, with Waterford and Mallard being the nicer two. They both have very nice grounds and units (both have a nice lake area and a creek runs through part of Mallard) and are right across from Brown Park, a nice wooded park with several walking trails; not to mention they're 3-5 minutes from Mall St. Matthews. If age matters Waterford and Cypress were built in the early '80's, Mallard in the early '90's.
I'm not as familiar with Stone Mill Village but I do know that its off Westport Rd in Lyndon, which is overall a good area and the complex seems nice-I'd probably pick it over Jamestown.
http://www.mallardcrossingapartments...SKY/index.aspx

[jltrue4]

My fiance lives there and he got his laundry stolen. A lot of cars have been broken into around there lately. Maintenance is awful. However, the side with the larger apartments is much nicer than the side with the 3-story buildings.

[nldixon]

Originally Posted by stx12499

If you MUST choose suburban apartment complexes, Waterford Place and Mallard Crossing are less than a mile from Jamestown and infinitely nicer. I would personally choose Waterford in that area, and their grounds and amenity package are amazing. Their pool and jacuzzi area surrounded by the little streams reminds me of being in a beach town.

That said, why dont you search craigslist for a rental condo or home owned by a single landlord? I usually hate these large, corporate owned apartment complexes.

Waterford is nice, but overpriced. In addition, it can take a significant amount of time to get anything done. We had a leaky window in the bedroom for several weeks that was "fixed" several times before I actually had to physically show the complex manager where the leak was. By that time the carpet and baseboard were starting to get moldy.

Once they got around to fixing it, everything was fine and they treated the room for mold as well.