Critique my short list of pet-friendly apartment rentals?

[CapitalBlvd]

Originally Posted by Francois

Mayfaire is near where I live and right next to a shopping center with a grocery store, drug store, gas station, and several restaurants. It looks like a pretty nice place.

Hunting Ridge was quite nice when it was built in the '70s, but I'm not sure what kind of crowd lives there now. It, too, is right across from a shopping center, and right down from another one, the farther one having a grocery store (but probably too far to walk with groceries). You're also right next to North Ridge, a very nice neighborhood with good sidewalk that would be a great place to walk your dogs.

Agree with you. we lived there 2 years.

Place is gussied up cosmetically but has serious structural and infrastructure issues. Way beyond its useful life.

Great location though.

[greenie72]

Originally Posted by CapitalBlvd

The apartments here are not as "friendly" as you may think.

Most pet charges are not refundable and there are also "pet rents" to continue the ripoff.

Ask for the fees before getting serious.

All of them have the non-refundable pet fee and pet rents, every one. They're usually between $150 and $300 but Cedar Springs was the highest I saw at $600!

At least if I'm going to pay that, they should have a fenced dog park, with grass, water, benches. Many of them have pet waste stations and supply bags. I don't think that's worth the pet fee per se, but I know a lot of places inflate the "security" because of damage animals can do to apartments.

Originally Posted by maggiekate

did you check around Apex a few years ago when I had 2 dogs I found a few nice places there.

I checked every pet friendly apartment building in Raleigh, Apex and Cary. But ultimately we think we want to buy a home in North Raleigh so we concentrated there.

Originally Posted by CapitalBlvd

Agree with you. we lived there 2 years.

Place is gussied up cosmetically but has serious structural and infrastructure issues. Way beyond its useful life.

Great location though.

Which do you mean, Hunting Ridge or Mayfaire?

[CapitalBlvd]

Originally Posted by greenie72

All of them have the non-refundable pet fee and pet rents, every one. They're usually between $150 and $300 but Cedar Springs was the highest I saw at $600!

At least if I'm going to pay that, they should have a fenced dog park, with grass, water, benches. Many of them have pet waste stations and supply bags. I don't think that's worth the pet fee per se, but I know a lot of places inflate the "security" because of damage animals can do to apartments.




I checked every pet friendly apartment building in Raleigh, Apex and Cary. But ultimately we think we want to buy a home in North Raleigh so we concentrated there.




Which do you mean, Hunting Ridge or Mayfaire?

Hunting Ridge.