Elysian at Kingsland Ranch Apartments

My children and I absolutely love living in these apartments. They are conveniently located within walking distance of Taylor High School, Metro Park and Ride, and a variety of businesses regularly visited. The office staff is more like family, and we can always count on them for anything from maintenance issues to a shoulder to lean on through tense circumstance. We couldn’t be happier living anywhere else.

Moved in February of 2014 and so far it’s been a good experience. The apartments are solidly built. The leasing staff and maintenance have been wonderful. Parking is plentiful for residents so that’s always good. Residents are a mix of young to mid aged professionals. Noise is minimal as there are no bars within walking distance. The gym and pools look nice but, I haven’t had a chance to use those. What I like best is the location its right off of I10 close to the Energy Corridor so its east for me to get to work.

I absolutely despise this apartment complex and the management. It amazes me how this place is still up and running, and for those of you who have had a great experience here, I am so jealous! I lived at this complex for a year with my husband and son. And never will I ever go back. The management is horrible. You would go into the office to ask a question and be waiting in the lobby for 10 – 15 minutes to talk to someone while you can hear the office ladies in the back laughing and cracking jokes. They don’t put the work orders into the computer sometimes and just write it down on a notepad and forget it about. (I know they forgot about it because, nothing ever got done that needed to in my unit). They will never answer the phone when you call them. I had to ask a very important question one day and tried calling many times. I didn’t want to get out in the weather because, it was one of the days it was raining so hard you couldn’t see what was in front of you! Also, they never had enough people working! EVER. You would go up to the office and try opening to the door, and it would just be locked. They were probably out giving a tour. But, didn’t leave a note or anything saying why the door was randomly locked. And this would only happen on Saturdays. They only had 1 person working usually. We just got our deposit back and it wasn’t even half of what we put down. They said we had an odor, dirty toilets, and bathtubs. When I was 5 months pregnant on my hands and knees cleaning everything! And I know my apartment didn’t have an odor because, first of all I am a Scentsy consultant and always had a clean smell going and I also have a nose of a dog and can smell anything. So I call BS on the odor. And it should have smelt like Clorox and Pinesol when I left because I used almost 2 whole bottles of it! I don’t recommend this place to anyone, not even my worst enemy!

There is never anywhere to park and they are always towing their residents every night. Which also means if you have friends over you need to watch their car all night or they’ll be towed too.
Also, it’s a gated community however my neighbor across the hall shot (with a gun) his way into his apartment a couple months ago. So it doesn’t feel safe. And the roaches are disgusting.

I have had no issues living here… except for the cockroaches. They aren’t BIG roaches, but they are still roaches. When j first moved in, there were many. I saw around 4 daily. After I bombed and spread powder throughout the perimeter of the apartment, I started to notice less. However, they are still present. I will randomly see one every other day, during the day. I have told management and they say that they will have the «pest control» scheduled for a treatment. There’s been many of them. It may be caused by the neighbors or by the poor quality pest control; who knows. But, they are still here after 6 months. Like I said, I have had no issues except for the roaches. They may or may not be present in other apartments. So I would recommend the apartments if you check the one you are moving into.

I currently live at Kingsland Ranch «Elysian» apartments. I have to say that though I wish the carpet padding was a bit thicker (though I LOVE the carpet) or that the Kitchen in the 1b1b was a bit bigger and lastly that the main entrance doors didn’t self-​close, I am VERY satisfied. I’ve been here for 4 months and anytime I’ve needed a service tech or I have questions/​concerns the staff has been amazing at helping me. As far as thing walls, it’s not really that bad at all, the only noise I hear occasionally is the dogs running around in the apartments above me, but I don’t really care because they’re dogs, they need to be able to walk/​run/​play in their own home. Parking is decent, but I would say that coughing up the extra money for a covered spot is WELL worth the money. The lighting isn’t great in the parking areas, but its not horrible, then again I then to always carry a mini flashlight on my keys, so that doesn’t matter all that much to me. All in all I think the apartments are great and as long as you realize that when you live in communal living (ie Apartments) you’re going to hear people walking around every now and then, or smell random cooking smells when you open your front/​back door, then you’re going to like it here. Oh and there’s two Starbucks within 5mins, so yeah that’s a win!

Where do I begin… First, the price for the apartment was a little to high for quality. The walls are paper thin, so you could everything, I mean everything. The neighbor upstairs was by far the worse. I complained and complained and nothing was done. She and her daughter have a dog and the poor thing lives on the balcony. They never took the dog for a walk to poop or pee and you can see the dogs ribs. The lady kicked out her daughter before the dog. I wanted to let my son play on our balcony but couldn’t because it constantly covered in dog hair and pee. I complained to the front office 5 times and even to the new management but nothing was done. They told me that she is trying to find the dog a new home, it takes a year to find a dog a new home? you rather residence leave? it was annoying and stinky. Plus with all the dog hair and mold in the vents me and my baby were sick all the time. Thank god we are free from that place. Oh and the neighbor next to us moved the same day we did and she was complaining to and was so happy to leave.

Kingsland Ranch was my humble abode for a little over four years and I found that, in general, it is a good place to live. I thought it was generally pretty quiet – a huge importance for me. I liked that there were washers and dryers in every apartment and that the bathroom had two ways to enter. The kitchens are nice– very open, which didn’t matter since I didn’t cook, but was high on the cute factor. Management has changed several times over the past couple years, and with it the rules, so keep an eye on that. Also the dumpsters are a real mess, more so than you might expect (trash is over flowing, regardless of what management says.) There were a few break-​ins over the years that I was living there, however it was never an issue for me. In general, maintenance issues were resolved quickly (or at least they tried…) and the only time there was a domestic issue across the hall it was taken care of quickly by police and security and the family was kicked out the following day. Not a whole lot of parties or obnoxious clients, parking is so-​so – it’s worth it to pay a few extra bucks to get the reserved carport space, especially if you want a spot that you can walk to in the dark when coming home from a late night (as the apartment is lacking in good lighting.)
One issue– the move out. Realize that you are not going to get your full deposit back (regardless of how well you clean– we hired a maid.) However, be ready and willing to debate the issue– by the time it was all said and done I only owed the amount of the deposit instead of an additional $ 300.
I lived here alone, as a single woman, and felt like it worked well for me in driving distance for things to do in Katy and Houston, and in a safety factor. Make sure, when renting, to ask about a discount for hospital or Katy ISD employees!