Newtown Crossing Apts

I lived in this apartment complex for 2 years. Newtown attracts students and parents because of the close commute to campus (10 min walk at most including the time it takes to cross the bride over the railroad tracks), and possibly the gym, tanning bed, and pool amenities. I also enjoyed having a washer & dryer in my apartment, which was a nice change from the community laundry room on campus. It went down hill from there. The cons to these apartments are as follows:
1. Ridiculous Rent
I stayed in 3 bedroom apartment. Each of us paid around $ 600/​monthly. Trust me. These apartments aren’t worth $ 1800 a month. It’s almost stealing.
2. Gnats! Gnats! Gnats!
The pests are crazy! Every apartment is meant to be sprayed by pest control the 1^st Tuesday of the month I believe. I never saw one pest control man in 2 years. It got to the point where my roommates & I couldn’t enjoy a meal without bugs flying in our food. No amount of calls to the front office brought pest control to our apartment.
3. No visitor parking
That’s right. Hope you don’t have any friends. They WILL be towed
4. Unprofessional staff/​Usury Lease Agreement
The staff is mostly college kids without a clue. Also be COMPLETELY SURE of what your student is signing. I was shocked to discover that Newtown could reassign my apartment to other people without notifying me, although I never told staff that I wouldn’t re-​lease my apartment for the upcoming year. No notification is required!

As a parent I caution you: DO NOT RENT FROM THIS COMPANY! The city of Lexington should be ashamed to allow a company like this to rent to college students. This is a housing mill run by an unscrupulous company and is designed to fleece money from college kids who essentially have no rights. The apartments are dirty and in disrepair. Any requests or complaints fall upon the deaf ears of the college kids who work there and have no authority. While the individual rent is in the neighborhood of $ 560 per person, that is almost $ 2400 a month for a poorly run apartment. They have a towing agreement with a company a few blocks which is cruising the complex looking to tow cars. Visitors cars will be towed almost immediately after arrival. They have no mechanism for visitor permits for when parents come to visit. They suggested I park in the Starbucks parking lot a couple of blocks away. There is a restaurant on the premises. However, if you park there, you will be towed despite the fact that there are NO parking restriction signs anywhere. Again: DO NOT RENT FROM THIS COMPANY!