Pine Creek Condos

I like to think I’m a somewhat mature student past the 21-​crazy-​age-​stage going to school, studying, and working a local job. I’ll try to be as unbiased as possible (unless stated) to just give the facts about these apartments for all you potentials out there.
Pros:
1. It’s super close to campus. It takes me 11 minutes each day to walk out my front door and into my classroom door in the Education building second story. 16 minutes door to door to the Bonderson Project Building. And I live in the back corner of the condo complex. My roommates ride bikes and I’m sure it cuts that time into a fourth.
2. Some may consider this a con, but management is somewhat strict about having parties in Pine Creek. Small gathering sure, but if they get tipped off about a party, they leave everyone a friendly warning note and then crack down if nobody listens.
Cons:
1. The train that comes through honking it’s horn at ungodly hours… and that means ANY time of the day or night. But I guess if it prevents a death then sure. Doesn’t bother me too much if I’m already passed out.
2. Depends more on what side of the complex that you live on, but pretty much you’ll either be bordering a railroad track or a different apartment complex. The other apartment complexes get super loud pretty much every night of the week with parties and gatherings. If one party group moves out of the apartment, another seems to move in. Mostly only an issue for the rooms that face the back of the complex.
3. Parking sucks. Each apartment gets ONE pass for the lot and has a garage way. For most apartments with four people, that means one person has to find parking on some other street a block away. For us, we happen to be able to fit three compact cars into our single lane garage thanks to an extended fire lane. Basically though, single lane garages themselves just suck for many reasons.
Notes:
1. Each condo is privately owned by a different person (managed by a company I believe to enforce the rules). Thus each condo has it’s own characteristics. Ie the third story might be either a loft or an actual room… who knows?! Some of the places are decorated and fixed up super nice. Some have carpets that could definitely use changing.
2. First floor gets pretty cold in winter, and third floor room/​loft gets pretty hot since all the heat rises (and might have the boiler in the closet). If you have loud roommates and don’t want to listen to them, the first floor is probably the most secluded (ours even has its own bathroom/​shower).
Overall, this place isn’t that bad to live at, especially if you want to be close to campus. But I’ve had much better. Plus my bias is that I normally prefer households to apartments/​condos.