sigemund

Just wanted to say "Thanks" to everyone for replying. I've decided I am going to go with Houston House -- I've been by twice with a leasing agent (Lacey), and then once by myself when I just hung out in the laundry room and talked to residents about how they liked it. Spoke with a resident on the 30th floor who showed me a few open apartments up there, and told me the good and the bad. I decided to go for it. I'd considered midtown, but I couldn't find a place I liked as well. My budget is REALLY tight, and HH was a perfect fit, price-wise. Everything in midtown was either more expensive, or no better than HH. I've lived in bulidings much older than Houston House, and so the old building thing doesn't phase me too much -- I think at worst it'll be like the building I was at in Pittsburgh, and I enjoyed it there. I'll be sure to post again in this thread later on (after a few months) so that any other folks with my concerns could be updated. Thanks again y'all!!

I just moved back to Houston after being away for nearly four years, and this website has been just about the most interesting thing I've seen in a long time . . . I'm considering living in the Houston House Apartments, and I wanted to get a second opinion from Houston's most knowledgeable building forum. I really liked the apartment, but I'm concerned about the negative reviews on apartmentratings.com. Now, I know how things go on apartmentratings -- there are maybe 10% of properties that end up with a positive rating, so I'm well aware you have to take it all with a big grain of salt. However, the complaints seemed very reasonable, and fairly well thought-out . . . people complain about plumming issues, air conditioning not working (this concerns me a lot), shady tenants, and bug problems. I really wanted to live here, but I'm thinking maybe I should go in another direction. This would be a perfect fit for me, but I'm just very nervous about it -- like this could either be a big success, or an unmitigated disaster. I've also considered buying something, but I'm just not comfortable doing that right now, until I'm a little better settled in Houston. Does anyone live at Houston House right now, or have any good feedback? THANKS!!!