Loopy's

Lived here for a year -- you can't really beat the location and I was in easy walking distance to a lot of great stuff in Lawrence. Maintenance was also surprisingly quick to respond 80% of the time. However, the two major cons living here were the paper-thin walls and just how overpriced everything was. I could clearly understand what my neighbors argued about or what they said when they had friends over, and there was a dog on the floor above me who liked to bark incessantly. First Management has pretty much taken over the nicer downtown apartments so they predictably raised the rent higher than it reasonably should be, because they can. I also made sure I deep cleaned my apartment on my way out and they still charged me over $250 in cleaning charges after I moved out for things I KNOW were clean, whereas they didn't charge me for the one thing that I couldn't fix that I was expecting to get charged for, so I'm pretty sure they just charged me without looking at my actual apartment. If you move here, don't expect to get your security deposit back, and some.

Live anywhere else with any other management. I signed room 405, and when I moved in I was handed room 303 keys. I brought the issue up to management and I was told since I had already signed the agreement to receive my keys that’s what I got. Even though I paid the security deposit the day I was shown the unit to ensure that’s the layout I got. I was later informed they had actually sold my room to somebody else, later on. First management does NOT care about their tenants. Furthermore, the 3rd floor is right above the gym so each morning I am woken up to heavy weights slamming the ground, around roughly 7-8am, daily, it’s great. Save yourself the money and stress and live anywhere else

I live on the top floor and even here, the noise is unbearable. The walls are paper thin. I know why one of my neighbors broke up with his fiance-because she wanted her bridal gown paid for by the groom's family. I could hear the fights and things being thrown around and her slamming the door at 3 4 am. What is more, the Summit pretends to be a powerlifting gym. so even on the top floor, when people are deadlifting 400 lbs of weight, my entire living room shakes. It would be one thing if the staff took the complaints seriously. But since Brooke left the staff has been an ever changing crop of KU undergrads or dropouts who only sit on their phones and respond via social media to shut down any criticism. Nothing is ever taken seriously-the staff tried to enforce rules about the pool or masks but when it comes to us complaining about the noise from the gym nothing is ever done. I've pretty much given up. Do not be misled by the 'appeal of downtown'. all you will get is constant chaos and turmoil.

I have been renting at 901 lofts in Lawrence since August 2013. I am there during the academic year (August-May). Last year the tenant two floors up was running on his treadmill and blasting his music at 5:45 am. Several other tenants and I complained, and Kristen, the district manager, essentially ignored us and refused to take actions. Eventually, the last office manager they hired took care of the situation. In the meantime, Kristen offered that I move to another unit. We agreed that I would pay another security deposit (which I did) and keep my furnitures in the old unit until July 31, at which time I would have them moved to the new unit. In July she claimed, through the office (I have tried to reach her and left her two messages which she never returned), that she never made that promise. I understand that because I was not going to be there, I sublet the apartment through first management (at a total cost of about 300 to me) and allowed the person subleasing my apartment to use my furniture. However, I did not believe and was definitely not informed that that would affect the agreement Kristen and I reached. Mid-July the office asked that I move the furniture out by July 31. Further, the office was not willing to allow the furniture into the new unit until I returned to Lawrence on August 13. In my judgment, First management should have honored the verbal promise that the district manager made. I asked that, even if they considered this courtesy and good customer service, I not be forced to move the furniture out and back in. It did not work. First management claims to take care of its tenants, a claim that is hard to believe. In addition to what I have stated above, they do not clean the apartments between tenants, patch the holes up and paint the area instead of painting the whole wall, and ... They cannot even keep their property managers for more than a few months!

Pro -- great location-- you have all of mass street within walking distance, fairly nice fit and finish, i thought management and maintaince was easy to work with, I either had quiet neighboors or thick walls (but I was on the top floor) so not alot of intra-apartment noise, it was nice being close to the parking garage as I had free guest parking, covered parking is $100/year or so from the city of lawrence, close running trails/swiming/library, free w/d in the unit is nice Con -- Fairly pricely for Lawrence KS --- its probably the one of the nicer apartments in lawrence and you pay the priviledge for it, the fit and finish of the materials is less than the cost of the rent in my opinion, I think management should have worked out a much better deal with the gym below it -- as it stands I think you get free gym access after 7pm (until 9pm) which is okay; I think they should have half-price gym membership The concrete/tile flooring always looks dirty despite no matter how often you sweep and mom , the A/C unit condensor would collect in the drainage pipes and somehow make my unit smell like sewage from time to time that was fixable. The biggest con in my opinion is the noise --- something I thought I could avoid being on the 7th floor but giving A. drunk college students B. lots of construction in the area (that is tapering off) and C. Lots of outdoor concerts and music playing in the area it can be deafening loud at times in your bedroom. I thought that this could be negated by being up high or facing a direction opposite of construction or the nightlife but I do not really think that this is true.