Hidden costs - nothing is included in rent. Even parking costs you $10/car/month Parking is always a problem even though you have to pay to park. * Initial low rent to hook you up. Then it jumps to "market value" - whatever that means. But it's a couple of hundred bucks higher than your first rent. Goes up on a yearly basis * Washers are common, and of terrible quality. A 30min 'high efficiency' cycle means clothes barely get wet before it's over. And that costs you $4 per load. Also the dryers never work so you have to dry your clothes more than once!!!!! * Buildings are in bad shape. You can hear everything the person above you is doing or hear the person next apartment over from you snoring..... * Cleanliness is questionable. * Dogs are everywhere, and they stink. There are no pet-free buildings. * They dont tell you that you have to pay for water, sewer, heat, trash removal, pest control and other stuff. Kids run around the grounds unsupervised and will scream right next to peoples windows on the first floor, no matter the time of day The apartment ceilings peel and crack, the appliances and fixtures are old. When you go to move out the charge you about 2 months worth of gas bills and say it is back dated but don't remember charging you when you first moved in... There is a charge to bring guests to the pool, $5 per person, per day. They do not tell you this when you go to see the place, or when you sign the lease. They also nickel & dime you with a extra bill for everything else & to add insult to injury the charge YOU the fee for the company that figures out the extras!! Oh and get this, when you move out, you have to professionally have the carpets shampooed. Really? Why? When I move out i plan to leave the apartment in the best condition but a tenant shouldn't be responsible for professionally cleaning the carpets. A tenant is just renting. Royal Crest or Aimco the owners of the complex, seem to put many charges on the tenants as if the tenants bought or own the units. That is very unfair. This is Rhode Island. Not NY, Not CT. The apartment quality doesn't compare to anything luxurious so why all the charges. Looks like another case of corporate greed in my opinion. These are just some of the issues--- DO NOT RENT HERE!!!!!!! GO ELSEWHERE!!!!!!