Hornet Commons Student Housing

Honestly I actually love living here. But recently my package was somehow “lost” in the mail room. And I have all the recipients and proof that my package was mailed here even a confirmation email from the hornet commons. I was still dismissed from the RA’s working saying I had picked up this package. But when my mom calls to ask them about it, my package was found. If I could give the manager Taylor a separate review I would 5/5!! She gets things done and figures out the root of the problem/issue instead of dismissing the residents. She apologized and told me that they labeled the package to the wrong building.

Don’t let the social media page fool you, it’s not as great as it looks. They say they want feedback from residents however the staff and management is extremely rude when approached with any complaints or questions. Parking situation is horrible. There are not enough spots for all residents so good luck finding a spot after 7pm, and there is no guest parking. Also they have us moving out on the last day of school and we must be out before noon. So we have to spend all of finals week packing:) We couldn’t even have the weekend? ps: We want the hammocks back:(

The parking lot is so small, it does not have enough spots for all of the residents and finding parking is next to impossible. I have my parking pass, I work full-time and get home at around 11:30 PM, so when I get home and there’s no spots I have to be parked in staff parking which is ALWAYS empty. My car was towed without me knowing. There is a number on the parking pass that is attached to my unit and no one ever let me know that I was not supposed to be in that spot or to move or that they were towing it. We then later called the office to see how we can avoid this issue in the future. They said we were supposed to have been given our RA’s phone number when we moved in, that never happened, and to call them when I am unable to find a parking space. So tonight I did just that, the solution they offered me was to call the tow company myself and find a car that did not have a parking permit and have them towed myself. When I told my parents this information they were obviously upset and they called the RAs themselves. Their whole demeanor changed and they decided that they were going to look for a spot for me. They were able to find a spot however there’s a part of the parking lot that is facing the street where a group of homeless people reside and is very unsafe. Mind you, in the time I’ve been here there as been a literal police chase and someone was jumped in the parking lot. The people in the office are completely ignorant and nonchalant and I’ve had numerous problems with them before the parking incident. I do not recommend this complex to any student.

Definitely do not recommend!! Offer incentives to renew lease and then continually make excuses when asked when to expect the item as promised. Advertise that a benefit of renewing lease means you stay in your same room and don’t have to pack anything up and then later say, oh only if you do this one certain lease—that doesn’t apply to all of them. Nuisance notices and warnings about insignificant issues. No overnight guest parking. They had residents park in adjacent lot for spring move in day and didn’t make arrangements with the school so all those residents got a parking ticket for parking overnight (as they were requested to do!!) They refuse to check license plates for registered resident vehicles and instead tow without warning (even when parking permit is on the dash where it fell instead of hanging). Apartments look nice but drawers and cabinets are largely unusable. Kitchen upper cabinets look nice but not practical. You cannot reach more than the lower shelf without a large step stool. Kitchen sink is totally inappropriate for a kitchen. It is more a shallow bar sink and makes it difficult to wash larger pans. Staff continually remind you that “it’s a learning process” for them however they don’t give any grace to residents in the same manner. Staff is extremely inconsistent with responses and many times outright rude. All of these issues have been raised to Management and they do not address any of the issues but instead just try to deflect. Multiple residents are raising these issues and management has shown they are not interested in making any adjustments or changes to promote a better living environment.

The parking spaces are pretty small. The big tv in the living room doesn’t come with a cord long enough to connect to the cable. The tv is on one side of the wall while the cable outlet is on the other side. In person the bedrooms are small and the under the bed drawers are small and you can’t fit a lot down there. Some of the fans make noise. Also, the trash room today wasn’t open so my roommates had to go all the way near building H to throw trash. (We’re in building B) Move in day I had to bring all my bags in cause there were not enough carts.

The move-in experience was pretty good! I was able to select my room early so I was able to message my roommates. The pool and gym are nice and the staff is cool. However, you can tell that some of them are new.

Leases are misleading and of course they are trying to cram as many students in a room as possible to make as much money off of us as possible. When you call to try and resolve a problem, every staff member gives different answers to your questions and then management says something else different! Extremely unorganized staff.

The staff at Hornet Commons are great, they reply in a timely manner anytime I had a question regarding leasing at the property. It’s going to be great having all the luxuries so close to campus.