Mark A
Sep 2021
I lived at Center Court for just over two years. Like any other apartment community, it has its good points and not so good points. I'll start with what I liked about it: I really liked the space in my 1 BR floor plan (McMillan). Though the balcony wasn't huge, it was big enough to sit out on. I also liked the dark cabinets in the kitchen and granite (?) counter tops and the pendant lighting in the kitchen. Center Court did a nice job of decorating the downstairs lobby for various holidays, including St. Patrick's Day! The lobby and recreation room are nicely furnished and decorated. Each floor has a small lounge area also. Jerman, the maintenance man, is very hard working and always responded quickly to any maintenance requests I put in.<br>Now for the things I did not like: My main complaint about Center Court was the outside noise. It is a very urban environment, with lots of noise from traffic on nearby State Street. It is in the flight path of the LifeFlight helicopters that go to the Intermountain Hospital Center down State Street, so you can hear them flying back and forth several times a day, even when you're trying to sleep at night. The building also sits behind a hotel, which sometimes has loud guests outside in their parking lot. Also, the garbage companies (2 of them) that come to pick up the trash for the hotel and neighboring stores sometimes come early in the morning before sunrise and make a lot of noise as they lift the metal dumpsters to their trucks. If you are a light sleeper, this isn't the place for you. Finally, though other apartment communities do this too, I did not like being forced to pay $95/month extra (later raised to $105) to buy a mandatory package of internet, satellite TV and home phone service. When I questioned this, I was told that the management company would have to charge more for rent if they did not require this media package of everyone.<br>EDIT: After complaining about Center Court keeping ALL of my security deposit, despite my best efforts to keep the apartment clean and in good repair while I was a tenant, AMC decided to refund me the money they had deducted for "Covid sanitizing", but nothing else. This is what they refer to in their reply below as working with me to get my refund. I was still charged for carpet cleaning, even though I was the only tenant in the apartment and I had no pets, and did not wear shoes in the carpeted bedroom. I did not receive any explanation of my final water and sewer charges, only a figure that was deducted from my security deposit. If you move to Center Court, basically expect to lose most of your security deposit, even if you thoroughly cleaned your apartment before you moved out.
