Overlook at Notre Dame

Great experience. Issues, but your typical issues, but usually worked to fix things quickly.

The apartment itself is fine (though very cheaply made and things break easily, and there are thin walls). The management is terrible. You need EVERYTHING in writing. If something breaks, take pictures, document phone calls with management in emails, etc. They try to do the bare minimum. They also never answer the phone and are slow to respond to emails. Once, I had a dispute with them and they truly avoided my calls and emails for around 5 months. It was extremely frustrating. They also up charge on utilities If you don't have any problems with your apartment or bills and don't need to communicate with management you will have a fine time living there. If not, you will see how incompetent they are.

It is one of the nicest places to live as a law student (except Foundry - but not sure if it is worth the extra expense). It is super close to campus and so many law students live here. it is graduate student only (no need to worry about undergrad parties) and less than a 15 minute walk through campus to the law school - but we’re just a two second walk from the beginning of campus. Highly

Recommend.

Close to campus and good for living lone

I am a 1L and moved into Overlook in the fall of 2020. I have fallen in love and it has truly become my own little home! I had low expectations for any apartment in South Bend, but it exceeded my expectations. The apartments are so nice, clean, and spacious. The furnishings are all nice and in good shape too. I have not had any issues whatsoever. The walk to the law school is right at 15 minutes, which is doable. A cool part is that lots of law students live here so we have a little community. It’s expensive, but in my opinion, worth it!

Can't beat being across the street from campus, and the apartment itself is nice. But the management are really difficult to work with on re-signing leases or if you have any questions about rent/fees.

It’s one of the better options if you want to live within walking distance to campus. It’s pretty safe and convenient. However it’s definitely overpriced and you’d get a much better deal if you’re willing to live farther from campus. Rent keeps going up every year and there’s always random other fees they charge. Walls are extremely thin and you can hear everything your neighbors do. The parking lots are also a mess in the winter and they won’t salt the lots so they’re always icy and dangerous.

Cable and internet are through a third party and the quality is really poor. Live television skips every few second and the internet is poor.

Maintenance issues are addressed in about 1-3 days. Front office is nice. They charge steep fees for everything (very high late fees, billing processing fees, sub leasing fees).

Because it’s not through the university, when school loans process later, you still get late fees. You also get no recourse when the university closes due to things like COVID. Your rent is due year round, even if you leave town due to quarantine.

Accessible and Convenient

Convenient and updated