Birchwood Gardens Apartments

The cost of rent is fair, even for a person living on their own. The property manager and maintenance staff respond quickly. It's a little removed from downtown, but still easy to walk there. It has a stop for bus routes 7 and 8. The apartments are close to Dillons and Checkers. There is a park that only takes five minutes to walk to.

The apartment has an electric stove and dishwasher, but no washer or dryer. There is an on-site laundry room, though. It can be loud due to traffic noise because the apartments are near a busy intersection.

Birchwood is a good location and convenient for international students. There are bus stops nearby to go to campus or to other areas of town.
It is also possible to walk to campus or to stores in the area. For international students with children, this is near public schools and parks.
I pay a very convenient price for the unit, but one disadvantage is that the building is quite old and problems with water disposal happen often. Another disadvantage is that there is no laundry machine inside the units, you can use the ones located near the management office (in my case that means having to cross the street to get there).

There are so many great things about this place:
- It's in the center of town close to campus and Mass St
- There is a bus stop right outside the complex that goes to directly to campus and central station
- Tenants are quiet (for the most part) and a lot of graduate students and families seem to live here
- My apartment is recently renovated
- Management is both friendly and competent.

Downsides:
- I have some noisy neighbors upstairs but I don't think this is the norm here. However, if you do have noisy neighbors, the structure is not very good at dampening that.
- My unit is right on the corner of 19th and Tennessee, so I get some traffic noise.

5 mins biking to KU Business School

It is friendly and safe. It is old.

A little old and past maintenance work is subpar, so make sure to look at corner walls, past patchwork sinks and toilet and report any issues that you think need fixing before signing your contract. Also, laundry facility is communal but parking is free.

-allows pets with a deposit -very close to campus -close to mass street -across from a grocery store -cheap rent -not a rowdy complex -walls are pretty thin and can usually hear neighbors -bikes constantly get stolen

Is a quiet place, nice people around, near the university.
However, is hard to catch a bus during winter because is faster to walk and take a bus to KU.
Is near to a Dillons (4 min.) and Mass street (20). Walking.

birchwood gardens apartments are probably the least expensive apartments in town. Only a block or two away from Dillon's grocery store and about a mile from campus, this location is great for grad students. The apartments are typically not noisy which allows residents to get undisturbed sleep and enjoy their stay. You will need to get some quarters for your laundry, and the apartments are a bit small and out of date, but you can't beat what you are getting for the price.

Lived for four years with great management that always responded promptly to maintenance requests. Came under new management recently so I cannot vouch for continued quality necessarily, but so far nothing much has changed.