Deacon's Station

Overall, my experience at Deacon Station Apartment's has been great. I am so happy that it is only a five minute drive from Wake Forest and about a 20 minute walk if I wanted or needed to walk to school.
My roommates are amazing and exactly what I asked for when I was completing my application. The cons about living here have been delayed responses from management and trash. Management seems to be understaffed which is probably why they are so delayed. As far as trash, in my lease it was stated we would have valet trash but there were limitations, which is fine but even if you abide by the rules there are times where your trash may not picked up and just be sitting in front of your door for days. Also, with the large trash bin for everyone to throw their trash, there have been several times where it has been completely full to a point where trash is on the floor. Again, overall I believe the pros weigh out the cons and I am enjoying my experience here at Deacon's Station Apartments

The property itself is great. It has all sorts of amenities and for the price point it is amazing. It is super close to campus. The only issue is management seems to be disorganized often forgetting or taking a long time to respond. Sometimes they get behind on bills and there’s pest issues or poor landscaping. Overall very nice but could be better with stronger management.

Deacon's Station is close to campus and the shuttle stops here which a few students enjoy. It is nice that you get your own bedroom and bathroom, but parking can get a bit difficult. Deacon's Station is also full of undergraduate students so it can get loud sometimes, though management and the on site safety officer are quick to remedy noise complaints.

The grounds crew and facilities are very nice however management is terrible. We have a lot of undergrad that live here so there is never any parking late a night (even though we pay for a parking spot). Management never takes anything seriously or yells at us if we don't respond.

It is furnished, which was what I was looking for. The complex is close to campus and has a shuttle, but it only goes to Wake campus and WSSU. It can be noisy on the weekends. There is valet trash pickup during the week, but it doesn't start until after Labor day. Gym is okay, there is some broken equipment. There was also a shooting here recently.

Super quiet complex, and my unit comes with washer and dryer, which was super convenient. People are very friendly, and some units are pet friendly.

Great for roommates

The Deacon Station townhouse is fine and I'm content, but it's overpriced (they've recently adjusted the rent down so that may not be an issue anymore). Outside of the actual house there are some problems. My neighbors play loud music essentially all day, and they especially love to late at night which causes my bedroom wall to vibrate since my room is on the side that's attached to their house. Also, I don't use the shuttle, but it's a good thing because we get texts consistently saying the shuttle is down for maintenance. Many times these 'alerts' come during the school day or in the morning so people have little to no time to find alternate transportation and they're hung out to dry for getting to class.

This place is SO overpriced and does not follow through with anything they promise.

We are notified sometimes with only an hour's notice that the bus will not be running until further notice. How do you expect students that rely on the bus to get to campus to be able to get to class without this service? The schedule is also horrendous. If I want to make it to an 8am, I have to be on the bus at 7:05am!

The furniture is ripped, the carpet is stained, and the fixtures don't work half the time. The fuses pop daily if you have someone in the kitchen and someone upstairs. They won't do any updates! We are really clean people, but we still have tons of spiders and bugs inside because they won't get any pest control treatment.

The gym is disgusting and is always in disarray. They clean it maybe once a week, and the equipment is just thrown around the place.

Our neighbors blare loud music EVERY night and have cars from non-residents parked in the closest spaces for days at a time without a permit. They also blatantly break the community rules, such as leaving trash at the front door every day, which the neighborhood cats rip apart and spread across our doorway. The leasing office does NOTHING when we voice our complaints.

They try to claim it is student-only Wake housing, but a large percentage of the residents attend Winston-Salem State, including our horrendous neighbors. This means the school schedules don't coincide, so during their homecoming week and other days off they throw loud parties while we try and sleep for our midterms the next day.

This is the WORST experience I have ever had leasing an apartment. I would NEVER recommend this place to anyone.

I love the townhouse set up of Deacon Station. The rent includes furniture which is starting to show its age but still good. The kitchen is also super nice with granite counter tops. No issues for me.