Hey! I'm already looking for places to stay next year and I saw Gorman Crossing on the corner of Gorman and Avant Ferry. What do you guys know about this place? Let me know!

10/31/2005 2:25:54 PM

cheap, bad insulation and in the ghetto

10/31/2005 2:31:24 PM

cheap townhomes. But energy bill is way to high.

10/31/2005 2:32:46 PM

why do you say it's in the ghetto? it doesn't look like it

10/31/2005 2:34:02 PM

it's not very nice over there

10/31/2005 2:39:54 PM

really old places... high utility bills.... not many college students were we lived.... apartments were falling apart by the time we moved out

10/31/2005 2:42:55 PM

Get an apartment on the 2nd floor. The walls are paper thin. Expect to hear walking (if on the lower floor) and music from other apartments.

10/31/2005 2:45:20 PM

My apartment over there is really nice. They're newly renovated and some have hardwood floors and fireplaces

10/31/2005 2:48:44 PM

Eh, if you want a decent place to live within walking distance of campus, try Ivy Commons.

I'm living there now, rent is $600 a month (total) for a 2br/2ba, bi-monthly water looks like it'll be about $40-50 (although I haven't gotten the second bill yet, I'm just knocking the $40 service fee off of the first bill), our electric last month was just under $90, the month before that it was about $126. It's pretty nice. You get either a ground floor patio (which is big enough to grill on) with "privacy walls" made of brick, or if you're not on the ground floor you get a smaller patio that looks out into the parking lot (I like the ground floor more myself, way easier to move into). We are located inbetween the ghetto and the ghetto (usually every week there's some cops/fire trucks at the neighboring complex), but our complex is pretty private. Only trouble is kids looking to sell magazine subscriptions and, if you leave your car doors unlocked, your shit will get jacked (durr). The places are pretty nice overall and relatively clean, the management is pretty good, although they were a bit lacking on minor repairs (for doors, locks, slow drains). They come with stacked washer/dryer units (that are pretty nice in terms of capacity, but they do eat up electricity), and working oven/range, dishwasher. The place looks pretty nice too.

The neighbors are pretty nice. There's a lot of students here. Most of the time it's pretty quiet here (with the odd party).

Located about 1/2 a mile down avent ferry on your right, just past varsity.

Take a look.

10/31/2005 2:52:13 PM

Yea I'm living in Gorman Crossing too. Not the townhomes, the side that the office is on. They renovated them but they still look somewhat old. But cheapness offsets this. Except for a few little things, I have no problem with the place. I'm in a 3 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom apt, hardwood floors, sliding glass door, patio area.

I pay under $300 every month, and that includes my share of internet/cable and power bills. So if you are looking for a cheap place to live, Gorman Crossings is it.

Oh, and that bullshit about it being ghetto? It is NOT ghetto. The only reason people would say that is because there are a lot of minorities that live here, but everybody has been really friendly and/or kept to themselves, so I would have to disagree on that. As long as you arent a fucking outgoing racist, there is nothing to worry about.

10/31/2005 4:08:21 PM

Quote :

"My apartment over there is really nice. They're newly renovated"

Same here. I'm in one of the townhomes and it has tons of space. Bus stop right across the street. Everything else that was said above holds true.

10/31/2005 4:57:07 PM

Do a search for "Gormon Crossings", this thread has been done / questions asked several times before.

11/1/2005 7:03:06 AM

Im sure Dominion of Walnut Creek is better than that. I love it here.

11/1/2005 7:49:11 AM

NO SHIT, LEARN TO USE THE SEARCH
http://www.brentroad.com/message_search.aspx?type=topic§ion=1&searchstring=GORMAN+CROSSINGS&username=&usertype=match&sortby=date&sortorder=descending&page=

http://www.brentroad.com/message_search.aspx?type=topic§ion=1&searchstring=GORMAN+CROSSINGS&username=&usertype=match&sortby=date&sortorder=descending&page=

http://www.brentroad.com/message_search.aspx?type=topic§ion=1&searchstring=GORMAN+CROSSINGS&username=&usertype=match&sortby=date&sortorder=descending&page=

http://www.brentroad.com/message_search.aspx?type=topic§ion=1&searchstring=GORMAN+CROSSINGS&username=&usertype=match&sortby=date&sortorder=descending&page=

http://www.brentroad.com/message_search.aspx?type=topic§ion=1&searchstring=GORMAN+CROSSINGS&username=&usertype=match&sortby=date&sortorder=descending&page=

http://www.brentroad.com/message_search.aspx?type=topic§ion=1&searchstring=GORMAN+CROSSINGS&username=&usertype=match&sortby=date&sortorder=descending&page=

http://www.brentroad.com/message_search.aspx?type=topic§ion=1&searchstring=GORMAN+CROSSINGS&username=&usertype=match&sortby=date&sortorder=descending&page=

http://www.brentroad.com/message_search.aspx?type=topic§ion=1&searchstring=GORMAN+CROSSINGS&username=&usertype=match&sortby=date&sortorder=descending&page=

http://www.brentroad.com/message_search.aspx?type=topic§ion=1&searchstring=GORMAN+CROSSINGS&username=&usertype=match&sortby=date&sortorder=descending&page=

http://www.brentroad.com/message_search.aspx?type=topic§ion=1&searchstring=GORMAN+CROSSINGS&username=&usertype=match&sortby=date&sortorder=descending&page=

http://www.brentroad.com/message_search.aspx?type=topic§ion=1&searchstring=GORMAN+CROSSINGS&username=&usertype=match&sortby=date&sortorder=descending&page=

11/1/2005 9:08:12 AM

I live there now; 2 br 1.5 bath. We got in when the new management had just arrived so they were running rent specials - ours is $520/month, includes washer/dryer and water. The electricity can get a little high mainly because the heating & a/c unit is old as dirt. Ours has been serviced multiple times, but we haven't been without heat or a/c for more than a day at any point. If you get a 2 story like ours, both bedrooms are upstairs - you will find it impossible to keep these rooms cool during the summer. In the cold, they do fine (the heat works well). Aside from that, we have all brand new appliances, new carpeting, new vinyl flooring in the kitchen & baths, and fresh (but cheap) paint.

The location is convenient to about everything. You're within walking to both frat courts (if you care), a food lion and a few restaurants. You're right on the wolfline. And 40/440 is just down Gorman.

I don't see the "ghetto" everyone speaks of; as far as minorities (which I assume gives the place its ghetto rep) there are a lot but they keep to themselves. Its pretty quiet too, at least it my area. The college students around make a ton more noise than the hispanics or asians.

All in all its not a bad place to live. Doubt I could make it a home for more than a couple years, but its pretty damn cheap so you learn to deal with any problems you may come across.

[Edited on November 1, 2005 at 11:03 AM. Reason : asdf]

11/1/2005 10:59:54 AM

I can tell you that I got an awful lot of play there, saw alot of slip n slide parties there, drank there, got high there, and did other various illegal/stupid things there, but I'm glad I never lived there!

[Edited on November 1, 2005 at 12:38 PM. Reason : .]

11/1/2005 12:38:11 PM