The Hive Iowa Apartments, iowa-city-ia

My D will be attending carver medical school in August and we have visited 6 different apartment rentals and overall the Hive is the best fit for her. The tour went well and the representatives from the Hive have been very helpful and extremely patient with my questions. And they communicate really well among themselves which is impressive. So far so good!

I love all of the different study spaces throughout the entire complex, whether its on your own residential floor or out in the common area. There is so much to do here, play pool, go to the gym, ping pong, hot tub, it can be easy to not leave. I love that there is in unit wash and dry and you have garbage disposal on each floor!

Amenities sometimes didn’t work, gym machines constantly down, coffee machine didn’t work and at times the elevator. I wanted to sublease in the summer they said I would have to pay $750 just so they can fill out paper work. Then AC was broke. all of april, they said it was “fixed”, but broken again two days later. Then management switched over and they started charging me a random 5.50 on my bill every month “for utilities” despite my lease saying they are obligated to pay for utilities and the old management has been doing that the past week. Not a great experience especially for how expensive rent is.

New management is upsetting, they used to be pretty decent but it’s gone downhill in the past couple months. Students trash the halls every weekend, I’ve seen empty beer cans, bags of trash and even underwear sit for days on end.

I have lived here for two years and have absolutely loved it! Staff are great, responsive, and always friendly. There is a great sense of community in this residence.