The Lodge on the Trail, west-lafayette-in

It's an amazing place to live at for Purdue Students. The Staff including Katherine and Edgar are extremely sweet and helpful. The maintenance personnel Mr. Cody is very prompt in helping regarding any issue. They host interesting activities and giveaways throughout the semester to keep the vibe going! The special bus to the campus makes travel very easy. Would definitely recommend any incoming Purdue Students to consider living here.

We cleaned the whole apartment before moving out. All of us still got hit with many charges anyway. The bus stop here was removed. They kept saying a private shuttle was coming. It never came. If you don't have a car, think hard about this. They told me 800-something was the cheapest rate available. I signed. Two weeks later it dropped to 700-something. It kept falling, all the way down to 500-something. So don't believe them when they tell you a price won't go lower. Wait. Units are freezing in winter. Windows are very old. Maintenance staff were decent, genuinely. The office is another matter. Dismissive and arrogant. If you move in here, be ready to fight them over everything. Lindsey has been named in google reviews here before, with many complaints, and the only response was "please call us." Nothing changed, so don't expect it to. Read the other reviews before you sign.

I lived at The Lodge on the Trail for almost 3 years from August of 2023 until May of 2026 and can confidently recommend this place to any student who may be looking for a place to live while attending school. From the leasing office staff to the maintenance team, everyone was always super helpful and accommodating. The staff here do an excellent job of keeping the property looking nice, and they are always making improvements to make the community look better. They host events for residents almost weekly. The amenities here are also incredibly nice, and there are several areas inside the clubhouse to study if you want to get out of your apartment.

Great experience here!! The staff is very friendly and helpful! The utilities can get a bit expensive, especially during the winter months. Overall, I would definitely recommend this place to a college student looking for a nice, safe and affordable place to live off of Purdue’s campus.

Pros Good location near Purdue, Walmart, Celery Bog, Cason Family Park, etc. Good amenities — the pool is very nice, and there's pickleball courts and a basketball court. The gym is decent, dumbells, cable machines, and lots of cardio, but if you're into lifting it's not the best as your main gym, could use some better strength training machines. The maintenance team is pretty quick, we never had problems when things broke The units are pretty spacious and come furnished The community events are good and fun, they're always advertising on the Instagram and doing giveaways and free food The price is decent, you could maybe find better in the area Here are things people have complained about and my experience with them: High or surprise move-out charges — We broke a couple of the chairs (the leather tears off pretty easy) and had move-out charges for those that were reasonable, I think like ~$30 each for the two, and no other charges Poor internet/wifi reliability — We never had any problems with the wifi Bad soundproofing between units — We didn't have many issues but also may have just not had loud neighbors Pest issues — There were a decent bit of bugs being on the first floor and the apartments being surrounded by nature areas like the Celery Bog. We didn't have any cockroaches or infestations but we had occasional spiders and other bugs show up. Maintenance delays on bigger issues (water outage, mold/leak handling) — We had a couple bigger issues and maintenance was always there quick, especially with the emergency line Lots of construction — this definitely was true for us, there was like 5 or so times where we'd get an email about something needing replaced or painted and needed to clear out an area. This was probably the biggest con with living here. We also had a major flood while living there, our water heater bursted at night and flooded about an inch of water in the whole place. Was definitely very stressful, happened due to bad installation of parts. They had a team help clean up very quickly, but the property manager seemed very annoyed about it towards us even though it wasn't our fault but was our problem. Overall it's a solid option and we enjoyed our time there. We went to Redpoint nearby after and liked the buildings a lot more but dealt with much worse management and move out charges.