Palisades at Ballentine

If I could give a rating of 0 stars, I absolutely would. The apartment had supposedly been deep cleaned after the previous tenant left, but the carpet looked and felt old and grimey, like it hadn't been replaced in years. There was also a constant smell of mildew and/or mold that I couldn't ever find the origin of. The apartment had INCREDIBLY thin walls and floors, and I was woken up at night countless times by screaming matches, crying babies, thunderous footfalls, and children ramming into the walls at obscure hours. The walls and floors were so thin that I could make out every word my upstairs neighbor said on each phone call. Peace and quiet was rare in my building. This community is not sanitary, nor is it remotely clean. Valet trash service is a required monthly expense of $35, which is incorporated with the billing for your rent and water/sewer usage. The apartment complex I had previously resided in had valet trash pickup, and was completely tidy before, during, and after designated trash pickup times. Each day Sun-Thurs, you are allowed to place one bag of trash in the bin the trash pickup company issues you and are supposed to place the bin outside of your apartment between 6-8pm for the bags to be picked up in the evening. My building had tenants that would constantly leave trash--oftentimes not even bagged--in front of their doors, in the breezeway of each floor, and on the grounds around the building. Per the agreement with the valet trash company, trash that was not bagged and that did not fit in the bin was not picked up. No one else followed that rule, and that led to trash to be left for days/weeks without being picked up. The trash was so bad that animals would come tear open the trash bags to rummage through for food. I constantly had to step over and around trash to get to my door. The smell was overwhelmingly putrid. I was constantly emailing/calling management regarding trash that was left on the landings. One time, a horribly smelling bag of trash had been left on the back stairs of the building for 2.5 weeks without being picked up. The bag was then drug by an animal, that had ripped the bag open and scattered the trash all over the place, to the patio of the apartment below me and sat for another week. It took 2 weeks of calling/emailing, and eventually speaking with management in person before it was removed and disposed of. Each email/call, the manager said that a maintenance person would "be out soon" to have it removed.

It's "not a non-smoking property," so I live with constant cigarette smoke seeping through the HVAC. Front office won't do anything about it. Tells you instead to deal with it on your own. Office ppl are fine, but living experience has been disgusting and horrible.

When we moved in we were told valet trash service and changing light bulbs were included in our rent. Now they charge for trash in addition to rent and YOU have to purchase your own light bulbs!! (talk about nickel and diming your residents! )Walls are so thin you can hear your neighbors talking. My car was broken into. My neighbors car was stolen. Items were stolen from my patio. Supposed to be a gated community. Gates are broken for weeks at a time. MICE in the apartment and my neighbors apartment.

I am newly former resident and I would never live there again! Everything they promise you is not the truth. I have lived there for 3 years and haven’t had a month that I didn’t have an issue. When trying to get out of my lease I provided an email 30 days notice and they said that did not work and they made me pay $600 dollars or they said they would ruin my credit. They never tried to help me. Never did they see where I’ve been nothing but loyal for the over 3 years I lived there. There is no loyalty and the staff is immature and demeaning. Never will I recommend anyone to live here. I’d much rather you be homeless than to be screwed over by this inept group of individuals.

Lady in the office didn’t explain my benefits because it was late. She didn’t replay to my email, the fitness center is not that great. There are other places that are nicer and offer you a Gym membership. If you can take an ok place and bad service from staff then make this place your new home.

Walls are paper thin! They will rent to ANYBODY! !

I have lived at Ardmore Ballentine for about 18 months now and I have enjoyed every minute of my stay! The residents are friendly and the staff employees' are excellent at what they do. They have lots of amenities for the tenants and my kids absolutely love living at Ardmore because there is so much for them to do. The property is always neat and clean. Maintenance requests are always handled promptly. The manager at Ardmore always makes the needs of her tenants the utmost priority. She is very professional and courteous and she gives everyone a friendly greeting as soon as you walk in the door. I would recommend that anyone looking for a place to live, come to Ardmore Ballentine and make these luxury apartments your new home!

I love the neat, modern apartments and friendly staff. There are a lot of amenities and fun things to do. Very conveniently located to the highway!

We have been here for over a year, and love it! Our girls were concerned about losing friends, but there are always more families moving in, and everyone here is so nice and friendly and well, treats you like family! The office staff has always been courteous, and the maintenance are on point and friendly as well! Great place to live whether you have children or not! I think anyone would be happy here!.

These apartments are great! They have everything you need on site or nearby. Car Wash, Laundromat, pool, gym, entertainment room, grills, Walmart. Great schools. Great location!

I feel safe here. I love the Friendly staff and updated kitchens and bathrooms! I never hear much noise and I'm on the bottom floor. The pool and grilling area are extremely nice and everyone is friendly. It is well worth the money!

My Apartment building is great. I walk out my back door and there is the (my) pool and gazebo. The pool area has tables and chairs along with bathrooms a gym and free WIFI. The gazebo area has grills, bar counters with chairs and tables with chairs. There is an area to play corn hole, it also has a free car wash with vacuuming area. The grounds are well maintained. We are close to a lake (which has boat rental and dock rental), dining and shopping. Not far from the highway. The staff here is very friendly and helpful. For new residents of SC the DMV is out the back gate.There is a local restaurant that brings diner to us once in awhile. It nice coming home from work and a restaurant is at the gate delivering dinner. At the end of the day this is my peace of mind.

I decided to view this apartment community because of the wonderful school district it is in. I knew that this was a new community but I was still amazed at the quality of the apartments. The setting is beautiful and it's close enough to grocery stores, schools, and entertainment but not too close which is what I like as a parent with one child who is still in elementary school.

I sold my house very quickly and was undecided of where i wanted to relocate. I moved in to the apartment in my sons school district, reluctantly. I was pleasantly surprised at how big and open the floor plan was. it had several upgrades and even trash service. Being here has made moving a lot more pleasant.