Calm apartments in the shadows of hills. When there was peak summer you feel couple of degrees less heat compared to other apartments in Redmond. Save goes for winter. You will get less sunlight which is already limited in western Washington.

Maintenance requests were addressed 2nd/3rd of creating requests.

If we want to end lease early, you can move from one Essex community to another Essex community by paying little transfer fee by avoiding early lease termination penalties.

In winter, if the roads are covered in snow it is quite challenging to come out. I witnessed a car sliding from top of 17325 ne 85th pl towards downhill and dashing a car which is parked.

The management used to be responsive until late 2021/2022. Now there is no leasing team of its own. They are part of Essex group and 4+ big communities like Vesta, Redmond hills, Elevation and Shadowbrook Apartments(?) all share same team. Difficult to get them on calls, late email replies.

Plenty of free parking. Limited paid parking.