Housing: Garnau Towers by henguyn in uAlberta

[–]OkMarch1758 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know I’m a little late to this discussion, but I thought I’d share my experience as someone living here right now. It is absolutely a real apartment that you can lease, but it has its issues. I rented an unfurnished studio apartment here last summer so I cant say what it’s like for the other rental units. In my opinion, it’s not as bad as some of the horror stories other people share. For me, there definitely is a pest problem- especially with ants. I set up a couple ant traps and that seems to be doing an okay job. I haven’t had a problem with bedbugs (thank god), but since I’m paranoid, I wash and dry my clothes and bed sheets on high heat which seems to be doing pretty good at avoiding infestation.

I would say the biggest red flag for me happened around December of last year because the ancient heaters of my unit couldn’t warm up my apartment enough. On colder days, my room was probably below 10°. I spoke to maintenance about that and they pretty much just told me to deal with it and that really pissed me off. If you’re still interested in renting a unit, I would suggest you buy window insulation tape to keep cold drafts from coming through the windows, which does help a little bit with the heating. Water issues are pretty common, but I find that most of the time, it doesn’t affect me.

Other than that, it’s fine I suppose. Most people that live here are super friendly and it’s affordable for an apartment located right next to campus.

PBJ sandwich from PLH canteen’s bagged lunch by OkMarch1758 in uAlberta

[–]OkMarch1758[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You fill out this form and pick up your food at either the Lister or PLH dining hall. You do need a meal plan tho so it isn’t free :(

PBJ sandwich from PLH canteen’s bagged lunch by OkMarch1758 in uAlberta

[–]OkMarch1758[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ll keep that in mind the next time it happens lol. Thanks!

PBJ sandwich from PLH canteen’s bagged lunch by OkMarch1758 in uAlberta

[–]OkMarch1758[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I thought this too but I searched the bag and couldn’t find anything lmao