Perch Denton

The Perch is overpriced for what you get. Amenities exist, but are bare minimum. It takes forever to get repairs done. Our AC was out for 3 months. The front and back doors have leaked every time it rains the entire time we've lived here with no repair coming any time soon. The houses were built cheap and fast and it's billed as luxury living, but it's pretty much apartment living with a better marketing team. Unless you just like overpaying for subpar quality, live somewhere else.

Lived at Perch Denton for over a year. Just like any place, there are pros and cons. I've tried to put them down as honestly as possible below. Pros: - The entire area is kept clean and quiet. - The pool and work out area are great. - Having a small privacy-fence-enclosed back area is truly a huge plus, especially if you have a dog. - The accommodations are great and the one bedrooms have enough sound proofing between them that you rarely, if ever, hear your neighbors, despite sharing a wall. - There's a lot of storage space in the units, and the full size washer and dryer in unit save you a lot of hassle and money. Cons: - Registering visitor's cars is good in theory, but bad in practice. The visitor parking registration is for 24 hours and does not allow for more than 4 days of registration in a week. This means if you have one of these two scenarios, your friends/family have to find an open parking lot to park their car where you can come fetch them: (1) if you have them staying with you for a week because they have driven in from out of town; (2) if you have any friend come over for just a few hours more than 4 days in a week. - The "technology package" and trash pick up at your door both cost a lot extra every month and are not optional. This means you cannot choose (ie. shop for) your own internet provider, and it also means if your internet is down, so is everyone's in the community. So, no going into the office building or using a kind neighbor's internet to email in those important work or school documents. Nope. You have to pray you have the time to drive to a coffee house, hope your internet is down during a time when the coffee houses are open, and send them in that way. Also, the trash pick up at your door, while convenient, only occurs during certain days of the week. If you have trash on the weekend, you have to take it to the dumpster yourself anyway. I would have rather done it myself the entire time and not paid that extra fee.