AMLI Quadrangle

A new bar was just built across the street and the music and loud yelling can be heard inside of my apartment every night of the weekend into the early morning hours! It’s unbearable and I wouldn’t consider renewing my lease for this reason, in addition to negligent maintenance in community areas (elevators and hallways). My time here started off nice but things have sharply declined in the past couple of months.
I do appreciate the upgraded interiors, dog park, and quick maintenance for issues in my unit.

All amentities are very nice and the property is well maintained. I lived there for 2 years and enjoyed it. Great location for anyone 22 – 30 who likes to party. Rooftop deck and indoor dog park were great. The staff is polite and attentive to anything you need. They respond quickly to any service requests you have. Their friendly disposition changes rapidly when it is time to renew your lease, and they give you a 7−10% monthly increase. The daytime leasing agents deny any knowledge of amli’s pricing methods, and suggest you speak with the manager. The manager’s response is always «that’s just what the market is right now.» My 2013 rent was $ 1580 then $ 1,770 in 2014 when it was time to renew. I told them that was way overpriced for a 900 square ft apartment, relative to the uptown market. I’d rather live at Gables Villa Rosa at that price point. What’s really funny is my old apartment is now listed for $ 1,800+ and has been vacant for 3 months. They could have had my $ 4,800, but wanted to «strategically» price my apartment instead. If you have money to burn and love to hit the bar scene, I’d still suggest AMLI. It is a great place to live, if you can afford it.

I recently moved from Georgia and have lived here for 5 months now! The apartments are very nice and well kept. I had a issue with my dishwasher and the same day I put in a request, they came to fix it. The staff are extremely friendly! There are always available parking spots and I have never had an issue finding one. There are trash shoots right next to both of the elevators so on your way out you can just take it to the shoot. The location is perfect, close to great restaurants, bars, shopping and the Katy trail. I feel very safe in these apartments, you have to have a key fob to go up and down the elevators and the doors have double locks. The only issues I have with this place is the elevator furthest from the leasing office has been broken 3 times since living here and both elevators always smell like shit. If your staying in on a Friday or Saturday it gets pretty loud from noisy bar goers (not the complexes fault.) other than that I’ve had a pretty positive experience living here at the AMLI! :)

I lived in AMLI for close to 2 years. Overall, my experience there was positive, and the staff was nice. The best thing about the apartment building is its location in uptown — there is a neighborhood feel and it is extremely close to all of the bars/​restaurants on McKinney. It’s nice to be able to get coffee/​dry cleaning/​pick up food within walking distance of your apartment, especially because Dallas is not a particularly pedestrian city.
The finishings in the apartment, although they look nice, are actually quite cheap (kitchen cabinets, laminate flooring). I found that my dishwasher and laundry machines did not work properly (although maintenance was always prompt to respond to complaints), water pressure in the shower was always low, etc. Little things, but still. The pool outside is nice although it is a wading pool — by summer time, the water is boiling hot and not in the least refreshing.
I had a few negative experiences that affected my time there. First, after a year of living there, the rent was raised by a $ 120, which was an exorbitant increase and something I did not expect at all. Second, I had cockroaches and crickets in my apartment as a result of its proximity to the first floor pool (I even woke up with two in my bed). Although the staff scheduled exterminators to come and fumigate the apartment, sleeping was never the same for me after that.
And finally, the noise level in the building is absurd. I completely agree with the other review that post-​college students usually live in the building, and it is like a frat house. The fire alarm went off constantly in the middle of the night (at least 15 times during my 2 years there, usually from drunk people pulling it for fun) and I found that some residents did not have any regard for others. On a weekend you can usually hear drunk people running and yelling through the hallways. The final straw for me was when a person moved above me after a year of my living there — he would stomp around, drop what sounded like bowling balls, throw parties, and have explosive fights with his girlfriend (typically at 4 am on a Monday) very regularly. I should have called the cops on these occasions but thought I would take it to the staff instead, who were COMPLETELY useless in handling this situation. It ended in a series of confrontations between me and the other person and let me feeling very upset. At $ 1,400 a month for a one bedroom, the experience I had dealing with this person was completely unacceptable. All in all, if you value peace and quiet on a WEEKNIGHT when you have work the next day and expect mutual respect in your living community, do not choose AMLI as your residence.
I am writing this review now, almost two years after leaving, because I live in a new building in a different city where my experience has been wonderful — that’s why AMLI gets a 2 star rating from me.

Good location in the Uptown area. The actual construction of the building is relatively cheap. Plan on hearing the people who live above you (unless you’re on the top floor). The staff is nice! But, when I moved out, I was surprised by a few charges & administrative items and I typically had to sort them out myself… which isn’t what you really want to do when you’re moving.

Things fell through on our move, but it was not because of AMLI Quadrandle. Crissey Graff provided excellent service in a complicated situation. She was prompt, professional and courteous.

When I first moved to Dallas my company put me up in The Marquis at West Village. It was great to be central to everything but a bit hard to deal with the parking garage situation and the apartments felt a bit dated (shag carpeting).
When it came time to find my own place, I debated staying put but a quick tour of the AMLI complex had me sold. The location was still pretty central to restaurants, bars and major roads and it was new.
I’ve lived here two years now and have found the leasing office and staff to be very attentive, friendly and helpful. They always are quick to take care of maintenance issues, answer questions and even host tenant events. The complex is pretty secure and there is plenty of garage parking. I do find it ridiculous that AMLI tries to make money by reserving the 12 or so spots by each elevator and charging for them. Then again, there are some lazy people that will pay $ 50 a month to walk 100 less feet.
Here are the only downsides I’ve experienced with the AMLI Quadrangle:
1) It attracts a decent number of immature 23 – 27 year olds that have no respect for the rest of the community. They get loud at 3 or 4am on some weeknights, they are lazy and leave their bags of trash in stairwells, and they get drunk and make messes in the public areas. Thankfully, there is just a small handful of these idiots that live in the complex (p.s. I’m 34 and know how to party, but I have common courtesy for where I reside & my neighbors).
2) While the complex has a nice pet policy, provides a courtyard and even bags for tenants to clean up after their pet, there is a small handful of pretentious, young girls (see #1 above) that just let their dog poo in the hallways or courtyard and walk away from it. AMLI staff is always quick to clean up after these morons but they shouldn’t have to.
3) AMLI charges a $ 4 monthly invoicing fee to tenants. Pretty much they charge you money to tell you what you owe them every month. There is no way to avoid this charge with paperless billing. They don’t even quietly work it into your monthly rent; they line item charge you $ 4 just to bill you. It’s one of those frustrating things that you wouldn’t care about if it was just silently built into your rent, but because they make you sign an agreement for the $ 4 fee, you feel slighted for having to pay a fee to pay your rent.
4) The pool is NOT a pool, it is a 12 inch deep wading fountain to get wet in. It’s really not a big deal but a full pool would be so much nicer on the hot days we get.
No matter, the great staff, nice premises and convenient location make this a really nice property, particularly in relation to some others nearby.