I have been here since the middle of 2011 and here are my thoughts.
This place is Little Mexico in case that concerns you. There are many issues starting with the address itself. "Silvervale" is one GIANT complex semi-divided into two "communities". One is "Silvervale" itself, the other is "Brookstone". The way it is setup like this is ridiculous and allows me to share the same apartment # as someone else in the same complex in a different building, just on a different entrance. Technically they are two different addresses (8800 vs 8900) but there are NO SIGNS in the front which distinguish one "community" from the other with the 4 consecutive frontage-road open gate entrances that let you in to what looks like one big apartment complex. The pizza delivery driver has gotten completely lost before, friends can never find me on the first try and get lost within the labyrinth that this place is. I have baby roaches crawling around my kitchen. I've had two things I marked on my rental inspection since I moved in here that haven't been fixed and probably never will. There is a lady who digs through the dumpster daily. The dumpsters always have trash around them. My neighbor shaves copper wire and leaves the plastic sheaths all over the ground outside on a regular basis. People litter everywhere, including beer bottles. Theres a giant drain in the middle of one of the internal streets and water floods into the road every time it rains because it doesn't actually drain properly. There was one fire before I moved in that burned up a unit and it still hasn't been repaired. There was another fire a few weeks ago started by a toddler playing with a lighter that burned up a unit. The mail-room always has trash and boxes that are torn out. I have seen domestic violence and police here at-least once a month if not more. The maintenance man who fixed my screeching ancient a/c unit doesn't speak English. I received a card on my door from the Child Protective Services investigator inadvertantly who meant it for the OTHER unit with the same # as mine. Car alarms go off nightly from the same people. People are always working on their cars, getting motor oil everywhere and many love to rev their engines and honk hoooooonk, whistle and be generally noisy. Nothing is really great here aside from the price and it's not quite as bad as other parts of East Austin. Proximity to the highway and stores are a general plus, but the area has a fair amount prostitutes and homeless beggars off the Rundberg and I-35 area.
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