Renter BEWARE!! I would not recommend these apartments to a sewer rat! I had the misfortune of living at Sahara Apartments for the past year. I moved to them from the East Coast. I was mislead as to the location, the size, as well as the condition of these poor excuse for apartments On my day of arrival my renters packet was no where to be found. After a lengthy bit of time it was located. I was then able to proceed with moving in. I was shown where my apartment was and upon entering I was a bit beside myself due to the size of the apartment. That was not disclosed to me, and to Sahara defense I did fail to ensure the size. These holes in the walls are 245 square feet. Thatâs not even enough space for a person to sneeze let alone breathe. To continue on one month into my lease I received an eviction notice stating that I had not paid rent. The problem there is I did pay it, it was paid early with a cashiers check. So my first payment went along with my renters packetâ¦.lost. It was eventually found after I had to return to my bank to try to cancel the cashiers check only to find itâs already been cashed out. Now, if you do not have pets, Sahara Apartments will supply them to you free of charge, be it you want them or not, they are called ROACHES!! Sahara Apartments is infested with them. You certainly can request pest control, however you have to be put on a list for service and that can take in excess of a month. So be prepared for requesting pest control often. Sahara Apartments is located in a very bad part of town. The Homeless are rampant there. They make up their camps on the walls to the apartment, The homeless jump the so called security fence and camp out in the breeze ways of the apartments and Sahara Apartments does nothing about it. Read through the other reviews, people who live in the community and not at Sahara apartments complain about the homeless population here and the fact, yes FACT that Sahara Apartments does NOTHING this problem. They do not do much about anything. As long as they are making âattempts â to rectify a problem they are doing what is required of them to do and the is precisely all they will do. This place does not care one pididle of an ounce about the concerns of the residents. The rent is too high. It is of my opinion that itâs what it is because it is close to UofA which makes the location appealing to college students. The parents of students I can bet would not want their sons and daughters living in or around these conditions. Interesting feature the complex has elevators, youâll be lucky if they are operational half your lease. Seriously RUN do not even waste your time looking at this place. They are not even apartments the Sahara once upon a time was a motel. All you will be renting is a tiny motel room. Motel 6 rooms are larger than the space here. So please heed my advice RUN as fast as you can away from this place. Bottom line itâs NOT SAFE!!!!
