text: I have lived at Desert Club apartments now for four months and feel I have had enough time to give my opinion on the place nnThe Good Convenient location to everything in Scottsdale and highway access gated community the pool is never too busy and great for relaxing with nice chairs very quiet community and I hear no noise inside my apartment top floor though feels safe nicer finishes in kitchen with the tile floor and granite counter tops quick maintenance response times ample visitor parking in rear of complex nice gym staff is usually friendly and helpful Unique floor plans with lots of cabinet space in the A floor plan nnThe Bad Single entrance into complex can be annoying grassy areas in between buildings smell like urine from all the pets pool could use a cleaning more often leaves and debris at the bottom and there is constantly yellow caution tape around the hot tub not sure what is that about almost nonexistent resident functions efficiency of the AC in my rd story unit seems poor the AC is always running glass block window in A floor plan let us in a lot of heat my apartment faces East and West breezeways and stairs are sometimes littered and are dirty with accidents from pets The kitchen has a spraystream faucet which comes in handy a lot but there is no option to add a water filter The water here is not too great so I have had to resort to buying bottled waternnTips Before moving in make sure you get the code to the entrance gate if you are moving in early in the morning or on a weekend We did not have the gate code for the moving company and it caused a bit of nightmare Also for efficiency sake I would request a North or South facing apartment nnSummary I looked at a LOT of places in Scottsdale for an apartment before settling at Desert Club and I would probably do it all over again if I had to The minor items on the bad list though there are several are not enough to outweigh the good of the place for me so I generally enjoy living here I almost chose Barossa across the street but opted for Desert Club because of the larger pool and the additional square footage in the one bedroom