My stay in garland was less than ideal.
First off if you have business in the Rowlett or Rockwall area, expect delays in your commute. I worked at the local BS&W hospital in Rowlett and the traffic headed into and coming back from work is a nightmare. Avoid the I-30E from 5-7pm at all costs the backup traffic from all the construction on the on ramp will set you back at least 10 to 15 minutes.
Secondly this stay is in an apartment complex and if you’re staying more than a week ask about parking! I had to park outside the complex for my three month contract and it sucked! There is a paper in the apartment saying that you have to register as a visitor every 24 hours or you’re at risk of getting towed. You can park inside the gate yeah but again, you’re at risk of getting towed because you don’t have a parking permit. I had to be on call for emergencies so I couldn’t risk being towed at all. So I parked outside the complex by the street in the visitor parking and walked to and from every single morning and night. I played by the rules and ended up getting burned. Someone ended up crashing into my car and left the scene without leaving any info, not even a sorry note. So I asked A if there were any security cameras so I could get at least a police report and they never followed up.
The apparent itself is really nice. It’s upscale and decently equipped. The bed seemed Little old and lumpy. The restroom was nice and very clean. The toilet seemed to have a leaky valve so was always running to try and fill up the bowl and it got annoying really fast.
I had a hard time checking in because A gave no check in instructions or gate code. As someone who is relatively new to Airbnb, basic things guests shouldn’t have to ask for like apparent number and WiFi code. Also speaking of WiFi, the Internet always seemed to go out on the 17-18th of the month. No matter what I would do it wouldn’t work unless I contacted A, that it was down. I hope it was just a coincidence and not a lack of payment thing because if I’m spending more than $7.5k, WiFi shouldn’t have to be a problem.
In conclusion I really didn’t enjoy my stay in garland. Besides having to spend another $1500 to get my car fixed because of some upstanding individual, the traffic and the parking issues it would’ve been decent. Don’t take my bad experiences as a reason not to stay here, just be sure you know what you’re getting into and know that bad things have already happened to other guests.