The Cove at Coastal Carolina

Mar Pepin

I graduated from CCU in Spring 2022. Pros: - Location: It is close to CCU and near a CCU shuttle stop. I have taken the shuttle a lot to save $ on gas. It's also near a 24-hour gas station/convenience store and some restaurants within walking distance. - Staff: Much of the staff are students, and they are super nice. - Package Pickup: The hours to pick up your packages are more reasonable than other communities around CCU. Cons: - Maintenance: Maintenance supposedly comes to your apartments to check on various appliances, but I have never known if they had actually come to my apartment because they do not leave any notes that they had been there. - Design of Doors: The bedroom and bathroom doors swing into each other. Not a huge drawback but it is very annoying (photo attached for this one). Our building also seems to be built on a tilt, or something, because the doors swing on their own and sometimes, they lock themselves up. - Bad Ventilation/Smoke Alarms: The smoke alarms are very sensitive and were purposely made to be, but the ventilation in these apartments is awful. Also, there is a lot of mildew that occurs in this apartment (photo attached) and the community manager said it's because of the climate in SC, but I’ve never had that issue in University Housing or at my house in Myrtle Beach. - Printing Services: Printing used to be unlimited and free, but now they have a new system which is actually more expensive than printing at the University. You can get ten pages free a month, but for a college student, that's basically nothing. - Pets: There are a lot of dogs here. I love dogs, but I do not love owners that let their dogs run around without a leash and poop everywhere without picking it up. The staff seem to make exceptions for favorite residents, as I’ve seen staff watch residents break rules in front of them and not say anything. There have been dogs in the pool, also. There are a lot of irresponsible owners that do not know how to take care of their animals, and it’s sad to see The Cove be complicit about it. - Communication: They send out emails for office closures, but these emails typically go out a day before the office is closed, and they go out AFTER the office has closed for the day. So, basically, no notice. Also, I have emailed and called the office about multiple different concerns and have not heard back.

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Do not trust all of the good reviews for this place. They must have offered an incentive for people to post only the good things. Some of the reviews on their website are from their own staff. Adrienne Covington used to be a manager, yet she wrote a 5 star review hyping herself up… and replied to her own review 😡 Most recent review by Daria S. is fake as well, check her account, she posted reviews for all apartment complexes owned by the same company that owns the Cove! BIG YUCK!!! Trust all of the lower reviews, they speak truths!!!!!

Cole Ponder

Some of the best employees I’ve seen at apartment complexes. All my calls were answered immediately and professionally. Any problems I had they solved within the day.

Daria S

i really enjoyed my tour with rocken and the apartments are very large with tall ceilings. there are larger rooms but even the normal ones are big especially with your own bathroom