Confirm you have the right property
Two similarly named Addison, TX rental communities show up in the same searches. Addison Apartments at the Park sits at 3925 Vitruvian Way and is managed by UDR. Parks at Addison is a separate complex with its own pet policy, a $250 one-time pet fee plus a $250 pet deposit and $20 monthly pet rent, figures that don’t match anything charged at 3925 Vitruvian Way. If a listing, a review, or a quote doesn’t cite this exact address, it isn’t this property.
Is Addison Apartments at the Park the same as Parks at Addison? No. They’re separate communities under separate ownership, several miles apart, with different fee schedules.
What moving in costs beyond the listed rent
| Fee | Amount | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Application fee | $80 | One-time, per applicant |
| Administrative fee | $160 | One-time, per unit |
| Security deposit | $250 to $300 | One-time, per unit |
| Pet fee (dog or cat) | $500 | One-time, per pet |
| Liability insurance | $19 | Monthly, per unit |
| Pet rent | $40 | Monthly, per pet |
| Assigned carport parking | $50 to $60 | Monthly, optional |
On a $900 one-bedroom with no pet, the one-time cost at signing beyond first month’s rent runs roughly $80 plus $160 plus $275 (mid-range deposit), about $515, and the effective monthly cost becomes about $919 once the mandatory liability fee is added. Add one dog and move-in totals climb to roughly $1,015 up front, with the ongoing monthly figure near $959. Trulia’s fee breakdown and Apartments.com’s fee schedule don’t publish a separate trash or pest-control line item for this address, so budget for the possibility that one gets added at lease signing rather than assuming it’s absent.
How much should I budget beyond the listed rent? Plan for roughly $500 in one-time fees at signing on top of the deposit, and about $19 to $79 a month beyond base rent depending on whether you have a pet or need parking.
What residents report, split by platform
| Category | ApartmentRatings score | What renters described |
|---|---|---|
| Staff | 1 out of 5 | Difficulty reaching anyone; office reported closed and virtual-only in several 2024 to 2026 reviews |
| Maintenance | 1.3 to 1.5 out of 5 | Multi-week delays on AC, heat, and pest requests |
| Grounds | 1 out of 5 | Upkeep and common-area complaints |
| Safety | 1 out of 5 | General safety concerns cited by reviewers |
The two sources disagree, not merely in tone but in the population sampled. ApartmentRatings’ 85 reviews skew toward former residents writing after a dispute, including a $75 disputed returned-payment fee and a reported near-$3,000 move-out charge sent to collections. Birdeye’s 1,618-review aggregate pulls mostly from Google, where a broader, more casual pool of raters, including short tour reviews, pushes the average toward 3.9. Neither number alone represents the property; read both as measuring different things.
Are the negative reviews recent or old? Both. ApartmentRatings shows entries dating back to 2010 alongside ones from 2026, and the maintenance and staff-access complaints repeat across that entire span rather than clustering in one period.
Where the building’s age shows up
The property was built in 1975 as a two-story garden-style community, per the same community data UDR supplies to CorporateHousing.com. Several reviewers describe thin insulation, drafty windows, and electric bills climbing above $200 in a single winter or summer month, complaints that line up with a 50-year-old, low-rise wood-frame construction type rather than with anything specific to this management company. A newer high-rise a block away wouldn’t carry the same risk profile.
Unit count and other unresolved numbers
Sources disagree on how large this community actually is. UDR’s own MRI-fed data, syndicated to CorporateHousing and ForRent, states 997 units across 2 stories. HAR.com’s AI-generated listing states 1,012 units across 35 floor plans, and HAR discloses openly that this content is machine-generated. Neither figure is confirmed here as fact; treat the true unit count as unresolved rather than settled by either listing.
What’s the actual unit count? Sources conflict: 997 per UDR’s own syndicated data, 1,012 per HAR.com’s AI-generated listing. No independent verification (county assessor or UDR investor filing) was located to settle it.
How it compares to nearby options
| Property | Distance | Ownership | Price band | Built |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addison Apartments at the Park | – | UDR | $761 to $1,963 | 1975 |
| Vitruvian West | ~0.2 mi | UDR | $1,072 to $2,518 | 2010s |
| Fiori on Vitruvian Park | ~0.3 mi | UDR | $1,501 to $3,172 | 2013, 13 stories, 390 units |
| AMLI Addison | ~2 mi | AMLI Residential | $1,747 to $4,248 | Class A, near Addison Circle |
Two of the three “nearby alternatives” a shopper is likely to cross-shop, Vitruvian West and Fiori on Vitruvian Park, are owned by the same landlord as Addison Apartments at the Park. A resident frustrated with UDR’s virtual office model or maintenance turnaround at 3925 Vitruvian Way would carry the same underlying management into either of those two, only at a higher price point. Fiori residents have raised similar concerns publicly: a Change.org petition asks UDR to give Fiori residents a voice. AMLI Addison, managed by AMLI Residential rather than UDR, is the one option on this list under genuinely different management.
Are there better-rated options nearby at a similar price? Not under different ownership at a similar price. The two closest, cheaper-adjacent alternatives share UDR as landlord; AMLI Addison is independently managed but starts nearly $1,000 a month higher.
Amenities and floor plans
- Floor plans: studio through three-bedroom, 1 to 2.5 baths.
- Pools: multiple on-site pools per property listings.
- Pet policy: cats and dogs accepted; several large or guard-type breeds excluded per the property’s own posted list.
- Parking: uncovered garage and carport options, both charged separately from rent.
If something goes wrong
Document unit condition in writing and with photos at move-in, before the first night. A review response from the property names [email protected] as an escalation contact when on-site staff can’t be reached; keep any correspondence with that address in writing rather than by phone, since several reviewers describe verbal assurances that weren’t honored later. None of this is legal advice; a renter facing a serious habitability issue, no heat or air conditioning for an extended period, for example, should also check Texas Property Code remedies with a tenant-rights organization or attorney.
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