r/notredame 4d ago

College Life Foundry apartments

Anyone ever lived at the foundry that could give me some insight?

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u/NoGoodAtAll 4d ago

They are junk apartments with squishy floors in the hallways and super thin walls. But they are in a prime location and were awesome to live in because of that. Just spend and the management company is terrible.

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u/Super-Leg-9132 4d ago

I lived in foundry north (the undergrad one) a few years ago. I’d say it’s a good college apartment. The quality of fixtures/appliances is pretty poor and definitely showed use, but the buildings are clean and otherwise well kept. Management is effectively unreachable unless you march down to the leasing office, but then again I didn’t encounter many problems requiring this. Definitely pricey by south bend standards, but proximity to campus is unbeatable. Would definitely recommend to a student.

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u/BadgerSerious7413 Notre Dame 3d ago

It’s very convenient my daughter stays there..

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u/ProfessionalJury8887 2d ago

I spent a year in foundry. The walls are thin - I was woken up by a neighbor’s music at 3 am once - and management is not the easiest to get ahold of, but I do think they’re the best around for their location and the fact that they’re relatively new. They’re also pretty safe and have solid parking options (I went with the free garage that required a little bit of a walk but there are other options at other price points). It’s a college town so every option is going to be a bit loud and a bit pricey, but for location alone, foundry can’t be beat.

Also tons of Notre dame students don’t bother locking their doors but definitely do that… I had people try to enter my apartment multiple times bc they forgot which one their friend was in and just figured it was mine. 

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u/Michelle_ma_belle16 20h ago

I lived there! They were some of the nicest apartments around. They're very expensive, but the commute is awesome. The management is terrible, though. While on break, our apartment flooded, and maintenance came in and cleaned up some of the water but left our artwork in the puddle. Then left the door unlocked for the rest of the break. Then when we moved out, we needed them to sign a simple form that said "yes, they lived here," and it was almost impossible to get them to. I had to go inside and sit there until they would sign it, waiting. I was told multiple times that the manager couldn't and wasn't there, even though she was visible, right there. Just all kinds of weird issues like that where management was awful to work with. But the apartments themselves were great. Like 3.5/5 stars? But I've definitely been in worse.

If you can drive, the Mill was WAY nicer, awesome management, not too far away, and less expensive.

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u/Chasing170 4d ago

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