The Peaks in Canmore - Canmore, Alberta

Susie S.

visitors parking lot hardly has a spot. All the cars look belongs to residents as the cars have been sitting there forever.
I often visit here since last autumn and always have hard time to park. Almost all cars have never moved since then. Believe they never check. My friend pays for 2 parking spots and some get free parking?

Above us, we believe there is an elephant family living there. We hear every single steps start from 5am, I can tell when they start cooking, taking shower etc, etc,,, sometimes I can feel the place is shaking lol
I don't recommend to rent here. Even though it has beautiful view.

Jacob P.

Do not move here. It can be difficult to find a place in Canmore but do not settle for a lease here. Keep looking!

The building was planned poorly. There is no parking available for new tenants or for visitors. If you try to park in open areas your car will be towed by RCMP. If you park on the street you will be ticketed. If your lucky enough to have a private stall it will be parked in at some point and the building management are unable to help. This is a HUGE inconvenience because the building is in a tough spot for walking/cycling around town.

The build quality in the apartments is poor. Floorboards peel off, paint jobs are rushed, kitchen counters dislodge from the wall and ceiling leaks are common.

You will not feel at home or safe here. Mid-night fire alarms, police visits, domestic violence, suspicious thefts and constant car panic alarms ensure your apartment will feel more like an unending nightmare than a place to call home.

Gi L.

We were enticed by the amazingly decorated and constructed show suite but upon move-in we quickly realized that they must have spent all their efforts on the show suite and forgot about the rest of the building. The flooring has lifted in our bedroom, our kitchen countertop is detaching from the wall and we’ve had two leaks from the apartment above us - luckily I was home both times to catch the water dripping through the ceiling. The walls are paper thin to the point where you can hear the conversations of people above you. You cannot control the heat so you constantly feel like you’re in Africa - unable to open the windows to sleep at night unless you want to hear the sound of transport trucks zooming along the TransCanada. Additionally, we were provided with three parking stalls but a couple months after move-in were told that there was a new rule of one parking stall per two bedroom suite. There are not enough visitor parking stalls and often it’s residents who are left with no where else to park - parking illegally on the street or in fire exits. After a year-long lease we are excited to move to a new location. We will not rent with Northview ever again.

Mountain M.

This is a new building so naturally they are going through some growing pains. If you are looking for a quiet, comfortable place to stay though, look elsewhere. The floor and walls here are so thin, you can clearly hear your neighbors conversations and worst of all, every step they take upstairs. The highway next door as well won't let you enjoy the balcony.

There are no intercoms so if you are ever expecting guests, pizza deliveries, the UPS truck, or a plumber, you better hope someone has a phone and takes the courtesy to call you. Otherwise, they are stuck downstairs and you always have to go get your packages elsewhere.

The worst part is the parking. Let me tell you, it is NOT acceptable for a building to say that the Town of Canmore is going-green and the lack of parking is to encourage you to use the bus and/or your bike. Thats great and all, but realistically, we average 2-vehicles per unit and there is just not enough parking. There is one row of visitors and that is almost always filled up with permanent residents. What’s worse, the kid playground is not finished and the company finishing it uses empty stalls to store their grass, rocks, and other materials… seriously You could not use the freaking sidewalk for those things. I regret moving in here. Actually, when it first opened up, it wasn’t as miserable because all the units weren’t filled. Now that it is in full bloom, I want to cry each night looking for a spot. I would pay the extra $25 each month but there aren’t any left. Why didn’t they build an underground? Do they not realize it snows 3/4th of the year in Canada?

Northview Apartment REIT should be embarrassed of the work done here. I would fire the project manager over this place. Not only did they fail to provide adequate parking, the second entrance to this place has now been permanently blocked. The Town of Canmore tickets and tows any cars parked out on the street and you are left having to get creative with parking around here.

Marina G.

Worse apartment complex in Town:

#1 Complaint: The Noise! You get woken up by neighbors above you who are just getting ready for work. Then the neighbor below you hit the ceiling with their broom because you went to the toilet a night, dogs are barking from all sides. It is horrible and sooo stressful!

#2 Parking: They don't have enough stalls so when you move-in you might not get one (even if they guaranteed you a spot when you signed your lease agreement). The problem is, you are so far from town that there is nowhere else to park!

#3 I forgot the highway noise (especially in the summer), horrible!

#4 The heat: the apartment gets uncomfortably hot in the spring/ summer. The little A/C unit they have in the living room only cools down the living room! Even with the bedroom doors wide open you can't sleep.

#5 We moved out after 4 months we couldn't take it anymore. We had a toddler who was not allowed to walk or run or cry not to bother the neighbors. He could never sleep with all the noise. We had to get out of there!

Permandia S.

This place was cheaply made for the amount in which they're asking to rent if out. If you value a good night sleep I recommend you rent elsewhere. The whole flooring is that of hard wood and if a pin dropped from the unit above it could be heard. I lived there for a year with the upstairs renters having a dog with no consideration running in the apartment pass midnight. I often had to knock on the ceiling to let them know how inconsiderate they were, only to have them complain about me below knocking on their floor. I donot recommend this place look elsewhere.

Crooked M.

The fire alarm went off at ~6am sept 29, in the middle of a frigid snowstorm and no directions or details were given. Some people exited the building (some still in pjs)others had no clue if it was real because the smoke detectors in the hall had been beeping (due to low batt?) for several days leading up to it and the fire inspectors had just been there not too long ago. My kids and dog were freezing waiting at the muster area with no firefighter and no building manager in site. Eventually the alarm shutoff after ~10 min and we all went back to our dreams... err nightmare.

S12345

STAY AWAY!! Have only been at this place for 2 months and the amount of times I’ve had to call maintenance and the issues I’ve ran into is unbelievable. They really cut corners with this place..dents, scratches, pant drips everywhere..2 months later there is still no hot water..what you get is lukewarm water. Getting out of the shower feels like you just stepped into Antarctica. Maintenance hasn’t done anything to fix the ongoing issues..save your money and go elsewhere!!