Kinect @ Burien

Reviews

• RD

  R2 D2

  Jan 1, 2026
  1.0
  The apartments themselves are actually pretty nice inside—sleek counters, decent closets, windows that don’t immediately make you question your life choices. If we’re just judging the four walls I pay for, I’d give it a generous 3.5 stars. Cute, even. Like a Tinder date that shows up looking exactly like their photos. But step outside those four walls? Sweet baby Jesus, it’s a post-apocalyptic biohazard theme park. The grounds look like a garbage truck and a diaper factory had an unsupervised weekend bender together. Trash bags ripped open like piñatas, used diapers flung around with Olympic javelin accuracy, mystery vomit puddles that have their own ecosystem, and—because why not?—the occasional syringe just chilling in the landscaping like it’s waiting for its Uber. Dog poop? Human poop? At this point it’s a philosophical debate. I’ve started naming the piles just to cope. “Greg” is still there from last week. Greg’s doing great. We’ve reported this to management more times than I’ve refreshed my delivery app hoping the driver is closer. Emails, portal tickets, in-person pleas—radio silence. Not even the courtesy of a canned “We value your feedback” cop-out. It’s like management died, got reincarnated as sloths, and then those sloths took a permanent vacation. Oh, and every entrance has its own resident nap enthusiast camped out like it’s Coachella for cardboard boxes. They seem chill, sure, but for $2800 a month I’m not paying for the “authentic urban camping experience” package. I want the version where I don’t have to play hopscotch over bodily fluids to get to my front door. We’re already plotting our escape like it’s a Shawshank sequel. Such a waste—the units could be great if the complex wasn’t managed by people who apparently think “grounds maintenance” is code for “let nature take the wheel.”
• LT

  Liz Thompson

  Dec 27, 2025
  1.0
  Kept an $1100 deposit and said $600 was electric bill for common areas which I had paid already monthly.
• TC

  Tori Cacho

  Oct 29, 2025
  1.0
  Pros: -Units are nice. -Gym, lounge, and community kitchen are nice. -Downtown Burien is a 100-foot walk away giving easy access to local businesses and restaurants. -Quick access to highways and Rapid Ride bus stop -Right next to post office -Management most of the time is communicative and helpful, with exceptions listed below. -Neighbors are usually nice. Cons: -There are sometimes events like pumpkin decorating but I usually can't go because they are almost always during working hours (i.e., 3-5 pm Friday). -Upstairs neighbors were noisy and stomped so hard it would shake my unit. -People smoke down on the street but the smoke rises up to the higher floors and if your windows are open, your unit will smell like smoke. -No AC, so from July-August, good luck! -Trash rooms get full and gross quickly, and the area around the apartment is not always safe or clean. I haven't seen any rats or roaches, except for a dead one by the elevators. -Pet feces or urine on the sidewalks, in the hallways, on the stairs. All they do is put a Wet Floor sign over it and then leave it for days, weeks. -There are often people yelling or high on drugs in the alleyway between the apartment and the AT&T building next door. -Trash bins in the back of the building smell awful and sometimes there's trash all over the ground in front of the back door. -The third elevator has been broken for the entire year that I've lived here and I honestly don't remember the last time it was working. -The mail room gets pretty full with packages that people refuse to pick up for some reason. -Someone crashed into the garage door so it was broken for a few weeks. People drive too fast in the garage and I've almost gotten into accidents going around the tight corners. -For a few weeks in the summer, there was a security guard at the AT&T building next door who would rev his engine loudly late at night, waking me up. Several neighbors also began to get mad about this and would yell at him from their balconies. -One of the sprinklers in the alleyway is broken and shoots water up onto the bottom of a second floor balcony and sprays my car and surrounding cars in the garage. -Door decorations. When I first started visiting this place as a guest, people would decorate their doors and there was even a decorating contest. After moving in, I decorated my door area too. Management said I couldn't have decorations on the floor. In autumn, everyone decorated their doors and entryways with autumn decor. Management sent out an email banning floor decorations, including WELCOME MATS, because it was a fire hazard. I can maybe understand the other decorations being a possible tripping or fire hazard, but WELCOME MATS???? -Trying to apply for a unit last year was a nightmare. The person who was initially helping me got sick and was out for a while, so replies to my emails were delayed. They mistakenly thought I was applying for the normal 1 bd and said I needed a cosigner who made literally SIX FIGURES A YEAR. Obviously I didn't have anyone to do that for me, but then they realized they had the wrong unit type. This put a lot of unnecessary stress on me. I still didn't even qualify for the AMI unit because my income was only a few hundred dollars short. In the end I had to settle for a studio, after a whole month of back-and-forth, stressing, and waiting in limbo. -I thought it would be easy to transfer to a larger unit at the end of my lease, but then was told they weren't taking any lease transfers and that I had to wait to apply until a month before my current lease ends. If approved, I would have only 3 days to move. I would also not be getting any discounts for being a continued resident, and none of the discounts that I was offered to renew my current lease would carry over to my new lease. I would think they would want to prioritize current residents who pay rent on time and are interested in continuing to live here despite all of the cons, but I see I was mistaken. I do not want to repeat last year's stress, so I will not be renewing my lease.
• DJ

  Dave Jones

  Sep 17, 2025
  4.0
  I'm very impressed with all of the members of the staff here at Kinect. I have enjoyed my stay here
• JG

  James Glasgow

  Sep 12, 2025
  5.0
  I am very pleased with the apartment I have at Kinect @Burien. I have a two bedroom unit which I am setting up to be not only my living space but also my office and craft space. The staff - Melissa and Taylor - has been extremely helpful and supportive even when I told them I was painting a wall chroma green so I could do virtual backgrounds. Another reason I give the place 5 stars is illustrated by a recent issue I had with the in unit washer/dryer. The staff maintenance team lead by Mike was able to quickly diagnose and fix the problem. They had the parts in hand; no waiting for them to be ordered.