2 Bedroom Apartments in Clarkesville, GA: What to Expect at Apple Mountain

Search "2 bedroom apartments Clarkesville GA" and the results thin out fast. The rental market here is mostly older single-family homes and scattered rental houses, not the rows of apartment complexes you'd find in a bigger Georgia city. Apple Mountain Apartments is the largest purpose-built community in the county, and every unit on the property is a two-bedroom, two-bathroom layout. If you're trying to figure out what that actually looks like before you book a tour, here's the breakdown.

The Two Floor Plans

There are two base layouts at Apple Mountain, and every unit on the property is a version of one or the other.

• Lodge: 826 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, from $1,395 per month
• Presidential: 1,312 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, from $1,695 to $2,295 per month depending on floor level

The Presidential floor plan comes in a few pricing tiers based on position in the building: garden level runs $1,695, top level runs $1,795, parking-lot level runs $1,895, and the Presidential Penthouse tops out at $2,295. All four are the same 1,312 square foot layout. The difference is where in the building you land, not the square footage or the bedroom count.

For context, that's a rental market that's thinner than what you'd find in a larger Georgia city. Clarkesville's inventory is mostly older single-family rental homes scattered around town, not a row of competing apartment complexes. Apple Mountain, with 96 total units spread across 8 buildings, 72 in the Lodge configuration and 24 Presidential, is the largest concentrated block of two-bedroom apartments in the county.

What's Already Set Up When You Move In

Electricity, internet, water, sewer, and trash are already active in every unit and billed back as one monthly line item alongside rent, regardless of which floor plan you choose. You're not calling a utility company on move-in day or waiting on an installation appointment. TVs are included in every unit as well, though cable service isn't part of the package, which is a non-issue for most renters who stream anyway. On-site management and maintenance staff handle repairs and grounds work, so a broken garbage disposal is a call to the front office rather than a call to a landlord three states away.

Kitchens

Every unit, Lodge or Presidential, has a full kitchen with a stove, refrigerator, microwave, and dishwasher. This isn't a kitchenette bolted onto a studio. It's a real kitchen where you can cook a full dinner and clean up afterward without working around each other in a tight galley space.

Presidential units go a step further. The second suite in a Presidential layout has its own kitchenette with a mini fridge, on top of the full kitchen in the main living area. That matters if you're sharing the apartment with a roommate, a college-age kid home for the summer, or anyone who wants a genuinely separate living space rather than just a second bedroom down the hall.

Laundry

This is one of the clearer differences between the two floor plans. Presidential units include a private in-unit washer and dryer. Lodge units do not have in-unit laundry; residents in the Lodge floor plan use a shared laundry facility on the property. If in-unit laundry is a hard requirement for you, that decision is effectively made the moment you pick a floor plan.

Layout Details That Matter

Both floor plans include a private back patio or balcony, so you get outdoor space regardless of which unit you lease. In the Lodge floor plan, some units (marketed as the Lodge Retreat) have a second suite with its own private entrance and a mini fridge, which works well for guests or a roommate who wants a door to close. Other Lodge units skip that second entrance and keep the layout simpler. On the Presidential side, the top-floor Penthouse units have no neighbors above, which means less footstep noise and more natural light coming through the windows. If quiet matters more to you than square footage, that's worth asking about specifically when you tour.

Views

Apple Mountain sits on 280 acres in the North Georgia foothills, and most units look out over the golf course, the wooded property line, or the ridge line in the distance rather than a parking lot. Which specific view you get depends on the building and unit, so if a mountain view matters to you, say so when you schedule your tour and ask which units are available with that exposure.

Who Each Floor Plan Fits

The Lodge floor plan tends to work well for a single renter, a couple, or a remote worker who wants a full kitchen and a private patio without paying for extra square footage they won't use. The Lodge Retreat variant, with its separate-entrance second suite, is a good fit for two roommates who want genuine privacy from each other rather than just two bedrooms sharing one living room. It also works for someone who wants a home office with a real door, rather than a corner of the bedroom that never quite feels off the clock.

The Presidential floor plan makes more sense for a family, for anyone working from home who wants a second suite as a dedicated office, or for someone who specifically needs in-unit laundry and doesn't want to plan trips to a shared facility. The Penthouse units, with no one overhead, tend to appeal to people who've lived in an apartment with a noisy upstairs neighbor before and don't want to repeat that experience.

Downsizers coming out of a larger house sometimes assume they need the bigger floor plan by default. That's not always true. A couple who sold a 3,000-square-foot home and doesn't need the extra space can be perfectly comfortable in a Lodge unit, especially if the golf course and pool are doing the work that a big backyard used to do. Presidential makes more sense once you're actually running out of storage or workspace in the smaller layout, not just because it's the larger number on the price sheet.

Furnished or Unfurnished, and Lease Terms

Both floor plans are available furnished or unfurnished. You tell the leasing team which one you want when you apply, and it applies to either the Lodge or the Presidential layout. Leases run 6 to 12 months. To qualify, applicants need proof of income at roughly 3 times the monthly rent, and Georgia law requires renter's insurance with a minimum of $100,000 in coverage. Electricity, internet, water, sewer, and trash are already set up and billed back as a monthly line item, so neither floor plan requires you to open new utility accounts before move-in.

Booking a Tour and Applying

If you're relocating from out of the area, plan on 6 to 8 weeks of lead time before your move-in date: enough room to confirm availability on the floor plan you want, request a virtual tour if you can't visit in person, and submit an application with income documentation once you're ready. Good units in the Presidential floor plan, especially the Penthouse, tend to move faster than Lodge availability simply because there are fewer of them, 24 Presidential units against 72 Lodge units across the property. If a specific floor level or view matters to you, say so early rather than after you've already applied.

Leasing runs through RentCafe, and the security deposit equals one month's rent, held for the term of the lease and returned according to the lease terms when you move out. From there, it's a standard screening process rather than anything unusual for the area.