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Chapel Ridge of Johnston


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Iowa1983

Resident 2013 - 2014

4/22/2014

DO NOT MOVE HERE!!! At first, this seems like a nice place to live. Once you move in, you realize the horrible mistake you just made. Here is why you should avoid this place: 1. Noise - The walls are paper thin and you can hear everything. Our neighbors are not loud people but we can hear literally everything they say when we are in our bedroom. You can also hear all of the kids playing outside all day and all hours of the night. 2. The kids - This place is infested with misbehaved kids that think they own the place. They all just hang out in the parking lots and look at you like you're the idiot when you want to drive by. They are just a bunch of foul mouthed little kids with foul mouthed parents to match. 3. The quality of people - We pay almost $1300 and we are surrounded by people who get discounted rent because they qualify for rent controlled housing. I know it's not fair to lump everyone together, but in my experience, people who get cheap rent because of their low income are generally the kind of people who cause problems and have loud --- ignorant children. 4. Cable - You are forced to have Mediacom cable. I hate Mediacom! Even if you don't want cable, you still have to pay for the basic service. 5. Insulation - This is also is part of the noise problem, but this last winter when we had the -36 wind chills, we froze our ----- off here. The units are so drafty and so poorly insulated you would think that they were built over 100 years ago. 6. The lease - Now, I didn't think the lease was an issue when we thought we were moving into a nice place. Now that we have been here for 7 months, the lease is our worst nightmare. Most places, if you plan to break the lease and move, you just pay 1-2 months rent. Here, you have to pay the full amount remaining on your lease. So if after 6 months you realize this place is hell and you want to break your lease and you still have 6 months left, you are looking at around $6420. It's probably higher, that was just my low ball estimate. This is just a short list that my wife and I could think of but I'm sure I left something out. Do yourself a favor and spend a little bit more money and move somewhere else. This one was partially my fault, but I will never live somewhere that offers income restricted housing again. If I wanted to be surrounded by -------s, I would have stayed on the south side of Des Moines.

    Review 4 out of 55

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