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anonymous

Resident ā€¢ 2006

11/20/2007

I agree, this place is a hell hole. My husband and I moved out of there in March (we only lived there 6 months), b/c our apt. had completed flooded, due to what the management said was a "pipe above the water heater in the apartment above us broke". yeah right, it was like a fire hydrant went off in the apt above us and not some little pipe. This occurred at 2:30am on a Wednesday, when my husband and I awoke to what sounded like a river flowing. We jumped out of bed and water was coming from all light fixtures, vents in the ceilings and etc. We ran out of there so fast, due to it being unsafe. We called the emergency maintenance line and the lady had to page the guy on call about 3 times, b/c he wasn't responding. And get this it took the guy an hour to get to our apartment even though he lives on the apartment site!!!!! We ended up calling the fire department to see if they could help us. All of our furniture was COMPLETELY destroyed. Everything was soaken wet like our linens and clothes. But after all of this the manager said "oh we will have the apt. fixed for you by Friday", which was a day and a half later. Uh, any moron in their right mind would know that there is a little thing called "MOLD" that this apartment would be a haven for! So, I had to ----- the office staff out, b/c I told them we wanted a different apt, b/c "hello, you idiots, the apt is not liveable". But, they then in turn said that they would not give us another apt. unless we signed a waiver that basically stated that the management company was not responsible for any of our damages". We went back and forth, round and round with the management company for 2 weeks, while all of our stuff sat in that nasty mold infested apartment. Of course the only work they were doing to the apartment was patching in the holes in the ceiling that had collapsed because of water busting through them. They actually tore up the carpet, dried it and layed the SAME carpet back down, (now let me remind you that this carpet had about a foot of water in it from the flood). The apt. complex wasn't concerned with the fact that there is mold growing behind the walls. You could smell the mold right when you walked into the apt. So it then came down to us getting a lawyer so we could break our lease and get the hell out of that HELL HOLE! Oh yeah, one more thing, the apartment above us that had flooded, they moved people in their a day after the flood. Now doesn't that show you that Garfield Commons and Brookline management are only in it for the money!! Also, the grounds are unkempt and dirty. The management doesn't give a rat's --- about anyone living there. We did have rental insurance and were able to get about half of the worth of our valuables. But still, this was an awful situation for anyone to go through. It would of been different if it were an "act of god", but it wasn't and the way we were treated was not acceptable. I really hope that my message will avoid others going through what we went through. Also, make sure you look at some of our pictures of the flooded apartment. I have more pictures; however, I didn't know how many I could fit on this page. Thanks for reading this and STAY AWAY from that place!

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