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Classic American Townhomes


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quailpop

Resident 2009 - 2011

7/7/2011

I'm taking this place for granted

My husband and I started looking for new apartments in North Syracuse, closer to where we both work, but were astonished at how horribly everything is rated. My complaints with our apartment here are: - Zero noise buffering from any direction. We hear everything our upstairs neighbors say and do. It is frequently awkward and irritating. Conversely, they must hear everything we say and do. It is most likely awkward and irritating for them as well. People talking at normal volumes in either the foyer or the basement may as well be a few feet away from our ears. This was especially irritating for us last year because we had terrible upstairs neighbors. They loved to belt along to "I'll Make A Man Out of You" (from Disney's Mulan) 13 times in a row. No, seriously. 13 times. - On a closely related note, there is minimal insulation. We pay our own heat and keep it at a frugal 58-60 degrees (just short of pipe freezing temperatures). We don't have excessive showers or other hot water usage, either. It was about $80 a month in the warmer of the winter months and about $120 during the micro ice age of February. A grosser issue is that behind my bureau, which is against the walls of an exterior corner, I discovered black mold spots all over the wall. I had to wash the walls with bleach. This was following the very mild '09-'10 winter, when the apartment was never so cold as to explain such a mold growth except that the walls must be ridiculously lacking in insulation. - I swear something funny is going on with our bathroom. There is a whole lot of black mold (and I do frequently bleach & scrub the hell out of that tiny tiled room). There is also always a wet spot in the corner near the bathtub. We are super careful with our shower liner and curtain; I really can't figure out where the puddle is coming from. The wet spot, wherever its origin, must have been a long term issue, present before we arrived, because the floor was showing signs of water damage as we moved in. Within our first year here, the floor under the tile had rotted. Having soft spots in the floor meant that the tiles broke as we walked across them. The maintenance guys earnestly addressed this floor situation, but by simply covering the tiles (including the broken ones) with linoleum. We can see the outline of broken tiles through the linoleum. - House centipedes. It's not Classic American's fault, but still, they are so gross that their presence merits mention. - Snow removal, sometimes, is awful. This past winter we had one of those storms that dumped 2 feet over night. There was some idiot parked badly on the other side of one of the back buildings. I'm not sure I understand why this prevented the snow plow from taking care of the rest of the parking lot, but apparently it did. Thank god I happened to park near the road; seven of our neighbors had to miss work that day, even after two hours of morning shoveling. - Also not in Classic American's purview, but someone in this damn neighborhood keeps setting off firecrackers. Who even does that? But anyways, my grousing aside... - We have cats (indoor) and we didn't have to pay a "non-refundable deposit" (ALSO KNOWN AS A FEE) like some other complexes charge. I also find it reassuring that if the cats rush past us when the door's open and find their way out of our apartment, they're still stuck in a closed foyer and easy to catch. - The apartments are cleaned and freshly painted before you move in. I can tell you this is a rigorous process after seeing what was removed from the upstairs apartment. The floor plan is airy and spacious and there's plenty of room for the rent. - The maintenance guys are super nice, especially Jerome. The white guy's alright, too, but I still remember that time he made fun of me in my {awesome} fur bomber winter hat. He always wears a NASCAR baseball cap, so I'm pretty sure I win the style war. - Gas stoves! - The courtyards look nice, even if they're virtually useless (everyone walks in the door on the side of the street or the parking lot). The parking lot gets pretty grody but that's because our neighbors seem to love dropping garbage on the ground instead of putting it in the garbage bins a few feet away. This is getting far too long. My point is, I had so many little complaints about things that, for the most part, aren't even things that Classic American can fix. While reading reviews of other apartments, I see that we made the right choice moving in here two years ago, and I don't intend to move.

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