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Portage Pointe


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renter4571

Resident 2004 - 2005

1/11/2006

Can be good/Can be really bad

Both my boyfriend and I rented separate apartments in this complex and he had a good experience and I had a horrible one. So I will talk about both.<br><br>His place:<br> He was in one of the newer apartments in the actual leasing office building. There was tons and I mean tons of closet space so the storage was awesome. The kitchen was a good size and he also had a dishwasher. His small patio was a nice retreat in good weather until they put up these fences because people were complaining that they could be seen through their sliding glass door (hello close your blinds) so after they installed those you could no longer sit on the patio because it blocked all sunlight and all that was left to look at was this large wooden wall . .horrible decision on the apartments behalf. It also blocked all the light you use to get from the sliding glass door so the living room was very dark, but luckily he moved out about a month after they did this. <br> The place was clean and I never heard the neighbors when I visited. His experience was the reason I moved there in the first place. <br><br>My place:<br> I couldn't afford the same apartment he had so I rented a one bedroom in one of the older buildings. There was still a ton of space and I really liked the size of the kitchen, bedroom and bathroom which were actually larger than my boyfriends. <br> However, a month into living there I found a spider nest in my closet, I continued to find bugs everywhere throughout the year that I rented. I had to keep a stock pile of bug spray, it was awful and the leasing office kept saying that they sprayed and there was nothing they could do. <br> There was also a large hole in the bottom of my closet and about six months in I had a little mouse running around the place. Luckily the maintanence caught it, but I was paranoid after that. <br> There was absolutely no peace and quiet. I swear the guy above me stomped his feet when he walked. I could literally tell where he was in his apartment every moment. I also was awaken every morning as he played his music before work. It also sounded like he was showering in my room because the pipes were so loud.<br> The heating/air conditioning unit is located in the bedroom?? Something else to wake you up because the unit is quite loud.<br> And finally, my biggest complaint. My apartment almost killed me. My gas stove always smelled like it was leaking, but I had never had a gas stove before so I thought the smell was normal because you could only smell it when you were right next to the stove. Well one day I came home from work and started dinner, and one of the pipes under the stove lit on fire. I called someone right away and they said the pipes had worn out quite awhile ago and that I had a gas leak. Luckily I discovered it or I could have died. The problem was fixed, but I received no compensation whatsoever when I complained. My lease was up a month later and I asked for that month free for all the problems I had had with the place. They refused.<br><br>This apartment complex appears to be nice, but you have to be really really careful . . .I still can't believe the company didn't bend over backwards when I had the stove problem. I would never recommend living there. Try Shady Lake down the street. My friends there have never had a problem.

    Review 84 out of 85

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