My husband, daughter, & I lived moved in on 01-25-01. Everything was fine until mushrooms started growing in our living room. After complaining to the staff in the leasing office, nothing was done. They had maintenance to come & pull up the mushrooms. It didn't take long for more mushrooms to pop up. That's not all. Our air conditioning unit exploded. Sparks flew one night & the next thing you know, it caught fire. We had to call the Fire Department. Our carpet was soaked & we stayed up all night with the awful smell of smoke in our apartment. The air conditioning unit was across the hall from our daughter's bedroom. I asked to be transferred to another apartment, but the staff told me I'd have to apply for another apartment. I also asked if they would give me a new air unit. Their reply was that nothing was really wrong with the unit that exploded, & that it just needed some patch work. The unit was installed in 1970. Not too long after that, rats started to enter the apartment. I lived in building 903, Apt 111 on Valley Ridge Drive. We are very clean people. I noticed one night a rat in my bedroom behind my dresser. After my husband got rid of that one, another one shot out of (you guessed it) my air conditioning unit. After complaints to the leasing office, they brought rat traps to my apartment & suggested that I used them. After talking to my neighbors, I realized that they had seen the same rats that I had. They described them to me. It seems that they found their way into several apartments in my building. I also discovered that my upstairs neighbor had mold in her apartment & she had asthma. So, if you're considering moving to an apartment, Overlook the Overlook in Homewood. These apartments will do you more harm than good.

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