Nobody on this site ever uses this to give balanced review. They mainly use it for revenge over a slight from management. Don t get me wrong, there is a lot to be desired living here and dealing with the management (both past and present). Overall, I like where I am living but I have a very well placed unit.

Here are my observations:

-Never seen any roaches, and hardly any bugs for that matter (2nd floor apt, kept clean)

-Maintenance will respond to problems though sometimes you have to pester the office to get them to follow through.

-I see low income tenants with kids, lots of whom are minorities. Calling the place ghetto seems like racial profiling to me and assumptive. Just because someone is black, doesn t have a lot of money and has kids, doesn t make it ghetto . Still, every once in while some ------- drives through or parks with his car stereo blasting rap and then even I think it s ghetto , but half the time that s some white kid from white suburbia. It is not that bad nor frequent though.

-Cops are here a lot but in Tempe they are everywhere (Tempe voters approve every debt inducing bond project lobbied for by emergency services). If you personally have a problem, they will be here quick and that is what is important.

-Air Conditioning: here they are challenged. They have a crappy chiller unit that has never worked right. HOWEVER; at huge expense to them, they have hooked up a massive temporary unit, which as of this writing is working ALMOST perfectly. We have yet to see how well the system works when the new permanent chiller is fixed/replaced. It has been a living hell the few time the a/c has gone down, but they usually get it back up fast. We are talking less than 1 day turn around but an event that occurs often twice per summer.

-THE NEW MANAGER; I have mixed feelings about her. Here is the breakdown:
Pros:
She gets things done. Get her personal attention on a maintenance matter and she sees it through.
She seemed sensitive and reasonable about the a/c issue. I suspect the chiller finally being addressed fully is her doing, but I don t know this.

Cons:
She can be abrasive and parochial in her demeanor to current tenants.
Getting her to allow concessions when a concession is obviously fair and warranted is like pulling teeth. She doesn t know how to pick her battles.
Her respect for current tenants and even her own employees seems a bit lacking.
She behaves like an untrained manager, seeming to enjoy the power trip too much. (the hallmark of new or untrained managers).
Worst thing about her: I once had to witness her correct/criticize one of her employees right in front of me, the customer. I would not want to work for her. With respect, if she is reading this, you really should consider taking a management course.

But other than that, I think the pros outweigh the cons. She got my a/c (almost) working, and I care about that more than her day to day behavior.

User Responses
From: Anonymous	Date: 10/24/2009
sounds ok but if you dont have roaches, then you are the exception...

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