Time always tells the Truth
From:
-Anonymous-
Date posted:
5/10/2004
Years at this apartment:
2003
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2004
La Aldea was a great idea. Excellent plan. However, even a $20 million apartment complex can be a disaster without good management.
The students writing on here are quite the opposite of management. They care more than how deep others' pockets are. They care about prospective students and want to see them get the most of their college careers at UA. They don't want to see the same mistake made twice. The students writing on here went to management one-on-one and in small groups with their problems, then to Residence Life, then above them all the way up to University of Arizona's President Likins, and also all the way up to the President of Ambling Company. They were ignored in all situations, and they just want to forewarn prospective students. There is no need to reinvent the wheel next year.
STUDENTS: WARNING: Be cautious before you sign that lease ANYWHERE in Arizona! Evidently the lease can say anything as long as management "isn't aware of the errors." For example, the lease can say that the apartment complex has a swimming pool, or parking, or no pets (but I guess Residence Life CAN have pets if they live here), or no smoking, or graduate students only, or specific move-in-dates, or free internet connection, or vaulted ceilings, or business center, or computer room, or large closets, and as long as management isn't informed that it said that these exist even though none of these exist, the rentee is still legally bound to the lease!!!! (When I signed up with La Aldea, I requested a "poolside apartment", and I was told by management "I don't think we have any of those left." You cannot convince me she didn't know there was no swimming pool!!!)
A friend of mine bought a brand-new house in Tucson (4 bedroom), and he is paying less for his mortgage than what La Aldea charges for a two bedroom apartment.
It's ironic that all the positive comments on here sound like the same voice, written in the same style, etc.
MANAGEMENT: Here's a thought for the day: maybe you should spend your time doing customer service rather than browsing the internet during your 8-5 (or sometimes 9-4, or sometimes 10:00-3:30 with a 2 hour lunch) shift. Prove yourself, don't defend yourself. It takes 10 times less energy to satisfy current customers than to try to get new ones every year. "If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive," states Dale Carnegie. Have you ever heard of him' I didn't think so.
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