Once upon a time, there was an apartment building located in a wonderful neighborhood. A tenant new to LA moved in. We will call her "The ever sleepless tenant." Two months later, the building was taken over by a management company. The tyrannical management company ordered their now on hand construction staff to redo every apartment that became vacant with hardwood floors so that they could "up" their prices and rent mediocre apartments to unsuspecting tenants. Not only do they seek to screw new tenants, but to compensate for all the construction, they have raised rent on current tenants twice within the last 9 months. Hardwood floors sure are pretty, but unfortunately, they do not sound pretty through paper thin ceilings and walls. The noise from "the ever sleepless tenant's" upstairs neighbor merely tiptoeing accross her hardwood floors reminded "the ever sleepless tenant" of a herd of tapdancers doing the New York Shuffle accross the ceiling. Not only was the "ever sleepless tenant" not getting any shut eye at night, but the early bird construction company begins work at 7:00 in the morning, despite the notices in the elevator that promise the excessive hammering, sanding, pounding, and erection of what must be a very large artifice that would warrant such noise, will not start until 8. I am sure that the students and people who do not work 9-5 jobs really appreciate this. Not only can they not sleep in after pulling double shifts to pay the ginormous rent prices, but they cant nap or study during the day because the noise is never- ending. The noise was not the only result of the construction...also the water sometimes comes out of the faucet in a dazzling rust color, and the inadequate structure of the old building has caused rain damage that has ruined tenant property, with no apologies from management. "The ever sleepless tenant" prayed to her fairy landlord for the noise to stop or at least start later. But alas, the construction noise has no end in site, because in order for it to end, every last unit must be redone...a project that has been in progress for close to a year now. The building is safe, and it is in a prime location, however, some people like to live out their days in peace with only minor maintenence. They also like to pay rent on an apartment that is worth the exorbitant and due to increase price.


The only redeeming thing about this was that they kept the assistant manager, who is nice and takes the tenants seriously. Alas, this was not enough to keep the "ever sleepless tenant" in the building, and in search of sleep, the weary heroine of this tale left the building in search of a quieter land.

User Responses
From: Natella	Date: 08/31/2006
Hello there (I am not sure who you are, I can only guess :)) I am really sorry for all the inconveniences that you have to go through. I wish you addressed your concerns to me directly or maybe you did so to the previous manager. Since you have been in the building from 2004, you probably noticed many improvements. It is basically a totally new place and we are still trying to make it better. As an old tenant you have to admit that we never raised the rents for more than 3% and 4% once a year. Thank you for referring to Burton in such nice way. I totally agree with you that he is a big help and understanding. I value and respect his myself very much. I wish you good luck and I have to mention to you that you are a very good writer. I hope you are English major. Thank you, Natella-Property Manager

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