Where do we start' We ended up at Windsor Ridge after another apartment complex managed by Essex screwed us out of our apartment at the last minute when the original tenant decided to stay at the last minute?not minding that we had put down a deposit on the apartment that was supposedly ours.

The things we noticed once we moved in:
The drawers in the kitchen and bathrooms are so old that they leave a coat of sawdust ALL OVER everything?we had to wash our dishes before eating out of them.
The parking is horrendous?no spots available, EVER. When moving in, they told us there was ?plenty of parking.? We, too, were cited for parking our cars in the stall backward, and threatened with towing. Also, they may lure you in with promises of ?plenty of spacious parking right down the street.? Of course, they neglect to tell you it?s quite far away, and pleasantly located next to a shady mobile home park.
The Management commandeered most of our parking for a construction project that lasted months, dwindling our piddly parking choices down to three for ALL residents on our end.
Leaf blowers/construction started at 7 am?we complained repeatedly.
You can hear a constant beeping from the factory next door?lasts all day and night despite going over there in person to complain about noise ordinance violations.
Old and loud appliances?dishwasher barely fits in any dishes.
The heaters and A/C SUCK?they blow luke-warm air out. We had ours checked and they said that was how it was supposed to feel. We froze in the winter and burned in the summer.
Rent negotiations went south quite quickly when they tried to jack up our rent by nearly $500.00 a month?in 2004, in this economy. We decided to leave after one long year.
Of course, the deposit situation was just as bad as everyone else said?they basically kept ALL of the deposit.

The only positives were that we had great, quiet neighbors with no kids or dogs. We rarely heard our neighbors. We also had a few emergencies that required assistance, and they came immediately to help fix the problem. Laundry facilities were always clean and working for us. The few positives, however, did NOT outweigh all of the other annoying features about this horrible apartment complex.

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