Giannotti Apartments
278 Main Street, West Haven, CT 06516
203-937-1072  WEBSITE save favorite
AVERAGE RATING
recommended by:
23%

overall rating:
2.2
1.9
1.92 Parking:
2.2
2.23 Maintenance:
2.2
2.23 Construction:
2.4
2.38 Noise:
2.4
2.38 Grounds:
2.1
2.08 Safety:
2.2
2.23 Office Staff:
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DO NOT LIVE HERE

From: mtaricani@sbcglobal.net
Date posted: 1/16/2006
Years at this apartment: 2005 - 2006
User Response is available. 1 response
 
I moved in April of '05 loving the style of the building, the charm, and the seemingly nice property manager. Such an act...

First, I had obnoxious tenants move in next to me in November. After MULTIPLE calls to my manager and numerous visits from police due to 24 hour a day partying (its was 3 kids all under 20 living in a 1 bedroom) I only was granted a move to another unit after a lawyer was brought in to mediate.

So I move at the end of november. 5 weeks after moving, I'm told that there is a musty smell in my old unit (which wasn't there when I moved and the apartment has been vacant since, and my water heater was leaking the week before I moved and the lazy maintainence did nothing about except paint) and they wanted to charge me $200 to reclean the place. Again, it took a lawyer to resolve this.

So this brings us to now (Jan '06) This past weekend it rained. There are puddles of nasty smelly water all over the building, piles of sludge and plaster from walls/ceilings that I must walk through to get to my apartment, and the elevator is not working. I made a call at 2 am to emergency maintainence because I had to walk through the dripping water to get to my door. Its been 36 hours, and not a phone call, visit, NOTHING.

As I walked around the property today, I found that this is not the only place they have leak issues (My hallway leaks everytime we have a drop of rain or of melting snow). I also found piles of garbage everywhere, maintainence garbage they just leave lying around, broken glass so that just anyone can walk in our building that I was told was fixed and obviously it wasnt, and old, non-running vehicles taking up spaces that could be used for tenants running cars. Not to mention I almost killed myself because they can't plow or salt the parkinglot and walkways.

If you plan on moving here, please don't. The management company can afford a brand new, beautiful property and a $33 million purchase of land this week, but they can't make simple litte repairs. Its a crock

Recommended: NO
Overall Rating
1 out of 5
Parking:
1 of 5
Maintenance:
1 of 5
Construction: 1 of 5
Noise:
1 of 5
Grounds: 1 of 5
Safety: 1 of 5
Office Staff:
1 of 5
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From: Anonymous Date: 03/20/2008
2008 now they dont have that proplem. it very nice here.
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