My fiance let me know about the postings on here, and I just wanted to take a minute to comment. I am the "trailER trash" (if you are going to insult me, at least spell it right for goodness sakes) girlfriend who is part owner of the tacky furniture...

We are both young professionals that had moved from the Atlanta area when we made the choice to live in St. Andrews while we saved for a house. If you aren't familiar with the dynamics in the city of Atlanta, let me take the time to explain to you that the apartment market is highly competitive there because of the town's transitory nature. I am sure you understand what I mean, as you state that you are much more educated than I could ever be, you know, being the trailer trash that I am.

We were used to a variety of choices in apartments in Atlanta, and paid good money to live in a high quality environment. Our apartment was on the second floor, with neighbors above and below us, and we NEVER had a sound issue. Never. It was soundly constructed with terrific amenities, in the heart of one of the city's trendiest neighborhoods, and priced accordingly. We were used to paying good money for a quality environment.

Our time was limited when we were moving, St. Andrews was within the proximity of travel for my job, and physically one of the more attractive complexes at first glance. The agent who showed us the apartment was bubbly and raved about the development. We were sold. The layouts of the apartments were great, the amenities seemed attractive, and the pricing was comparable to what we were paying in Atlanta. Our first mistake was assuming that because the pricing was parallel to our old apartment, the quality of life would also be reflective of what we experienced in Atlanta. Never, ever assume.

We knew we had unkowingly overlooked much when we first visited the complex after we had lived in St. Andrews for a short time. We didn't like the train whistle that acted as our alarm clock at various hours in the middle of the night. We didn't necessarily appreciate the constant new construction within the development. We also recognized that some of the residents seemed rather shady and low class, and parking near your apartment became increasingly difficult as the buildings began to fill. We definitely felt misled, and were unhappy with the amount of rent we were paying for what we thought was a true upscale community like the one we had just left in Atlanta.

You moved in, your TV was what we thought was extremely loud for that particular time of night, and we called the office the next day. This is what we thought we was the appropriate course of action for an initial resident complaint. You said we should have not been cowardly, and spoken to you face to face. I respect that request, as it is what I would typically do if I have an issue with someone. Realistically, though, I don't know many people who would feel 100% comfortable knocking on a stranger's door to complain about any issue. It's not safe when you are consistently bombarded with rage crimes splattered in the media. That's not to say that you are that type of person who would act in that manner, but the fact that you COULD have been a danger (especially given the clientele we have seen residing in the development) was not a chance I was willing to take, nor would I allow my fiance to take that risk.

Had I known that the office was going to basically send you a generic letter, and then wipe their hands of the situation as it progressed, we probably would have never called at all. I know for certain that we would have never called had I known the full extent of what you personally were going to put us through the rest of our time in that apartment. Friday night, sitting at home, the two of us playing a card game, listening to Dave Matthews or Pearl Jam is apparently a crime to you. Because you called the police on us. And you called the police a few days before, when my fiance (who does have a job, as a project manager in a large, well known Atlanta based company, in which he excels, which is why he was awarded the luxury of being able to work out of his HOME office) was listening to low key music on his PC while working. To you, that's an apparent crime as well. Oh, and the use of my manual food chopper - in my kitchen at two in the afternoon on a Saturday. That was a disturbance as well.... Seriously, if you could hear me chopping veggies in my own kitchen, you need to agree to the fact that those walls are sheet rock, and nothing else. No sound absorption, just mass spaces thrown together to suck people in, and generate the quick dollar.

To be quite honest though, I owe you and your family a thank you. We were considering biting the bullet for one more year before purchasing a home because of the market trends even though we were less than pleased with the area. And then there was you - you were the driving force in lighting the fire for us to buy that house in April of this year. I actually considered sending you a thank you card after we left. I never did get around to doing that, but now you have afforded me the opporunity to do so. Words cannot express how grateful I am to be a homeowner, and to be out of St. Andrews. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

User Responses
From: superdave1	Date: 12/11/2006
Gotta love this girl!
From: judy101	Date: 12/12/2006
Your former neighbor, who is still there, sounds typical of the low-class clientel that resided in St. Andrews when I lived there a year ago. She sounds jealous that you could afford a house and not throw your money away on an over priced ghetto. I also bought a house because I could no longer stand it here. Best decision I ever made. If you get them in their bottom line maybe this place will wake up. Great review!
From: Anonymous	Date: 05/27/2007
If you have this kind of time to post a lenghthy comment about a community that you have extricated yourself from, you really are'nt as progressive and "upscale" as you claim to be. If you are so happy with your home purchase, why have'nt you moved on mentally and emotionally. Sadly, it seems that your body has moved out but your mind and emotions are still residents of St. Andrews.
From: Anonymous	Date: 06/10/2007
It seems like you are the one that hasn't "mentally" moved on, office staff, for that is who posted this comment. Why don't you stick to the St Andrews's website. Oh I forgot, people already know your lies. Stop trying tp pretend you are a tenat people are on to your sneaky games.

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