I CHOSE TO RELOCATE TO THE VININGS BECAUSE OF THE GATED COMMUNITY ADVERTISING. I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED TO REPORT THAT SINCE I HAVE LIVED HERE THE GATE HAS NOT WORKED. THE POLICE THAT LIVE ON THE GROUNDS DO JUST THAT, LIVE HERE, THEY PROVIDE NO SECURITY, ETC..THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO SECURITY WHATSOEVER ON THE GROUNDS. IT IS UNSAFE. MOST NIGHTS, THERE ARE CARS COMING AND GOING AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT. SOME NIGHTS YOU CAN EVEN SEE PEOPLE WAITING IN THE BACK LOTS FOR DRUG MEETS. IT IS VERY OBVIOUS. AFTER THEY LEAVE, (NONE OF THEM LIVE HERE) THERE ARE DISCARDED BEER CANS, TRASH ETC.. THEY ARE LOUD AND PLAY LOUD MUSIC. THERE IS CONSTANT LOITERING OF YOUNG TEENAGERS ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE APARTMENTS. THEY COME FROM THE SECTION 8 APARTMENTS THAT ARE WORSE THAN THE VININGS THAT NEED TO BE TORN DOWN. THE ADVERSTISING ALSO BOOSTS THAT THERE IS A 24HR FITNESS CENTER. IT STATES CLOSED TILL FURTHER NOTICE ON THE DOOR, NO EXPLANATION OR ANYTHING. THE OFFICE THAT WAS ADVERTISED TO BE OPEN ON WEEKENDS NOW HAS SHORTENED HOURS ON SATURDAYS AND IS COMPLETED CLOSED ON SUNDAYS. I THINK ALOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT OCCUR SUCH AS THE LOITERING, THE DRUG DEALS, THE CONSTANT DRIVE THRU'S, THE DRINKING IN THE BACK LOTS, AND ALL THE UNNECCESSARY TRAFFIC COULD BE AVOIDED IF THE GATE WAS OPERATIONAL. I HAVE EVEN BEEN APPROACHED BY UNDERAGE TEENAGERS TO BUY BEER AND CIGARETTES FOR THEM. WHEN I REFUSED, I WAS CUSSED AT. I AM IN FEAR THAT MAYBE THEY KNOW WHAT TYPE OF CAR I DRIVE AND MY CAR WILL BE VANDALIZED. I WOULD LIKE ALL THESE THINGS FIXED SO THAT I HAVE THE AMENITIES THAT WERE STATED IN MY LEASE. WHILE, THIS PLACE SEEMED ATTRACTIVE AT FIRST BECAUSE OF THE AMENITIES PROMISED WITH SUCH A REASONABLE RENT, LIVING HERE I REALIZE THAT NONE OF THE PROMISED AMENITIES EXIST. THE ADDS AND THE LEASES ARE DECEPTIVE. IT IS ALMOST A BAIT AND SWITCH. WE WERE OFFERED A COFFEE BAR ETC...TODAY I GOT AN ADD IN THE MAIL FOR A NEW COMMUNITY IN THE AREA..KORMANCOMMUNITIES.COM...THIS PLACE SOUNDS LIKE PLUSH HOTEL LIVING. STARTING AT $975...WHILE I WOULD HATE TO MOVE, AS IT IS A PAIN IN THE NECK, I FEEL MY SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ANY GUESTS THAT I HAVE OVER IS AT STAKE. I WOULD LIKE THE OFFICE TO PUBLISH A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER TO ALL RESIDENTS LETTING US KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. MAYBE WE COULD BE INVOLVED AND HELP IN KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY CLEAN AND SAFE. IF WE WERE KEPT INFORMED OF POTENTIAL PROBLEMS WITH LOITERING, DRINKING AND DRUG DEALS ON PREMISES AND KNEW WE COULD GET BACK UP FROM THE OFFICE OR THE POLICE, MAYBE WE COULD HELP. I WOULD LIKE A NEWSLETTER STATING WHY THE GATE ISN'T WORKING, WHEN IT WILL BE WORKING AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO GET IT WORKING. WHEN THE FITNESS CENTER WILL BE OPEN AND WHY IT WAS CLOSED'

User Responses
From: justpeace	Date: 05/14/2005
I am also a resident at the Vinings I loved it there when I first moved in..but there has been a high turnover of office staff. Section 8 residents just don't care, kids cuss at you, hang around the doorways, steps. You can call the office noone ever return calls to you since Stephanie left. She got things done! Zero Tolerance! The kids are in the parking lots and will not move so you can park. I had some kids spitting at me. Its ashame because all the amenties of the place is so very nice. But the gate and the gym was one of the main reasons I chose this place and the gate hasn't worked since I lived there. And I would like a notice stating when the gate will be functional and when the gym will be accessible. That would only be the proper respect to the tenants by management. And they also need to stop accepting section 8 or just call it IRON HILL II.

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