I've been in Merrick Place for 3 years now and right now this place sucks. When I first moved in, the staff was great and any issue that was maintenance oriented was fixed promptly. However, now the service just plain out stinks. You can hear my air conditioner rattle in the bedroom, it hardly blows out any air and it doesn't really cool. I've called about this problem around 5 times. I came home one time to find a note that said, "Cool air blowing out." Yea, only if you stick your hand right on the vent. I have the 2 ceiling fans that are in the place running, along with 3 oscillating fans. The other day my apt was almost 90 degrees. When I called into the office about this, the response from the manager "Bonnie" was that well it was 100 degrees outside, so your apartment will be about 15 degrees cooler. So this means, if it ever gets up to around 115 outside my apt is going to be a 100 inside. This is not suitable. Still no fix yet or a new AC.

Another problem is that the sign that reads $50 fine for trash not thrown in dumpster...what a joke. These people leave their trash laying all over the ground by the dumpster and even enough to where it's flowing out into the driveby area. I live right by the dumpster and the smell is atrocious. So when I go out there to put my own garbage in, I'm the one who cleans it up. Maintenance doesn't do it and I'm not going to put up with the smell. Rubber gloves while throwing it away and a good scrub afterwards will do for the fix. The many times I've done this and the endless piles of trash, I should be living rent free for months.
There are other issues, but they don't much compare to the two listed above. I wouldn't recommend moving in here, unless some serious changes are made with the staff and the grounds.

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