Unless you want to come home every night to see the dirty Lake Meadows lobby rug that looks like it has never been cleaned at Lake Ghettos, aka Lake Meadows, then don't move here. And when you come through the door to the elevators, you will be greeted by the filthy, huge slick greasy, black carpet stains in the hallway by the elvators. The carpet in the elevators is dirty and even a regular vacuuming would be an improvement but it wouldn't be called Lake Ghettos if it was clean now would it. The elevators look old and shabby--not not shabby-chic!--and are a pink and maroon color that matches nothing in the building whatsoever. Apparently the elevators have never been remodeled since they were installed in the 1950's. But the lack of decent looking elevators is nothing compared to the filthy, heinously dirty carpet that tenants endure looking at every time they step in and out of the elevator and/or the building until Lake Ghettos replaces the carpet. If and when it is replaced, what a shame, Lake Meadows seems to ensure that the carpet will never be cleaned as needed! So year after year tenants deal with maybe 2 weeks of a nice lobby and hallway carpet and rest of the year--filth. Why Lake Ghettos, will not employ a carpet cleaning service on a regular basis to do what maintenance is not scheduled to do is really a shame. When the management sends memos around saying they are concerned and about how they "are glad you chose Lake Meadows for your home" they should keep it real and say they are glad to find tenants who put up with the filthy and embarrassing carpet that no one would want to claim to be in their so-called home. Lake Meadows Management and Draper and Kramer must laugh all the way to the bank since they can charge tenants to look at the filthy carpet in the lobby, hallway and elevators day in and day out. Lake Meadows/Draper and Kramer should be ashamed of themselves but apparently tenants can only cling to the hope to move as soon as possible since all complaints fall on the blind eyes, deaf ears and unconscious-conscience of Lake Meadows/Draper and Kramer. To be fair, once you get in your apartment, if you have dealt with and constantly deal with the many repair issues you are sure to have to deal with, then you will be okay. But what a bummer about the lobby, hallway and elevator carpet. Your guests will think you are living straight-ghetto too when they see it! Too bad they won't clean a carpet as often as they cut the grass around here.

User Responses
From: Anonymous	Date: 09/30/2009
Lo and behold, a few days afer this was posted, they announce that they will be cleaning the nasty hallway carpet. Sad that the only way to get them to do any maintainence and upkeep of the property is to post the problems on here.
From: Anonymous	Date: 12/20/2009
In the 555 building, they covered up the white brick walls in the lobby with drywall and painted it dark colors. This makes the small lobby look TINY. Instead of looking "updated," the lobby now looks DATED. Way to go Lake Meadows, another screwup at our expense.

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