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Not a puff piece... Honesty from a current resident.
From:
-Anonymous-
Date posted:
3/22/2008
Years at this apartment:
2007
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2008
2 responses
I am not giving an opinin as to whether or not one should move in to glen Oaks or not, I am just stating some facts below.
Let's start with this...This is a very culturally diverse complex, if you can't handle that, don't come here.
Parking: Plenty of resident parking, not visitor parking. There is a tow service called in everynight to two non residents from resident parking, due to past issues.
Buildings: People need to understand it is an older complex. Decor is a little outdated. Rent is high, but it does include heat (base board) and cooking gas. Hot water is shared by all, so depending on the time of day and the how courteous your neighbors are, hot water may be evasive. Many residents are nice, however there are a few that make life around here aggrevating (like any larger complex.) You will not be able to hear a persons normal conversation in the next apartment, but if there is an arguement you will. If someone that walks heavy footed lives above you, you will hear it. If a dog barks at something you will hear it. And let's all face it dog's bark when they see something and are protecting your apartment, isn't that what there here for'
Pets: Beware because non dog lovers can and do live in dog buildings (they are asked at the time of rental if they mind dogs and either they lie and say they don't mind or management places them in the dog buildings anyway.) Some like to complain, some freak out in the halls or on the grounds if a dog is coming their way. (Literaly freak out screaming, gasping, running away outside or demanding the pet owner to go out of their way in the halls so the non pet lover isn't inconvienced.) These tenants should live in the non dog buildings and make all of our lives easier.
If looking for a pet friendly environment (and able to deal with other's eccentricities when it comes to animals) this is a good place to stop off at. Pet deposit is $300/ pet and pet rent is $25/ animal/ month (max 2 animals.)
Office: Most of the good office office staff has left. The Property Manager runs the complex for her own personal gain and does not abide by the rules that other tenants must abide by. Pet Policy max 2 animals. She had more than two cats in an apartment. Then a dog in a non dog building for over a month before moving into a dog building. Any other resident would've been forced to move into a dog building sooner or to get rid of the animal. When moved into the dog building, there were 3 people and 1 dog living in a one bedroom apartment for quite a few months (against all rules of residency.) Again moved her crew including the dog to a non dog building, it has been about three or four months now. About 2 -3 months after this violation, she has now set a schedule for 5 of 7 buildings to become dog friendly (originally only 2 were dog friendly.) The building she has been living in for the last 3 or 4 months will not be a dog building for a few months yet. What about the residents that moved into a non dog building on purpose when they first moved in' They were given the option to move into one of the 2 non-dog buildings left. (Can you fit 5 buildings worth of people into 2 buildings... I don't think so.) Many residents are aggrevated with the current management and have begun to boycott management sponsored events. As for the events, nowadays certain residents walk in for free food and walk right back out, otherwise it is mostly elderly residents that go and stay at these events. Multiple times since I have been here, there wasn't enough food to feed everyone that came. Not to mention the get togethers were boring. So the residents that are boycotting aren't missing anything.
Maintenance: I believe maintenance could do a better job of picking up the grounds... whether it be picking up the garbage a squirrel or bird took from the dumpster and dropped elsewhere or something a bad neighbor left... Or picking up after a bad neighbor that doesn't pick up after their dog. There is no reason for a bad neighbor as managment provides "Poop stations" around the whole complex for people to get bags from and dump them into. They could also vacuum the buildings more frequently. Sometimes the stairways get a bit funky. Maintenance is on call once the office closes, but depending who is on call, the response may be good or it may not be. Although this is a great feature, it could be better if the service would issue a report to the office in the morning letting management know of the previous evenings calls. It is currently up to the resident to do the follow up.
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User Responses
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From:
Anonymous
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Date:
03/26/2008
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The 'Not a puff piece...Honesty...' was completely dead on correct. I have lived at Glen Oaks for over 2 years, and everything in this piece is so true.
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From:
Anonymous
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Date:
03/28/2008
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I just wish people spent more time discussing their problems with the management, because anytime I have ever had any kind of opinion or annoyance with a neighbor or something, they have always been so helpful to me.
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