I lived in a Country Villas townhome during

2001 and 2002 on a 1 year lease. Though I

thought the townhome was a convenient

and spacious place to live in (2 bed room

on a second level with the living room and

kitchen on the lower level), I thought it

was overall a bad place to live for the

following reasons.



The carpet had not been cleaned properly

and it had a smell to it. They claimed it

was a new carpet, but it just had a smell.



The parking was awful and cramped. At times

I could not find adequate parking near

my place and I had a slight disability.

Times I would have to park my car on the

grass in order to be close. One time I

parked my car crooked in a spot because

the cars flanking mine did not leave

enough room. The spot was right outside

my door. I got a ticket for parking

at an angle -a ticket I never paid and

never will pay as I wrote the Lisle

Police and the Village Hall complaint

letters disputing the validity of the

ticket.


Oh this place is not good (or at least
where I was placed) for a person with
a disability. Parking is very bad down
the stretch where I lived and there was
one way in and one way out --so the
area easily could get blocked.
Sometimes it was hard to find parking
near to the apartment. Also things got
really bad with other neighbors would
have guests park their cars in the
limited parking spots. I felt and
wrote the management that I did not think
it was fair for guests to take up the
limited parking spaces, when I actually
live there and never had guests (well
once and not during night hours).
I felt that they should have had reserved
spots for residents at least in that
bad area of limited parking.

So Country Villas was only good for me

as had space with the 2 bedrooms with

all my stuff. I moved there to make

my travel time to work easier or less.

(I got laid off in the middle my lease).

I also liked it because I could blast

my stereo and make the neighbors leave

their apartments. :) I think they liked

the variety of music I played though.

It was never the same type of music.



I never had problems with the management

as they knew I would write a letter of

complaint. They handled pretty much

anything I asked -- I had them wrapped

around my finger at least. Actually I

did have to write a letter or two to

the management regarding the parking

issues and something else. Every

time I called them after that, I always

got one of the top managers. She would

say what is wrong this time -my name withheld- and how can we serve you this

time'



I would not recommend this place unless

you need some space and to be close to

work.

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