Lantern Woods

The office staff certainly leaves much to be desired! I've never encountered such rude, condescending, and overall disingenuous office staff in all my years or renting! I will say however, the previous manager ---- and current staff member ------- are both women of great attitude with a willingness to attend to their tenants needs in a friendly and professional manner! There is not much to share on the maintenance staff other than they seem to be friendly, but I rarely had a need for their services.

The apartments look deceptively nice from the inside and out, but they are quite poorly constructed - as is the poorly designed parking layout. It is amazing what a little textured wall application and "creative" construction can do! Nearly everything in my apartment is out of plumb; which could likely explain all the loud creaking and popping of beams I hear constantly. Not to mention the obnoxious sound of pipes expanding and contracting between the walls every time someone turns on their water. And the WATER, two words - absolutely disgusting!

Had the property owner perhaps spent an extra buck here and there coating the sub-flooring with a thin layer of concrete, making use of more sound batt insulation, or perhaps even used higher quality materials in general - the floor to floor and wall to wall noise would be far less than it currently is. The electrical could use some serious looking into - power surges are quite regular in frequency, as are temporary outages.

And if one is lucky enough to find themselves blessed with neighbors who have (and to quote a previous tenant review) "any semblance of decorum and respect for the fact that others are also living in the same building" - that would be a great start! Where do these people come from? Some peace and quiet for instance - for those of use who work and study hard would be lovely?! So for those of you who like quiet living - forget about voicing numerous noise complaints to anyone - it simply falls on deaf ears! I'd like to see the not so understanding office staff live surrounded by the neighbors I've had to tolerate the past year and a half! What normal person does their laundry at 1:00am, plays handball in the corridors, and has their surround sound system on full blast all hours of the night during the work week?!

As for the complex pet owners - they rarely, if ever, pick up their pet's waste. So watch your step - grass, sidewalk, and parking lots alike! And those of you with children - think twice, this isn't exactly a child-friendly complex. Although the staff will make every attempt to have you think otherwise. Some tenants have a high disregard for children and others, and tend to drive fast and careless throughout the complex. Can people truly be that ignorant and blatantly disrespectful of others? Oh yes - they can and are permitted to continue their disregard at Lantern Woods without being told otherwise!

Oh and dare I fail to mention the "little" rental rate increase of 10% after one year of having lived there. I thought I was living in Indiana, not NY!! Oh wait, has someone declared Fishers and Carmel the new Upper East Side?! If one pays an insane amount of rent to live somewhere - would one not expect the title of "luxury living" to have some truth to it?

Recommended: NO Overall Rating

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