I leased over the phone after reveiw a few websites. MY MISTAKE> I arrived my aparment was dirty and looked like the people just moved out.

I stayed for about 3 months and then payed to break my lease after my neighbor was held at gun point.

User Responses
From: work4meplez	Date: 07/08/2007
I do agree volence is everwhere. The hearts of men, women and children seem to be getting worse as each day passes. You see it in the behavior and attitudes mankind. The Golden Rule doesn't apply anymore. Concerning the apartments: We are still residence here, have been for the past 7 years. I have seen alot. Is it a beautiful place to the eyes? Yes it is. Is it a safe place to live with children. No it is not. Just in the past 3 months, in the front of the property, there have been people that have answered their doors, had a gun held to their heads, then tied up, beat up and robbed. Some in broad daylight, some at night. Another gentleman resident said to me, he was walking his trash to the dumpster [during the day], a person put a gun into his back and wanted his money and jewelry. The young teens are hanging out at the childrens park, tearing up the equipment and being in the way of the smaller children as they play. With no requard or respect to the adults there with their smaller children. It's a crying shame!! The Golden Rule doesn't apply anymore. Concerning the staff: Not all of the staff members have the 'control' to make changes in what happens here at the property. So it is unfair to say the whole staff of The Cottages are at fault here. I do however believe that the ones that do, including the owners of the property, need to be more connected to the "needs" [not wants] and "safety" of the people living in the property. I recently searched in the "registry for sex offenders" of my neighborhood and found we have 1 sex offender living in this apartment complex. I recieved no notification from the staff about this. I believe that falls under the "needs and saftey" catagory. On another note, we have one way in this apartment community and one way out. We could really use a guard gate or electronic gate to be used by the electronic key card, we have to pay $25 for, to use our "free" amineties. There are plenty of gated communities out there. We NEED one, at the owners expense. Customer Serve is not what it used to be. Concerning most of the residence: I have attended 3 or 4 of the neighborhood crime watch meetings. The first meeting was awesome. Very large turn out. Unfortunatly it turned into a session of complaining about the office instead of focusing on the problems, which was going to involve everyones participation. They wanted, wanted, wanted, but no one wanted to participate. No one wants to open their windows or come out of their houses and meet their neighbors. No one wants to keep an eye on their children and teens or their neighbors children, no one wants to keep an eye on stangers that might come into their neighborhoods that would be a threat to the community. That's to much effort. That's a problem. We live in a "give me and "drive-thru" society. The Golden Rule and Customer Service doesn't apply anymore. We've got big problems. United we stand or divided we will fall.
From: Anonymous	Date: 07/03/2008
MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY. COULDN'T OF SAID IT BETTER MYSELF. BEEN THERE 14 YEARS AND STILL THERE

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