Copley Management Dere Corporation

Mice, Mice and more Mice From: tamerhelmy Date posted: 8/21/2002 Years at this apartment: 2001 - 2002   The name is "Copley Management Group" (www.thecoplygroup.com) Ive been staying here with my wife for a year. Ive been paying $1300 for a very small 1 BR apartment overlooking a backstreet. The location of these apartments in the mid of the Fens is magnificent.. BUT... MICE are everywhere. Ive had mice coming in and out the apartment since the day we moved in. We are keeping our apartment exceptionally clean but they keep coming back. As most of the units are exactly similar, the mice already know where to look for food (and thats for them the top of the stove). Imagine that you have to cook where mice walk and ... The maintenance department just do superficial work handling the problem. They usually come with some liquid sealant and seal the "apparent" holes. They dont bother to remove the stove to look for hidden holes. They dont bother to seal the cabinets tightly or glue extra pieces of wood to them to ensure they are hole free. They always say thats the only thing they can do. The exterminators they deal with come with a bucket full of sticky pads and baits which they throw around the stove and behind the fridge. AND.. imgaine.. the mice are much smarter than the exterminators think. They never stick in those pads and never eat from the bait (It seems that they have already learned the lesson). Moreover, the exterminators never bother to check the old pads or baits, they keep on putting more and more every month till the pads are over each other. So, if you dont have a problem dealing with mice and having them around you or your kids or pets, thats not of a bad place to consider. But, if you are like me and my wife who regards mice as creatures with a disease-carrying abilility who exists only in dirty old places, then, dont even bother. Especially that the rates are much higher than the services you receive (no laundry in building, filthy basements, extra crowded parking, no utils included, old buildings with cosmetic refurbishments, No security services provided, etc...) My advice is dont be fooled with the cosmetic landscaping around the buildings or the bunch of cheap paintings around the corridors or the nice carpeting over age old stairs. We really have had it with rodents and Hopefully well be moving to a place that we can call home.

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