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COMMENT FROM 6 YEAR RESIDENT
From:
mishling2
Date posted:
10/9/2007
Years at this apartment:
2001
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2007
4 responses
I've lived at University Gardens for the past six years and I absolutely hate it. Part of the reason why I've been here so long is because I was unable to afford anything else, but the time has now come for me to go! I don't know what that one person was talking about who said they've been living here for 7 years and never had a problem. My guess is that must be someone who works for Univ. Gardens, because if you've lived at University Gardens you have had numerous bad experiences and that's just a fact.
When I first moved in there was a bad roach problem. However, after getting them to exterminate numerous times as well as setting up my own Raid baits the roach problem has been controlled up until recently. Just last week I was in my building hallway and saw about 12 roaches on the walls, floor, etc, so you can just imagine how infested the apartments must be. The first 1 1/2 years I moved here I had a constant problem with mice, in total about 6 mice were caught in my apartment over that 1 1/2 year span. Eventually, they resolved the mouse issue for me. Next came rats that were running around the building and past you when you were walking to the building, however University Gardens resolved that as well (after almost 3 years).
The worst was the bed bugs! I never even knew bed bugs existed until I moved to University Gardens! They're worse than roaches and can pretty much hide anywhere!! I had to throw out so much furniture to include an entire bedroom set due to the infestation! I'm not rich, so I'm not trying to just good furniture out. They are the worst insects to have in your home. They really turn your life upside down.
Oh, and let me not forget the hoookers with their John's in the laundry room or either trying to get high in the laundry room and hallways. Another person had all of their baby's clothes stolen out of the washer. My car has been stolen before and 2 of my neighbor's car windows were busted out in the middle of the night. They just recently got security, but I don't know what kind of hours they keep because they're never there. The rental office is okay, not the worst but not the best either. A lot of the women, to include the property manager really need to check their attitude - it's unprofessional. Additionally the 2 bedroom apartments here are only 600 square feet, considering the average 2 bedroom in the area is 900 square feet. There's also always some kind of water pressure issue and clogs which effect the entire building. The walls are thin and most of the peole are ignorant, so they're going to play their music loud and let their kids run until their heart's content. And please don't lose power during a storm because Pepco treats us no better. We will always go at least 8 hours without power before they get to us, even if the entire area wasn't affected hard. I guess they look at us like we're at the bottom of the barrel too. The community is majority hispanic and it's sad to say, but it seems like the --------- get treated horribly. The issues that this complex has wouldn't be tolerated by a lot of other people, but due to language barriers and citizenship status a lot of people don't/can't speak up, so they have to take what they're given it seems.
If I could do it all over again I wouldn't have moved to this complex. I would of rather moved to a 1 bedroom where it was nicer and just be a little squeezed for a while. DO NOT MOVE HERE AT ALL!!
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User Responses
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From:
desktopia
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Date:
08/17/2007
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I lost all my furniture to bedbugs at U Gardens as well. It's disgusting that they say they're not responsible for this, since it's obviously their problem and their fault. They're not willing to tent entire buildings and kill them all, so even when they kill them temporarily in your apt, they're just hiding in the next one.
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From:
tharmony23
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Date:
08/28/2007
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omg!!!! when I moved here april 5, 2007 it was actually a last resort I rather be on the streets the bed bugs r so bad my kids and I have marks and welts all over aor legs and arms and I am expecting a baby in October I plan on calling the health department in the morning
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From:
mishling2
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Date:
10/05/2007
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To: sexyphlegm:
You are so right about the bed bugs. I wrote my first review in August and guess what, just this week (less than 2 months later), the bed bugs were on my living room couch!!! I lost my entire living room set. I have nothing left. I am in the process of looking for a new place now. I just can't take it anymore!!
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From:
sexyphlegm
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Date:
10/13/2007
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To Mishling2: I am so sorry that it happened to you as well. :( Try to spread the word about apartmentratings.com -- it may be the only way we can try to warn people from moving to University Gardens. I hope you find a better place. There's a place in Greenbelt with the name tower in it (it's about a mile from the Target if I remember correctly). My husband says it's called Westchester Park--I found it on here and it's called Towers of Westchester Park. We took a tour of this building back in January 2001, and I wish we had moved there instead of University Gardens. At the time, it was around $900 a month. But I see now rent is about $1219. So the cost may be prohibitive. Another suggestion may be Wynfield Park--it's managed by Metric Properties, and I'm living in a building managed by Metric Properties right now in California and I think they're wonderful. They have a policy that if you don't like where you live, you can break your lease and get all of your rent back within the first 30 days. Also, maintenance, if you call in a repair and it's not fixed within 48 hours, they refund pro-rated rent for every day that the repair isn't made. Hopefully you get this notice in time...
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