I've written a much longer review, but it won't post here; so I've included a URL to my Blackplanet.com blog. Basically, think hard and shop around before renting here.

Pros:
-Parking.
-Location (Howard County, close to good schools, stores, highways, etc.).
-Fitness Center.
-Swimming pools.
-Tennis courts.
-Relatively quite.
-Relatively safe.

Cons:
-Pricey for the size and features.
-Management getting worse. Becoming inefficient, accusatory, and dishonest (huge deal for me).
-Buildings are old. They made all residents move out of my old one to renovate it.
Cosmetic upgrades try to hide this.
-I have personally had a mouse in my unit.
-An attempt was made to break in to my car.
-Gas is paid for, electricity isn't. Smaller all-electric units may cost more than larger ones with gas.
-Hard water in some areas (rusts silverware).


For much more detail, this is the URL to my Blackplanet.com blog page.
Note that you must replace the apostrophe between "html" and "profile"
with a question mark:

http://www.blackplanet.com/your_page/blog/index.html'profile_id=43246061&profile_name=
Siven_Poga&user_id=43246061&username=Siven_Poga



BTW, has anyone here gotten a power bill yet' If so, how big was it, what type of unit do you have (gas/electric or all electric), and what size unit do you have'

User Responses
From: Unsatisifiedtenant	Date: 02/17/2008
I agree with you all that you've written. I have been here for approx 2 years. I had't moved because at the time I was a contractor and thought I would return home. I have decided to stay in Maryland and move out of the Seasons. Management has been questionable from day one, but has gotten worse since in the past 6 or so months:Becoming increasingly inefficient, accusatory, and dishonest which is also huge deal for me. They don't communicate with tenants, my car has been hit and vandalized on two (2) separate occasions. Going back to management, dishonest and untruthful are the first 2 words that come to mind. It took one long year of REPEATED complaints before major repairs were made because they documented in file that repairs were already made. Rents checks are misplaced--the property manager (Granada W.)is as rude and indiffernt as they come. I have witnessed first hand how she treats tenants which is often loud and rude--putting the tenants business in the lobby area of the office, even when tenants ask to speak with her in private. I would not recommend the Seasons to anyone. For the prices they ask, you are better off going else where.
From: Anonymous	Date: 02/21/2008
I moved in to The Season's approx. 6 months ago. And I am considering terminating my lease early. I am just not as happy as I thought I would be. Although I must say that I have not had the same experiences with management as what you have had. I've only had one issue that needed managements attention, and Grenada was very accommodating and professional in my case. My decision to move is 60% financial. The commute to work (into downtown DC) is breaking the bank. However, the remaining 40%, is all on The Season's. The walls are simply too thin. When my neighbor walks aroud in her unit, the floors shakes so much that my dining room table/office workstation shakes. Also I don't know what moved in beneath me, but it plays the stereo so loudly that my phone conversations are drowned out. The repair work is shoddy. When maintenance came to repair the things noted on my move-in sheet. They did a pis-poor job. They left that pasty stuff on my dresser from where they repaired the wall. The closet doors are not fitted properly. They look as if they are going to fall off of the hinges at any moment. The vertical blinds are hard to operate, yet they appear to be on track. The electricity is unreliable. It flashes off for very short periods for no apparent reason. The maintenance/upgrade work seems as if it will never end, and it is a depressing scene to come home to. These guys leave large equipment all over the place. They also carelessly drive their utility trucks over the grassy areas and leave gaping mud ditches. I have a 1-bedroom unit; on the "steel" side. Unfortunately, I have yet to see a water/sewer/trash bill for under $20. My bill is usually $26. During December I may have spent 10 days in my apartment. The utility bill was $26.35, and I wasn't there 15 days out of 30. I work various hours, and parking is non-existent if you get home after 10pm; which is often the case with me. I am a thirty-something single female, and I hate having to walk so far at night. I don't think I scare easily, but that's just plain common sense. The people (mostly teens) that hang around don't make the situation any better. One evening I heard a horrific noise outside. When I looked there was a group of undesirables rough-housing; with pit-bulls no less. I don't have a problem with pits, my family has the best one in the world. But pit fighting - not gonna happen. I called the police. By the time the police showed up, the group had moved on. Therefore, I am responding to this post, because like the group with the pits I would like to move on. Any suggestions?
From: amhuto	Date: 02/26/2008
Anonymous, As far as suggestions on where to move on, you are probably going to have to hunt for diamonds in the rough. Since I don???t know you personally, I???m not sure what environments you would be comfortable in, and what features are most important to you. I would therefore be hesitant to outright recommend any particular community. From my personal experience, it appears that smaller apartment communities are managed better and I???ve heard of better experiences with them. You should probably just use this site, and any other available resources like it, very thoroughly. You are going to have to be very careful in your planning to save money while moving closer to D.C. Even a place similar to the Seasons is likely to get significantly more expensive the closer you get. This will offset your fuel and vehicle wear and tear savings to some extent. If you move to within a couple of miles of your job downtown, you are probably going to see a pretty sizeable rent increase. Had you tried commuting using the MARC train from Main Street? I used to catch it in to Union Station. It took a lot of time but was affordable. Moving along, I just moved into a place that has a much higher apartmentratings.com approval rating than the Seasons, but even in that place I can hear all of my neighbors through the walls. This is pretty much a fact of life with apartment living. Older buildings that may have been built more sturdily are going to have less of this, but there are always trade offs with these places. As an aside to anyone reading this and for the record, I have also had decent experiences when dealing with the manager (tall one) whose name begins with ???G???. She was not the one who I had problems with. That person did become a bit more gracious in the end, but it still wouldn???t have been enough to keep me around. The situation in the Seasons is just too crazy now. Finally, I was surprised to hear that people in other parts of the Seasons are still experiencing unusual power outages, but I believe what people are writing. Outages ended a good while ago for me. I???m fairly sure my building already had the electrical upgrades that are being done throughout the complex, which include installation of new upgraded power lines and (for the first time ever) individual unit meters. This was probably because my building was close to All Saints Road. Buildings further away from the main roads might still have the old lines. This leaves me puzzled as to why I was seeing so much electrical upgrade work so close to me before I left, but I'm sure that explanation will eventually reveal itself. You were entirely right about the conditions this work is leaving the grounds in. I was given a letter stating that only people living in buildings that have had the electrical upgrades would be charged for power. It appears this has yet to happen for every building. As far as the water bills, I was told that we were charged based on the entire building???s usage, not individual apartment usage.

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