It took less than a year for me to want to get the heck out of here and move somewhere I wasn't paying through the nose when basic things didn't work right.

1) The thermostat on the wall doesn't seem to have any relevance to how hot the heat actually is. The heat's been off and the radiators have been warm to hot for *hours*, and I've had the heat on and the radiators have been cold. Heat's not covered in the rent. I've had to have my bedroom window open every night to some degree so the temp doesn't get up to 75, 76 (I keep the thermostat at 70 and the door is open all night). I've never needed a blanket, I sleep in my lightest summer nightgown, sometimes a sheet and mid-weight quilt are too much. Did I mention you pay for heat'

2) Regularly, you'll get hot water when you turn on the cold water. Happens at least once, maybe twice a week. I heard months ago they were having a plumber look at that and take care of it.

3) It is NOT quiet here on weekends. I do not care what they tell you, it's not. The huge bulk of it is loud, drunken people walking past your building talking VERY LOUDLY until about 3am. You'll also hear people screaming at each other on their balconies or talking to each other VERY LOUDLY and they get pissy when you ask them to be quieter so you can sleep. Bass from another building has had my windows vibrating before. Some guy was getting his butt seriously kicked on the sidewalk in front of my apartment in the fall. I much prefer to just put in earplugs than ask people to quiet down, but I've had the non-emergency number for the police taped up by my phone since the fall for when it's loud and making it hard, if not impossible, for me to sleep in the early morning.

4) The paint job sucks. There are white fingerprints on one bedroom door, paint specks on all the doors, paint on the closet doors, and I can tell in some areas where the paint was applied over something.

5) I was a fool to sign on for $705/month for a kitchen that doesn't have enough counter and cupboard space and rooms so small that I had to get two bedrooms so I'd have somewhere to put my desk. I've lived in a one-bedroom at least fifty percent larger and I paid hundreds less for it.

DTN vastly overcharges in light of the quality of the apartments they rent out. They have a monopoly in the East Lansing area, so you're kind of stuck, but go somewhere not run by DTN if you can.

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