Highland Apartments

Highland Apartments is recommended by:
33.0%
Overall Rating
2.67 out 5
Parking:
3.67 of 5
Maintenance:
2.33 of 5
Construction: 3.00 of 5
Noise:
3.00 of 5
Grounds: 3.00 of 5
Safety: 2.33 of 5
Office Staff:
2.67 of 5

5200 W 98th Street
Bloomington, MN 55437
952-830-1900
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Beware if Secondhand Smoke Bothers You

From: -Anonymous-
Date posted: 5/9/2008
Years at this apartment: 2007 - 2008

 
I enjoyed living at Highlands for eight months. Yes, the place has some problems with noise (occasional pounding music, kids in the hall, noise from balconies, etc.), people leaving trash all over, and other issues, but compared to other places I lived, things seemed better here overall until the last few weeks. Like another reviewer said, someone started urinating in the elevator (I heard rumors it was a kid and that the family is "on their way out"). Also, someone was siphoning gas out of cars in the garage. Neither of those situations affected me because I usually take the stairs and I don't have a car.

What has affected me the last few weeks is the secondhand smoke in my apartment from my new neighbors in the apartment below me. Their smoke pours into my apartment enough so that I'm having breathing problems and get frequent headaches despite the air purifiers I bought and am running (all at my expense, of course).

I've lived in other apartments with smokers and didn't have a major problem with secondhand smoke--and even the previous downstairs tenants were smokers, but the problem only affected my bathroom then. Now, I actually have to leave the apartment at times and my balcony is rarely usable. I really can't afford to move, but I can't afford to stay, either. The acting manager says she can't do anything about it. I guess now it's a race to see if I can find another place to live before an asthma attack brought on by smoke sends me to a hospital or morgue.

Recommended: NO
Overall Rating
3 out of 5
Parking:
3 of 5
Maintenance:
3 of 5
Construction: 3 of 5
Noise:
3 of 5
Grounds: 3 of 5
Safety: 3 of 5
Office Staff:
3 of 5
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