I am a current tenant at Wingate, though I should have left shortly after I first moved in. When I viewed the apartment it was a total mess and the rental agent told me that the previous tenants had just moved out. Depsite the clutter, I needed a place to live and I rented the apartment. On moving in, I found out that a family of squirrels had moved into the attic above my head. And according to the neighbors downstairs, the place that I rented had been empty for about a year. The squirrels stayed all winter despite numerous attempts to catch them. Squirrels are cute running around outside, but above your head while you're trying to sleep, they are a totally different animal. I was getting about 3 hours of sleep a night (on the couch because the noise in the bedroom ceiling was too much) and wound up with bronchitis.

After the squirrels, the grounds were infested with fleas. Not knowing that the grounds were crawling with fleas (as a result of the many, many stray cats that hang out here)many tenants carried the fleas inside their apartments and/or cars. My aparment was completely infested and I had nearly 40 bites. I was put on an antibiotic and missed time from work.

I should have left and it's no one's fault but my own that I am still here. This summer, the fleas have returned. The most frustrating part about having the problem again, is that the staff knew about the problem before my apartment was affected, but did nothing about it. So, with about 25 bites this time, I figured I'd better warn anyone thinking about moving here.

To add to the issues above, the water in the kitchen runs brown from time to time and the water in the shower fluctuates from scalding hot to ice cold without warning.

If you're in desparate need of a place to live, I guess this place is better than the street, but if you have any other choice, take it!

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