I reccomend you review all these reviews very closely before deciding to suck it up and move in. No one moves here for the glamorous life. Granted it may look peaceful during the day, but by night gunshots, druggies and police run the block. Your hard earned money is given to the clowns over there in that office. They are a true disgrace to the name management. You give these people your hard earned money every four weeks, and the only thing you will surely recieve from them is rudeness from the manager, and the run arounds from his secretary. They don't care about you, all they want is money. Unevenly paved side walks, crooked stair and door ways are a hazzard. At any given moment you could bust your but at your front door, because the workmanship here is very poor.
Listen to me when I tell you the heat & hot water are broken at least once a month. What a coincidence that these are the same utilities included in your rent. You will come home from work to a cold apartment-sometimes with water not even hot enough to take a shower in. And when the heat comes on, its only on for a half hour several times a day. That is no way to heat an aparment in the winter with cement walls. Soon as the heat goes off, your apartment is freezing until it comes on again several hours later. Do not move in here with your kids. Don't do that to them, there is hardly enough room here for yourself let alone a child. There are many apartments in this area, find another one more suitable. Parking is a disaster. Your neighbors will not be kind when they unload their groceries. They will park thier car in the middle of the street, even if there is parking. Then want to beat you up if you need to get down the street. This place is a revolving door of tenants. Some come and go within the same month. Many of my neighbors have confided, they feel when they are at work, that someone else has been inside their apartment. Management should have a reason for entering your dwelling. These people will either deny it or make up a reason for violating you. Don't get me wrong they do reserve the right, after your knowledge, unless it is an emergency. If you are stuck here, read your lease, get a lawyer (call leagal aid), and get out! If you have not moved here yet, save yourself the drama and run the other direction!

User Responses
From: BigDAS	Date: 02/05/2007
Straight on about the heat. Last night (02/04/07), the outside temparature dropped to 2 degrees F. The heat was not on, the main boilers were offline, and radiators ice cold. The temparature in my apartment was 49 degrees. If it weren't for an electric space heater in one room, I would have been in big trouble. I'm 70 years old and have an asthma condition. I own my own unit and have nowhere else to go. The double parking, bad neighbors, and crime is not really the reponsibilty of the management, but heat, hot water and maintenance is, that that is where they fail. Also, MANAGEMENT DOES NOT HAVE A LEGAL RIGHT to enter your apartment without your permission!! You are paying for temporary ownership of your apartment, which means that they are tresspassing! I have noticed that they decreased the rent about $300 per unit during the past 2 months, but unless you're a desparate homeless person living in the terminal, do not even consider renting here.
From: beautiful30	Date: 02/15/2007
Agreed BigDas. Even though management is not responsible for the bad parking and bad neighbors, all of these factors will effect who moves here. If you own your unit, shouldn't everything be seperate from the Gardens? Only in a life threatening situation can management enter your apartment without your permission. (Ex: Fire, gas leak or water leak.) If You are 70 years old, you must take extra care. These inadequacies with the heat and hot water effect you more than anyone else. Please notify the proper authorities if your environment is negatively effecting your health condition. Maybe you should call COSA. I don't know what rent decrease your talking about! They still expect us to pay full price despite the fact there was no heat or hot water on 2/3/07 or 2/4/07. It did not come on again until 10:30 am on Monday morning. I had to shower at a friends house on saturday and sunday I had to spend the night there because my apartment was too cold to sleep in! Imagine my embarrassment! When I asked for a deduction, they smirked then replied that there were not giving deductions, and they were sorry for the inconvenience. Sorry does not take away the fact my apartment was inhabitable for two days. Thats Bull. Legally I can and will deduct, and if you pay these people you should too!
From: Anonymous	Date: 03/31/2007
this place is the pits. boy, the management crew sure is rude,especially the manager. He is always mad and has a very bad attitude. How does he keep his job? The never shovel when it snows. I have been here about a year and never once have they done an exterminator service. The roaches & mice live in your walls and they always come out. I call the office and reported the invaders and they promised to send the exterminator to my place when he comes. That was almost two months ago-If they came, they never told me and I still see the bugs. I found a new place and should move in a few weeks. A few weeks is still too long to have to stay here!!

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