Before writing this I read through many of the comments and felt the need to be heard. I have lived here 4 years and will be renewing my lease in a couple of months. It would appear that the complaints here are written by people who haven't got the common sense to get in from out of the rain. Why would you agree to pay a certain amount for rent and then turn around and complain about it' I would agree that parking is not the best but find it amazing that when the weather man says hail is coming, parking spaces magically appear. The office staff have always been friendly and I can only assume that complaints about the staff came from people that just go through life complaining. I read that people at the front BBQ and party making this place look like a trailer park "are you kidding me'" what are you a hermit'

Mansions by the Vineyard is a great place to live, I have met some very nice people here and would recommend this place to everybody. Have you seen the new upgrades' very nice!!!

So to those that complain, please go buy your house so as the ladies in the office can rent your apartment to someone who can appriciate this place!!!



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User Responses
From: Anonymous	Date: 07/09/2008
I fully agree with the below response. I posted a very positive review of the complex a couple of weeks ago, but felt the responsibility to retract after a particular incident. After my negative review, six or seven positive reviews surfaced within a week or two. Coincidence?, who knows. In response to the above original review; it seems as though attacking an individual's privilege to write an adverse review is more important than actually penning a meaningful retrospection. I am not defending negative or positive comments, but I am disturbed with off-the-cuff and callow remarks which we endure from example parties above. Maybe someone's "appreciation of the place", (ref. to above comment) comes from experiencing the negative side of the complex and the realization that one should move on; therefore leaving an opinion opposite to the fashionably positive review. If I may indulge with one more comment; some lease-holders, such as myself use these apartments for 2nd or corporate homes while away from their main residences. Not everyone who dwells in the complex desires to "buy your house so the ladies in the office can rent your apartment to someone who can appreciate this place!!". (ref. to above comment) Think beyond your individual lifestyle and consider professionals, families and disparate types of lifestyles that require the lessor live up to their responsibilities and agreements within a contract. thanks......
From: Anonymous	Date: 07/09/2008
If you notice, this complex used to get 2 or 3 mixed reviews a month, now it seems they are getting 3 good reviews a day. Makes you wonder what incentives management is giving these people. I know as well as most of you should is that management is paying, or reducing rent for these tenants to be giving this many good reviews in such a short period of time. Pretty sneeky. Please be sure to read all reviews and see that there typically is mixed reviews throughout, then bam, all the sudden about 15 good reviews in about 2 weeks. Please be honest all you good reviewers and let us know what the complex is offering you in order to do that! I dare ya!
From: A12345678	Date: 07/09/2008
Was not offered anything to tell the truth. Where in life is it perfect. If someone is so unhappy no one is holding them hostage? You are an adult you signed a lease at the end you can leave and go and find your perfect place? Does it exist for you I hope so?
From: ALStewart2	Date: 07/09/2008
To the original poster....I am most happy to hear that you have lived here for four years and that your situation has been favorable. I am also most happy that you feel you are treated fairly and have no complaints. Unfortunately, your commentary about any person posting negative commentary must be a result of the person not being happy with life and therefore always complaining is inaccurate and completely erroneous at best. I for one, do not go through my life complaining! I posted my comments, not anonymously I might add, but openly and gave my honest impressions and opinions. My experiences during my lease are not set out in detail but as you have obviously read my opinions and impressions of the community are. I assure you that I am not a hermit, nor am I a person that fights someone else's battles. Each and every person has individual experiences. Yours are not mine; likewise mine are not yours. So I would politely ask that you not condemn the messenger just because you do not like the message. It is ironic to me that the 2008 comments has nearly tripled that of previous months and/or years and I agree with others here that there is an appearance that some (perhaps staff and management) monitor the boards quite frequently and in the event there are negative comments or someone touches a cord that instantly there are positive comments refuting or arguments claiming that posters are making delusional statements about the living conditions or their private experiences. It is sad that people seem to use this facility to argue versus posting and reading, accepting or not accepting the comments, and then moving onward. I can't help but ask myself why? As for me, I posted my feelings, opinions and impressions. This is designed as a modem to allow others to take a test drive so to speak. Now, about the trailer park sheik atmosphere, and I stand behind the comments and feel that they are fair especially seeing how a poster advised that their 12 year old (not my daughter - thankfully) could not travel to the pool without commentary. Now if this is the type of conduct you find customary and warming, great. In a nutshell, I do not and my rating and posting accounted for this impression. Instead of attacking, perhaps you could ask yourself if the commentary is isolated? Is it possible? plausible? Ask yourself is everyone going to like what I like? And then if not accept that we are different. In closing, I would like to take a moment to be snide back.....thank you for your permission to go and buy a house. I think I will, and in the meantime, I will continue to honor my lease contract, and myself, all the while holding my head up high that I believe in the right to give my opinion and still be treated fairly and professionally while honoring my lease. As for the people here, those living and running the complex, I am sure that they all have good days and bad days. I am sure that there are situations where they handle themselves more favorably than in others. I am sure that all are nice in the private sector, but as a business, I feel, yes....here it goes....there are some lessons to be learned and some actions to be refined. In business your word is your word and what you do standing behind your word tells people a lot. As for the commentary on knowing what you will pay for rent and then complaining about it...I think you should re-read the postings. The comments merely state that the amenities are not unlike those you can purchase in a home and pay less. Once I was told that the truth sometime offends and I cannot help but wonder if that is the case here. Truth is that these are just apartments, and truth is that you can get the same amenities and probably more square footage for a lesser amount purchasing should you desire to do so. Beyond that, the renewal rates do seem to be much higher than a new customer rate and that seems a bit strange to me. So while you might condemn mine or anyone's negative opinion or impression, it still holds true that it is my opinion and impression.
From: Anonymous	Date: 07/14/2008
AlStewart, You are correct and have every right to speak your mind and post your opinion and if you feel that I attacked you please accept my opology. My comments were not directed to you and you alone but to the people that feel the need to complain about this place as it is my home. I am one of the people that that enjoy cooking out and being amongst friends at the front of the property. I do not see it as giving the impression of a trailer park. I see it as a group of hard working people getting together to enjoy each others company. I certainly can't comment on the 12 year old girl being spoken too and can't imagine for one second that it was bad. Many of us are who cook out are parents and would never say anything to a child to make them feel uncomfortable. I certainly wish that your continued stay here is a good one.
From: Anonymous	Date: 07/15/2008
Al seems to have a problem with everyone around him except for those that have the same view or experience he has had. While he's so proud of the "trailer park sheik" comment he's come up with, he can't understand why that would be taken as an insult.

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