Vintage Square Apartments

DO NOT RENT HERE! From: -Anonymous- Date posted: 9/9/2007 Years at this apartment: 2006 - 2007 1 response   I was totally suckered into leasing an apt here by management. The parking situation is a mess! People party by the pool until dawn! Most of whom are teenagers that obtain alcohol and many different kinds of illegal substances! The electricity bills are insane...due to inadequate insulation and extremely old appliances! The condition of the carpet varies from apt to apt. However, my apartment has disgusting carpet! There are huge stains in every room and it is actually coming up in some areas! My child stepped on a carpet tack as a result. Yet when I asked to have it cleaned or have new carpet installed I WAS told it had been professionally cleaned prior to moving in! The office staff does not take anything seriously and they are all quite obnoxious! I have lived here less than six months and my air con has died twice. All the lightbulbs went out throughout the apt practically simetaneously! Stray Cats roam around the grounds and spray on everything! There is an utter disregard for residents safety! Half the stairwells are unlit...the pool has no interior lighting...the BBQ area is dimly lit at night. The pool itself has peeling tile. The supposed hot tub is tepid at best! The showers are not calibrated correctly. It is either ice cold shower or scathing hot! Some residents have a serial disregard for their neighbors! Especially the teenagers....they sit in the picnic area and get drunk and loud! Most of whom do not even live here...yet come in whether invited or not. Due to the fact that everyone knows the security code to access the gate. In fact the code is actually printed on the entry gate keypad! The individual in charge of opening and closing the pool does so when convenient....not necessarily when the pool is scheduled to open and close. Some days it will stay locked until two or three pm. Then remain open sometimes all night other times until one or two...which the party goers take full advantage of. It is very dangerous to get in the pool at night due to the lack of lighting. Children can easily bump their head against the side of the pool or tread into much deeper water without realizing as it is impossible to read the feet markers while swimming at night! Management is well aware but refuses to do anything to remedy the problem! They have promised to fix the lighting situation for over a year now and to this very day it remains a problem. Most tenants have terrible air con units...which break down constantly. Management says air con is number one priority...yet I know of tenants who have gone over a month without any air con at all. I think managements motto should be something to the effect of...if we can fix it your in luck...if we have to replace or buy new parts just deal with it! There is a terrible roach infestation problem...even though apts are exterminated every 90 days! These apartments are quite pricey. However, they di provide basic cable. No premium channels just the bare minimum. The deposit is very low which is attractive to many renters...it really does not matter though. You end up paying much more than a hefty deposit when you receive the utility bills! Simply put these people just want your money and do not like it when anything is asked of them. The owners whom ever that might be...are making a huge profit yet they refuse to invest in the apartments. Therefore, they are really quite trashy. It matters not how much one complains...they take their sweet time fixing and especially replacing anything. It is a complete double standard! Tenants are told to keep their patios etc...clutter free and clean. Because management wants to impress potential tenants. We are threatened and hassled constantly if our outside area is the slightest bit out of order. So most tenants do abide by that particular rule. What difference does it make if the apartments themselves are falling apart' I have lived in apartments in which the rent was practically half and I never encountered these problems! A warning to all who are considering renting here...especially families with young children! Do not do it! It is not worth it! Save yourself the money and exasperation and rent a house! Even if the rent on the home is 1000 a month you will save money and your sanity in the long run. The utilities are ridiculously expensive and this is no place for very young children! A new home in a good neighborhood would be cheaper and would spare you the utter hell of living here! I am not alone on this...most tenants complain to one another constantly...they just choose not to go public with their complaints. I feel they neglect to do so out of fear of retribution by management! Trust me you do not want to live here! Do not get conned like I was! On a positive note...if you like to party a lot then this would certainly be the place for you! Oh they do actually have large apartments. So large you tend to forget it is an apartment until you step outside or need something fixed!

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