Colonial Village at Chase Gayton

PICTURES of what you're actually getting ... From: aformfollowsfunction@gmail.com Date posted: 6/25/2008 Years at this apartment: 2008 - 2008   A picture is worth 1,000 words, so here ya go! http://photobucket.com/chasegaytonapts These were taken 6/19/2008, and I GUARANTEE they are not what I was shown in the model. I moved in 2 weeks ago and am completely disgusted and embarrased to invite anyone over. 1. APPLIANCES: model had decent ones, mine are about 20 years old. Dryer takes 2-2.5 60 minute cycles to dry a single load of laundry. Smallest "full size" washing machine I've ever seen. Range and refrigerator are in poor condition. Fridge is crammed into the corner so you can't open the doors all the way. 2. BUGS/COBWEBS: exterior and entrance hallway are laced with cobwebs and ridden with bugs both dead and alive. I've found cockroaches and centipedes both in the hallway and in my apartment. There is drywall FALLING DOWN in the stairwell -a serious safety hazard- and the property manager can't do anything about it because the corporate office is responsible for those repairs. 3. CRAFTSMANSHIP/QUALITY: fair at best. Built-in shelving is shoddy and cut to the wrong dimensions. Carpenter tried to use caulk to make up for the gaps, but left huge globs of it hanging all over the place. Wall surfaces and baseboards are gouged, cracked, and uneven. There are obvious drywall seams in several places in my unit. Painters have never correctly sanded or primed the apartment. Layers of paint are so thick in places that it looks like snow. There are drips, splatter and brush strokes all over the fixtures, countertop and cabinet surfaces. Bathroom tile is mildewed, cracked, and sliding down the wall. 4. SHARED SPACES: fitness center badly needs vacuuming. Nothing is clean. There are holes in the walls and exposed wires. Exercise equipment has been broken for days. Water cooler is rarely full. Parking is alright so far, but plan on walking a few hundred yards if you get home after 5:30 or 6. Area around my building is not well-lit and there are always people walking around or loitering outside. There is no security patrol that I have seen. 5. STAFF: everyone in the office is really nice and friendly, but they have not seemed *genuinely* concerned about any of the issues with my unit. They don't understand why I'm so upset. So far the maintenance staff seems very apathetic. They came into my apartment to fix a few things like tile and gaps between folding doors, but looked at it and decided there was nothing wrong with it (according to them). I moved into Chase Gayton expecting to pay top-dollar money for a very nice apartment. I am sadly disappointed. I wouldn't recommend this complex to anyone.

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