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Mercury West


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butterfly198719

Resident 2008 - 2009

10/1/2010

First of all, I have to say that the maintenance guy and the front desk ladies are friendly and helpful. However, it is a totally different story when it comes to the situation of this apartment, facilities and utilities, safety, and managers. Turn on the light at night, you will often spot more than ten big or tiny cockroaches and other bugs. As you walk around, more will show up. Pest control comes every month, but it never worked. This was the situation we observed in the first week we moved in. We even saw an old cockroach trap in the closet the first day we moved in. When you do your regular cleanup, the surface of those cheap and old facilities such as counters, ranges, refrigerator, bath tub, toilet seat, etc, fell off piece by piece. Then when you move out, you will be charged hundreds for this. Meanwhile, they will also charge YOU for the window screens that were broken by kids in the neighborhood throwing rocks. The walls are paper thin and pipes are very old. You can hear huge pipe noises whenever your neighbor flushes and showers, especially 5:00am in the morning and 2:00am at night. You can hear your neighbors walking, Mildew grew very fast in the bathroom. They only use some kind of spread to cover the mildew that was there for years (maybe decades) before you move in. Then soon, one week after moving, you will see mildews growing quickly on the bathtub tiles. Again, you will be charged for it even if you tried hard to clean it every week but cannot. In one word, this place is very old (maybe early 1970's), and the facilities and utilities are very old and probably were never upgraded. The bathroom ceiling fell due to the leaking of upstairs several times. Although they came and fixed it, a huge mess was left every time in the bathroom for you to clean. Sinks were leaking or jammed (outdoor drain pipe was blocked by leaves after heavy rain) once a while. Again they came and fixed. But it is really annoying when you were surprised by some stink brown sewing water in your kitchen sink or a big chunk of wet ceiling on your toilet after you woke up in the morning, especially if it were a weekend morning. (Then you have to wait until Monday morning so that it can be taken care of.) Safety: Strangers may knock your door once a while. Teenagers may park their car with head light on to have a chat or party outside your bedroom window once a while.

    Review 10 out of 18

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