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jeannie2003

Resident 2005 - 2006

1/8/2008

The rent is cheap but it will cost you in the end! First problem, the day I went to move in they hadn't cleaned the apartment.. There were cockroaches on the floor, flour and various goos spilt all over the kitchen counters and floors, and I don't even want to go into the bathroom... Kathy--the manager "apologized" and offered me to pay me back for cleaning the place.. At this point I had already signed the lease and gave them my deposit and my previous landlord had someone new moving into my old place, so I unfortunately couldn't back out and tell her were to go... After I spent a ton of money on cleaning supplies and scrubbing the place for hours trying to hurry so I could get my stuff moved in the witch only gave me $25 back!!!!!! Second problem, someone stole my bike from the racks were it was locked and again--management didn't seem to care. The husband of Kathy told me he'd seen boys messing with the bikes on the racks--and he didn't call the police! I did file police report, but there wasn't anything the cops could do... Third problem, someone stole my clothes out of the onsite dryer... AND MANAGEMENT WATCHED THEM WALK OFF WITH THEM!!! I went to get my laundry and the manager (the guy) told me oh--I thought that was you picking up you clothes... NOw, the thieves were a guy and girl and they grabbed the trash can and stuck my clothes in it and started walking AWAY from the apartments.. The manager stopped them--only to yell at them to return the garbage can... NOT THE CLOTHES which they were so obviously stealing!!! Again, I called the police and they came took a report... While I was talking to the cops, I mentioned the NEEDLES, I saw in the parking lot the other day... The managers both said "oh yea, people drive into the parking lot and shoot up all the time, we just saw some guy the other day"... The cop even looked surprised--he told them by law they should be calling the police and reporting this!! Fourth problem, the guys in the apartment behind mine had a drumming circle and smoked so much it seeped through the very very old walls of the place making me sick! Fifth problem, the people below me had loud sex everyday at all kinds of random times--the girl screamed like she was being raped and beaten... it was so bad, a guy friend of mine ran out of my apartment scared out of mind that some serial killer lived next to me... Sixth problem, my shower was leaking (I lived on the second floor).. I had no water pressure and when I turned on the shower I could see water seeping out of the wall--the management kept blaming me saying I wasn't using a shower curtain! It was very obvious the pipes in the wall were broken--the apartment smelled very musty.. They sent their plumber up 3 times (always with a manager--they never let him alone in the apartment--something just wasn't right with the plumber) and finally he "fixed" the pipes and all I got from management was a "oh yea you're right it is leaking inside the wall".. whatever he did to the pipes fixed the leak, but then I lost my hot water! After 5 minutes there was not hotwater--I complained about this and it was never fixed, I just gave up and took really really quick showers... Finally--when my lease was up (thank god) they took almost all of my deposit because of "Carpet cleaning".. mind you --this was the roach covered rug that they never bothered to clean when I first moved in... They never mentioned to me that there was a "mandatory" carpet cleaning charge tacked on when you moved out--in fact, it's not in the lease!! by this time I just wanted to get as far away from this place as I could... Don't rent here--you'll regret it!

    Review 17 out of 19

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