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anonymous

Resident 2009 - 2010

4/6/2011

Too expensive for a building built in the 1960's

Where to begin? We rented a 2 bedroom for a whopping $1,799. We soon realized that the street noise was so loud, that it literally sounded like the cars were driving through your apartment. They would be honking and going crazy after about 5pm on the weekdays, because Barham Blvd gets backed up about 5 miles from people trying to drive from Burbank to Hollywood! Good luck trying to get home that way! Once, it took me about 30 minutes to get home, and I was only a few blocks away. The traffic is insane!! You have to drive through Burbank, and come the back way on Forest Lawn drive. There were always loud car accidents, cars blasting their radios, and honking horns. The windows are really thin, and the originals from 1960. You would think they could afford to put soundproof windows with over 1,000 units all paying an arm and a leg! One day I went out to my car, to find that it had been towed, because they were repaving the parking garage. I called the leasing office, and they claimed they had put notices on all of the cars the day prior. They charged over $200 for the tow, and guess where they towed it to? Another parking lot inside of the apartment complex!! Hello??? WTF? They would not tell me where my car was, until I paid for the tow. I wish I had known where my car was, and I would have just walked over to it and drove away without paying them for the tow! The only good thing was the maintenance guys. They came immediately to fix any problems. Except for one tiny issue with the dishwasher. The soap dispenser would not open during the washing cycle. I had to call them 4-5 times about the issue, and they kept telling me it was my fault, and that I must have been filling it up with too much soap. Hello?? Also, we were on the top floor, and every single day there were kids and people walking up on the roof. I kept calling security to tell them to get the people off of the roof! It sounded like they were going to fall right through the ceiling, and you could hear every single foot step. Security said they would keep an eye out, but it never stopped. They said they have to keep the roof access doors unlocked at all times, for Fire Safety reasons. My neighbors SUV was broken into, and they stole the back seats out! They have no security cameras, except for the ones watching cars coming in and out of the entrance gates. On hot days, you will NOT be able to find a seat out by the pool either. Oh, and the gyms always smell like nasty B.O.! One more thing, about once a month the hot water was broken. I had to go all the way to take a shower in the gym! It was so gross! Once, a pipe broke, and all 1,000 units were without water for about four days!!!!!!!!!! They offered no compensation! My neighbor was so upset because she needed to take a shower! At least I had another place to go to take a shower! Wow!!!! I would say to avoid this complex if you can! Also Beware, Laundry cost money, and you have to walk all the way to the leasing office to refill your laundry card. People have stolen my laundry if I left it in the dryer, and people will take your clothes out and throw them up on the counter. There are also wild coyotes wandering around the parking lots at night!

    Review 23 out of 42

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