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Verano Condos


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caseybambino

Resident 2009 - 2012

4/27/2012

Bad plumbing, dog pee, horrible HOA... etc.

THIS PLACE IS AWFUL. I would never rent here again, let alone even consider buying one of these overpriced, shoddy apartment-conversion condos. In my experience, it seems that most of these units aren't owner-occupied and are rented out. A lot of the renters are UCSD students. While the noise is nowhere near as bad as when I attended and lived near SDSU, there are still the usual drunken college students coming home at 2 am that will wake you up. They don't even have to be that loud - the walls in these units are so thin that I literally have heard my neighbor shifting in bed. The units are poorly constructed and were obviously made as cheaply and quickly as possible in the 70's or 80's for student apartment housing. The plumbing is absolutely terrible, and I believe I saw a notice that the company who converted these units to condos is being sued for shoddy construction. I've lived here for almost 3 years (unfortunately, but leaving this summer) and my water is turned off almost once a month for them to repair plumbing in various units. In fact, a few months ago, our water was turned off because everything from our toilet was flowing into our downstair's neighbors shower. YES, you heard that right. OUR TOILET WASTE WAS COMING UP IN THEIR SHOWER. Unfortunately this is not uncommon. There have also been multiple units who have had pipes burst and flood their entire apartment. We personally have had two separate leaking pipes in our walls that had to be repaired. Three years of living here and three separate plumbing incidents... lovely. There are a lot of dogs in this complex, which doesn't bother me much because I'm a big dog person and actually work in the veterinary field - but some of the people who have dogs are very inconsiderate of their neighbors. There is one person in particular who lets their dog pee all over the concrete walkway instead of the grass or potty area EVERY SINGLE TIME he goes potty. Seriously. It's not nice to have to sidestep urine every time I walk home. I already deal with that everyday at my job :) Lastly, let's discuss the lovely HOA and management office. They have been decidedly unhelpful, to put it nicely, in all my dealings with them. My husband, who has a parking permit, was almost towed because his car was parked in the same spot for 72 hours. Apparently they have a rule that you can't do that... although there are no signs posted and nobody ever told us. He was out of town for ONE weekend and they were going to tow his car, even though it is permitted? Ridiculous. I also received several citations myself for having a hummingbird feeder on my patio. ONE SOLITARY HUMMINGBIRD FEEDER. Who in the world would be offended by that? The management said that the HOA rules state that no items are to be hanging from your patio. "In fact", the HOA manager said, "the only items permitted on patios are patio furniture and plants". Oh okay, thanks for telling me exactly what I can have on MY OWN EFFING PATIO. In case it's not obvious, I hate this place and I strongly suggest you look elsewhere!

    Review 7 out of 90

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