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Alta Grove


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anonymous

Resident 2017 - 2018

10/7/2018

On the surface, the Alta Grove Apartment Homes appear to be a peaceful and pleasant place to live: convenient location, manicured grounds, roomy apartments with plenty of closet and storage space. Looks, however, can be very deceiving. What I experienced as a resident was cheap and barely serviceable appliances, groaning water pipes, grimy breezeways, filthy landings, poorly maintained common areas and noise. Noise was a big problem, and not just the frequent and loud entertaining of guests by a neighbor. Common everyday sounds (people talking, cleaning appliances, traffic, etc.) that are normally not a disturbance if living in a dwelling of quality construction thoroughly penetrate the thin walls and floors of Alta Grove. Not surprisingly, the lease includes several indemnity provisions, one of which specifically addresses "everyday" sounds and all of which serve the purpose of relieving the landlord from any liability should the lessee's right to quiet enjoyment be violated. While I agree that the inherent nature of multifamily living precludes the expectation of a completely noise free environment, a tenant should not have to endure nightly sleep disturbance from the incessive and ongoing droning of a neighbor's bathroom fan, for example. In fairness, the office did respond quickly to unreasonable noise complaints but, I found, was not willing to do anything substantial to resolve them; and, protected by the lease, they didn't really have to. A maintenance technician's resolution to a loud refrigerator motor complaint was to inform me "They're all loud." I knew then I'd have to learn to live with the disturbances until I could change my living situation. Aside from noise, I found management's failure to implement simple community standards another disappointment. It is quite common for some residents to routinely speed through the property, ride through with car stereos blasting at all hours, fail to clean up after their pets, abuse the limited parking, throw trash from their decks - the list goes on. While each separately may be just a minor annoyance, collectively they have a decidedly negative impact of the quality of living at Alta Grove. My lease was ending just as a string of car break-ins on the property began.

    Review 2 out of 49

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