Finishing up our third lease here and moving as soon as it is up. I stayed because rent is cheap and a great price...
Finishing up our third lease here and moving as soon as it is up.
I stayed because rent is cheap and a great price for a student.
However, there are many reason that you should not live here.
When I moved in, the town home was in terrible condition. Doors and walls had been chewed on from a previous owners dog, cabinets had been written on by children. Time would tell that major cracks in the wall had been painted over. The one and only intake vent for the AC was left full of dust and then painted over. The cabinets and tubs are painted over rather then fixed correctly.
I have a light fixture that has never worked that I requested to be fixed when I moved in and nothing ever came from that request.
I have REPEATEDLY begged for an exterminator to come out and in three years I've never had one come out, ever. We have a CARPET BEETLE infestation that is out of control. We also have TERMITES. The management office told us to cover the holes with tape.... but the termites have created such a mess in our walls that they are literally cracking and turning into soft mush from being ruined. The two doors in the unit do not seal at all and all the bugs from outside like to come inside. I've seen them all, COCKROACHES, MASSIVE SPIDERS, GECKOS, ECT.
The A/C unit has gone out 6 times in three years and most of that has been over this summer. Each time the maintenance men have come to fiddle with it and each time it goes out again. I wish an electrician would be called out. The A/C unit is very old and needs to be replaced.
The neighbors are hit and miss. I have encountered all types, good and terrible. I learned last year that THEY ALLOW SMOKING INDOORS when my new neighbors started chain smoking inside. The smell is terrible and seeps through the walls and through plumbing holes under the sinks. I had to move my bedroom downstairs because upstairs because UNINHABITABLE and the apartment office is not willing to help mitigate the situation at all.
There is constantly LOUD NOISE that starts up in the late afternoon DAILY. Young teens stand in the streets openly smoking pot and drinking and are very loud at all hours.
The community recently started renovations and jackhammers can be heard at early hours of the mornings. Today they started at 7:30 AM on a Saturday.
Security is terrible. There are break-ins that happen all the time, cars and homes. When I have called police they take over an hour to respond.
This would be an ideal place to live if:
You need cheap rent.
You like living in extreme heat.
Don't care about the conditions of your home.
Don't mind pest infestations.
Don't mind cigarette smoke indoors.
Don't mind endless noise.
Don't mind about a worthless management office.