Do not move here - OLD buildings so: you hear everything from your neighbors’ lives and you always have an audience – super creepy (going to sleep to your neighbor snoring, waking up to your other neighbors video games), the floorboards sag over the beams enough to crack the tiles, the a/c (yours and your neighbors’) sound like metal rods in the dryer, the cabinets crumble shavings all over your cookware (I have enough dishes already!), NO outlets in the bathroom, AND you cannot get reliable
...internet – not at&t, not comcast can service these old buildings. Sun Bay offers its own, but under 10 is the fastest possible and it cuts out. A LOT. like every day. The office’s answer? Oh, there is no more clean air space with all the devices. Streaming does not happen without a LOT of buffering even if their internet is working, a frustrating nightmare! But its nothing to the rage of trying to get academic work done without internet – living here could ruin everything!
They insist that you put a decal on your car advertising for Sun Bay. It is downright stupid to drive around telling everyone where you live, especially in a town with petty crime. The laundry facilities are not well maintained. There is always something broken. We have 2 washers and 2 dryers in this building, and since last August, I cannot remember a time when they all 4 worked. Old plumbing in the bathroom – the tub keeps leaking hot water, which is making the apartment even more humid and is certainly costing me in electricity. They fixed it once,2nd time it took them 2 weeks to send someone back, they need to order something, and a couple more weeks - it’s still leaking.
The insulation has disintegrated, the windows don’t seal, the appliances are old (when I have the oven on, a pan on top of the stove gets too hot to touch!), saving 50-75 dollars on rent? No, higher electric bill. Another thing they don’t tell you, (they just put it in the lease agreement) is that there is lead paint in the buildings and a buildup of radon radiation inside them – this occurs naturally, but still should be remediated for your health.
Sure, the office staff is super nice, so is the grounds staff. The lake and the ducks are gorgeous! BUT, a pretty view and a compensating staff only make up for so much stress from all the nonsense and extra expense!
