I have lived in apartments in San Angelo since 2001. I have lived at the BLVD for 2 1/2 years. My latest lease will be my last here. That will be a total of 3 years. That is the shortest stay I have had in an apartment complex. The last time I signed a lease, I only signed a six month lease because I intended for that to be my last one here. In all those years living in apartments, I have never signed a lease for only 6 months. I have just signed another six month lease because all of the
...other apartments are full. When this lease is up, I would rather put my stuff in storage and live in a dump than to sign another lease with this place.
When I signed that prior six month lease, I was told that I would be given new blinds in my apartment. They would be taking out the vinyl mini blinds and putting in the faux wood blinds. Six months later, I still have my mini blinds. I have asked several times when I would be getting them. At first, I was told that they were making a list of the renewals and would be ordering the blinds for the people that had signed a new lease. Obviously, that would include me. In fact, it is written in that lease. As time has gone on, I have been told that I will soon have new blinds. It is now six months later and I do not.
I was also told at the time of signing the February lease that the volleyball court (which is never used for volleyball) was going to be turned into a dog run and that a dock was going to be built at the pond for fishing. The volleyball court is still there. The pond has no dock and in fact is so overgrown with trees and cat tails that about two thirds of the waterline is inaccessible. The rest of the banks are so overgrown with weeds that the pond is now nothing but an eyesore.
Three months ago, someone hit the cover to my carport with a U-Haul truck. I went to the office to report it. They already knew about it. I had to ask if someone could come cut down the metal that was hanging down. That was taken care of within 20 minutes. Six weeks ago, the cover over my spot and the one next to it was removed. I have asked twice when it would be replaced and was told both times “tomorrow,” but it is still an uncovered parking space at $30.00 a month.
I can truly say that since the new management company (N E Management) took over last year, the quality of life at The BLVD has decreased dramatically. The only thing this place has going for it is that it is one of the newer complexes.
