Shortest explanation: The buildings are old. Which is not the end of the world. But, the maintenance crew is disorganized, slow, unwilling to communicate, and overall ineffective. And, all of that leads to a growing list of safety concerns, that I have trouble accepting, as a resident. We will be moving at the end of our lease.
(Trying to keep this short. But, I have so much to mention...)
Highlights:
- Main shower has crumbling grout, peeling tub, and black mold.
- [Most likely] un-licensed
...electricians install fixtures that we cannot control, but we pay for on our meter.
- Poorly performing furnace and poor insulation leads to over $300 each winter month for electricity bill.
- Left for 12 hours with no heat, on Super bowl Sunday, when emergency maintenance could not be reached. It was 7 degrees outside. Asked for explanation of what went wrong, in case it happened again. Got no response.
- Updated items (which cost more per month in rent) are cheap and poorly installed. The laminate is peeling off the cabinets. The sheet vinyl flooring is warped, discolored, splattered with pain, and scratched.
- Small maintenance and grounds crews are shared with sister community. Everything takes forever.
- Trash constantly blowing across the complex. No one cleans it up. The sister complex has valet trash, and can leave garbage out all night...to attract raccoons.
- Dog poop everywhere. They ask us to clean up after our dogs. But waste stations are few and far between. And they NEVER have any bags in them. Ever.
- Potholes. Potholes everywhere!
- If it snows more than an inch, good luck getting out of your apartment. The plows shove mounds of snow in front of sidewalks, garages, and parked cars.
It is nice to watch the birds. As long as the critter control guy isn't here with his dogs, chasing off everything. And leaving piles of dog poop in the middle of your sidewalk.
And there are tons of options on doordash/grubhub in this area.
Max of 2.