POSITIVES:
The apartment is very spacious. It has large closets in the living and bed rooms. The heat and water are included in the rent. It is close to public transportation. It is quiet(at least my section). There are few shopping centers nearby and the heat is working THIS YEAR. Aside from maintenance issue and the things that were suppose to be fixed that haven't been fixed yet, I have never had any issue with anyone. The borough police and fire stations are few blocks away.
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NEGATIVES:
Never agree to move in until the renovations and repairs are satisfactory. Trust me, they will never do any other work once you move in. I don't have any kids, and barely be home but my carpet is kind of a mess and was never changed after I moved in along with others things.
The management is very lazy and not responsive. I think the ownership is just very cheap and using one person to be the manager for multiple complexes; calls are barely return.
When you put in for a maintenance request, it is often ignored or it takes ever and ever to be fulfilled if that ever happens.
I barely cook and keep trash in my apartment, but there are lot of rodents during some part of the year. I believe the mice and roaches come through the vents from other apartments even when you take care of your apartment.
The parking lot is being taken over by disabled vehicles and motorbikes.
For the passed few years I been here, cleaning the snow has been non-existence. There was a heavy snow last year, the parking lot was not clean until almost after 2 days. Some people did not move their cars after 3 days. They can't even salt the walkway that leads to the buildings; to be fair, I saw a salt in front of the building door this year.
There are lot of blown off lights in front of the buildings and hallway that have never been replaced since I been living here.
There is a $60 inspection fees that is now increased to $100( to $120). Please note, there is noting done during the inspection. I was sitting in my apartment during one of the inspections, and there was nothing really done aside from going into each opening looking for whatever. There is a fire extinguisher in the kitchen that is never check and most likely of no use.
Never put your good clothes in the machine. The machines don't watch the clothes good.
Max of 2.