28/5/25
Infested, privacy issues, & horrible managment
To all of the undergraduate and graduate students looking for somewhere quiet and spacious to live, here is what you should know...
- My apartment was infested with fleas, mildew, and roaches when I moved in. I had to buy 4 of my own pest removal solutions to get rid of them and it took 6 months
- In the last 2-3 months, management has entered every apartment building for 10 days. You will get a 24 hour notice, but if you are on anything other than a 8-5 schedule (I am in medicine and work... evening and nights frequently), they will enter regardless or you can pay $$ to have them reschedule. They claim these are to check for pests, cleanliness, etc. but nothing will actually be done about those issues if they come up. You can expect 3-4 inspections every 3 months plus any maintenance they choose to do, and they will give you a range of up to 5 days that people could come in your apartment.
-The leasing agents dislike thier job and will do the bear minimum to be in compliance with the law. Any concerns you have that legal action couldn't be taken against will likely be dismissed. If you ask 3 different people the same question, you will get 3 different answers or no one will know what is happening. I was told by one to buy a pest spray at walmart and another that it was against my lease. No one in the office knew what the construction was when I asked if it will impact me sleeping when getting off a night shift.
-The walls between apartments are thin, and living on the top floor, I can still hear my downstairs neighbor's conversations, and thier music vibrates the floor.
-Any issue with the apartment from a previous tenant- holes in walls, scratches in bath tub, peeling cabinents, will be left as is or fixed with a can of paint. If you expect clean, neat, and taken care of, you will have to wait 12 months before your lease ends to find a different apartment wehre you can get this.
-Your apartment will look nothing like the staged ones, and will likely be significantly more run down. Don't be fooled by the nice appearance of the leasing office like I was, because that is the only building in this complex the management company will put money into this office. If an appliance breaks, they will put the cheapest version of that appliance into your apartment.
There is so much potential for a little money to be put into improving the interior of these buildings and paying leasing agents enough to care.
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