Preserve at Dunwoody

The property is built around a retainer pond, i.e. the water from the area drains down the hill into the pond, and the buildings bordering that pond are now sliding down the hill. I lived here for almost four years, in one of the pricier units with a beautiful view. Surveyors have come to measure the slide, the windows are cracking and the pipes are shifting. About two years ago, the pipes shifting caused massive gas leak in my wall, which got the company a citation. They were forced to rip… out my wall in my bathroom, which adjoined my bedroom, in order to fix the pipes. They didn't fix the wall for another week, so I just lived with the weather and critters. When they put in a new shower stall, they didn't even seal it. The sewer pipes constantly backflow, and the unit floods. Sometimes it's just water, sometimes it's human sewage filling both bath tubs. They will send someone out to pull the pipes outside, but you have to clean up the human sewage every time and they don't replace the carpets. My place flooded seven times in four years. This most recent time, the pipes broke again in January, and flooded my bedroom, and I spent a week sleeping on my couch while they again ripped out my walls. Then the pipes stopped working again, horrible cracking noises were coming from the same wall they had just "fixed" and huge pieces of caulking were in the toilet bowl so it was not usable. I finally had to admit it was unsafe and impossible to live there, even if the view was pretty. I need a stable place to work from home, and a safe place for my health and my asthma. Other fun things- the ceilings are stained and the air ducts are unsafe. The baseboards are separating from the wall from the constant water exposure, so you need a thick skin to get used to the roaches, centipedes, millipedes and spiders. The coyote issue can be intimidating, and they are out during the day. There's really no reason to live here- it isn't even cheap- but if for some reason you must, please pick a building that is not near the pond, pay for professional air duct cleaning, and carry an air horn. God speed. Read More