The Mastlight

1. The residents' flagrant disregard for rules and the trash concierge. Not only have I experienced 3 different fire alarms that require me to evacuate the building with my dog in the past month due to someone smoking in their rooms, but then mgmt will send an email out to remind people of this requirement which will go unnoticed. Also, I lived there for a large part of the pandemic and the number of other residents that would just walk around maskless in the gym and the common areas, despite it… being a requirement noted by management, was just fitting into my perception that a lot of the residents are gigantic assholes. The trash pickup sounds great until half of your floor is too lazy to take their own trash out on weekends and just lets it pile up in the hallway, which happens every weekend. The weed smell of my two neighbors in my hall is overbearing at times: as soon as I open my own door I can smell it come in, and it's disgusting. I have nothing against using if that's what you want, but the complex being "smoke-free" means no weed inside the apt as well.

2. There's evidence of deferred maintenance already in the common spaces, hallways, lobbies, and garage. Additionally, the walls and ceilings are not thin/not well insulated from both noise and temperature. I cannot tell you how many times I've listened to my neighbors next to me argue/fight and could hear everything they've said even with my tv turned up. This past winter, my heat had to constantly run due to the immense amount of cold air coming in through the windowed wall, even with the windows locked properly. It's like I have to get window heat-shrink plastic up again as I did at my old place that was built in the early 1900s!

3. The area: I don't know why, but the younger local residents of Abington/Weymouth/Rockland love to use Patriot Parkway as a 1950s-style, 'American Graffiti' drag racing spot, speeding up and down the parkway, generally after dusk. Every. Night. They also love to hang out on the parkway and harass people as they go out for walks/bike rides, leaving litter everywhere and then running into the old runway area at night setting off fireworks all throughout the year. Also, outside of the other living complexes and Union Point Sports Complex, there's not much around. It's "walkable" to get to some things (CVS is close, some restaurants) but the closest grocery store (Whole Foods) is not walkable if you're trying to trek home with groceries. Read More