I currently live here (only until I'm able to move) and have since 2019. I'm incredibly pissed off. I have raccoons wreaking havoc in my attic, and have since last November. Insulation is sitting in all of our air vents from the raccoons trying to bed and smells from the urine and fecal matter are being pumped in to my home every time the heat or air kicks on. I have submitted maintenance requests and spoken to maintenance directly. They sent someone and all they did was put some wolf urine down. I mean, really? Not gonna fix the holes to keep the coons out, or clean up the excrement?? Raccoons were stomping around up there the SAME day. Yes I am an occasional smoker, but the dander and nasty poop and pee coming through my air vents is causing me to have a constant wheeze and cough (which I've never dealt with until these nasty creatures made my attic their home.) Even my children can't get rid of their coughs! Raccoon excrement commonly contains Leptospira bacteria, which causes leptospirosis. Additionally, raccoon feces can contain roundworm eggs (Baylisascaris procyonis), which can cause a serious parasitic infection in humans, especially in children. I have two of those. I submitted a maintenance request the day after I heard the raccoons for the first time.
I get dinged for every little thing I do, yet people are constantly, blatantly breaking the rules (like preferred residents who don't get in trouble for tying their dog up and leaving it outside, or parking a huge box truck consistently in resident parking). Apparently I was going to be fined for some broken blinds thanks to my dog, but if you look around, everyone else's blinds still look like crap. Oh, but not mine! I spent money I didn't have to purchase brand new ones. I'm sick and tired of being singled out when no one else is. I see people breaking the rules ALL the time. I don't intentionally break rules, yet these little things end up in a letter in my door warning me to change it, pay a fine or worse, face eviction. I can't WAIT until I've saved enough to leave this place and never look back. Oh yeah, my rent is also over $1000 a month for a 2 bedroom. For a place where they fix nothing but charge residents out the ass. There's a massive pothole outside of my apartment that could swallow the state of Rhode Island. Been there since summer of last year. My front door and frame has been broken for a couple of years now (from no fault of my own), and the weatherstrip underneath is gone. There is constantly cold or hot air coming in underneath, along with a large amount of bugs. To "fix it", they sent some guy over here and he didn't even clean the metal first, and laid a piece of weatherstrip down on top of dirt and grass pieces from the guys that had mowed earlier in the day. The "fix" didn't even last an entire day.
People are allowing their kids to destroy and vandalize property, and doing nothing about it. But how dare I have an additional dog (which I take out regularly, is a 24/7 good boy and causes absolutely no trouble or damage) that I'm not PAYING for monthly. MAKE REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED AND ADDRESS PEOPLE ACTIVELY BREAKING THE RULES ON PURPOSE AND THEN COME TALK TO ME.
I'm not a perfect person or resident, but damn... I haven't done anything to deserve the kind of neglect or treatment I've received.
If I could have given no stars, I would have. Do not live here. Two enthusiastic thumbs down. Zero stars.
*I have photos of people actively, obviously breaking rules but will not post them to respect their privacy* read more