From the moment I carried my first box into my apartment, it's been one inconvenience after another! Day one, I walk in and the apartment STINKS! I mentioned this to the management and was told to buy some carpet deodorizer. Every time the air conditioner runs for any length of time, it smells like old, stale cigarettes! BLECH! Also, the place was not thoroughly cleaned prior to my move in. There was garbage in the kitchen cabinets and hall closet; potato chip bags and crap that you couldn't miss if you actually made any sort of attempt to clean anything.
Shortly after moving in, the refigerator went out. I reported it, someone came out and rplaced the plug. It went out again, this time taking the heater with it. This was during an unusual cold spell we had in the area in April. After going back and forth with the complex about what to do and what was wrong, they decided the electrical needed to be fixed. The fridge and heater are on the same breaker which is generally not recommended. So after two weeks of unpredictable fridge status, the loss of at least $40 in food with no compensation, and a over a week without heat, the issues were finally resolved.
Carpet deodorizer purchased but proven not effectivefor any length of time.
Then there's the matter of the building's age. Built in 1978 or somewhere around the time gas was $0.25 a gallon, the insulation between floors is less than stellar. I am on the bottom floor and can hear an ant fart from upstairs. It doesn't help when your upstairs neighbor walks like an elephant, and gets up at all hours of the night/morning, making it tough to ever sleep through the night. Polite conversations have resulted in complete denial that it was ever him making the noise, when he's the only one that lives above me, but that's another story!
Next are the drafty windows. Laws state that apartment complexes must provide a safe and habitable place to live including windows in good repair. Apparently having buildings too old to actually repair lets them off the hook from having to fix anything completely. We'll just put some silicone around here and that should do it. NOT! Not to mention that I can hear the tenants in the neighboring complex's conversations as if they are standing next to me, even when the window is closed.
Drawers without guides, in the bathroom and kitchen, that fall forward when you open them even close to half-way leave much to be desired by your toes. Parking lights that have been out for 3 months with the promise that "parts are on order" are still not working.
Laundry....6 washers and dryers for 70-something units! Yet always one piece that isn't working. That's all I have to say about that!!!!
My mailbox has been left wide open on several occasions, even after replacing the lock on it. Who knows what important bits of information have never crossed my hands and possibly dropped into less-than-trustworthy ones?!?! Good thing I have Lifelock!
The neighborhood is generally okay. Wait...there was that one incident in the neighboring complex with the Sacramento County Sherrifs, the Ghetto Bird in the air with the spotlight, and the bullhorn announcements demanding that whomever was barricaded inside come out and it would end peacefully!
The inexpensive rent certainly does not make up for the inconveniences I have experienced in my 5 months of residency. But who can afford to move at the drop of a hat anymore these days, right?!?!
Overall, I would not recommend this complex to anyone, even with a referral bonus. read more