(04/28/22) Well...
Guess its time to start packing up and moving. After being residents here at 92West Apartment Homes for the past 3 leases (almost 4 years now.)
This grass area is directly under/in front of my bedrooms and patio, it's a nice day finally so I have my windows and doors open to air out the apartment to get some fresh air and to listen to the sounds of nature...I was laying down watching TV and all of a sudden my quiet was interrupted, no more Duck/Geese sounds from the Pond jthats just off to the side of my unit, the birds have stopped chirping and ALL of the Natural Features that I have enjoyed for years past 4 Springs/Summers.
This area has Never been used as a "Park" for children, it is used however by the dogs of residents regularly for pooping and peeing.
But suddenly today, the lady (possibly a resident) in yellow comes out with her chair and ALL of the toddlers and a few of the tender age children and because of obvious reasons, these aren't All of her biological children, so more then likely running a Day Care Service out of her unit, which is NO WHERE NEAR this grassy area.
A few of the older children as you can see are playing football, tag and all are very vocal and Loud. They are also Directly under my Window playing loudly, running up and down the stairs, that are metal and mounted directly to the wall that my bedroom shares, so I get to not only hear the stair activity but feel it as well via the vibrations through the wall and floor.
So I end up having to start increasing the volume to my TV so that I can hear the program I'm watching...because as I said, After a very long Winter and Winter like weather extending into Spring, as recently as yesterday...I opened my windows and patio door to get fresh air inside, which I have done every Spring, Summer and Fall during nice weather days and I have Never had this situation happen before since being a resident here.
I'm Not closing My Windows or Door to my Unit that I pay an Arm and Leg for, so I call the Rental Office and spoke with one of the employees who has been here since last June, which she advised me and that she's Not going to tell children on a nice day, to Not play where they're playing.
So I advised her that I am having to increase my TV Volume, because I shouldn't have to close my windows or doors, so if any neighbors complain regarding my TV Volume, it's due to the fact I have the right to have my windows and door open and should be able to hear and watch a TV program inside my apartment with no Unnecessary, Excessively Loud noise and yelling from an overwhelming number of children playing with NO CONSIDERATION FOR THE TENANTS that live right where they're playing.
Since the new management has taken over, there have been questionable quality of people becoming new residents, that don't follow the rules and regulations of the property lease, don't take other Residents into consideration when it comes to the cleanliness of the grounds or mutually shared common areas.
Some of the Amenities like the gym, gym restroom have been vandalized that are part of the Rent I pay, can't be utilized...
It's SO Disheartening!
Oh, let's Not forget they raised my rent last lease renewal $150 more a month, with no improvements made to my Unit and in the middle of a Pandemic!
These units are not built with any type of sound barriers in the walls or floors, nor do they have the correct type of insulation for Iowa Winters, the wall around my patio door and patio door every winter, during Sub Freezing temps, gets a 1"-2" Ice Layer, the furnace can't keep up with the thermostat setting, so it just runs and runs and not warming past 72°, so I have space heaters in each room with their own built in thermostat and set those to Assist the main furnace.
These aren't the same Apartment Homes in West Des Moines that I moved into 4 Leases ago. 4 years of paying Rent and ALL UTILITIES in Full and On Time Every Month, No Complaints or Write Ups of any kind on Me. I keep my unit Immaculate and follow my lease rules and regulations and have consideration for those that give consideration...well the Property is the same, it's the type of Residents and Management that has changed.
I'm not looking forward to having to pack up and move a fully furnished and lived in 2 bedroom 2 bathroom. It will be November, so probably gonna be cold and snowing, I will have just turned 52 years old, I already have Health Conditions and moving is so mentally and physically exhausting, I'm on a Fixed Income...so it will be Financially exhausting as well.
I really, really like living here...but too much has changed and not all for the better and I get No Support, Understanding or Consideration for special circumstances from certain management...it used to be apartment managers wanted to work with their good tenants to keep them...how times have changed. read more