Ever since Representative Gary Gates bought Towne Plaza Apartments in Houston, we are currently on our second manager. I have been complaining for 1-1/2 years about all (and there are MANY) lights that are out in stairwells and all over the property. My complaints have fallen on deaf ears. I fell because I didn't see a step that resulted in having to have a total hip replacement a year after the fall. I suppose I should have just gone ahead and hired a personal injury attorney, but instead, I keep reminding them (I have emails to prove it, phone logs, and visits to the office) telling them (LuLu and the assistant manager) that someone is going to be seriously injured, if not assaulted because of the lack of lighting. One and a half years is way too long to not replace the burned out lights or missing light fixtures. Why can't they replace the damn lights? The elevators! One has been out 99% of the time I've lived here, and it was before Finger's sold and Gatesco became the management company. I also fell into the elevator once after it was repaired because I didn't notice it hadn't come level with the floor, so when I stepped in I fell up against the wall and hurt my neck. Can you imagine, having hip replacement, calling the office before the hip was replaced while still in the hospital and asking if the elevators were repaired? I was told they would be. I called the day before I was discharged and told both elevators were working. When I got home, both elevators were broken. That was the first of August and BOTH elevators are still out. Just imagine trying to climb 6 flights of stairs to the 3rd floor with a walker! I can't even do my laundry because I can't haul things downstairs. Do you think the Management office gives a rats ass? Hell no! Oh, and the topper is the letter they sent out via email and also taped to all tenants doors. I think a first grader has better command of the English language than whomever wrote it. So much bad grammar and misspellings it's pathetic. If you can't spell Sincerely (Senserly), somebody must be pretty uneducated and how they are a Manager of a large apartment complex is beyond me. Does Rep. Gates know what kind of personnel he has employed? Does he also know about all of the lights that are out and elevators? Things need to be repaired expeditiously around here or my next step is to contact ALL of the news medias in Houston AND the Houston Apartment Association as well as Adult Protective Services. And to top everything off, they want visitors to park all the way over by the Office? I mean, I have a Physical Therapist, a Home Health Nurse, and an Occupational Therapist that come one to two times a week. They can't expect to carry their heavy equipment all the way from there to the very back, let alone try to figure out how to get around this complex. It's very confusing. I don't understand why they can't designate a few spaces in the back, where there are ample (and I stress ample) unused parking spaces that could be used by visitors and keep the garage and top of the garage for registered tenants only. I was hoping things would improve after the sell from Finger's Corporation, but everything has gone to hell in a handbasket. I think you guys are more concerned with getting apartments remodeled to bring them back to "Luxury" apartments and don't give a damn about the tenants that have lived here, paid their rent on time, and are loyal tenants. From the looks of what I've seen move in, looks like y'all may need a standing monthly appointment at the courthouse to serve eviction papers because some of these folks look like they get by the system and then won't pay their rent. Now, as for that letter that was sent to all the tenants, call Lulu and ask that she send you a copy of the letter and also please forward it to Mr. Gates, as I am also sending one to his Austin address to ensure he gets a copy of it. Rep. Gary Gates, District 28, Capitol Address: Room E2, 720, P.O. Box 2910, Austin, TX 78768 (512)463-0657. read more