3 generations of my family has lived here.
I have called this place home for many years. My mother lived there when she was a child and my grandfather lived there for 3 decades during the strikes of Kimberly Clark.
I remember those days living there but when I finally turned the key to my new apartment, I could not EVER call this place what it once was: my home. For my tenure there (less than 6 months, and YES, I broke my lease) it was horrid. When it comes time to pay rent, they hold out their hands and demand payment but when I need something fixed, I get all of the excuses in the world, "We didn't have access to your apt." BULLSHIT!
Maintenance:
When they change locks on the doors, there are two keys for each lock changed, they put the keys in a specific location and you get rid of the others. I literally stood at my apartment (move-in day) and watched them change my lock on my door. They get one key, I get the other, and their key goes in a locked box. They LOSE their key! POOR administration and maintenance. Increased police activity leaves questions to WHO they are allowing to live there: drug users, convicts who cannot keep their hands to themselves, OH, and one maintenance guy (white old guy) needs a golf cart to handle any work orders he MAY or MAY NOT get to.
They fire the guy who actually worked (Mr. Anthony, a man who has worked there most of my life) for some ass hat with a tool belt. The space is less than 7 acres of land and most of that is apartments, the rest is no more than a small lawn, at best. Why would someone need a golf card for things like that?! I can understand the "Pack mule" mentality but, come on, if the guy that knows the ins and outs gets fired but you somehow to manage NOT to learn, you need to rethink your strategy.
As for the rent:
I was instructed at the day of signing that, if I were ever late (once because my payday fell three days AFTER rent was due. I ALWAYS PAID EARLY BEFORE THAT DAY. Not to stray away from the subject, but, I assumed they would just give me a late fee ($50 every week NOT PAID). I pay them the day I get paid and even though I still owed the $50, I had other shit to get, like food and insurance for my vehicle, OH, and gas which didn't leave me for much else, so I could not pay the fee. I went so far as to suffer through the heat just to cut back on power just to save a little money. Well, getting back on subject, remember when I said they lost my key? Well, my garbage disposal went out and their plumbing focuses on a funnel system... The dishwasher AND the sink run TO the garbage disposal TO the p-trap. Now, I am not a plumber by trade, however, I know this system baffles me to every degree. It LITERALLY, takes them a week to get into my apartment to change the damn thing, THEN, have the audacity to tell me that I owe them money for the damages! That is why you have security deposits!
Late fees:
I mentioned late fee earlier... Okay, If you pay the rent after the final day, you get charged $50 for each week NOT PAID (I must stress this since it was in writing). Now, I didn't pay the day of because of the pay day falling three days after... so, when I paid them, they charged me for each week totaling up to $200 and they demanded that I pay them before they send it to the credit bureau. I told them to do whatever the fuck they please because I have been very unhappy with the results I got. The day they let Loretta go was the day that place went to hell.
To the new manager who bought the place milking the profits from people like me:
If there is a Hell, next to the door of HELL, there is a parking spot with your name all over it. The former owners were amazing. YOU, are shit. read more