First off, we moved to this area from Louisiana. At first the front office seemed kind, attentive, and caring of their residents but I can say they are the complete opposite. During our year lease, we ran into many of issues the biggest one being mold.
When we first moved in, the fridge smelled like something died in there. Maintenance came in multiple times to clean the coils or wipe down the fridge with bleach or do whatever else they could to prolong replacing our fridge completely. It took a literal two months before we complained enough that they replaced our stinky fridge. In those two months, we could not leave out fresh foods in it or it tasted like that smell, the ice also adopted the smell as a taste and the water was disgusting for the same reason. We fought tooth and nail for the fridge to be fixed and they mentioned they could replace it with another units fridge; went cold turkey on communication and then popped out 2-3 weeks later randomly to replace our fridge.
Next, they charged us a $50 fee because our trash bags were not in a designated trash can for valet trash pickup. When we got our notice that we owed them money, we were highly confused because first off, we never received a warning for this and secondly, we brought in our own trashcan; there was not a trashcan in our apartment when we moved in. So when confronting the front desk, they got an attitude when my husband tried to explain that we don't have the said designated trash can and that we never received a warning for this. Whomever was at the front desk immediately caught an attitude and said, "fine. I'll move it down to a warning but be sure to put it in the designated trash can from now on." There was no apology on their part for being in the wrong and they doubled down on the disrespect during the whole encounter. The front desk resorts to gaslighting and they also have lots of Hispanic residents and they way they act makes me wonder if they are taking advantage of those who may not know English that well to protect themselves.
Lastly, the mold. I heard and saw water leaking out of our AC unit door and under our baseboard. I contacted maintenance. They finally arrived. He looked at it and essentially said it was a fluke. That it had been storming and that's where the water was coming from. Mind you I lived on a ground floor. The next time I requested maintenance was when I noticed a leak on the ceiling and the baseboards had watermarks on them. Maintenance ignored that one. I sent in another request of the same concerns and more water on the floor. They finally arrived days after the request and unfortunately our kids jammed something in the keyhole and they could not get into the ac unit door to inspect so they said they would be back later. When they came back I was breastfeeding my infant and could not answer the door. Instead of calling to schedule a time and fix a potential mold problem, they marked the request as complete. Then one night of deep cleaning my home, I noticed visible mold growth on the wall. I again sent in a request and they ignored it for 2 weeks... I forgot about it being in the newborn trenches until I was deep cleaning again and saw it in the same closet but it grew significantly. I immediately sent another request in, and bought an air purifier to help rid of the mold spores in the house. I called the next day around 3 pm to ask them why they have not come to cleanse my home of mold yet and confirmed that both the front office and maintenance look at the requests and choose what gets prioritized. So, overall the front desk ignored TWO visible requests for mold growth until I made a phone call at 3 pm.. then they finally sent maintenance. Turns out mold was growing in the walls and they still never pulled the baseboards off to be sure it wasn't growing under them either. It wasn't until I found and contacted their regional manager (only competent person) that they finally started to show they "cared" about our well being. They literally put my family at risk because of negligence that took place for over a month of important requests.
Overall, it was a terrible experience, the gates are constantly open, even to this day even though residents spend money on a "gated community." We live across the highway and can see them wide open. Dog poop is all over this place so if you have kids and think it's okay you don't have a balcony because you can play in the grass with them, think again. The parking is atrocious; especially with their third party system they use. I literally pray my reviews will help someone dodge a bullet with this management. read more