RENTERS BEWARE!!! I toured a couple of the apartments and the model when looking to rent here and everything looked great, especially the model which was staged wonderfully. It was the middle of the day and most residents were gone at work and it was very quiet. Stacie(management calls her Weekend Stacie as that is when she works most) showed us around and she was absolutely wonderful. She was very kind, easy to talk to, and answered all my questions. They call themselves a maintenance free community, stating that we will never have to do any work on our place and they will do their best to fix any and all issues.
However, since moving in to a second floor unit there has been nothing but problems from day one. The washer/dryer combo has stopped working multiple times, three so far. Maintenance does not service these themselves. They will come and look at them but any work done on them is handled by a GE technician and there is only one that services all of the Gardner area. Minimum time to have this fixed has been week and the longest has been three weeks.
I was also missing a set of blinds over the window in the entry way which sits about 10 feet up. I asked to have this replaced so the neighbors could not see in and was told the maintenance staff could not fix it as it was too dangerous for them to be on a ladder there. All other surrounding apartments have these installed though.
There have been leaks in the roof in multiple locations in the unit and I don't mean just a drip. It was streaming down a window and sliding glass door. This required more than four months to get fixed, more than five trips out from maintenance, and finally a roofing company came out to fix it right. However we had to call the office twice to get them to get the company to come out and actually fix the problem. As they got an on-site estimate but never scheduled them to fix the problem.
The heart rate sensors on the treadmill in the gym will shock you and I don't mean because they work so well. They literally shock you when you put both hands on them.
The grounds have a sprinkler system and as I was driving through one night, I notice one that was busted spraying like a fountain straight in the air and landing on a tenant's car. That was month ago and it is still busted. They don't care though, because the water bill is shared by all tenants and high, as in $50-$60 per month. I never paid over $25 in my previous town home in Lenexa.
There have been other issues but the absolute worst of them all is the office manager. Her name is Stacy, not the same as Weekend Stacie who again and I cannot say it enough was absolutely wonderful. Manager Stacey is down right RUDE. When you tell her about your maintenance problems she barely looks at you while you speak and rolls her eyes, as if it is some great inconvenience for her to listen to your problem. She keeps horrible records of the maintenance requests as well. So if you are having a repeat problem they have trouble finding or evening locating the past request at all. If you call in your maintenance request good luck getting her to answer, when she works it almost always goes to voicemail for her to handle later. Even then she will not call you back to let you know it is being taken care of, you just have to assume that it will be done. Also any packages larger than your mailbox will be delivered to the office. They have a separate locked closet where these are all kept and residents are supposed to sign for them, when they get them for you. Manager Stacy leaves the door unlocked and will tell you to get it yourself. You are nothing more than a rent check to this person and not a loved tenant. PS I have NEVER had a late rent check with them, not even by a day. I even over paid them once because of an issue with their online system being down.
They have changed owners twice since moving in and yet the same management staff remains in the office. This can't be a good sign as to the quality to anything about this place. To be honest I cannot wait until my lease is up so I can leave what has to be the worst renting experience in my life. Back to the Overland Park area where the rental properties truly seem to appreciate your business with them. read more