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| - I'm writing an update of this Complex 3 months into my third year living here. I had a lot of negative things to say previously, but also tried to be fair on some others. However I just can no longer even pretend that I made a good decision in staying here for a third year. If I could afford to break my lease and move I absolutely would!! In an effort of full honesty, when I switched apartments in this complex I had my brother apply to be an occupant of my apartment. He was denied. He stayed long enough to help me move apartments and then he moved to another city. He came back for one night the day our mom got remarried the first of October. That's it, the rest of the time I have been living here alone. So apparently the terms of the lease are no one can stay for longer than 2 consecutive days, apparently I was in breach back in July when my brother was helping me move, I didn't realize it was only 2 days but I take responsibility for that. However no one said a word at that time, and I have been living alone in my apartment ever since.The building I've moved into is a complete disaster. There are cocaine dealers upstairs, tons and tons of pot smokers. About a week or so ago I went to management to lodge a complaint about my neighbor who likes to smoke pot on his balcony all the time because it gets in my apartment. I am not a partaker and to each his own, however I shouldn't have to suffer for someone else's habits. Beverly told me that they have no recourse in this except for me to call the police. Then, fast forward to this morning. While I was walking my dog I got a notice on my door threatening to evict me for for breach of my lease contract because I have an unauthorized occupant in my apartment. I don't have an unauthorized occupant and haven't had one for months, and didn't even realize at the time it was a problem. Apparently no one can come visit me for the holidays unless they rent a hotel room, but I digress. Needless to say the timing of this notice is highly suspicious. Apparently someone told Beverly that my brother was living with me (which he's not). I was very upset, and when I called Beverly to ask about this I escalated quickly. I asked and she immediately accused me of having my brother living with me (she didn't work here when my brother was here, or when he applied. Instead of asking me about the situation, she accused me because someone "reported" it. I immediately jumped to the fact that I reported illegal drug use but they did nothing, and this seemed like retaliation. At first she denied that anything was reported and she hadn't heard anything about it, until I reminded her that I reported it TO HER, FACE TO FACE!! Then she "remembered", and said one thing had nothing to do with the other. Maybe on her end it doesn't, but I can't believe that this is a coincidence. So I said let me get this straight someone reports me having my brother living with me (again he's not and they absolutely have zero proof of this), but when I report drug use you tell me sorry call the police?? Her response, "Well we don't have a lease addendum against drug use on the premises." I'm sorry what?? When I signed up for this community they were saying it was a smoke free/drug free community... apparently with new management that is no longer the case. I'm sure by my emotional handling of the situation I have opened myself up to a bunch of retaliation during the remaining 9 months of my lease. I shouldn't have yelled at her, but when she told me that I could be evicted for something that wasn't true (except for that brief time 3 months ago), but they couldn't do anything about my neighbors because they have no policy against illegal drug use... well you can imagine I was livid. I have always paid my rent, I am a nice and pretty courteous neighbor, and I have suffered with all of this complexes growing pains for the last 2 1/2 years. However apparently that means nothing and this management company Carter-Haston is no better than the previous company, and the new Community Manager is apparently no better than the previous one. I was asked recently to up my star rating since I had praised the maintenance staff (who is still amazing by the way), but I can not. After this I must lower my star rating, and if I could give it zero and move out without penalties then I absolutely would. In the meantime I will begin searching for a new place to live, and give my 60 day notice to vacate as soon as my lease allows it.
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