Wow.
Im very glad this place is behind us. Where the hell do I begin?
We signed a 6 month lease (THANK GOODNESS). Our first day in, our apartment was filthy. Black soot on the doors and walls from hand prints. Cobb webbs in every single room. There was BLACK MOLD in the ceiling in the living room (which they just painted over with a completely different shade of paint, so our ceiling looked like a Picasso painting). And part of the kitchen counter was broken off. Most of the light switches were broken. A section of the cabinet in the kitchen was broken off and left a huge gaping hole. The nails in the ceiling of ecery room were coming through. And our fridge door was left open the whole night prior, after our electricity was turned on. Thanks.
What a dream right?
Well thats just the beginning of this fairytale.
God forbid if we needed to call the front office about the nuisance of a dog downstairs that barked at everythig and anything night or day. And his wonderful owner didnt train him thats its okay if the wind happens to well, blow. Oh whats that? A leaf moved?! Let me bark at it. The wind blew?! Let me bark at it. A car started?? I need to bark at it.
But if we called to complain, and if Caprice (pretty sure that was her name) answered, not only would she make you feel like absolute garbage for calling, but she wouldnt do anything about it. And if you went into the office, she would never get off of her lazy bum to help you. But Im pretty sure they decided to let her go 2 months prior to end of our lease. Atleast those final two months were alright.
Just kidding.
The water in our building was shut off twice for "repairs". First time, there wasnt any warning. But fuck me if I need to shower before going to work right? Maybe if you had routine maintenance done on the pipes you wouldnt need to inconvenience your tenants.
And never have I ever in the 21 years of my life here in AZ have I ever dealt with so many bugs. Ever. You want to know how to get rid of pests? Make sure the grounds are kept clean and free of debris. Want to know how to do that? A leaf blower. Mind boggling isnt it.
We had to kill about 245 earwigs during our 6 month luxury stay here. 2 scorpions. And 34 spiders. We were on the second floor mind you. We had them call their "exterminator" and had the place sprayed 3 times. Pretty sure the guy was spraying stuff that was watered down. And even sprayed the apartment ourselves. No luck.
Why? Because these buildings were poorly constructed and are old. There are hundreds of places for these buggers to get in. And theres nothing you can do.
Do you like hearing dogs bark at all hours of the night? Well what about motorcycles and loud trucks in which the drivers need to let the world know that theyre compensating? What about loud awful music cause some turd burglar is parked outside of your window blasting music while he waits to pick up his offspring? Oh you dont? Too damn bad.
If youre about to be homeless or are in a really tight spot. Dont sign your life away here. A box under the freeway is more luxurious than this.