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| - I've lived here for 15 months now. I originally signed a year lease, and, excitedly, signed another year lease which I am now 3 months into--and hating every moment of it.
Culture:
When I first moved into this community (which is full of Indians and Asians), it was peaceful and the Indian families would be outside with their children in the evenings and I would keep my patio door open and smell all their ethnic cooking, and all was great. The Asians would play volleyball on the sand volleyball court, and I loved listening to them have fun.
Fast forward a year. The Indians have literally quadrupled in amount, which has led to INCREDIBLY noisy evenings of screaming, crying children in the courtyard outside my apartment. I have gone out there MANY times and demanded they be quiet (asking does nothing; these children are disrespectful and do not even listen to their parents I've noticed) because I can't even hear our dinner conversation at my own table. Aside from poor parenting skills, Indians apparently do not know how to drive either; I've almost been ran down in the parking lot, or nearly rear-ended them when they come to complete and sudden stops for no reason. And they are TERRIFIED of dogs.
The Asians (all students) are still very pleasant and polite.
Apartment:
My only complaint about my unit (which is really the only thing I still love; my apartment is very cozy and very much my home--and that is MY doing, not DVV) is the noise level. I was assured by the office girl when I took a tour that these buildings were concrete and I wouldn't be hearing anything. Wrong. I hear EVERYTHING. Every footstep upstairs echoes, and that is because this is the only complex I've encountered thus far that puts vinyl flooring on their second and third story units instead of sound-insulating carpet. What a moronic decision!! I have had to go upstairs to the Indian family above me and ask them numerous times to please have their child stop running back and forth; please have their child stop scraping the dining chairs from one side of the unit to the other; please have their child stop playing a symphony in the bathroom by banging cabinet doors, drawers, and the toilet lid simultaneously (who lets their child play in the damned bathroom anyway?! it's dangerous!!).
I have complained to the office about my next door neighbor's bass at all hours after repeated requests of said neighbor to please turn it down. It was so loud people on the third floor could hear them, and I am on the first!!
Nothing in my unit has broken or seemed cheap; at least not any cheaper than any other complex I've lived in.
Maintenance:
The few times I've called maintenance, they've been fairly prompt. However, once, one guy didn't finish the job, and the office contacted me weeks later asking if he had--to which I said no--and they promptly sent someone else to finish the job. While that was annoying, I was impressed with their follow-up/through.
For re-signing my lease, I was awarded cupboard and drawer kitchen handles that have NEVER been installed. Maintenance tried to come by once, unannounced, a solid MONTH after signing the lease, went to enter without my permission, and saw dogs in my apartment, and immediately reported me. After clearing up why (and paying a $100 fee) there were unaccounted for dogs in my apartment, maintenance has never returned nor have I been called asking if I'd still like my well-earned kitchen handles. Guess I'm never getting them.
However, they are very vigilant on keeping the grounds well-maintained and pretty.
Office Staff:
High turnover. Usually the girls are nice, but mostly they are un-or misinformed and I get conflicting information constantly. Susie in the CRC is awesome and deserves a better job elsewhere.
Rent/Fees:
I am taxed on everything including how many times I flush my toilet, it seems. I rent a garage and I'm taxed on that. I'm taxed on the water I use, my rent, and when I renewed my lease mid-month, I was taxed on the old rental rate as well as the new rental rate. There are little fees for this and fees for that and the breakdown is clear, but it seems petty and uncalled for in most instances.
Watch out for bedbugs and cockroaches. I've been lucky in this department, but you get handouts on both WITH your lease so you can "be aware." So, BE AWARE!!
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