. "0"^^ . "2015-10-04T00:00:00"^^ . "12"^^ . "STAY AWAY! I never write reviews, but this place is SO awful that I need to. I just moved in here a month ago. I've had nothing but problem after problem after problem. I viewed the apt. and was told I would be responsible for my electric and water in addition to the rent. (Each apt. has a hot water heater in the outside storage off the balcony or patio.) There is also a MANDATORY \"valet\" trash service where they charge you $25/month and they have an outside service pick up your garbage at your door and walk it to the garbage container, which is 20 feet away. I went back the next day to rent the apt. and the very same person who showed it to me told me the price had gone up $20! I objected to this and he backed down and I paid the $845 that I was originally quoted. This is a 1-bedroom apt. I put my garbage out a few days later and it didn't get picked up, so I called the office and left a message. (By the way, they NEVER answer the phone, you must leave a message. They don't return phone calls, either, so you're left wondering if your concern was addressed.) I put the garbage out again the next day and it sat there again. I put it out a third time and finally, it was picked up. This happened again the next week. I put garbage out again last night and, you guessed it... they didn't pick it up, it leaked all over the sidewalk and is still sitting there.\n\nThe gasket on the shower handle was leaking when I moved in here. I knew exactly what was wrong with it, because I've repaired them before, yet it took the maintenance man THREE visits to fix it. I don't know if it was poor communication or what because I can never call there and talk to a live person!\n\nI went to the community room one Sunday and it was locked. I called the office the next morning to ask why and they said it is NOT locked on Sundays. I went the next Sunday and it was locked again. This time, the office was open. I walked over there and it was like a Laurel and Hardy routine between two new employees. \"Did you unlock it?\" \"Is it supposed to be unlocked?\" \"I unlocked the one lock; is that the right lock?\" Ha! Ha! Ha! \"We're both new!\" One of them walked over to unlock it, but \"gee, none of my keys fit, sorry!\" Pay for the community room, but can't use it. So, I went to the pool. Three kids were running around on the cool deck while their parents were babbling on in some foreign language. The kids jumped feet-first into the hot tub (dangerous in itself) and all these bubbles started bubbling up, like a washer that has way too much soap. The parents say nothing and laugh as the bubbles overflow the hot tub and start running into the pool that I'm in. Now, I don't know what those bubbles are from or what they contain, so I don't want them all over my skin and I have to get out of the pool. There was a man in a lounge chair who told me that some people were having a party and drinking by the pool late the night before and the police were called and they were kicked out, so maybe they put something in the hot tub. I just shook my head and went back to my apt. Ugh!\n\nNext, I was sent a \"rent invoice\", which blew me away! In addition to my $845 rent and the $17 rent tax, I was charged for \"common area electricity\", \"pest control\", \"common area gas\", \"utility tax\", and \"trash\" (in addition to the valet service, you also have to pay the regular garbage bill!) And, to add insult to injury, you are billed $5.95 by the company that sends you the statement! My $845 apartment now costs me $935, (plus water, plus electric, plus internet/cable)!!!!! I could have a whole house for this price! I called the main Alliance office on Camelback to complain. Although the lady was nice, I was told everything is in my lease and I'm stuck with it. I read my lease, all 25 pages of it before I signed it and it may be in there in obtuse terms, but when you're going to add several charges totaling $100/month to a person's rent, they should be informed of this verbally and in specific terms. I would NEVER have rented this apt. if I'd have been told about this; perhaps that's why they don't tell you. Also, be prepared, because you have to have renter's insurance with $150K of liability coverage to pay for the insurance on the building (costs about $125/year). Alliance pays for nothing here except upkeep, which isn't much because half the buildings are brand new and the other half are seven years old - everything else is paid for by the tenants.\n \nYou'd think this was way more than enough drama for one month of living here, right? I wish... One day, I was backing out of a parking space, was halfway out and was plowed into by another car. So, now I have an insurance mess on my hands. \n\nThe apartment is beautiful, even though the kitchen cabinets are very cheap. But, do yourself a favor and AVOID THIS PLACE!"^^ . "0"^^ . . . "1"^^ .