Review History for anonymous

OK at First Glance

Good: pool, courtyard set up for dog walks is nice, close to homes for longer walks BAD: Parking after 9pm is like winning the lottery. Maybe you will get lucky and get a spot. There are also a ton of unused handicap spaces in certain courts. I know who they used to be for and they have since moved out and no longer need the space and yet the signs have remained. Snow Removal is terrible - had to dig ourselves out to get to work because maintenance does not come out to shovel until the storm is over, and plows push all the snow back onto your nicely dug out space.. Electric - $$$$$$$ unless you can never use heat or a/c EMS charges a base of 120 a month, you have no choice in the matter, forget doing laundry your bill goes even higher and they ridiculously small and the dryer runs for hours and things are still damp Old old old - all original not energy efficient units; a/c, appliances, etc. unless you get the modernized kitchen which is more expensive to live in Office manager/person in charge- we had water problems for the past 3 years and they do the same thing over and over. (see long paragraph below and pictures). Dog park - pitiful condition, no one cleans it up, the fence is curling up so if you have a small adventurous dog they will be able to get into the pool area near the big pine trees - we have complained numerous times and it's never been touched. ** House centipedes are the common bug that inhabit all the apartments after talking to my neighbors, and cicada bees come out in the summer and are a nuisance since they live in holes in the ground and do not like to be disturbed, they often dig one right near a door or main walkway. ***WATER/MOLD*** Our apartment was a mini dream come true. Affordable, spacious for a newly married couple - 1 bd, den apt. BUT - EVERY year we have torrential rain in PA, the corner in the front of our apartment since we are on an end gets SOAKED. The entire padding under the carpet gets saturated, and the carpet gets wet, the wood tack strips absorb the water like a sponge - and all they have done is bring in a big noisy fan to "dry" the exterior wetness, cut out the wet padding, put in new padding and put the now dry carpet back on top. Consecutively for 3 years this has happened. Recently after Irene - again more water seeped in, we pulled up the carpet to reveal BLACK MOLD everywhere that was growing from the moistness. Maintenance could not get it off, try as they might the black stain survived their cleaning attempts. And it took them all of winter to replace the exterior lighting in order to see to walk to your car, so if there was ice you could not see it until it was too late. Problem after problem, and they were not easy to work. Once this last rain came back they finally dug 6 inches in to "seal" the foundation and again it still got wet inside. We are now rent free since we are moving anyway and were terminating our lease. I just feel bad for whoever will move in to our apartment after we leave because they will just make the outside look nice and probably not really fix it since we are now leaving. ****Peel up the carpet when you walk through on the outer edges and look for signs of water damage and mold stains! And the rent has steadily increased each time you have to renew your lease. **Our kitchen is the original too all the appliances are old and not renovated like in the models. Our oven was not consistent with heating and I hated cooking in it because half of everything I made would burn or be ruined.