Tenants:
1.) Do not break things. If accidental or not, man up to it and pay to have it fixed. Most facilities won't bitch too bad if you just grow a set of balls and pay for the damage. Most of the time you won't even have to move unless it has something to do with the main office building being flattened by a bulldozer; but I digress.
2.) Put your trash where it belongs. If you own a red chair that looks more like a lazy-boy, do you think it is prudent to set it on top of the dumpster rather than disposing of it as you should?
3.) Follow common courtesy to the staff and other patrons.Turn your damned radio off before I shove it up your ass. I listen to all kinds of music, even the whored-out Rihanna once in awhile; but honestly, if I wanted to listen to what you are listening to, I would be over there listening to it with you with a cold beer in one hand and my lady in the other. Am I over there? Nope, what does that tell you. I don't want to listen to whatever the hell you are listening to at his point in time so please turn your shit down!
Facility:
1.) When something breaks, fix it in a timely manner. Especially if it has to do with safety. Don't wait until the stove starts to spark before you come fix it. Don't wait until we can't cook on the burner until you come fix it. Don't wait to come fix the screened in porch b/c the holes in the screen let it fresh air. Don't get the pest control people out here because I own my own bug spray from Ortho; bad ass stuff therefore we don't need your mass produced commercial chemicals that make the place smell like shit for the next week; t hen the bugs come back anyways.
2.) Clean the Trash up. Can't say how many mattresses and old chairs I have seen sitting beside the dumpsters. Come on, you have a forklift thing, use it! Pick the crap up, throw it in there.
3.) Courtesy and politeness to the customers. While walking in to pay my rent (with a money order I might add because it takes them 2 full weeks to cash a check), all I got from teh office staff was, "Hi, oh ok, bye!". I love being dismissed before even opening my mouth. Guess my mohawk and black motorcycle jacket is a bit much for them ;)
Here's a bit of background:
June2011: GF and I decided we want to move in together, so we start apartment shopping. Everything all fine and dandy so far. We find this place, The Preserves in Lake Wales, FL. Everything looks great from the tour, to the floor plan etc. So we agree that when her lease runs out at the end of august we will move over there. All still fine..until...The end of August comes. The apartment was not ready for us to move in. The carpets hadn't been cleaned, walls hadn't been painted, nothing was done. Looked like a disaster area just like it did back in June. This place had a full 2 month notice of intent that come the end of August / beginning of September we were going to move in.
So here we are, money in hand, paid the entire move in cost to the complex which amounted somewhere close to $1500 or so, I think, and no apartment. Within 24 hours they had the carpets cleaned, and the walls painted..or so it looked. The walls may have been painted, The floors may have been cleaned, but whoever did them sucked hairy balls. Here's a short list:
- Baseboards in the bathroom are a joke, not cleaned, not even painted.
- Bathtub is not sealed as it should be on outer surface on bottom to prevent splash-overs from ruining bathroom floor
- hand railing on stairs was never painted, looks like crap
- front door molding is rotting.
- front left burner on stove does not work (socket that element fits into is shot, needs replaced)
- dishwasher was not leveled and flushed to counter surface (it is tilted and not centered properly)
- 3 different wattage light bulbs were in the kitchen fixtures, we took them out and replaced them all with the same wattage CFL bulbs
- screening on the back porch has mulitple holes (ranging from 2 inches to 6 inches) that have been there since we moved in
Summary: This complex looks nice until you live here. Maintenance is a joke. Office people don't care. It was a step up from where we were, but not by a long step.
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