14/11/22
Just live somewhere else.
I started renting here since it was the cheapest place that wasn't infested by roaches where I could get a two bedroom. Since then they have increased the price over 12% and added a 50 dollar per month water fee. This puts EL in the price range of a lot of less rundown apartments in Kent.
Pros -
1. Nearly no bugs. if you leave dirty dishes out fruit flies get in and there is an odd bug here and there but no roaches or anything like that.
2. They do not even remotely care if you break the... addendum as long as nobody reports you.
Cons -
1. Constant plumbing issues, especially on the first floor and even more so in the 7 apartments. I don't know the exact plumbing situation but there is frequently clogs in every drain, constant maintenance for half the complex, and most importantly there is brown water with debris that looks suspiciously like sewage if you use the tub faucet after a long time of not. This alone removed 2.5 stars for me.
2. Poorly managed. They send out an email pretty much weekly telling people what broke this week and a lot of the emails (if you actually read them) come across as spiteful that the tenants are causing problems by living in this musty outdated apartment. Not a huge deal in practice, just gives the place a weirdly dystopian energy.
3. The apartments are extremely inconsistent. Some smell like cigarettes, others have plumbing issues, mine has a saloon door separating the toilet from the sink in the bathroom and nails sticking out of the carpet near the doors due to a shoddy carpet installation. Its a gamble when you get an apartment here and its not in your favor. Additionally from what I have seen the renovated (and price increased) apartments were renovated using the cheapest possible materials and it shows when a 160lb person bends the vinyl flooring just by walking on it.
nitpicking
4. There are no closet doors and no way to attach them. The best you're going to do is a curtain. It doesn't sound bad at first but this makes it feel like you have no storage if you attach a curtain and if you don't then it feels like there is stuff laying out everywhere. The curtain can only be installed at about 1/3rd the depth of the closet so you don't really get that space if you attach one.
5. There is no living room light fixture. living on the first floor and don't want people to see in? well you're going to have a dark apartment unless you collect lamps.
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