26/11/24
Going Downhill Fast
The first few months of my lease, the property had been well taken care of, the pool was kept clean, and the access gates were always secure. They even put a lot of work into getting the fountains running which was a nice extra to the property even though they often stopped working. But they'd be at it the next day working on it again.
Settling into my apartment, I initially had some concern of mold but would often open my window to allow natural air flow. I recently needed to change my air... filter and the crawl space housing the air filter was damp and muggy which only made me nervous again about mold. I didn't report it and this was maybe two months ago now. Since then the crawl space actually has dried up significantly.
Another concern in the apartment was that there was a clear presence of rat infestation at some point in the past. The area housing the furnace had several old glue traps and old rat droppings, a couple of dead roaches. When I would open cabinets, the air pressure would blow rat droppings from above cracks in the wall. I have not seen a rat nor any new droppings so I simply cleaned up these spaces and sealed them.
Today, however, management must've finally received reports about the access door on Norfolk being broken and just wide open and in response, they barred the access gate shut, forcing all residents to have to enter/exit from Portsmouth. No notice was given about this. All residents who don't pay for property will all likely
resort to parking on Portsmouth, making that street overly congested and if you park on Norfolk, you'd have to walk all the way around to access the property. Alternatively, access the sister property and walk through there to access the main property, I guess but that's not much better.
Notices had been going out for a while about management being out of office and at this point, I'm not even sure if Jasmine is still with the property. And today I took a picture of a notice on the property management door stating the office is "closed until further notice".
Jasmine was a selling point for me on this property and I'm concerned if she's no longer there, it will be as bad as reviews suggested prior.
I'll gladly update all of this if I see some response in actionable items to the access door on Norfolk and some clarity on the status of property management. Until then, no one should be trying to move into this property.
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