The first on my list is that, as far as I can tell, everyone else in the building smokes. Smoking is not allowed inside the apartments, so they smoke out on their decks and patios. Inevitably, when I go to dry my clothes, I have to take someone's clothes out of the dryer. Even the clothes stink of cigarette smoke.
During one of the hottest days this summer, we had the windows wide open and a fan in the next room pulling a draft through our bedroom window. The person living beneath us, stood about 6 feet below our bedroom window on his deck chain smoking with a buddy. We were asleep, since it was 2am, but I woke up gagging as the entire apartment had been fumigated with cigarette smoke.
Courageous with indignation at 2am, I managed to immediately stomp down the stairs and confront the smokers. They were fairly polite, and said they would smoke in the front of the building from then on. It lasted a week. They like to smoke at night.
Second on my list of woes, is that the property manager(s) don't manage well. The first manager who rented the place to us, lied about the apartment. We weren't able to see it before we moved in, so we didn't know the bathroom was basically a closet. She told us there was off street parking, or a parking garage across the street for 35/month, both of which were lies. The current property manager has said she will send out letters about the smoking issue, but that was two weeks and several emails ago, without response. She doesn't even respond to an email asking for the utility bill!
Third, and last that I'll mention, is that all of our neighbors are musicians, which is fine when the violinist is playing, but the pianist isn't very good, and the drummer, is well, a drummer.
I'm impressed if you read this far, you are tenacious.
Good things about the apartment:
- Within walking distance of the library, restaurants, parks, buses
- Between both of our schools
- Sort of cute
- Cozy, in a sort of cramped way
- We have a fridge
- Oven
- Internet
- Sink
- Shower
- Roof over our head
- Heat (I think)
- ....
