Tenant Reviews for 17601 Cali Dr

I REGRET MOVING HERE! The Good points #1 The complex is fairly quiet (until one of the latino neighbors wants to test out his stereo system or until the damn ice-cream truck comes thru - seriously, noone ever buys, so why does he come thru here?) #2 The complex is well-lit. #3 I have not heard of one single break-in or theft since I got here. The BAD points #1 Landscaping is non existent. #2 This complex is full of illegals that live 8-10 in a one bedroom apt. #3 There are groups of guys (residents I assume) that gather in the parking lot and drink beers from the back of pickup trucks (where is security then??) #4 Parking is a NIGHTMARE - All the tenant spaces are always full cause the 8-10 guys in a one bedroom apt all have their own cars, and the guest spaces are filled with their overnight guests. Or you can always park on the POORLY lit tennis court with the gate that is WIDE OPEN next to the office - someone can just walk onto the property without needing a key and without knowing the gate code. IF you do find a spot, you have to worry aboy the broken glass that litters the lot or the HUGE suspension busting pothole in the curve before you exit. #5 The residents that live here don't bother to hit the trash bins, I guess they assume as long as their trash is with-in 100 feet, then they have done their part. #6 Both laundry rooms are FILTY - half of the washers can't get hot water, most won't agitate, and there are a few that leak water all over the floor as they are running. Both washers and driers are filled with trash (I have found nails, leaves/twigs, coke bottles/cans, food wrappers and rocks in both washers and dryers) #7 And the WORST. As of the entry of this review there has been NO HOT WATER in ANY of the back 6 buildings for OVER 4 WEEKS. On Sept 13, 2008 at the hight of Hurricane Ike, a tree in the complex fell taking out the central hot water pipe. The complex had the tree removed and capped off the water pipe by Sunday the 14th. Whenever asked about the water situation, the manager and the maintenance men either shrug their shoulders or say they had no idea when things would be fixed. (not really a big suprise, they all live in the 4 buildings that DO get hot water) I have not been able to cook here, or even take a bath for 3 weeks now. Noone even bothered to do ANY repairs to the water until I notified the city on Oct 1. That afternoon, after the city came out to do an inspection, someone FINALLY came out do do repairs. Even though, someone has started the repairs, I am still without hot water. #8 There is a sign on both laundry rooms (that just went up today) that say they are closed, indefinitely. When my lease is up, I am going to get the hell away from here.

~THIS IS A LETTER WRITTEN TO MANAGMENT EXPLAINING OUR EXPERIENCE AT CHAMPION COURT~ As former tenants of your apartments, we would like to inform you of some of the experiences we had while residing at Champion Court Apartments located at 17601 Cali Dr. There were many incidents that led us to believe that your on-site Apartment Manager, staff, and even some of the fellow tenants there have committed acts that were in violation of our contract. We wish to inform you of these events and make you aware that we have left the premises. We feel strongly that Section 20 was where the contract was violated. This paragraph states: You and your occupants or guests may not engage in the following activities: criminal conduct; behaving in a loud or obnoxious manner; disturbing or threatening the rights, comfort, health, safety, or convenience of others We occupied the apartment for approximately five weeks. While there our overly-friendly neighbor developed habits of constant harassment. At first we felt he was lonely and just wanted some friends, but soon learned that he was quite mentally unstable. As we became more firm that we wanted our privacy, this individual proceeded to engage in erratic behavior. We would like to share a list of experiences we had with this individual as an addendum to this letter. A phone call was made by my wife to your Office Manager explaining these events including some of the conversations we had with our neighbor. The Manager agreed that this was no way to live and would take care of the situation immediately. We hadn t heard from the Manager for a couple of days and a second phone call was made to get an update. She offered no help in assuring us that the situation was being taken care of. We wanted to stay informed to make sure it was handled appropriately and to feel that our safety was secured, but after these two phone calls realized this was not happening. Our apartment was located near the entry gate to the apartment grounds. Approximately two weeks after moving in, the front gate became dysfunctional and remained wide open for nearly a week and a half. This left the premises open to everyone, both tenants and non-tenants. Before signing the contract, we were assured that the grounds would be secured at all times and only tenants were allowed to park/drive their cars throughout the grounds. As you can clearly see, this left us feeling very vulnerable, especially considering the location of our apartment. We began avoiding our apartment, not returning until the late hours of the evening. Basically using this as a place to sleep, get up early and go to work. This became quite tiresome and since no one offered us any help we turned to the police. Upon speaking to an officer we were informed that in the last six months nearly 50-60 calls had been placed describing violent and non-violent crimes. He personally has been dispatched to the area many times. After seeing how visibly shaken and mentally distraught my wife was, he filed a report and instructed us to leave the premises immediately. He is in agreement that these acts are in violation of our contract and is willing to accept a subpoena to testify in our behalf if litigation is brought to this case. We returned in the middle of the night packed our things and moved out... ~ADDITIONAL COMMENTS NOT WRITTEN IN THE LETTER~ We came to find out that the apartment manager who had promised to take care of the issue decided to go on vacation and not inform anyone else in the office. The issue was never resolved and a phone call from her was never received. The apartment should not be allowed to say that amenities include a pool, beach volleyball court, and a tennis court. These facilities are not functionable/usable. I never saw a soul on the tennis court or on the volleyball court during my stay. The tennis court is discolored and broken up with cracks. The sand on the volleyball court is more like rock with weeds growing out of it. Both nets droop. The pool is far from hygienic, even the majority of the residents refuse to swim in it. There are cars waiting to tailgate tenants into the grounds. The "gated-community" is a farce. Once opened, the gate remains wide-open for thirty seconds to a minute allowing anyone and everyone to have access to the premises. My wife and I weren't the only ones living in the apartment. We were infested with roaches. The apartment complex said that they would do an additional spray, but the roach problem never ceased. The apartment had truly shoddy workmanship. There was paint on the carpet. It was as if someone had gone in haphazardly and painted with no regard to cabinets, carpet, or countertop. The towel rack and toilet paper holder were falling off the walls....haven't they ever heard of using anchors to secure the screw!?! ~THIS IS BECOMING TOO LENGTHY (NOT EVEN WORTH MY TIME)...ALL IN ALL I RECOMMEND STAYING AWAY FROM THIS PROPERTY. IT IS IN A ROUGH PART OF TOWN, A HUD DEVELOPMENT NEARBY, ILLEGALS EVERYWHERE, CRIME IS ABUNDANT, ETC. ETC.~

things have been going good for me so far....lived here for a year. at least the people in the office don't change every week...that really makes a difference if you ask me!

Great people! Good Price!

Things are finally changing! Good job!