1) I had a reasonable expectation this apartment had a functioining video monitoring system, two cameras in the main floor lobby and two cameras in the basement lobby - NONE ARE WORKING
2) I had a reasonable expectation that the security phone system would work, guests dial a number and residents could buzz guests in the entrances THIS DOES NOT WORK
3) I had a reasonable expectation that the satellite police office in the entrance to the building was occupied by police - THIS IS AN EMPTY UNMANNED OFFICE WITH NOTHING BUT AN ALEXANDRIA POLICE DEPARTMENT SEAL ON THE DOOR
3) I had a reasonable expectation that broken appliances would be repaired or replaced in a reasonable amount of time - I think 1 week is reasonable - BUT the repairs required three months to fix the dishwasher, one month to replace the refrigerator
4) THE ELEVATORS IN THIS 15 STORY BUILDING ARE ALWAYS BROKEN
and the management would not let me put my perishable groceries in their refrigerator or that of an unoccupied apartment until the elevator came back on (four hours later) My ice cream melted and the chicken was ruined
5) FREQUENT WATER OUTAGES - the pipes are constantly popping and the water is turned off so often it is ridiculous.
6) The bar/restaurant on the ground level is frequented by a sometimes unsavory group of people who have followed women to the elevators and cause numerous distubances.
7) The apartments are often occupied by more people than names appear on the lease for a particular unit. Seven and eight people occupy one bedroom apartments. Management often selects those who are eligible for public housing assistancce over professionals who can pay the rent. I was told this was to integrate the building with various races and ethics, which is great but if the assisted housing residents can not pay the same rent everyone else must pay in order to qualify on the credit check, they probably won't add much to the quality of life and standard of living the rest of us strive to maintain.
8) The office staff hire people with questionable personall backgrounds and there have been numerous incidents of the office being closed to residents DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS when mail is delivered to the building manager.
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