gilman gardens

When I initially moved in this apt complex I was excited and grateful I found a newly renovated place for a good price. Boy was I wrong. Not only did the landlords husband directly look into the eyes of my mother and promise her to look out for me, but his wife the other landlord was unprofessional and seemed to be in distress all the time. She always had some excuse.
Below are the problems I faced during my one year lease:
1. Allowed me to move in with no heat. When the husband of the landlord told me «Everything was move in ready». I had to argue with them and told them it was illegal to allow a tenant to move in without heat. Mind you this was the month of November. After much debate via text they agreed to half months rent.
2. Above I mentioned the landlord said the place was move in ready. This was a lie. They still had much to do with the property and at the time I was working third shift. Numerous times I had to leave my apt and sleep elsewhere bc of the men in my apt and the loud noises during the day. My work was effected greatly.
3. During the spring/​summer months; I had to ASK for installation of AC unit. They put it in my bedroom which is located on the first floor. With flimsy side panels in which anyone could simply pierce through the panel and enter the apt. I told them to move the AC to the back of the apt. They did and in a timely manner.
4. When I asked them ab parking they said they «never had any issues with parking». The place is brand new to the landlords; they had no experience with the property. So therefore how could they anticipate having no parking problems? Then I’m receiving emails ab cars being towed and tenants needing a sticker to park. LOL. Landlord also said there would be a coded gate. That never happened.
5. I was one of the first tenants to move into the property. They promised washer and dryer unit. They had two old machines and then the dryer broke. After that I just went to local laundry mat.
6. Since I was one of the first tenants I suppose the landlords were in a rush to get me moved in. No blinds on the windows. I had to purchase them myself. Even after they installed blinds to other apts they never offered to install blinds.
7. There was a sewage odor coming from my bathroom for months. I asked the landlord to personally come check it out after she sent her people who found no such smell. Finally after 3 months of going back and forth the landlord claimed she came to the apt and smelled nothing. I waited for her on the scheduled day and she never followed up. Even if she did come how was I supposed to know if this was never communicated to me? Therefore after much frustration with this odor situation I called the health dept. I had enough at that point. The smell was unbearable. I had headaches all the time. The lady told me she had similar issues in her apt and sometimes things/​odors get trapped in the pipes. She could not do much for me, but did cite the landlord with other problems concerning the basement area.
8. The landlord took my call to the dept of health very personally and changed her mind ab letting me go month to month after my one year lease was up. I needed some time to arrange my finances and look for an apt. I was working 6 days a week and had little time.
To me that shows lack of responsibility and shows unprofessionalism.
9. One can pay rent online for free until recently. Now they charge $ 2 fee every time you make a payment. To be this shows they need money and are willing to nickel and dime their tenants in order to get more money.
10. Also, Angelo Dykes was killed right at the top of the stairs of the apt complex. My car was a foot away from the blood that was washed away the next morning. This is no fault of the landlords but please keep in mind this area is not safe. Especially for single women like myself.
Overall my experience here has been a living hell and I can only hope what goes around comes around for greedy/​desperate landlords like Stephanie and her husband. Good riddance to this place!!!