The Leonardo Apartments

My girlfriend and I live here now. Moved in at the beginning of August 2015. It’s been a very frustrating experience to be honest.
The good: reasonably priced compared to other apartments in the area (but too high for all of the negatives), great view of the city or CWE, convenience of Walgreens and Schnucks, hardwood floors
The bad: only about half the outlets work, the oven is so old there are no markings on the oven dial so cooking is guesswork, the fridge is old and disgusting (more about that later), the gate to the private lot works about half the time, the elevator for the building goes out a lot (in their defense, they’re «discussing» replacing it), management doesn’t give you a second thought
The management being unconcerned with their tenants is the worst part. We’ve discussed this with multiple tenants and they’re all unhappy with that fact. Management clearly wants young, professionals to move into this building (it’s why they’re remodeling the common areas of the building), but when they balk at the idea of repairing simple things in your apartment in a timely, absolute fashion, they’re proving you are just a check.
In the first month of living here:
–took three calls and three attempts to fix a leaking bathroom sink
–5 windows in the apartment wouldn’t stay open
–again, only about half the electrical outlets work
–the towel hanger broke off in the bathroom (they’re fix was to hang a new one above the still-​gaping hole in the wall
–the parking lot gate breaks down often
–the dishwasher is essentially useless
–they hired a tuck pointing team to do the outside of the building and now I have speckled of cement all over my car
-(The Worst) The day we moved in, I told the maintenance man we needed a new fridge. The door opened the wrong way, as missing pieces, the bottom tray was cracked, and was struggling to work. I told the maintenance man we needed a new one like now, and he totally agreed. A week went by and I told him again that we desperately needed a new fridge as the motor was running constantly, and food items weren’t all that cool. Again, he agreed and said he would be on it. The following week it began to break down. Another request to maintenance and this time management also, and they said they’d have someone out the next day. «Great» we said, as we had just gone grocery shopping, before going out town (left on Friday, came back Sunday afternoon). Imagine our surprise when we walked back into our apartment to the smell of rotten food with a note saying someone would be back «around Tuesday». They hadn’t fixed it. They didn’t move our food to another fridge. They didn’t even call us to say we should come back. Just let our food spoil. We fought with management and they didn’t care. We suggested they do the right thing and offer us some discount on our rent or a gift card to pay for over $ 150 worth of groceries they let spoil. They refused saying the owner wouldn’t do it unless we write a good review for them.
Screw that, which is why I’m writing a bad review.
Side note, the replacement fridge they brought, is a dirty, used unit from another apartment with a door that doesn’t shut and a bottom tray that is, again, cracked.
Asprient is dropping the ball. This building could be teeming with young, professionals, that have money and want a nice, fun place place to play and live. Instead, they treat us as inconveniences. Can’t wait to move out.
Update 9÷24÷15: Welp, as stated up above the parking lot gate quits working often. In fact, it wasn’t working properly when we were shown the apartment. Management is aware of it. My girlfriends $ 830 bike was stolen right off her car this week.