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Axel Slingerland

Axel Slingerland

Blues Rocker
Location
10 Miles North of Weedpatch
Or not... I moved into our apartment on July 10th, 2023. On July 15th I put in a work order to fix the drippy faucet in my bathtub. It was dripping a gallon of water every 6 hours, thus 4 gallons a day. Nobody ever showed up. So I went to the office and put in another work order. That time someone did come by, but they said they didn't have the part needed to fix it. Two months later I went to the office again, and still nothing happened.

Meanwhile, the faucet is dripping to the tune of 120 gallons of water a month in a place that averages just 6 inches of rain a year. However as time went by I noticed it was dripping more. I did the same test as I did before, I took a gallon container that has amount markers, and stuck it in the tub and set my watch alarm for an hour later. After just one hour, it dripped a half gallon. That's an increase from 4 gallons a day to 12, thus 360 gallons a month.

In the just over a year and a half that I've lived here, there have been several new managers, and each time there was a new manager, they either hired their own crew or the old one quit. About a month or so ago I met the current manager. She's not exactly the most friendly person, but it seems she has hired the best maintenance crew since I lived here. Today, out of the blue, a guy came and fixed in 30 minutes. Well, that ends the wasted water problem. I had been collecting it at times and watering the trees outside my apartment. But the rest was just going to waste. They deserved the higher water bills they got...

What is it about drought conditions that people don't understand? If there is no water, that means no water for showers, the toilet, etc. They really need to learn how to conserve water.
 

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It sounds pretty standard to me.

I’ve been in my apartment for 14 years.

The management company here focuses on getting vacant apartments ready for rent but does little to please existing tenants or build relationships.

I suppose that it’s a valid management style but my belief is that if they focused on pleasing tenants and maintenance/quality of life they could save on the costs associated with turnover and have a more reliable income stream.

It seems like the only option is accept it or move.

I accept it because I enjoy my apartment and the convenient location.
 
Well, I just re-read what I wrote and it occurred to me that the management here not fixing a drippy faucet is nothing in comparison to the PHA house we lived in up in Eureka.From the day we moved in, we repeatedly asked them to replace the ancient gas stove in the kitchen, they kept saying they would but in 10 years, they never did.

On December 1st 2020 we had an inspection and I told them that the hot water heater that was clearly marked as beyond it's "expiration date" was leaking. A lot. They said they would replace it, but never did. During the next inspection a year later, it was still leaking. In December of 2022, it still had not been fixed or replaced. This and various other maintenance issues that were unresolved there, make this drippy faucet thing here seem rather minor.

I guess it just bugged me more because the conservationist in me hates to see water wasted. I always tell people "Don't get me started on that!" But actually, it's a good thing...
 

I put up with a lot in my apartment building because I love my apartment and the location. I am within walking distance of almost everything. Our maintenance man just quit and I am thankful he did. He did not do anything nor did he know how to fix anything. Our previous one was the best ever. He did a great job and was not a time waster. He quit because they kept giving him more buildings he had to take care of and they were not close together. Miles apart so if someone in one building has an emergency he had to stop what he was doing and drive to it.

I noticed when someone does a really good job, they reward them by giving them more work to do and no pay increase.
 
I've been in my apartment for almost 15 years and it's great. Old 1930s brownstone with the crown molding, high ceilings and large windows, hardwood floors. There have been some ups and downs like heat going out in the winter. Took months to get my shower fixed once and I had to use the tub. I was just patient and rode it out. Management is great. During covid they brought in food. Plus I pay less than $700 a month (no government subsides). It's a family run business that doesn't advertise online. Just a 'For Rent' sign outside. One of those places you have to stumble upon or know someone.
 
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After 7 years of apartment life (and it was a new experience when I came here), I can give my Maintenance crew an A+. … have remained the same guys the entire time.
They have always taken care of any issue immediately. And it seems like they like to be ahead of potential things that could happen - like weather-related problems.
… would hate to see them replaced… They have been here since the beginning.

The Management team however, has changed 3 times in those 7 years, , and each time for the worse.
I only deal with them when I have to, because they are people given their jobs by some higher-up authority, and they cannot answer anything on their own.
Their standard answers are annoying…. like talking to a robot.

The good thing going, is that this Senior community was built 15 years ago, and it still feels fairly new. I love my apartment.
 
Axel Slingerland said:
Or not... I moved into our apartment on July 10th, 2023. On July 15th I put in a work order to fix the drippy faucet in my bathtub. It was dripping a gallon of water every 6 hours, thus 4 gallons a day. Nobody ever showed up. So I went to the office and put in another work order. That time someone did come by, but they said they didn't have the part needed to fix it. Two months later I went to the office again, and still nothing happened.

Meanwhile, the faucet is dripping to the tune of 120 gallons of water a month in a place that averages just 6 inches of rain a year. However as time went by I noticed it was dripping more. I did the same test as I did before, I took a gallon container that has amount markers, and stuck it in the tub and set my watch alarm for an hour later. After just one hour, it dripped a half gallon. That's an increase from 4 gallons a day to 12, thus 360 gallons a month.

In the just over a year and a half that I've lived here, there have been several new managers, and each time there was a new manager, they either hired their own crew or the old one quit. About a month or so ago I met the current manager. She's not exactly the most friendly person, but it seems she has hired the best maintenance crew since I lived here. Today, out of the blue, a guy came and fixed in 30 minutes. Well, that ends the wasted water problem. I had been collecting it at times and watering the trees outside my apartment. But the rest was just going to waste. They deserved the higher water bills they got...

What is it about drought conditions that people don't understand? If there is no water, that means no water for showers, the toilet, etc. They really need to learn how to conserve water.
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My building owner hired a plumber that was working on my plumbing for months with plenty of delays. A fix here, a fix there. She got fed up and found new plumbers who came in fixed everything in almost two hours.
 
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Sounds like my old house in Eureka. The PHA had a good maintenance crew, that they paid full time and they mostly did inspections. They would come by, you tell them what you need, they would make notes, etc. Then a few months later somebody might come by and if you were very lucky, they might be able to fix it. If they didn't, they would (supposedly) call a contractor to fix it.

I waited four months for someone to come snake out the bath tub drain. I got tired of taking showers and the bath tub taking two or three days to drain, so I went to this place where I had a gym membership called The Adorni Center (which had a very cheap gym, since the city owned it) and took my showers there. I rode past it every morning about 10:00a on "Ol' Bessie" anyway, so just I put everything I needed in the DrySak for my BOB trailer...

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I feel so blessed where I am. In 2024 I moved into my first apartment since 2002. I feel I got lucky but I also did my research because I gave up a large travel trailer and my own RV lot with a casita and large tree.

The complex is less than 2 years old and has great management and onsite maintenance. I feel very safe, it’s super quiet and clean. It’s not senior only but was built senior friendly and has a mixed clientele. And they allow up to 3 pets with no extra fees.

However, you do get what you pay for and if they raise the rent too much over the next 4-5 years, I might be priced out. Hope not.
 
Oldeagle66 said:
My building owner hired a plumber that was working on my plumbing for months with plenty of delays. A fix here, a fix there. She got fed up and found new plumbers who came in fixed everything in almost two hours.
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I'm a retired plumber and though no more welding nor heavy lifting anymore like installing hot water boilers , I have fixed leaky kitchen pipes , replace faucets and leaky A/C connections in community I live in .

I charge 30 dollars cash if under 40 minutes and often is . Granted I charge for things I need to buy at Home Depot ,etc .

Due to my outspoken nature and not saying that is the way to go I was not liked 5 years ago when bought here but low and behold now I'm a Celeb , lol .

In fact at 10:30 am going to someone's house 2 blocks away .

I worked for a company which would send me on jobs and on my own I would do Sat jobs
 
TinaM said:
I feel so blessed where I am. In 2024 I moved into my first apartment since 2002. I feel I got lucky but I also did my research because I gave up a large travel trailer and my own RV lot with a casita and large tree.

The complex is less than 2 years old and has great management and onsite maintenance. I feel very safe, it’s super quiet and clean. It’s not senior only but was built senior friendly and has a mixed clientele. And they allow up to 3 pets with no extra fees.

However, you do get what you pay for and if they raise the rent too much over the next 4-5 years, I might be priced out. Hope not.
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New trailers are actually rather nice . I am looking at Tenn , KY and N,C and want 1/4 acre as want chickens and like to garden .

Florida is nice but Summers here simply last way to long now with months of high 90 temps day after day and I worry about a monster hurricane .
Winters here are the best .
 
Axel Slingerland said:
Sounds like my old house in Eureka. The PHA had a good maintenance crew, that they paid full time and they mostly did inspections. They would come by, you tell them what you need, they would make notes, etc. Then a few months later somebody might come by and if you were very lucky, they might be able to fix it. If they didn't, they would (supposedly) call a contractor to fix it.

I waited four months for someone to come snake out the bath tub drain. I got tired of taking showers and the bath tub taking two or three days to drain, so I went to this place where I had a gym membership called The Adorni Center (which had a very cheap gym, since the city owned it) and took my showers there. I rode past it every morning about 10:00a on "Ol' Bessie" anyway, so just I put everything I needed in the DrySak for my BOB trailer...

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My building owner was nice enough to offer the use of an empty apartment to take showers but I declined. It was just easier taking baths till the shower was fixed. Although I only feel clean with showers.
 
Oldeagle66 said:
My building owner hired a plumber that was working on my plumbing for months with plenty of delays. A fix here, a fix there. She got fed up and found new plumbers who came in fixed everything in almost two hours.
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Sadly plenty of repair people now have zero concept of time , addicted to their phones and just inconsiderate but I guess that can be said about more and more repair or not .

I do small jobs plumbing jobs in my community and granted I'm cheap as not a licensed plumber in Florida so charge cheap handyman fee , lol but today did 2 jobs and have 2 more tomorrow . I do them correctly , pay attention and show up on time .

Because I'm cantankerous and do not know how to text , lol .

I am having a new comp installed this Fri and I told the store Manager if the kid is on his / her phone and it does not have to do with the immediate job of installing my computer instead of paying attention to what they are doing do not send them and yes I will give the kid a 20 after they install it which is close to unheard of in Miami so a Jerk I am not but I do not tolerate sloppy work .
 
NotCompSavy said:
New trailers are actually rather nice . I am looking at Tenn , KY and N,C and want 1/4 acre as want chickens and like to garden .

Florida is nice but Summers here simply last way to long now with months of high 90 temps day after day and I worry about a monster hurricane .
Winters here are the best .
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I think that was why I ended up in New Mexico after traveling full time in my motor home for 2 years. I was scared of tornadoes even though I love the Midwest. After I got my lot, I bought a really large trailer with 3 slides. I had a wood deck built and never moved the trailer. In addition to the trailer, I had a 250 square foot casita that was perfect for my crafting and for company staying over.

It’s a relatively inexpensive way to go compared to buying a house. I hope you can get your country place one day. North Carolina is popular with RVers who want to buy a lot compared to a lot of other states. Arizona is way over priced.

I have since sold everything and moved into an apartment in Missouri. I didn’t have the medical care or the infrastructure available in New Mexico. Too isolated.
 
I would love to do that RV thing. I had a job once taking care of a campground in Bullfrog Marina in southern Utah. When it was offered to me I told the GM of the property that didn't have an RV, and since up to that point I was the Night Auditor at The Defiance House Hotel, I got to keep my trailer. When I was Night Auditor I had this full two bedroom trailer to myself because I was one of the few people in Bullfrog that worked nights.

So when I told the GM that I would take the job, I knew he was in a bind because nobody there wanted the job, so I said I wanted to keep my solo trailer as part of the deal. He agreed and I spent part of the summer working there, until the desert heat ran me off. It was too freakin' hot to be out working in the sun. But I gave them time to find someone through headhunters. So I transferred back to Page and my Night Auditor job at the Wahweap Lodge.

I liked Bullfrog ok, but the key thing I did not like was it's five hours drive from Page and four hours to Provo, Utah and five hours from Salt Lake. Far too remote for me.
 
Sounds like my apartment and it doesn't have to be that way. This complex used to be locally owned. I believe the local owners had two complexes. They sold, at least this one, and probably both. I think they decided to take the money. I know they were not young. Besides one really crappy manager, this was a decent place to live. Upkeep and maintenance was done.

Now these predatory corporate new owners are another story. I noted a bubbling leak on the ceiling of my bedroom in late November. I called. Maintenance man came by. They said it would be fixed and then they would fix the ceiling. Never did. I thought they had at least fixed the roof. With recent heavy rain, the area in my ceiling became worse. Called. She said "forgot" and then would send over someone "more reliable" What a piece of crap. Well someone did come out the next day and they were on the roof for some time, so I hope it's fixed.

Mean time. Dishwasher doesn't work. Washer started making weird noises so I'm going to the laundry. I'll hope to get out of here. Trash next door took themselves out. I seriously think they were evicted.
 
Remy said:
Sounds like my apartment and it doesn't have to be that way. This complex used to be locally owned. I believe the local owners had two complexes. They sold, at least this one, and probably both. I think they decided to take the money. I know they were not young. Besides one really crappy manager, this was a decent place to live. Upkeep and maintenance was done.

Now these predatory corporate new owners are another story. I noted a bubbling leak on the ceiling of my bedroom in late November. I called. Maintenance man came by. They said it would be fixed and then they would fix the ceiling. Never did. I thought they had at least fixed the roof. With recent heavy rain, the area in my ceiling became worse. Called. She said "forgot" and then would send over someone "more reliable" What a piece of crap. Well someone did come out the next day and they were on the roof for some time, so I hope it's fixed.

Mean time. Dishwasher doesn't work. Washer started making weird noises so I'm going to the laundry. I'll hope to get out of here. Trash next door took themselves out. I seriously think they were evicted.
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Now these predatory corporate new owners are another story''
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I live in a HOA / gated community and an old one as far as actual houses we have fences but since houses not connected hamster units in last 5 years low and behold thankfully for me the prices have soared .

More and more are being bought by corporations which rent them at sick prices thus more and more communities are collapsing when it comes to rules as the corporations take over the HOA's .

I plan to get it in gear and move by mid Summer but it was more then that however your corporate point is spot on .
 
I seriously wish we had an RV. I know of lots of places we could park for free. There's millions of acres of National Forest that allow what used to be called Primitive camping, but I guess someone didn't like that and was changed to "Dispersed" camping. In practice, they are the same thing. Go at least a mile from paved roads, don't camp by a body of water, pack out your trash, and if you stay in a different place every night, the 16 night limit never really starts. Your night count would be one, and then you moved and is then reset to 0.

That's a trick I learned from Forest Rangers in Coconino National Forest in northern Arizona. He showed me at least a dozen good spots to camp on my bicycle, that could just as easily be used by RVers. If you're willing to drive your RV (or ride your bike) on gravel or dirt roads, there's even more.
 
Remy said:
Sounds like my apartment and it doesn't have to be that way. This complex used to be locally owned. I believe the local owners had two complexes. They sold, at least this one, and probably both. I think they decided to take the money. I know they were not young. Besides one really crappy manager, this was a decent place to live. Upkeep and maintenance was done.

Now these predatory corporate new owners are another story. I noted a bubbling leak on the ceiling of my bedroom in late November. I called. Maintenance man came by. They said it would be fixed and then they would fix the ceiling. Never did. I thought they had at least fixed the roof. With recent heavy rain, the area in my ceiling became worse. Called. She said "forgot" and then would send over someone "more reliable" What a piece of crap. Well someone did come out the next day and they were on the roof for some time, so I hope it's fixed.

Mean time. Dishwasher doesn't work. Washer started making weird noises so I'm going to the laundry. I'll hope to get out of here. Trash next door took themselves out. I seriously think they were evicted.
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Btw , I am not going to post the link as it is about politics but Ca and Florida which are simply two different states are rated as the 2 worse for corrupt HOA , poor management companies .

Easy enough for anyone reading this to look up .
 
Axel Slingerland said:
I seriously wish we had an RV. I know of lots of places we could park for free. There's millions of acres of National Forest that allow what used to be called Primitive camping, but I guess someone didn't like that and was changed to "Dispersed" camping. In practice, they are the same thing. Go at least a mile from paved roads, don't camp by a body of water, pack out your trash, and if you stay in a different place every night, the 16 night limit never really starts. Your night count would be one, and then you moved and is then reset to 0.

That's a trick I learned from Forest Rangers in Coconino National Forest in northern Arizona. He showed me at least a dozen good spots to camp on my bicycle, that could just as easily be used by RVers. If you're willing to drive your RV (or ride your bike) on gravel or dirt roads, there's even more.
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We sold our home in Texas in Feb 2021. Bought a really nice new 30' RV, traveled about for about 6 weeks. We had a great truck and took our car for convenience.

Then we moved the RV to Tucson, Arizona in April.

My idea was to spend ONLY spring in Arizona in the RV. I wanted to move to Montana for the duration of summer, which is from June until November in AZ.

My DH didn't want to and DH insisted we stay put. He had NEVER lived in southern Arizona mind you. Yes, the RV had two air conditioners and we had it parked under a tree, in a campground with full hookups and bath houses on site.

So we spent and entire year and summer in Arizona in the nice 30' RV together.

My husband is lucky to be alive and still married to me and I even left him there under that tree, for a month in late August due to my stress related issues and so I'd not murder him. :ROFLMAO: ;)

The issue is that there was ONE television in this RV and my DH is a TV "aficionado" and therefore repeatedly views:

Law and Order,
Blue Bloods,
Military movies such as Band of Brothers, Pacific, Letters from Iwo Jima;
Game of Thrones,
Downton Abbey.

ad nauseam and loudly, as he has hearing issues..obvious to everyone in the RV parks.


I would live in an RV full time again ONLY if:

A) The RV was the LARGEST FIFTH WHEEL known to man, had a washing machine and dryer, two bathrooms, and was attached to a equally large and capable dually pickup or a special truck just for hauling the huge RV and

B) DH was a dog.
 
CooCooforCoCoPuffs said:
We sold our home in Texas in Feb 2021. Bought a really nice new 30' RV, traveled about for about 6 weeks. We had a great truck and took our car for convenience.

Then we moved the RV to Tucson, Arizona in April.

My idea was to spend ONLY spring in Arizona in the RV. I wanted to move to Montana for the duration of summer, which is from June until November in AZ.

My DH didn't want to and DH insisted we stay put. He had NEVER lived in southern Arizona mind you. Yes, the RV had two air conditioners and we had it parked under a tree, in a campground with full hookups and bath houses on site.

So we spent and entire year and summer in Arizona in the nice 30' RV together.

My husband is lucky to be alive and still married to me and I even left him there under that tree, for a month in late August due to my stress related issues and so I'd not murder him. :ROFLMAO: ;)

The issue is that there was ONE television in this RV and my DH is a TV "aficionado" and therefore repeatedly views:

Law and Order,
Blue Bloods,
Military movies such as Band of Brothers, Pacific, Letters from Iwo Jima;
Game of Thrones,
Downton Abbey.

ad nauseam and loudly, as he has hearing issues..obvious to everyone in the RV parks.


I would live in an RV full time again ONLY if:

A) The RV was the LARGEST FIFTH WHEEL known to man, had a washing machine and dryer, two bathrooms, and was attached to a equally large and capable dually pickup or a special truck just for hauling the huge RV and

B) DH was a dog.
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I looked into Arizona and everyone has said the heat is simply unbearable .

'' We sold our home in Texas in Feb 2021.''

As you know the population in Texas is booming .
 
NotCompSavy said:
I looked into Arizona and everyone has said the heat is simply unbearable .
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It depends. I love the heat per se, as I was raised here.
I simply cannot bear any heat with humid at any humidity level above 30%.

I did not know this until recently, but the higher the humidity, the harder it is for humans to actually sweat. :oops:
This must be the reason I can't take humidity in Texas or anyplace hot and humid.

Central Texas humidity averages 68%! In Tucson, Arizona average humidity is 25%; Phoenix has higher temps and higher humidity.

Although Arizona has higher temperatures, the "wet heat" index with is actually much worse and lethal in central Texas.
Texas at 95 degrees with 60% humidity is far worse actually, than Arizona at 105 and 25% humidity or lower.

Some snow birds go to central and southern Texas for winters, but Southern Arizona beats Texas or any coastline in winter due to the dryness and a person's ability to sweat and have sweat evaporate so fast one never feels hot while in the shade here in Arizona; unless in DIRECT sunshine.
 
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