Our Basement Community Room
This meeting room is used less than the Forest Room on the main floor. I know that
Coloring & Conversation is held here on Saturdays. I think
Bingo is held here too and probably
Painting Class.
It could be used for more privacy for anyone wanting to get out of their apartment and maybe read, except for one thing. You never know who will be working on puzzles.
When I was being shown the property, I was told that anyone could work on the puzzles. I received this info dubiously. In the other senior tower I lived in, some residents were rude and nasty if anyone else touched or disturbed the puzzles.
I believe the puzzles usually belong to the property. I don't know if some residents work their own puzzles in this room. If I didn't want anyone to touch my puzzle, I would work it in my apartment. I won't bother with these puzzles. I
did look at them one night when I was doing laundry.
Here is the 3rd piano on the property. Don't know if it's used.
I am glad that our common areas are open 24/7. It makes life so much easier living here. At some properties, amenities are closed when the office is closed, which is usually nights and weekends.
At some senior properties, where abuse is rampant (and there are many), the employee(s) close the office and leave whenever they want. This is usually at smaller properties, especially those with management/corporate offices out of state. You can rarely reach anyone in the office when you call. They will often close off the amenities from residents when they leave the office, even if the guidelines state they will be available to residents at all times. And they will leave the office on weekdays any time of day, sometimes leaving for lunch and never returning.
Sadly, the corporate offices of these abused properties seem not to care about what is happening. Residents may complain but nothing is ever done. They risk retaliation by the abusive employees if they try to get help. It's best for those who are so unfortunate as to get trapped in one of these type properties to move ASAP.
Sometimes, people don't have a choice other than to live in one of these mismanaged places. This is true especially in places where there are hardly any senior income-based housing, and for those who feel that they can't look elsewhere and relocate. Otherwise, research, check any feedback that may be available online at Google, Yelp, Birdseye, Facebook, etc. Try to make contact with any residents. Some bad feedback can be questionable but you can usually tell what is most likely true.
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It would be more work for those 2 ladies to try to keep stuff separated.
But I do try not to keep my back to any doorway for too long. 
Despite all this, I'm glad our laundry room is in the basement and secluded.
If anything, those who complained should have been required to move out.
