Review for Charleston Pines Apartments

I am a current tenant who has lived here since September 2001. When we first moved in, the owner lived on property and had done so much to improve and make this place a really wonderful place to call "home". He had kicked out all the pimps, prostitutes, dealers, junkies and gang-bangers that had made it a horror to live in. In 2004, the owner decided to sell the complex and it was sold to an Asian family in L.A. who never even set foot onto the property...just sent their lawyer to do the sale. Since they have bought the place, the complex has gone downhill. They took out the playground equipment and put up signs that said no bikes, rollerskates, in-line skates or skateboards were allowed when this is a family heavy complex. The grass was removed and cheap gravel put in instead. Constant flooding has attracted mold and bugs and caused constant infestation for both. Things break and do not get fixed, unless you threaten legal action and then it is fixed as cheaply as possible and then they act all surprised when it is broken again in no time. We have two swimming pools, but they aren't allowed to be open because the new owners won't put out the money to properly care for them. Neither of our laundry rooms are open and they won't give a reason why, just have them locked up tightly. Twice in the last 90 days the sewage system has, literally, exploded and the first time it was left to sit for several days before the health department was called. They were warned to replace the pipes, which are too small and cheaply made, or else they would be shut down because it is a health hazard! It exploded, for the second time, yesterday and the health department is threatening to shut this complex down...permanently! Our complex has been featured twice on the local news, once for health department violations for swimming pools and as an expose on slum lords! The only good manager we have had, since these owners took over, and they fired her because the news asked her about an apartment that burnt but had people still living in the apartment below...with small children. She told them she couldn't talk to them but told them to call the owners...they fired her for that and that is shady! Whatever you do, DO NOT rent from this complex..EVER!!!