Review for Lakewood Apartments

My main problem is with the tenants. It's like Melrose Place -- after one conflict has cleared, another one has sprung up. I am sick and tired of being kept awake at night by my neighbors hanging out outside my window carrying on throughout the night. I am nervous having my car parked in the parking lot because juvenile delinquents frequently come through and vandalized people's vehicles. MMy brand new car was keyed. I don't feel safe walking my dog outside at night. There are too many dark "pockets" for someone to hide in. As a matter of fact, I was walking my dog one evening when some guy speaks from the darkness "How ya doing?" Scared the crap out of me.

Parking is okay but like anywhere people are inconsiderate your property, banging their doors into yours. People who have two vehicles park both of them up front so when I get home from the grocery store, I have to schlep two weeks worth of groceries across the parking lot and up three flights of steps.

Management is alright in my book. It has improved since I moved in. Jessica is a doll and has all the best intentions. I think that she has her hands tied with certain maintenance requests whereas expensive items such as carpeting need replacing. They offered to replace mine however, I have to pay someone to move all my belongings out first before they will replace it, which I find absurd.

Tenants are dirty - they throw their cigarette butts on the ground off their balconies and not too long ago, caught a bush on fire from doing this. People leave trash and debris behind on the landings, spit gum out there and who knows what else. The maintenance guys are pretty diligent about keeping the apartment common areas tidy - its the nasty tenants.

In conclusion, the tenants are the big problem. Management is getting better every year. I have lived here for six years and have seen a difference. I wrote a review back in 2002 and it was considerably worse than this one - just goes to show you that things are turning around.