My apartment is by the trash compactor. You want to SERIOUSLY RECONSIDER if they try to put you anywhere near it. Every building, of which there are 30, has a dumpster and every dumpster is emptied 1-3 times a week. They do this by towing all of the dumpsters to the compactor. Every time a dumpster is loaded into the compactor, it sounds like a sledge hammer hitting a piece of steel. !!!LOUD!!! Since the new management took over, this routine occurs at least four times a week.\r
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On Thursdays the compactor is emptied between 6-7am by the garbage company. (You'll hear it). Also on thursdays, the recycling truck rolls through. Twice a week the lawn service parks their trailer out front, starts all their mowers and zip through the complex before returning (with engines running) to the trailer in the later afternoon. They've also been recently coming through twice a week with leaf blowers... I hope it's a seasonal thing.\r
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The other thing that bothered me is when they began to paint the building, the contractor never finished the job. It was recently completed but who leaves a building half painted for two months' It really gives a bad impression.\r
This would never had happened with the old management but since Cambridge Property Management moved in, things have been going downhill fast.\r
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I was willing to live with all this because the rent was cheap. I've been a resident for several years and have been month to month ever since my first lease expired. I recently received a notice on the door that rent would be going up $105 a month starting Jan '01. Merry Christmas'\r
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The same increase has occurred with two of my neighbors so I knew it was only a matter of time. Ever since Cambridge Property Management arrived, the rents have been going up and the quality of service has been going down.\r
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Pros: Vaulted Ceiling, ample parking, washer dryer in unit.
Cons: Management, insulation, noisey grounds, rent increases over $100 per month.
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