4 years ago
We have been busy trying to settle into our beauti...
We have been busy trying to settle into our beautiful historic house and make it our home. We were also offered a home in new Custer but my husband loves the beauty and space of the historic homes on east main post. Unfortunately, it has been an absolute nightmare. In my opinion, the ultimate problem is that housing isn t making sure homes are ready for families before having them sign a lease and move in. Having a family of four move in to a dirty house with no heat, water leaks, and rats isn t acceptable.
I was understanding of the dust and grime upon moving in, as it s obvious no one has lived in the home for a long time (although I do feel a simple dusting and wipe down would have been common curtesy.) The first evening in the home (Monday after Thanksgiving) the heat quit working. As our luck would have it, Georgia had a random early freeze. Calling maintenance gets a response, and they are always so polite and courteous, but it is not timely or effective.( I feel as though the reason is that they seem to be terribly under-staffed. ) We called first thing Tuesday morning, no one came until we called a second time that evening. It took two days to fix the heat. The second night the housing atleast gave us two space heaters... Not enough to keep us warm, but better then nothing. Once it was fixed, we didn t have any trouble with the heat again.
Next, we discovered the bathtub upstairs leaks into the kitchen. I called emergency maintenance immediately and they called back asking if they could come at 11 pm. I kindly asked if someone could come in the morning. I called housing again to check on the work order at 4:45 pm and they said he will be here today but there have been other emergencies. Which I do understand, but no one seems concerned about the damage the leak has caused or may potentially cause. No one has even asked the severity of the leak. By 8pm a very kind gentleman came and added a gasket and the second 2 day issue was solved.
As icing on the cake, while doing laundry the next day, a huge rat ran past me. It took an entire week before pest control can and luckily by that time my husband had gotten rid of the rat.
The house is historic so I understand there will be problems such as these, but these are serious issues in my opinion and the home needed these problems fixed before having my family move in. (We also had multiple minor issues which are understandable and we took care of these ourselves) I emailed my concerns to whom it concerned and then put in an ice complaint, both with zero response. I am giving two stars with hopes that things improve while we are adjusting and making this our home.