BEFORE YOU SIGN THAT LEASE AT HARPERS 'SLUM' FOREST APARTMENTS - CONSIDER WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS CURRENT AND FORMER TENANTS OF HOWARD COUNTY'S PREMIER GHETTO COMPLEX SAY ABOUT CONDITIONS HERE -
1. DISHWASHER INOPERABLE - MULTIPLE INSTANCES.
2. CABINETS FALLING OFF THE WALLS.
3. TUB AND FAUCETS NEED CAULKING IN BATHROOM - MULTIPLE
INSTANCES.
4. STOVE DIDN'T WORK AND WAS NEVER FIXED.
5. MICROWAVE BROKEN.
6. HOLE IN BATHROOM CEILING SHOWS SIGNS OF AN ACTIVE
WATER LEAK.
7. KITCHEN CABINETS DESTROYED FROM WATER DAMAGE.
8. WALL OVER KITCHEN SINK DAMAGED FROM WATER LEAKS.
9. REPLACE PLYWOOD WHICH NOW SERVES AS THE KITCHEN
FLOOR. HARPERS FOREST THOUGHT THAT MEANT TO REPLACE
IT WITH NEW PLYWOOD.
10. FAULTY ELECTRICAL WIRING.
11. AIR CONDITIONING BROKE FOR 3 WEEKS DURING SUMMER.
BY HARPERS FOREST OWN COMPANY POLICY - BROKEN AIR
CONDITIONERS ARE NOT AN EMERGENCY. WHOEVER MADE THAT
POLICY IS SUNNING HIMSELF AT HIS PRIVATE BEACH IN FT.
LAUDERDALE. FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR - WEALTHY
DEMOCRATIC PARTY FUNDRAISER AND SLUMLORD OWNER OF
HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS, PHILIP RATCLIFFE, HAS AMONG
MANY OTHER ELEGANT PROPERTIES, HIS PRIVATE GETAWAY IN
FLORIDA.
12.SHOWER HEAD NEEDS REPLACING.
13. HOLES IN WALL BY LIVING ROOM WINDOW. IN THIS
PARTICULAR CASE - MAINTENANCE LEFT WALLS THAT WAY,
UNDONE, WHEN INSTALLING VERTICAL BLINDS.
14. HEAT DOESN'T WORK.
15.CRIME WAS SO BAD I WAS AFRAID TO GET OUT OF MY CAR.
16. KITCHEN COUNTER TOPS NEED REPLACING.
17. SAW MICE SEVERAL TIMES.
18. ONE TENANT HAS 8 POLICE REPORTS OF CRIMES COMMITTED
BY NEIGHBORS.
19. PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY SAY
THE DETERIORATING HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS IS
DRAGGING DOWN THEIR PROPERTY VALUES.
20. A FORMER MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR TOLD ME PERSONALLY
THEY HAD BEEN SEALING UP SEWAGE LEAKS WITH DUCT TAPE!
YUCK!
THERE YOU HAVE IT APARTMENT SHOPPERS - THIS IS THE PROMISE OF HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS. FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED!
SIGN THAT DREADFUL YEAR LOOOOOOONG LEASE AYOR -
AT YOUR OWN RISK!
