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[交流] 北卡教堂山GLEN LENNOX APARTMENTS一年租房感想

来了北卡教堂山访学已经接近尾声了，下面谈谈本人一年以来的租房体验。出国访学前，网上结识了一些前面过来的老师，一些老师强烈推荐GLEN LENNOX，说什么这边环境多好，子女入学学校多好，物业多好，小区华人访学老师留学学生多，靠着消防队治安多好，总之有很多的好，当然也有一些老师推荐了SUNSTONE，其他的则非常少，因为国内信息确实不是很灵通，只能相信这些前人推荐。在国内就被推荐签了合同，来之前那个物业KAYSE倒还显得客气，不过合同一签就感觉大不一样了，马上变脸那种，他们唯一想做的就是收房租。下面谈谈主要问题
1）卫生差，蟑螂奇多，到处做窝，而且还有不少会飞的大蟑螂，恶心至极，房子太老，根本无法去除这些蟑螂，和物业说，他们就假模假样拿个东西到处挤一点，结果没见一只死蟑螂，也没见蟑螂变少；
2）木板房，关键是一套套房子之间的地板都是连着的，而且还有不少中空的，隔壁邻居走路的声音都能听的清清楚楚的，若是碰上个放音乐的变态，那你是别想休息了；如果是和别人合租的话，那么两个房间的人都没有隐私可言，讲话就如同在一个房间一样；
3）水费奇贵，早在三年前这边都不用收水费的，美国的水费本来是很便宜的，很多小区都是不收水费或将水费含在房租里的，这里的物业找了个水公司估计拿很高的提成了，因为有次因为水费单子我才进来来两天就给我开了个水费单子，之前都是一个月一个月，水费是没什么但是管理费倒不少，后来打电话问水公司，水公司说是物业负责抄收水费的，后来找物业物业却耍赖说找水公司，后来又打电话给水公司，很确定的告诉我应该找物业，结果明明是物业自己的问题却死活抵赖，后来就懒得去找了。不过我们的水费居然一个月就100多刀，难怪后来听说有人因为水费涨了就搬走另找其他地方了。另外，以前水电气什么的物业都是帮着弄得，现在物业态度特差，都让老师自己去弄。
4）最后再谈谈这边的房租，三年前这里不光水费不收，房租还只是5、600，这是正常房价，不过物业里面那个KAYSE比较坏，对中国的情况估计比较了解，对这里的个别老师同学热情一些并施以小恩小惠，这些人则不停的在华人圈里给他们打广告，这两年这里都成了一个CHINATOWN，不少UNC外导都知道这里成了CHINATOWN，结果呢就是房租一个劲的猛涨，居然这破房子房租还能涨到900多，更为离奇的是，2015年8月份时居然还将申请费提高到了300（要知道这里很多小区根本就不收申请费或是可以减免的，一般也就100-150）。此外，还有一个推波助澜的因素是，在这里租住的老师来的时候添置了很多家具，走的时候想整体转让，于是就一个劲地推荐这个小区，确实有些老师怕过来添置家具麻烦，也想整体转下来，省得麻烦，但是想转手的老师往往将小区夸的言过其实了，比如这里的消防队经常出车，警铃很响，小学很好(其实是中文特色班好，如果您带小孩过来会希望他在这学中文吗)等等。
5）附近学区的小学不是像某些老师说的那么好。上面也谈到了，这个学校好，关键是他的中文特色班好，普通班真的很一般，不仅如此，由于小区的访学老师多，GLENWOOD小学普通班的华人学生还很多，尤其是K班和一二年级，比例甚至高达一般。如此情况，你想想教育效果会如何，后来得知一些过来访学的老师很明智的选择了其他地方，往往一个班甚至是一个年级、一个学校就一两个华人，他们在班上自然很受重视，其语言习得也很快。说起学校SUNSTONE的也要比GLEN LENNOX的小学好的多了。此外，听之前的老师以及自身经历感受，随着华人增多，学校老师校长等都一种隐形的歧视，这可以理解，毕竟这么多人，占用别人免费资源也是再明显不过的事了。

好不容易找到了当地知名租房评价网站上一些租户的评价附上给各位感兴趣的朋友：
1）BY Chelsi J. Gastonia, NC 11/15/2015
You're going to give up a lot for the sake of convenience if you live here. These apartments are OLD. OLD. OLD. In constant need of repairs and the repairs never come. Demand to see the place you're going to live in before you sign the lease because these apartments do NOT look like the pictures they post on the website. They wouldn't let me see my place before I moved in because "maintenance hadn't finished with it," I should have refused to sign the lease.

Maintenance: Kitchen sink won't drain (I can't wash more than three cups before the sink is overflowing), faucets drip, closet doors are broken...none of it is fixed even after asking three to four times. They also seem to have painted the bathtub and sink at some point, because every time you shower paint peels off. And I can't get rid of spiders here.

Parking is a nightmare. It's just street parking regulated by the city. Office wouldn't  give me a signed copy of my lease prior to move in so that I could go to the town of chapel hill and pay for a parking pass. I moved in on a Sunday and had to park without a pass. Next morning at 8am I had a parking ticket which took me three months to appeal and during that time parking services will not issue a parking pass to you. The city also tickets residents at random for things people do daily here without a problem. Example: for months people park entirely in front of fire hydrants no problem and suddenly they go around and ticket one car within 15 feet of the fire hydrant but not others. Same with parking passes- they will ticket just one car in the neighborhood but not others.

One upside: It's a small space so utilities aren't high (unless you use the a/c) but you can feel the drafts in this apartment in the cold months. Doors have big cracks under them, letting in cold air and bugs. If you set your heat to 65, it's constantly running to keep it at 65.

2）J K. Chapel Hill, NC 7/8/2014
Mice and cockroaches. Excellent location and some of the apartments are fixed up to look quite nice--hardwood floors, w/d, etc. But it doesn't make up for the infestations. Management is very nice, but very nonchalant about the problems. They do get exterminators for cockroaches but that does next to nothing, since they only spray your apartment if you call and not the ones in the same building or the disgusting storm cellars. Only worth it if you don't have a car and need the multiple bus lines.

3）Mr. H. Chapel Hill, NC 7/28/2012
I have lived in the Glen Lennox Cottages for a few years to attend college.  Unfortunately, there were too many issues with the folks who run this place for me to continue living here.  Grubb Properties who owns this complex (along with the adjacent shopping center) offers different types of apartments ranging from 1 bedroom to 3 bedrooms with different levels of upgrades.  Prices in Glen Lennox are now about market standard as their rents have been steadily increasing over the years.  If you happen to sign a lease as a new resident when they have their specials going on, you can get good deal.

Unknowingly I was one of them and I got a very good deal for my first year just under $700.00 per month for a one year lease.  When it came time to renew my lease the following year, the rent was increased by about $45.00, increasing my rent by around 6%.  Be mindful that these sweetheart deals will most likely go away if you renew.

When it was time for me to renew for the second time I asked Nathan, the leasing agent, about getting one of their specials that they were having since I wanted to switch units, because I saw the specials on their website.  Nathan told me that he would need to contact his supervisor and that he would get back to me.  Days later, he told that they were not currently running any specials.  I had a nonresident friend call and ask about specials and my friend was told of the specials which were identical to those on the website.  Do they think that people do not check their website?

Minus 1 Star:
I do not appreciate Grubb's dishonesty - if they do not want to give me a special they could have been honest and told me it is for new residents only; if that is actually even their policy (the website did not say).  It is clear that Grubb's intentions are to attract new residents, and are uninterested in retaining current residents.  I do not see how that is good business sense, especially since new residents get sizeable discounts each year, and resident get around random rent increases per year (one neighbor has their increase by 8%, another by 2%).  How they determine who gets what is a mystery.

Minus 1 Star:
Maintenance for the apartments are done promptly upon request, but the quality of their repairs are very shoddy.  I had maintenance come to repair the same leaky faucet several times and it still leaks.  Now that water is no longer included there is little chance that they will fix it when the water bill is not on their dime.

Now many of you may be thinking "Oh, that's just a leaky faucet," but I had other issues that took multiple visits to alleviate.  Additionally, they replace the batteries in the detectors and the air conditioner filter, but they did not bother to come the last time to do so.  They spray pesticides regularly, however since I gave my 60 days' notice my unit has developed a hefty roach infestation and I noticed some bedbugs.

Apparently they don't care about their tenants once they are told that you will not be renewing the lease and will not spray -- keep in mind that I pay for it anyway as part of my rent.  People typically believe that keeping tidy will result in absolutely no bugs; however, it is not the case as the roaches can cross over from the other apartments and are attracted by the crawl space as well.  The doors have a space underneath them that allows large pests such as adult roaches and slugs to come under.  If you are coming home late at night you can even see several roaches, along with many other bugs, loitering on your front stoop.  These critters were not there when my exterior was sprayed regularly.

Minus 1 Star:
You know those movies where the spy rigs his door when he leaves so that he knows if someone enters when he is gone?  I did something like that to my bedroom and closet doors, mind you the maintenance was for the bathroom only, and when maintenance came while I was out I found that they had not only entered my bedroom but also peeked into my bedroom closet which was an uncalled for invasion of my privacy.  My complaints were dismissed with "they would never do such a thing," even though they clearly had.

The leasing agents are very nice when you are a prospective tenant, but once you have been living here for a while you realize that they are pleasant with you until you bring up a maintenance issue with them.

4）Ellen C. Montreal, Canada 12/14/2011
We rented an 831 sq.ft  3-bedroom, semi-renovated space. There were pros and cons of living at Glen Lennox. First, the cons: 1) like any apartment, you share walls with your neighbour and there's a high chance that this neighbour will be a student at UNC. We had a bit of problem with noise in the early days until the tenant next door moved out. Also, I won't lie, we had the occasional cockroach appearance *shudder*. I have heard they are inevitable here in the South, but I also wasn't too sure about the hygiene and living conditions of the neighbours.
2) Next, the apartments are old. That means things often were worn, didn't work, broke down, leaked, or what have you. In the winter, it got damned cold in the apartment and the heater took ages to warm up. The water also took 15-20 minutes to heat up, or would reset altogether, and we would even have to go outside in the cold to the water heater box - sometimes multiple times a day- and flip the switch. This was never a good thing at 7 am when all we wanted was a hot shower to start the day. 3) Street parking only.

最后给后面准备来的老师一点建议，多在周边看看，可以先短租个个把月的房子，然后再细细选一下，这边性价比高的房子还是很多的，有些前面一两个月还有房租减免。

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