Since new owners took over, after we renewed our last lease, I read on that lease that garages are used for a vehicle and storage, if a resident can get both in. Some residents here do that. But, for storage only, not any more and that is more effective now with the lack of parking. Like our apartment complex, the slogan for our city is "Love", but we sure don't see the "love" here! The virus thing and mask wearing has made attitudes even worse, but. There are those that, for whatever reason/reasons, had to sell their house and move into an apartment and that sure hasn't made them happy. We have them types here also. Us, and a Senior lady that lives behind us, are the oldest in our building. Others are Millennials that, to a point, have very little respect for other residents when it comes to noise. Not a lot of noise, but too much for us as a Senior couple.
I had a triplex in my younger days it ran relatively smoothly but it had a shared driveway with the place next door. That caused issues the renters wanted me to deal with. Today, I only have my farmhouse. My lease agreement says No garage. No smoking in the house. No messing with my animals. Rent due on the first. I have thrown people out for even these simple infractions. I am a beast.
Police department here again, for next door. The officer stood outside the front door and talked to the older daughter and her boyfriend. He then gave her some type of business card and left. Don't know who called them or for what, but this is like the 5th or 6th time officers have been here for next door neighbor. My wife keeps the shades open to the sliding glass door in the bedroom of where her two work computer screens are and she works. She gets her work done, but also sees UPS and Fed X trucks show up out front. Just wonder when the manager will say "enough is enough" and not renew their lease. Really don't want a possible new resident come to the complex office to ask about an available apartment and see a patrol car parked in the complex.
Well, don't know about that, but there are only a few retirees living in this complex. When my wife sees a patrol car pull up out front, she wonders what is going on. I mean, we do live here, we should know what is going on. Some residents of apartment complexes don't care what goes on where they live that involve law enforcement, whereas we do. And, Beth, what do you think of Reply #94 (above) from Mary?
Not too far off topic, there is a reason why some people are the boss of themselves. They spend less than they make or make more than they spend. MY present renter came to me and said she had had covid and lost her job because of it. (She did not stay in contact with her boss to tell him what was going on) So she did not have the rent. I told her there were many cheaper places and gave her notice. "Are you going to throw me out just because I got sick?" No I am telliing you to leave because you cannot afford the rent. You can throw a rock and hit a job around here now. But did she get another job? No I got a check from some gov't covid agency for all her rent till March 1st. Lease is up. grrrrrrr The people who don't give a darn are the people who will lose their house if they ever get one.
Well, I think we just made our manager happy. We gave her the garage remote and told her everything was out and floor swept. Then, she told me that the maintenance supervisor had went to the apartment next door, to grease the hinges on it, hopefully to stop the noise it was making when opened or shut, and the mother opened it up. When the maintenance supervisor told her what she was there for, the mother instantly told her to leave and not to ever pester her again about the door. So, the maintenance supervisor left. Could there be things going on in the apartment that the mother doesn't want the manager to know about............like, how many people are now living there? Don't know, but. So, it sounds like our next door neighbor has some real family problems going on! We are going to sign another 1-year lease, just have to put up with the loudness of the next door neighbors door and keep counting how many more times the police will be there.
I think if Mary's the landlord, she has every right to enforce whatever rules she specified in a lease. (She is not a nosy neighbor peeking through the blinds. )
We don't "peak thru the blinds" when the blinds are wide open. Then again, the manager can enforce any of the rules specified in the lease, if the owners/corporate allow the manager to do that.
And, now, residents dogs, in our Dog Park, are pooping in there and residents aren't picking up the poop. It's pretty obvious that we have a number of residents here that don't care one bit about leasing rules/policies. Of course, the manager wouldn't find that out until the resident moved in.
Oh, I don't know. The people two doors down from me are loud, and they have the police over every now then. In the summer, there are often bikers there, and their male cat ran off with Ella for four days, I think; at least, their cat disappeared the same day that Ella did and came back around the same time. But the noise is during the day or early evening, and I don't generally hear it unless I'm outside, and their business with the police is their business, not mine. Then again, I have always preferred bad neighborhoods because people aren't so damned nosy.
Our part-time neighbor, closest one to our place, was a Californian who stayed here in AZ a few weeks at a time, then returned to CA for much longer times, so their place here was empty a lot. Several months ago, he upped and put the place for sale; it sold in two weeks! Shortly after the new folks moved in, complete with a well-marked Mohave County Sheriff's patrol car! The owner comes and goes daily, like any worker would, but he is picked up in the morning by a Sheriff's vehicle driven by another cop, leaves the house carrying a black bag and an unmistakable black M-16 rifle complete with a silencer, which he throws in the back seat, and rides away as passenger! He returns in the opposite fashion. We've seen him go over to the other nearest neighbor to talk, but so far I haven't gone to introduce myself. He waves to us while working in his garage as we go out (our place farthest in on a cul-de-sac), seems friendly enough. I wonder how many he has killed with that m-16! Our lots are fairly large, making discrete observations easy, but at distances of about 500 feet. So, none of us three (that's all there are on the cul) sees a whole lot. How would you feel about a cop living next door? What if someone is gunning for him, and mistakes me for him? Or is our security enhanced by his presence? Frank