Oak Shores Apartments

This place is not worth the money they are asking now.. rent is up to $880 for a 1-bedroom and they will nickel and dime you for everything else. WARNING: You are LOCKED into a choice of 2 providers for Internet and 2 for TV and the choices are NOT good! Office staff has gone off the deep end and has started playing political games with us. Beyond the view of the geese-filled pond which I like, here's a list of the negatives:



- Very questionable trashy neighbors, we had a drug user downstairs from us (They were arrested in the parking lot smoking a pipe!) and we also have a possible dealer next door.



- Lots of Indians, most don't speak English and they all drive like they do not have a license and go through the stop signs. They also love to park in the middle and block everyone in the lot. They also let their children go outside and scream nonstop and do not monitor them.



- 2 choices for internet (AT&T DSL and Bloom - which is basically re-sold Charter DSL) Since Bloom cannot be reached via phone or offer any support we went with AT&T DSL. Oh and both have download limits.. in fact once you reach the limit on Bloom they will just turn off your modem and won't turn it back on till the next billing cycle. Total crap both of them.



- 2 choices for cable (Bloom Cable or Dish Network) - again both are not great, Dish is expensive, just not worth the money.



- You will regularly run out of hot water, shared heater - I recommend showering in the evening



- They shut the water off A LOT here, they had been shutting it off at least once a week all summer this year for some reason.



- The ants were better this year but last year they were horrible and we even had them up on the 3rd floor!



- You are supposed to get a free carpet cleaning after 2 years of residency (a once a year freebie after signing the lease). We had been here two years and they NEVER once told us this was available or offered it to us! We found out about it from a neighbor and had to ask for it. They are not very forthcoming with any information.



The biggest gripe we have is that we paid for 2 car ports, which recently jumped in price from $22 to $30 a month - Which they NEGLECTED TO TELL US! We never received a letter or warning of the price hike in Nov. So our rent ended up being short by $16 so they sent us a notice that we received on the 17th of December saying that they would shut down our TV CABLE on the 15th of December. EH? We received the notice AFTER they shut it down. Seriously, that is how they operate - it makes no sense - they shut down our TV CABLE because THEY did not tell us about the price hike on the car ports! We even went in and paid (Even tho it was their fault and they admitted to us it was their fault in writing) but they have REFUSED to turn our cable back on until we sign a NEW AGREEMENT with them! Then they acted as if they were doing us a "Favor" when they waived the "SIGN UP FEE". They really have some airheads working in that office if they think this is acceptable to run a business this way.