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Residents dissatisfied with University Crossings
Aditi Dubey
Issue date: 6/1/07 Section: News
University Crossings, used by many Drexel students for off-campus housing, has been receiving a number of complaints from its residents.
The building is owned by College Park Communities, which currently owns 77 student housing properties and manages 17 student housing properties owned by their clients, according to its web site. University Crossings has residents from Drexel, University of Pennsylvania and other local colleges.
A standard lease for University Crossings apartments covers a period of a year. According to College Park's Web site, all leases are a fixed term payable in 12 equal installments. The first installment is due on move-in day, and all subsequent installments are due on the first of the month beginning on the first of the month.
The residents complain about the poor infrastructure of the building, inefficient and inadequate services by the maintenance staff and uncooperative management.
Brett Roney, a junior majoring in information sciences and technology who lives on the 14th floor of the building, is moving out soon due to the poor condition of his apartment.
"Our apartment has had a leaking roof for about a year and a half, and we have a hole about 2 feet in diameter in our one bedroom," Roney said in an e-mail. "There is leaking all in the corners of every room, including the closets. These issues have been going on for about 8 weeks, and we are still living with brown water dripping from [the] hole in our ceiling into an industrial size recycling bucket."
Roney further said that University Crossings management would sometimes send a maintenance worker to resolve the problems, but the leaking continues to persist. The hole in their bedroom wall was never taken care of either. Roney also said that the verbal agreements that the management makes with the residents are never kept because "there is someone new in the office."
"We are constantly told that it is being worked on and they are trying to resolve this," Roney said. "We were told that if we wanted, we could be relocated within the building, but Crossings would not help us move any of our stuff."
The building is owned by College Park Communities, which currently owns 77 student housing properties and manages 17 student housing properties owned by their clients, according to its web site. University Crossings has residents from Drexel, University of Pennsylvania and other local colleges.
A standard lease for University Crossings apartments covers a period of a year. According to College Park's Web site, all leases are a fixed term payable in 12 equal installments. The first installment is due on move-in day, and all subsequent installments are due on the first of the month beginning on the first of the month.
The residents complain about the poor infrastructure of the building, inefficient and inadequate services by the maintenance staff and uncooperative management.
Brett Roney, a junior majoring in information sciences and technology who lives on the 14th floor of the building, is moving out soon due to the poor condition of his apartment.
"Our apartment has had a leaking roof for about a year and a half, and we have a hole about 2 feet in diameter in our one bedroom," Roney said in an e-mail. "There is leaking all in the corners of every room, including the closets. These issues have been going on for about 8 weeks, and we are still living with brown water dripping from [the] hole in our ceiling into an industrial size recycling bucket."
Roney further said that University Crossings management would sometimes send a maintenance worker to resolve the problems, but the leaking continues to persist. The hole in their bedroom wall was never taken care of either. Roney also said that the verbal agreements that the management makes with the residents are never kept because "there is someone new in the office."
"We are constantly told that it is being worked on and they are trying to resolve this," Roney said. "We were told that if we wanted, we could be relocated within the building, but Crossings would not help us move any of our stuff."
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Mat Lario
posted 6/17/07 @ 11:43 PM EST
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Mat Lario
posted 6/17/07 @ 11:47 PM EST
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