Well I had a pretty good experience with University Villa today. It is nice to have something good happen here, so I thought I would write it in my blog. Scott came through our apartment today and made a list of various repairs that needed to be done, including a new stove.

But what was really great were the maintenance guys. Kyle and Ben were the names the the guys. They did a really great job. I haven’t inspected the quality of their work — I’m sure its pretty good. What really impressed me was that they were fast with getting on the job. I mean, Scott came through the apartment this morning and they had things fixed up the same day. Same day service is impressive. What was also really impressive is that they were great at explaining things. They seemed to take pride in their work. They showed me the work they had done and make sure that it met my expectations.

Anyway, if the service for fall and winter is like it was today, I will probably be glad that I signed a contract here.

Today I met with Scott, who is the new manager of University Villa. He has been the manager for about two weeks now. He told me that a lot of the problems with University Villa in the past were due to the old management. He made promises that things will improve around here with him as the new manager.

I am personally taking a wait-and-see approach to see if things actually do get better. After a difficult summer with all the construction and miscommunication, I am a little skeptical. I’m not completely buying it, but I’m giving the new management a chance to prove it and I guess we’ll see over time.

Well, we’ve now been out of our apartment for four weeks, which is one week longer than three weeks. We have actually seen significant improvement over the last week. The tub and hardware seem fully installed, as well as the tub surround. However, they pulled out our toilet which is now sitting on the front porch. I do not know why they took it out, perhaps so they could paint the wall behind it. If they were to actually do work over the next couple of days, they might be done with everything they’ve destroyed in another several days.

However, I’m extremely disappointed that its been four weeks just to replace a bathtub. I would have expected in this amount of time that much more would have been done.

My biggest fear is that they will want to continue wanting to renovate even after we move back in. One day they will want us to move our stuff from here to there for them to do this, and then from there to here for them to do that. I just want to live in an apartment where I don’t have to be bothered constantly for their own interests.