Moved here in 2017. A great option for lower income when our family was struggling. Our place has three floors, two bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, a basement for laundry, workbench, and an office/living area. For three peopl e, this is a good size place. We have a patio that we utilize for personal gardening. The basement has some flooding issues that we are responsible for. Water comes in through a series of cracks in the west wall when it rains. I have tried to patch it with some success. Ive had to create a way to route the water to the drain to prevent wide spread flooding. Also, the drain in the basement backs up at times bringing in some gross stuff. Squeegee the floor and run fans is all we can do. Apparently, there are roots growing through the drain pipes and people are flushing diapers, pads, tampons, wipes, and other stuff down the drain casing backups. The whole place is also leaning to the west, most likely because of the sagging,cracked wall in the basement.The first few years were normal and uneventful. We had all we needed. In our little branch of the Pine Tree, we used to live next to the President, Vice President, and treasurer. Other neighbors have made living here interesting and frustrating.The manager, Perry, was not a pleasant person to work with. He insulted my wife once telling her, not to worry your pretty, little head. We dealt with Sara most of the time, but she worked odd hours. Don in maintenance has been here for a long time and apparently lives here. He knows the places and their quirks. I think hes burnt out dealing with the same problems. The other maintenance folks are good and come in and take care of the problems.Our distaste for Pine tree came in 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic. My mom passed and was taking care of my sons service dog. I took over care and brought her here. Perry chased down my step-son, who has autism, to confront him about the dog. It was too big and exceeded the amount of pets a unit can have. We pleaded to allow to keep the dog until my son retuned from his tour in the Marines, but that was refused even after a board review. We ended up giving the dog to a local family, but devastated my son.Perry left in 2021 and came under a new manager. A week before Christmas, we were having issues with leaking under the kitchen sink. Don came and replaced the garbage disposal, but apparently found roach droppings. I was home and wasnt told, but a letter was taped to our door that we needed to gut our kitchen for spraying. We asked for the proof because when we looked under the sink there wasnt any roach droppings that we could see. The new manager said that Don had a picture, but wouldnt show us the photo and we are unsure if this photo was added to our file. We did what was needed and put everything back when spraying was fine. A week later, they vine back to spray again. There was nothing in the initially provided document that they would be back for a second spray. Management said a notice was posted on our door. To our knowledge there was no notice posted. I am working from home all day long. We packed everything up again. When the pest control technician came, I explained why he was there and he said that if we didnt find dead bugs after his first spray, we probably didnt have roaches. We feel very targeted.Overall, a good place to live, but we are out growing the place and need privacy. One day, when we move out, we will probably lose a significant amount of of our initial $8,000 deposit/investment/buy in to the cooperative because of repairs that are mostly wear and tear. Document thoroughly if you get one of there places. more ... hide ...
