Chaparral Apartments in Redmond, Oregon

I have lived here for less than a year, and while I have loved living here, for the most part, there are some issues I would like to address so that future tenants can be aware. The good: The apartments are in great shape, very affordable and in a great location. Parking spaces are provided for residents, with plenty of guest spaces available for visitors. It is a dog friendly building, and I love the convenience of the property's dog run. It is also a very safe building with security cameras. The bad: I'm fairly certain the building is made out of balsa wood and tissue paper, as you can here your neighbors' every move through the walls. The noise issue is especially bad in the ground floor apartments, so if you don't like hearing constant footsteps above you, I'd suggest taking a top floor (just be sure to constantly walk on your tip toes so as not to disturb your downstairs neighbors). Whenever a resident moves out, several maintenance guys stay in the vacant apartment for a few weeks, fixing and improving things for the future renter. These men are some of the most inconsiderate people ever, and if you have the misfortune of getting stuck next to them, you will have to endure the sounds of their constant stomping up and down stairs, loud music blasting, and an overwhelming smell of pot smoke. They were in a unit near mine for almost a month, and I couldn't help but wonder if Cheech, Chong, Snoop Dog and Willie Nelson were in the building as the smell of weed was constant and slightly overwhelming. The Ugly: The apartment owner, a Mr. Gibbons, does not seem to have any respect for his tenant's personal lives or their right to a peaceful and quiet enjoyment of the premises. All 80 units recently got notes on their doors saying that over the next couple months he will be remodeling our apartments and raising the rent. This doesn't sound too bad, right? Well here's the catch: Every resident here is being asked to pack up all of our stuff - including all furniture - and completely move out of our unit and into a vacant one for about two weeks while the remodeling is being done. Then, after two weeks, we are expected to move all of our stuff back into our units. We have not been offered free rent for these two weeks, we haven't been offered anything aside from a "we are sorry for the inconvenience". Mr. Gibbons does not seem to realize that this is more than an inconvenience - it is an emotional burden which many of us simply cannot carry at this moment. Many residents have health conditions which make moving almost impossible, and many of us have demanding jobs which we would have to take time off from in order to accommodate the owner's absurd demand. While I understand why the owner would feel the need to make essential upgrades and repairs, I do not see why he can't wait until the residents move out, like a normal property owner would! There are a lot of new tenants here who are extremely mad that they are being asked to basically move TWO MORE TIMES (into the vacant unit, then back into ours once repairs are done) so soon after moving in. Mr. Gibbons owns several properties in Redmond - the Chaparral, The Rimrock, The Obsidian, and I believe several others. I would be extremely wary of renting anything owned by this man, as he clearly does not care about the people who rent from him.

It seems like once a month the landlord says "how can I drive my tenants crazy this month?" im always getting 24 hour notices on my door for inspections or construction work, their just always looking for a reason to enter your apartment. its starting to feel like an invasion of privacy at this point. When we first moved here we were told their motto was "quiet family living" but our experience has been anything but! Gone through 3 different property managers in less than a year and everything is disorganized. Get it together people!