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TigerWellington t1_jcflv64 wrote

Reply to comment by OnYourLonesome in My “luxury” apartment buildings trash compactor is next to our apartment, wakes me up all hours of the night, and the building refuses to do anything. What should I do? by CCIRMAJOR26

There is no REASONABLE level of due diligence that would have caught this before OP moved in. Most places won’t even let you see the actual unit you’re renting before you sign. They’ll show you a model apartment or vacant unit and then a floor plan of just the unit you’re interested in. What management company do you know of that lets you look at the blueprints so you know where the mechanics are in the building or lets you hang out in the exact unit you’ll be renting for hours to see if there are any noise issues before you sign a lease? People would normally know about a bar. Who would even think to ask if the trash room is next door? Even if they did, not every building has a compactor that goes off randomly all day vs. having to just deal with the couple times a week the dumpsters are emptied.

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AnIndecisiveFuck t1_jcfop35 wrote

Right? There’s a lot of weird things I’ve learned to consider when looking for an apartment (proximity to elevator and exit doors, amount of light switches/outlets) and I’d never think to ask about this tbh

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dynospectrum7 t1_jcfsvks wrote

The base level of due diligence is to read google reviews. And looking at the reviews online right now, OP ain’t do that shit.

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moologist t1_jcfsuwj wrote

People aren’t visiting apartments before they sign leases??? That’s absolutely insane. It is YOUR responsibility and due diligence as a tenant to ASK relevant questions PRIOR to signing a legally binding document, such as touring the property, frequency of pest control etc, where fire alarms are located etc etc. If you toured the property you’d know if you were close to a trash room like c’mon…

OP clearly didn’t think to ask before they moved in but I’ll bet they add that to the list of shit to ask a leasing agent before signing their next lease!

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waldrop02 t1_jcfvpcd wrote

It’s fully reasonable to expect that your apartment won’t have noise from a trash compactor audible through the walls.

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Excellent_Insect_270 t1_jcgd81r wrote

Right, because sales agents trying to rent out their units are going to be honest about the negative issues. Oh yeah, well, we do spray for roaches X times per month, and we have some mice problems, and this unit is near the trash chute so it’s super loud! You still want it, right?

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moologist t1_jcgdk5s wrote

Being lied to by a leasing agent about pest control is not the same as physically touring a unit to make sure it meets your needs and you know it.

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OnYourLonesome t1_jch2hm0 wrote

Thank you for proving the point. OP probably shouldn't have taken the agents' word at face value and done a little bit of research on their own into the conditions of the place they would be living in and spending a huge chunk of money on.

I'm sure they will keep that in mind for the future, and hopefully stop calling people bootlickers for telling them to use their noggin.

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Excellent_Insect_270 t1_jchpq1i wrote

Well, that's not where I was going with that lol. I agree with the main poster of the sub-thread - there was no reasonable level of due diligence that would have caught this unless you specifically asked, "Is this unit next to the trash chute?" You have 30-45 minutes maybe on your tour and you have to ask about pricing and availability, application requirements and process, move in fees, parking, etc etc. There are SO many things to cover, it's really not fair to say that OP should have known to ask about this very specific issue. Before seeing this post, I never would have known that this is something you need to ask about.

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