I noticed that huge wild parties were occurring in the "Wellness Center". Beer cans, wine boxes, etc. Residents said it had been going on for years. I posted a youtube video of the aftermath & sent it to Rialto Capital's Attorney & CEO who owns the building. They installed 2 cheesy security cameras & oddly only monitor the building when it is closed. Since the building is not monitored, it is now overrun with middle school/teens entering the building w/o parents during the day. Boys/Girls lock themselves in the bathrooms together & do who knows what! If you have children, I would definitely not recommend living here! Smithbilt Homes is building most of the houses here right now, and many of the google reviews for their company are terrible! Sample from reviews-"never return your phone calls. Never responded to 90 day issues." "Worst builder in the entire world.".
It's often a free for all, parents give their access cards to the kids & let them do as they please. If you look at the ceiling in the lobby of the Wellness Center, which incidentally is way too small to support this huge development, you will see water stains. Only four treadmills & two are broke! The gym periodically has huge water stains in the carpet from where the ceiling and/or foundation leaks. I measured the humidity of the gym at a dangerous 80% which makes for miserable workouts. They fired the janitorial staff after I posted a video of horrid conditions. They still do not appear to sanitize the sauna properly. The gym equipment is also not properly maintained or sanitized when it breaks, it breaks & it squeaks like crazy. High HOA fees, & the lawn care is a joke. Irrigation systems are broken, leak & shoot water up like fountains on the sidewalk. Yards are full of weeds & clover. There were no handicapped spaces at the pool or gym. I reported that & they were also forced into re-striping the lot & adding handicapped spaces! As a result of my complaints, The Preserve at Oak Ridge violated my privacy & posted on their facebook group that my landlord was non-renewing my lease (which landlord claims is false) & said I had a negative attitude. Soon after, they also trespassed me from gym/pool after this review w/o explanation. Last time I checked, wanting handicapped people to have a place to park & taking drunk drivers off the street is a good thing. Before you buy here drive around on side streets like Boxberry Road. There are hundreds of acres of vacant land, some of which has not even been cleared & much of it is owned by people that bought during the bankruptcy sales or Rialto Capital. If you are impressed by the pool, remember it's not even opened the majority of the year & not owned by the HOA. It's also plagued by trespassers as well as more sweat bees than I've ever seen. Residents posted that someone pooped in the pool this week so it's closed to sanitize! I've been yelled at & cussed at in the Wellness center. Supposedly they hired a pool monitor, but I've yet to see him. A neighbor did see him & said he was in the pool making out with his girlfriend instead of watching for trespassers or people with glass beer and liquor bottles in the pool area. Several written complaints from owners here about the trespassing. They need to start giving criminal trespass warnings, but instead it's a free for all. It's 4.25 per person to get into the Oak Ridge City pool & free for trespassers here!
The Oak Ridge high school is a 38 minute drive round trip by car, further by bus! Not good for people with kids.
Lastly, a commercial public marina is at the current dock. If you think that is a good idea, that would be like making the outdoor pool public & charging admission like the Oak Ridge City pool! It's good for the person that owns the marina though!
The power goes off here more than anywhere I've ever lived! Very frequent internet outages. The USPS mail carrier is contracted out and is by far the worst mail carrier I've ever had. Radioactive material was found in the sewage treatment here in 2015!
They are hostile towards renters & threatened to remove amenities for renters.
My personal opinion is when you look really closely, this place is a joke & the fees don't line up with the amenities.
It's often a free for all, parents give their access cards to the kids & let them do as they please. If you look at the ceiling in the lobby of the Wellness Center, which incidentally is way too small to support this huge development, you will see water stains. Only four treadmills & two are broke! The gym periodically has huge water stains in the carpet from where the ceiling and/or foundation leaks. I measured the humidity of the gym at a dangerous 80% which makes for miserable workouts. They fired the janitorial staff after I posted a video of horrid conditions. They still do not appear to sanitize the sauna properly. The gym equipment is also not properly maintained or sanitized when it breaks, it breaks & it squeaks like crazy. High HOA fees, & the lawn care is a joke. Irrigation systems are broken, leak & shoot water up like fountains on the sidewalk. Yards are full of weeds & clover. There were no handicapped spaces at the pool or gym. I reported that & they were also forced into re-striping the lot & adding handicapped spaces! As a result of my complaints, The Preserve at Oak Ridge violated my privacy & posted on their facebook group that my landlord was non-renewing my lease (which landlord claims is false) & said I had a negative attitude. Soon after, they also trespassed me from gym/pool after this review w/o explanation. Last time I checked, wanting handicapped people to have a place to park & taking drunk drivers off the street is a good thing. Before you buy here drive around on side streets like Boxberry Road. There are hundreds of acres of vacant land, some of which has not even been cleared & much of it is owned by people that bought during the bankruptcy sales or Rialto Capital. If you are impressed by the pool, remember it's not even opened the majority of the year & not owned by the HOA. It's also plagued by trespassers as well as more sweat bees than I've ever seen. Residents posted that someone pooped in the pool this week so it's closed to sanitize! I've been yelled at & cussed at in the Wellness center. Supposedly they hired a pool monitor, but I've yet to see him. A neighbor did see him & said he was in the pool making out with his girlfriend instead of watching for trespassers or people with glass beer and liquor bottles in the pool area. Several written complaints from owners here about the trespassing. They need to start giving criminal trespass warnings, but instead it's a free for all. It's 4.25 per person to get into the Oak Ridge City pool & free for trespassers here!
The Oak Ridge high school is a 38 minute drive round trip by car, further by bus! Not good for people with kids.
Lastly, a commercial public marina is at the current dock. If you think that is a good idea, that would be like making the outdoor pool public & charging admission like the Oak Ridge City pool! It's good for the person that owns the marina though!
The power goes off here more than anywhere I've ever lived! Very frequent internet outages. The USPS mail carrier is contracted out and is by far the worst mail carrier I've ever had. Radioactive material was found in the sewage treatment here in 2015!
They are hostile towards renters & threatened to remove amenities for renters.
My personal opinion is when you look really closely, this place is a joke & the fees don't line up with the amenities.
Video below tells the story!
Hundreds of acres of vacant land
Originally posted June 2018, spelling errors corrected July 2020.
Thank Mike for the review and update. This place is aweful!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the review. Currently rent here. Neighbors are awful! Nobody tries to speak to directly, they just contact your landlord and complain if they don’t like you. Whether you did or didn’t do the accusations they accuse you of. We have been verbally threatened by neighbors via our landlord with hoa and oak ridge pd enforcement. Funny thing is, oak ridge pd isn’t going to tow cars nor are they coming out about dogs peeing on somebody’s grass. So nobody cares! These neighbors need a life and serious mental health treatment. What did I ever do to them oh that would be nothing other than choose to rent over being on a waitlist to buy. My decision is made. Thank you for all the Christian southern hospitality preserve neighbors.
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