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Hi. I agree with much of all everyone has said here.I enjoyed reading the posts.
I have been really checking ratings.com. So far, it seems to be a good avenue to use . It at least is a starting point. I have found quite a bit of accuracy in the ratings so far.We have been firm believers in trying our best to check things out, visiting on nights and weekends.We are approaching middle age, have almost 5 yrs to go to qualify for adult living complex, and just not a party crowd kind of people at this stage .Lived that life long ago.

The main reason for my post?

Actually, a local news station of ours recently uncovered a serious problem, as well as it was very much posted on apartmentratings.com.SCORPIONS! In fact, while the news team was in different apartments, they were climbing on the walls. Everyone in fear and sleeping with lights on. I was really paying attention, as we too are suffering this malady.

I live in Chandler, Arizona.This is in the Phoenix metro area,next to Mesa and Tempe.Please do not say you live in Arizona, so you get what you get.Most and many would tell you... I have lived here all my life, natives, or long timers , and they have never seen a real live scorpion. This is the majority.Honestly.We are not tumbleweeds, and are highly citified. However, it seems that a handful of apartments are really having some major issues.Most are in the appx proximity of each other. The one on the news was in Phoenix, however. It just rang true for us over here.

I had never seen a real scorpion in AZ myself til moving here, and prior to living in this complex, we lived in a pretty isolated area for 1 yr, where you expected to see such critter life, but, we did not.

Does anyone know if an apartment must disclose pest problems? As in some cases of an older apartment, they may let you know they could have lead paint, or asbestos, etc... Well, we have a serious scorpion infestation. I do not say this at all lightly.
I been hunting again tonight online. I had actually typed in my search engine for the City Of Chandler apartment infestation of scorpions. And one of the most notorious apartments came up. I seen this spot, and just clicked and landed here.

I don't know if laws vary by state. However, this complex we live in, they KNEW they had a severe infestation problem.Unfortunately for us, we did not discover this site til we had moved in. Even the old management stated, " If we told people, no one would move in". In the last two months, a new company owns the place, plans to totally renovate, although these are not old apartments at all. Change the name, change to a Tuscon themed complex.Well, most of us feel, you can change all the cosmetic things you wish, but what about the severe problems of scorpions?

One woman had a newborn stung and life hung in the balance for three weeks. Elderly, pets, crawling babies, toddlers, and so forth are much more prone to problems of reactions and allergies of the venom/toxin. This highly goes for chronic illness in people. Where i fall in to. I have a handful of autoimmune diseaseas, and one is highly neuromuscular. I was stung, and I was very ill from this, and my MD's tried to help pass through the toxins from my affected muscles by neuro massage therapy and drinking loads of water to move it through. I had a lot of tenderness in the area for some time, along with expected numbness for a longer then normal time.

We have been told that the land is saturated with scorpions, and they are in the walls, floors, and esp up in the tile roofs. Oddly enough, they have ivy all over close to the bldgs, and they have trees up against windows and bldgs like crazy. Bark scorpions, hence , bark, they like trees. We also have a severe cockroach problem, which is a major asthmatic issue for me as well.The front doors are not at all flush. At night, if you just stand by the front door in the foyer area, you will just watch things cruise nonchalantly right on in to the floor.And we recently started getting large spiders the leap, and they are now coming under the door. We asked about some remedy to this,weather stripping,anything. Putting a towel has not been as effective as we hoped it would be.

I came back on tonight as I mentioned, when I was sitting at the computer and my husband walked in and said,don't move, SCORPION. Ok, he got it, as it was trying to make it's way up the bed. We are on edge at all times.And the season for them is barely starting. Most all units around us are empty, when leases are up, everyone is gone like a flash.No parking problems here,the lot is half empty now. In spite of this, they have upped the rents by hundreds of dollars a month under new ownership. I have finally called the office, and they have had someone out here with blacklights at night. It is so infested, it is not helping. Many of us feel they should be required to shut the place down til they can get some resolution and control here, and at best, be required to tell any new or potential tenant that this is a problem , upfront. It could highly matter to some people as a major health hazard.

It is a shame, they are lovely apartments,if you remove the pest problem.

I am sorry to be so long winded. I am just a nervous wreck right now after having a larger scorpion so near my foot. I dream of taking off my shoes or sandals again.

Any thoughts or ideas on how a person addresses these types of issues? Esp when the owners are totally aware and refuse to divulge this information.

Thank You. NS