I showed up at Ramled's office to sign the lease and pick up my keys the day my moving truck was arriving form across the country. After corresponding with Ramled for weeks, they told me for the first time then that i would have to sign waver that i am aware that there is lead paint in the apartment. I was furious! I had no place else to go, the workers were gonna unload all the furniture into the sidewalk, i had no choice but to sign the forms and move in. What a mistake. My husband and I wake up with nosebleeds on a daily basis. My husbands allergies and asthma have been debilitating, he is constantly gasping for breath and using his inhaler, even though he hasn't used one since ninth grade. And this is the apartment that Ramled said was their nicest! The walls don't meet the floor, there's quarter inch gap in every room. Which not only makes it IMPOSSIBLE to keep the place warm (which is why Ramled includes heat) but also infests my apartment with centipedes and spiders. And this is their nicest apartment. When any tenant in the entire building flushes the toilet, the shower water turns into a little drip for at least 30 seconds. They don't clean the snow, like the law requires. None of the air conditioners fit the windows so there are inch wide gaps surrounding all the units, where bugs and flies come right in through. Every few days i have to change the paper towels that I plugged the gap with. What a disaster. Learn from my mistake. Women, protect your fertility, everyone, protect your respiratory system. Dont move in to an apartment with lead paint.
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