- poorly built house
- poorly built community
- infrastructure: golf courses, poorly built community buildings, roads, ponds, utilities, etc.
- high liability
- http://peretired.blogspot.com/
dead end #2 - rented a house in Culpeper VA
- bad landlord & property manager
- roof leaked, driveway washed out, water problems, etc.
dead end #3 - rented a house in Nokesville VA
- fickle landlord decided to move back
- 2 acre lot to mow and maintain landscaping
dead end #3 - rented a house in no. Fauquier Co. VA
- basement rented by another renter; some of his electric on our bill
- crooked property manager advertised gas heat when it was propane; and, propane tank was empty.
- crooked property manager advertised "working clothes washer and dryer" included. neither worked. we had to purchase a washer and dryer at our expense.
- http://customertalk.blogspot.com/2015/09/crooks.html
- neighbor's dog on property
- poor cable TV service including a lack of working coaxial cable outlets
- house, carport and roof in poor condition
- long, unpaved, dead-and-dying-tree-lined driveway
- trees, leaves, grass, bushes, etc.
dead end #4 - Marque apartments in Gainesville VA
- upstairs neighbor up all night running and stomping, moving furniture, slamming balcony door
- dogs barking & smelly hallways
- bad property manager
- http://marqueresidents.blogspot.com/
dead end #5 - Somerhill apartments in Gainesville VA
- bad property manager
- 6 noisy college-age rowdies with 6 bikes on the balcony (a lease violation) in the apartment directly below us customer talk: breach of contract--Somerhill Farms apartments, Gainesville VA
- squatters on the property: customer talk: squatters, Somerhill Farms apartments, Gainesville, VA
- other: customer talk: Somerhill Farms apartments, Gainesville VA
- traffic and lack of public parks
??? #6 - rental house in Strasburg VA
- less traffic
- fewer people
- we're hoping for a better class of people, but at least they won't be living in the same building that we're living in
- relatively new house
- relatively small lot to mow (no leaves from trees to rake or clog gutters)
- $1K/mo. less rent
