Anonymous on 01/20/2012
Posted the following to cogirs fb page three times, and they deleted it: "worst living experience of my life has been at a cogir building. will not be renewing lease/returning to a cogir building ever again. from not having hot water for over a month to endless repairs in a 'newly renovated (summer 2011)' apartment on top of constant noise from construction starting at 6-7 am sometimes until past dinner (sometimes constant). Management has also been unresponsive and unhelpful through the whole e
xperience. http://www.cogir.net/menu.asp?language=en
Anonymous on 01/20/2012
Posted the following to cogirs fb page three times, and they deleted it: "worst living experience of my life has been at a cogir building. will not be renewing lease/returning to a cogir building ever again. from not having hot water for over a month to endless repairs in a 'newly renovated (summer 2011)' apartment on top of constant noise from construction starting at 6-7 am sometimes until past dinner (sometimes constant). Management has also been unresponsive and unhelpful through the whole e
xperience. http://www.cogir.net/menu.asp?language=en
Anonymous on 09/21/2011
This is the worst apartment to live in, in the whole city of Ottawa. Don't be fooled by the ads online!! There are always bugs even if you keep your apartment spotless. There are always people coming into your unit unannounced to conduct 'preventative bug control' I came home on 2 separate occasions to find my place turned upside down after they performed a bug inspection...it looked like my place was robbed, sheets off my bed, cushions off my couch, dvd tower knocked over and broken. The staff
often causes damage to your property during their visits and it takes forever to get your problem solved (over 2 months and 15 e-mails last time)
We once didn't have hot water for 2 weeks in the middle of winter and didn't see any form of reimbursement even though hot water is included in the monthly rent you pay. Also the elevators never work, there are constant power-outages, and the entrance smells like rotten yogurt all the time.
DO NOT MOVE HERE!!!!!
subbu on 09/06/2011
By seeing the locality and the areas surroundings, I preferred this apartment and planned to live for a long period atleast a year. But, soon we take the apartment we started getting the problems of Rats and Bedbugs. The other main problem is the Management, the management wont take action on any of the complaints you make about bugs or rats. Moreover they ask you to get the Rat kill treatment from stores. Bed bugs are sooo horrible, I got infection with them, and the management was telling that
I got the Begbugs which is not possible at all, as I flew to Canada with only a single bag with Office files.
I agree, that Problems can be there in any apartments, but the way to deal the issue makes the difference. Here the management wont listen to you. They have only 2 employees working for 200 units.
1 MONTH FREE RENT - This is another joke with this apartment. When I was coming to apartment, management told that if I pay the rent before 1st of every month, I could the 11th month free. I felt soo happy and was paying the rent regularly. One day on my 9th month of stay, I received a letter from Management, we found that you are not mainintaing apartment clean and also with Rats, so we are not going to give one month OFF on the 11th month. I am surprised, when and how the Management came to my apartment for inspections. This makes me to think that they unlock my door sometimes and come with out notice. This is too bad. I decided to vacate the apartemtn even before 1 month to get rid of all these tensions.
PLLLLLLLEEEAAASSEEEE DO NOT GO TO THIS APARTMENT AT ALL.... Until unless you decide to face RBM problems (Rats, Bedbugs, Management) :-)
Anonymous on 08/24/2010
I had bedbugs for a year at 201 and it was the worst experience of my life. I never went to the office because of the horror stories that other people had (the landlord was making them pay for everything, humiliating them in the lobby etc.) so I just moved and it was the best decision of my life.
Anonymous on 04/18/2010
After finding weird marks on the sheets and red marks all over my arms and legs, I realized I had bed bugs. They had come through the walls, and into my apartment on the 11th floor. Naturally, I complained to the management. They had someone who worked for the building come and spray some chemicals on my bedframe but that was it. They didn't go away until I had invested months of effort and hundreds of dollars out of my own pocket. The management tried to convince me that I had brought the bugs,
but that is impossible. I'm sure it's no coincidence that I see a pest removal company truck parked outside the building at least once a month. Absolutely horrible experience. I'm getting out of here as soon as I can!
BedBug Killer on 08/24/2009
August 2009: Found my small Bedbug problem grew and grew until I had to contact my building manager. She makes me pay for the spraying because she informs me that I must have brought them in or had someone who visited bring them in. This really isn't possible given the situation I'm in at the moment. Anyways, I asked around and my neighbors have all informed me that this building is completely infested and not only are the bottom floors full of them but they have been seen in the laundry room as
well. Also, the building beside us has their bugs sneaking in. All of the apartments along at the end of the building have bed big problems and when this was relayed to management, they told me I must be mistaken. Welcome to the Towers!
I'm getting Bedbugs from this building and I live on the top floor. Get out while you can, I've had mice, homeless scary people and now Bedbugs. Also make sure to review your leases before you sign them because they sneak something in where you have to pay for pest control, even if you get pests from their building.
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