DIGNITY AT FENLAND FIELD APARTMENTS

I'M A CONSCIENTIOUS AND RESPONSIBLE TENANT WITH A PERFECT RENT PAYMENT RECORD OF OVER 7 YEARS AND EVEN WITH LIMITED FINANCIAL RESOURCES, AT THE PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED FENLAND FIELD APARTMENTS ON HARPERS FARM ROAD, I AM ABLE TO HAVE A FULLY FUNCTIONING, COMFORTABLE, PRESENTABLE, SAFE AND SANITARY APARTMENT HOME. ON THE OTHER HAND THERE'S THAT DREADFUL FAILURE OF AN APARTMENT COMMUNITY CALLED HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS - PICTURED IN THE LEFT COLUMN. TAKE YOUR PICK!

I HAVE!!!

AT HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS YOUR NEIGHBORS CAN HEAR YOU DOING THE HORIZONTAL BOP!

MORE TENANTS COME FORWARD TO SAY.............

"I WOULDN'T RENT THIS PLACE TO ANYONE!"

BUT FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE LIVED AT KEN ULMANS HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS - THAT'S NO SURPRISE!

TINY APARTMENTS - ALL YOU HEAR IS SQUEAK SQUEAK - AUTOMOBILES VANDALIZED - PERSONALLY THREATENED BY NEIGHBORS YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW - MANAGEMENT DOESN'T CARE.

SOME OF YOU APARTMENT SHOPPERS MAY FIND SOME OF THESE THINGS A BIT FAR-FETCHED, BUT AS I AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF NOW - YOU HAVE TO EXPERIENCE IT TO BELIEVE IT. IN FACT, I CAN HEAR THE MAN UPSTAIRS, (NO NOT THAT MAN AND NOT THAT FAR UPSTAIRS), ON THE FLOOR ABOVE MINE - I CAN HEAR HIM WRITING! BIZARRE? YOU BET, BUT IF THERE IS NO SOUND IN MY APARTMENT, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING, I CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THE SCRATCHING SOUNDS OF HIM WRITING AT HIS DESK.

I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT YOU CAN HEAR THE PERSON UPSTAIRS.....UMMM.......MMMMM...HOW DO I SAY THIS WITHOUT BEING OBSCENE?.........YOU CAN HEAR THE UPSTAIRS TENANT DOING THE HORIZONTAL BOP! OF COURSE, YOU MAY THINK THAT'S A PLUS IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX YOU WANT TO RENT FROM, BUT KEEP IN MIND - IF YOU CAN HEAR THE PERSON UPSTAIRS "DOING IT," THEN THE PERSON DOWNSTAIRS AND NEXT DOOR CAN HEAR YOU "DOING IT!" AGAIN YOU MAY LIKE THAT AND IF YOU DO YOU'LL LIKE HARPERS FOREST - TO EACH HIS OWN. BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE A BIT MORE MODEST ABOUT YOUR SEXUAL ACTIVITY - KEEP IN MIND THE SE WALLS ARE LITTLE MORE THAN ONION SKIN!

READ THIS TENANTS FULL REVIEW AT APARTMENTRATINGS .COM -

http://www.apartmentratings.com/rate/MD-Columbia-Harpers-Forest-Apartments-941538.html

YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO KEEP IN MIND, APARTMENT SHOPPERS, THAT IF YOU FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS - THEY WILL EVICT YOU - AND YOUR HOWARD COUNTY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, OR AS I CALL THEM - THE GANG OF THREE - KEN ULMAN, MARY KAY SIGATY AND DOUG GANSLER - ARE GOING TO BLOW YOU OFF - BECAUSE THE OWNER OF THE SLUMS AT HARPERS FOREST IS NONE OTHER THAN WEALTHY DEMOCRATIC PARTY FUNDRAISER PHILIP E. RATCLIFFE! ONCE YOU SIGN THAT LEASE AT HARPERS FOREST, AND JUST LIKE THE TENANT ABOVE NOW KNOWS, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN!

GOVERNOR O'MALLEY SAID, IN REGARDS TO BGE, CITIZENS EXPECT THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR THEM, HOWARD COUNTYS GANG OF THREE DIDN'T GET THAT MEMO. MAKE NO MISTAKE SHOPPERS, WHEN IT COMES TO THE DREADFUL LIVING CONDITIONS AT HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS, KEN ULMAN, MARY KAY SIGATY AND DOUGLAS GANSLER ARE GOING TO LEAVE YOU TWISTING IN THE WIND!

THE PAINED VOICES FROM THE CURRENT AND FORMER ABUSED TENANTS AT HARPERS FOREST IS DEAFENING - DO NOT RENT FROM HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS!

IN MY OPINION FENLAND FIELD IS STILL GOLD..

WITH JUST A COUPLE OF SMUDGES FROM ONE MAINTENANCE ISSUE.

THERE HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT COUPLE OF WEEKS WHERE MY SHOWER DRAIN HAS BEEN COMPLETELY BLOCKED UP AND MY BATHROOM LIGHT FIXTURE WAS THROWING OFF LIVE SPARKS. MANAGEMENT REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM IN A TIMELY MANNER AND WE WERE WELL ON OUR WAY TO ANOTHER APARTMENT FLOODING FOR WHICH BRAND X, HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS, IS KNOWN.

I THINK WE'VE MOVED PAST THAT NOW AND I CAN STILL SAY THAT EVERYTHING I RAVED ABOUT IN MY ORIGINAL COMMENTS ARE STILL TRUE AND IN THE VILLAGE OF HARPERS CHOICE-FENLAND FIELD IS YOUR BEST BET. IT'S ALMOST AN INJUSTICE TO EVEN INCLUDE BRAND X'S NAME IN THIS REVIEW, BECAUSE HARPERS AND FENLAND JUST DO NOT COMPARE. HARPERS IS A HOWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT SPONSORED SLUM. FENLAND FIELD IS A VERY ATTRACTIVE APARTMENT COMMUNITY WITH LOTS OF NATURAL AMENITIES AND A STAFF, SAVE THIS ONE STOPPED UP DRAIN EPISODE,THAT JUST HAS A MUCH MORE BUSINESS LIKE AND PROFESSIONAL FEEL.

HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS WILL NEVER CHANGE SHOPPERS!

IF COMMENTS LIKE THE ONES BELOW WERE BEING POSTED BY TENANTS IN AUGUST OF 2005 WITH LIVING CONDITIONS AND PUBLIC OPINION HAVING ONLY GOTTEN WORSE IN 2009 - LET'S JUST FACE IT APARTMENT SHOPPERS - HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS WILL NEVER CHANGE - FOR THE BETTER!

Looking for roommate & apartment in area between b-more & DC

14 posts - Last post: Aug 23, 2005

well i looked in the columbia area just for 1 bedroom apartments, ... do not live in harper's forest apartments. everyone in that complex is ... www.buzzlife.com

08/11/2006 Too many roaches, unprofessional management
07/02/2006 this place sucks
06/20/2006 Once a dump, always a dump
09/17/2005 too many roaches
05/02/2005 Look Elsewhere
04/07/2005 I can only speak for myself
03/15/2005 Rats, Mice,....Hell No!!!
02/11/2005 I would not suggest this complex to anyone
12/01/2004 Don't live here

ALL OF THESE COMMENTS ARE WELL DOCUMENTED AT

http://www.apartmentratings.com/rate/MD-Columbia-Harpers-Forest-Apartments.html

THE SCURRILOUS OWNERS OF HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS ARE FAILURES AS BUSINESSMEN - BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THEY'RE FAILURES AS HUMAN BEINGS!

I THINK IT'S HIGH TIME WE MAKE ROOM IN OUR PRISONS FOR CRIMINALS, LIKE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FUNDRAISER AND SLUMLORD OWNER OF HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS PHILIP E. RATCLIFFE, AS WELL AS HIS HOWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT ENABLERS - KEN ULMAN, MARY KAY SIGATY, DOUGLAS GANSLER AND THE EQUALLY IMPOTENT HOWARD COUNTY HOUSING OFFICE!

UNFORTUNATELY FOR US, HOWARD COUNTY CITIZEN, THOSE WE DEPEND ON TO ENFORCE THE LAW ARE IN BED WITH THOSE WHO ARE BREAKING THE LAW! OUR ONLY LEGAL RECOURSE, FOR HAVING A LEGITIMATE COUNTY GOVERNMENT IN THE SHORT TERM, IS A RECALL OR IMPEACHMENT OF OUR DISGRACEFUL ELECTED OFFICIALS OR A RESOUNDING ELECTORAL DEFEAT ON ELECTION DAY.

AS FAR AS COLUMBIA'S PREMIER GHETTO COMPLEX, HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS, THEY'RE ABOUT TO BITE THE DUST ANYWAY - THANKS TO THE ABUSED TENANTS, LIKE YOU AND ME, WHO INSIST ON TELLING THE WORLD ABOUT THE MOST INEPT AND INCOMPETENT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT EVER TO SET FOOT IN HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND.

HATS OFF TO YOU - ABUSED AND ANGRY TENANTS!

HARPERS FOREST APTS MAY BE WELL ON THEIR WAY .........

TO THE GARBAGE HEAP OF THE WORST HOWARD COUNTY SLUMS OF ALL TIME.....

- AND STILL THEY'RE
DRAGGING THEIR TENANTS THROUGH THE SLIME AND THE MUD!
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ANOTHER TENANT SPEAKS OUT -

HAH, DON'T MOVE HERE!! THIS IS THE WORST PLACE EVER!!

Years at this apartment: 2008 - 2009 i lived there for 1 year. i never fully unpacked my stuff cause from the first day i moved in i was ready to leave! i was pregnant when i moved in and it was bad. you call maintenance and they take 4 ever to come!! the leasing office is horrible! they will lie to you in your face and wont fix a problem till you threaten to take them to court.

READ THE FULL REVIEW AT -


http://www.apartmentratings.com/rate/MD-Columbia-Harpers-Forest-Apartments.html

I'M SURE YOU AGREE RENTERS, THAT WITH APARTMENTS LIKE THIS, EVEN BANKRUPTCY IS TOO GOOD FOR THESE SLUMLORDS! WEALTHY DEMOCRATIC PARTY FUNDRAISER AND OWNER OF HARPERS FOREST, PHILIP E. RATCLIFFE, HAS BEEN GRANTED IMMUNITY FROM INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION BY HIS HOWARD COUNTY ENABLERS,
COUNTY EXECUTIVE KEN ULMAN, MARYLAND STATES ATTORNEY DOUGLAS GANSLER AND COUNTY COUNCILMAN MARY KAY SIGATY. BUT IT IS WE, THE ABUSED TENANTS, WHO ARE BRINGING THE LAWS OF A FREE MARKET PLACE TO BEAR ON THIS DREADFULLY MISMANAGED HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS. IT IS WE THE TENANTS WHO HAVE PAID THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR THE BACKROOM WHEELING AND DEALING BETWEEN OUR HOWARD COUNTY OFFICIALS AND THESE GHETTO MERCHANTS AND IT IS WE THE TENANTS WHO ARE ABANDONING HARPERS FOREST IN DROVES AND WE ARE ENCOURAGING OUR NEIGHBORS TO DO SO AS WELL. NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE AT HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS AND IT IS YOU, THE CURRENT AND FORMER TENANTS, WHO HAVE SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THIS DEPLORABLE HARPERS FOREST MANAGEMENT AND IT IS YOU WHO ARE HOLDING THIS ILLEGITIMATE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR BUSINESS PRACTICES, EVEN THOUGH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE REFUSED TO DO SO. THIS HOWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT HAS TURNED THEIR BACKS ON THE LARGELY LOWER INCOME AND DISABLED COMMUNITY THAT RENTS AT HARPERS FOREST AND THEY'VE STOOD SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE SLUMLORDS, WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO BE THEIR CAMPAIGN SUPPORTERS, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY! BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THAT ON ELECTION DAY! RIGHT TENANTS?

HOWARD COUNTY APARTMENT SHOPPERS TAKE NOTE - ALL OF THESE VOICES FROM ABUSED AND ANGRY TENANTS, THE DAMNING PHOTOGRAPHS, THE FAILED INSPECTION REPORTS OF DREADFUL MAINTENANCE CONDITIONS, HORROR STORIES ABOUT THE MOST INEPT MANAGEMENT TEAM EVER, DOCUMENTED ON THIS SITE AND OTHERS, MIGHT VERY WELL BE PICTURES OF YOUR HOME AND STORIES OF YOUR HORROR'S IF YOU SIGN A LEASE AT HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS. TAKE IT FROM THOSE WHO KNOW. TAKE IT FROM THESE CURRENT AND FORMER RENTERS WHO HAVE HAD TO LIVE IN THESE CONDITIONS - DO NOT RENT FROM HARPERS FOREST APARTMENTS! IT COULD BE THE WORST HOUSING DECISION YOU'VE EVER MADE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. DON'T SPEND YOUR HARD EARNED DOLLARS HERE. THERE ARE OTHER PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED AND SUPERIOR APARTMENT COMMUNITIES LESS THAN A MILE AWAY. FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED!