Walpole Point Owners Association

The worst. place. ever. This place makes me wish Unilocal had 0 stars, or better yet… negative stars. I rent from an owner, and this association handles the outside of the building, but MAN, do I use «handles» loosely here. My room is on the 2^nd story of a townhouse, and on 1÷10÷14, I noticed water STREAMING out of the light fixture in my closet… um, ok, that looks like a fire waiting to happen. I immediately called my landlord who was VERY prompt and sent a maintenance man out the next morning. He said he could not fix the light until the roof was fixed, and said a roofer would be out by Tuesday. Ok, I suppose I can listen to dripping water for a couple nights. Tuesday rolls around and Walpole didn’t send a roofer. Alright, perhaps they are busy. 6 days after the leak started, nothing, so I contact my landlord again and she apologizes profusely and contacts Walpole again. 2 days later I get an email to the effect that, «Well, the roof can’t get fixed because its too dangerous for the roofer… the roofer will be out as soon as the weather allows» OK… not sure what «weather allows» means as I contacted the American Roofers Association and they said there IS NO «too cold weather» to roof in. HA… so a week passes and nothing… then another. At this point my closet is useless and there is mold/​burn marks coming out from my light fixture… ok, that is not good. On Feb 3^rd, I contact Walpole back saying that per the lease I am giving them 14 days to fix this or I will be forced to withhold rent from my landlord. They again, just simply state its too dangerous. This is strange to me, because as I sit on my couch, I look across the street, and what do you know… A ROOFER… on my neighbors roof… ROOFING. How can this be? That roof is pitched and mine is flat! How is a flat roof more dangerous than a slanted one? On Feb 17^th, I finally got my lawyer involved. She contacts Walpole directly, and the «boss» tells her that they need «3 days of above freezing temps AND 3 days of dry weather»…Its February in Chicago… this criteria won’t happen for AWHILE. It’s been 6 weeks and not a thing has changed since the leak started. Walpole contacted me today and said that since it is 40 degrees today, and nice tomorrow… they will try to clear the roof so the roofer can come out NEXT week and fix the roof. Hmmmm, wait… I thought they needed above freezing temps and dry days? There is 100% chance of rain in 2 days and then it goes back into teen temps. which, last time I checked, was WELL below freezing. As a final nail in Walpole’s coffin, I have contacted multiple roofers in the area and all said there has not been any weather that would prohibit at least a temporary fix to stop the leaking so the light could be fixed. One guy even laughed when I told him that I was told weather was an issue. He said, «Check out Minnesota’s Roofer’s page… they get more snow than us and their busiest month is January» So, it is clear that Walpole… or at least the roofer they use, does not like to do work when its cold out. Please PLEASE stay away from Walpole if you are looking at renting from an owner that is through this association.