Long-ass Rambling and Angry Review of ‘Fallen Leaf Galena’ condo complex
Fallen Leaf at 5:34am, Sunday 5/24 (Memorial weekend)
Experience Date: Fall 2007 – Spring 2009
Stars: 1
A few weeks ago, Holly and I moved ourselves from 17000 Wedge Parkway in South Reno over to The Boulders on Summit Ridge in Northwest Reno. The 17 mile jaunt across town caused tons of stress right up until moving day (U-haul or no U-haul?… What!? He said he would help and he bailed days before??…and WTF are we going to do with that mattress that has been sitting in the garage for 6 months?). But our real stress was caused by Fallen Leaf and their silly board of homeowners before we moved out.
I decided to review Fallen Leaf because of their completely ridiculous parking rules. If you have ever been over to the complex, you will note that it appears to be a ghost town. Every condo has a garage below the living unit. This is a sweet feature, but what you may not know is that the association does not allow residents to EVER park in ANY parking space outside of their garage.
Not only is that annoying and weird in my opinion, but they have hired security to patrol for offenders and will tow immediately.
Even weirder, is that residents cannot allow their guests to park in any of these empty spaces UNLESS you contact the home owner association rep DOWNTOWN RENO. Which, as you may have guessed from the mileage numbers I noted above, is just under 17 miles away down that long stretch of 395. You must contact them, and then drive downtown during the association’s business hours, to pick up a pass which is good for one or several days from what I understand.
$203 fee was reduced to $100 cash due to Holly's sweet talkin'
If you do not, your guest’s vehicle WILL be towed. Case in point, Matt came over for dinner on Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, and afterward we took my car downtown. Being responsible adults that drank a few too many in celebration of the holiday weekend, we opted to take a cab to his home that evening rather than driving all the way back to Fallen Leaf.
Holly was awakened at 5:00 AM Sunday morning of Memorial Day weekend to the screeching of Matt’s truck being loaded onto a tow trailer. Price tag: $203 (reduced to $100 after Holly sweet-talked the driver into taking cash and leaving the truck as long as she promised to move it). FOR PARKING AT MY FREAKING HOME. Mind you, no one was parked next to him or anywhere else from what I understand; this was simply a result of the fact that I hadn’t gotten his truck the required special guest pass.
Example reasons you may have a guest parking near your condo:
- A nice dinner party at your home (what if someone has too much to drink and opts not to drive home? They get their car towed for being responsible?)
- Meeting up with a friend to carpool to Lake Tahoe or etc. (how pissed would you be to come home to no car after a relaxing day at the lake and an attempt at being more green by carpooling?)
- A friend drops by for a quick surprise visit (you have to say: “sorry, you can’t park here”…REALLY?)
- You hired a babysitter for a night out with your husband (add $203 to that end of the night tab and give your sitter a ride to the tow lot)
There are many reasons why you may have a guest. My point is: you shouldn’t need to worry about them getting towed.
Interestingly enough, our lease required us to give 30-day notice of moving, and ended July 1. You can bet that after our towing incident we promptly emailed our landlords immediately after Memorial Day weekend with our plans to move the f* out. The fact that Holly and I both worked on the other side of town (looking to save $ on gas each day) and the less expensive rent at The Boulders (by $150 per month, and Sierra Pacific is the only utility—unlike the water, trash, and misc. etc. bills you have to also pay when renting a condo) were just icing on our cake at that point.
To close, the day we did the walk-through of #1721 with our now former landlords, ironically some dumbass double-parked me in to the ‘guest’ parking area. After 10 minutes of knocking on random neighbor’s doors she flippantly came out of one of the condos to move her SUV. I should have just exercised my right and called security to have her towed!
Oh, and P.S. we still had a blast up at Lake Tahoe later on that day. Check us out:
Moral ~ Have fun no matter how horrible your wake-up call is!
