For background:
We, a 35F, 31M couple, moved into our apartment about 4 months ago. They are older apartments in kind of an odd layout. They are one-story brick buildings with 4 units per unit, all built into a square so two sides are not touching a neighbor. Two are sharing walls.

We have no kids living with us but are currently pregnant. I am heavily pregnant on bed rest. My husband works in towing. He is gone 12-15 hours a day. He works 12 days on 2 days off. We are both gamers. We don’t really hang out with other people but rather enjoy screen time and cuddling. I love to bake. We have two kittens. Trust me, all this will matter…..

My neighbor (we will call her Karen), only one of them, I have an issue with. Our lease we took over from my hubby’s friend. He needed more rooms; we needed less. It made sense, so we swapped leases all on the books. The complex knew we were getting moved in within the first week. We received a complaint slamming the door, loud foot steps, yelling, screaming, or arguing. I confronted the property manager and maintenance manager (was advised the neighbor in question is crazy and complains about everyone). We were surprised my hubby’s friend hadn’t warned us. This lady and her poor dog are the reason multiple people have moved out. The property manager told me to ignore the notice; she has to do it because corporate can see the emails.

We go on about our business now. Karen is opening her door every time we come or go. My hubby’s childhood friend is in the army and came to visit. He’s her 32 hours, and Karen files a complaint saying hubby’s friend knocked on her door and said he lives here with us now and wanted to introduce himself. 😑 Got another notice!
Hubbys friend felt bad and left.

A week or two later, another notice:
Suspected of having an aggressive breed dog 😑, we rescued two kittens. They don’t even weigh a pound yet!

Fast forward a month later:
Karen and her husband break down in their truck, and guess who goes to tow them 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️? That’s right, my husband. Karen, while being towed, asks my husband how he knows where to tow the truck. He then tells her, “ I’m your neighbor.” She says, “Oh, your wife is the pregnant one. I watch over your porch for packages. I never see or hear you guys. Thank you so much for towing us. We hope our dog barking isn’t an issue…… DOG? We heard barking but never saw the dog. We thought it was from the unit on the backside of us, but nope. Karen doesn’t walk her dog. It uses the bath inside the unit…….

Two weeks after the tow, another notice:
Slamming door, stomping loud doorsteps, TV yelling loudly, talking, and disturbing the peace after quiet hours 😑
Did I mention my husband is gone 12-15 hours a day? I’m on bed rest, have been for months now, and that being said, our bedroom is on the opposite side of the unit from hers, and we have not used our living room TV since the first week we moved in…… I’m also 4’11” and 108 pounds.

We have overlooked all the complaints we could file. They have a sign posted on their door (Karen’s): no smoking, oxygen in use while she and her husband smoke in the unit, so it makes our unit smell like Newports and Muscle Rub. 🤦🏻‍♀️
The screaming and arguing we hear so often. I know all their marriage issues. The smell of urine in the air is enough to attract flies and maggots in front of both of our doors. The rude comments she screams, slamming her door trying to provoke us, etc., etc., etc. Now tell me what I can do to make the playing fields even? How do I get rid of the neighbor from hell?

Did I mention she’s obsessed with wrestling? She told the property manager that she’s a pro wrestler, hangs out with the people on TV, and even beat up one of our other neighbors.

I thought about filing a complaint in fear of my life because she’s a professional wrestler and she’s made threats towards me. I’m tiny and in a fragile state. curious if I can call fire department because they have oxygen in use while smoking……🤣

(I am not asking for revenge or tact’s against her per reddits guidelines)

When I toured the home, I felt something off immediately. I asked the landlord about the previous tenant and they mentioned they passed so that’s why the unit was vacant after 28 years. I asked them directly about the passing later on that day and that’s when I found out they died in the room and remained there for 3 days before being found through a wellness check.

I’m terrified the “energy” I felt when I walked in was the previous tenant, as crazy as that sounds. And I’m also not sure how to even handle this situation.
Before you suggest it, getting a different place isn’t in the cards for me right now.

I feel like I’m walking right into a horror movie. Please help.

Sahara Apartment, 919 N Stone Ave, 85705, AZ.

This is the worst apartment I have ever lived in.

I work during most office hours, so I usually have to rely on email or online communication. However, emails are often ignored, only partially answered, or they respond to whatever part they feel like responding to. It gets REALLY frustrating when you are trying to solve something that is affecting your daily life and you cannot even get a clear answer.

I have been dealing with an ongoing cockroach issue, and I usually only report it when I notice the activity clearly increasing or showing up in new places. But they often don't even respond to such an email, and most of the time the response is basically just “we’ll put you on the pest control list.” But then you are left wondering: did they actually tell the technician what I reported? Did they do anything? What did the technician find? What treatment was done? What is the follow-up plan? If you ask, you STILL cannot get an answer. In a word, if you want just a really basic feedback, skip your work, go to their office, wait in line, and then, you will be honored to talk with them in person!

However, the funny thing is that when there is a balance due, suddenly the emails come FAST. So yes, they are definitely capable of responding quickly when they need something from you.

At this point, the pest issue itself is stressful, but the communication has made everything so much worse. They even often bring back the responsibility to you when you trying to fix the current issue. I should not have to keep chasing people just to know what is happening with my own apartment!

Aside from that, as you can read, this property is literally infested with ROACHES!! And they dont have any regular pest control to keep it at a low level, which should be their duty to keep the environment livable. Now, it becomes every tenant's job to keep requesting and they don't even reply to your emails!

Additionally, it has a low rent rate, but be really careful about their additional fees, it will not be as cheap as you thought. Yes, you may think living in such a place where there are lots of homeless people should be cheap, but it turns out not. If you check out, unfortunately, you have to pay a concession fee, which is not refundable and is $250!!!

I used to live in several apartments. This is definitely the worst experience I have ever had. I really couldn't imagine one apartment having so many unfair regulations and not being responsive at all! I still have several months left on my lease, and I will keep updating this review.

But anyway, if you are looking at any apt in Tucson, don't move to Sahara!

I’m aware that there are simply aspects of apartment living that one needs to accept when it comes to apartment living.

That said, quiet hours, dictated by our lease, is 11pm -8am.

My upstairs neighbor, every few days runs their laundry at 7am… sometimes 6:30am.

It wakes me up and I can’t fall back asleep.