THURSDAY 12:45 PM UPDATE:
KnightNews.com got a response from Boardwalk’s Kimberly Bittle just before noon apologizing for not responding to our original requests. She said she had overlooked our e-mail requesting information before posting the original story, because it was buried within many other emails that came in about the situation. Bittle also said she used the yahoo.com account, because her work server is acting up.
KnightNews.com and Boardwalk are trying to schedule a time to have a sit down interview about the situation, as there is clearly another side of this story we’d like to hear — that’s why we waited almost a day before posting it originally. Until we can find a time that works for both of us, we offered Boardwalk the chance to write an unedited statement we will post on KnightNews.com to say whatever they’d like to about the situation. We also sent a list of questions we felt our visitors would want addressed, and will let you know when we get them answered. We will post the updates to this story as soon as we can get them online.
KnightNews.com also has obtained a follow-up e-mail sent from Brianne to its residents. You can read that by clicking here.
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KnightNews.com received an email tip from a frustrated resident living at the Boardwalk apartment complex just off campus. The KnightNews.com tipster was angry about the enforcement of a lease policy, which was apparently not enforced until February 8th.
UPDATE: CLICK TO READ HOW BOARDWALK IS THREATENING APPARENT LEGAL ACTION OVER THIS STORY
The policy, which the tipster said was buried very deep within the lease signed before the start of last year’s winter semester, states that no guests may stay overnight at the Boardwalk apartment complex, according to tipsters.
An email to residents from the property manager, obtained by KnightNews.com, interpreted the lease to mean no guests past 2 a.m., no exceptions. That means no boyfriends can spend the night with their girlfriend, no girlfriends can spend the night with their boyfriend and you can’t even have a friend over to study for a big exam the next day past 2 a.m.
KnightNews.com emailed the listed manager for a comment on the policy, but so far she has refused to respond. After this story was published, we got a response threatening their lawyers would be called due to inaccurate information, however, management refused to say what information they claimed was inaccurate.
Another tipster wrote to KnightNews.com on Thursday saying the lease itself doesn’t specify a time guests need to be out, but just says no overnight guests are allowed. However, the e-mail from management said security will remove guests after 2 a.m., once someone reports them to security.
This raises the question: Can Boardwalk legally make your guests leave if your guest stays until 3 a.m., if the information from tipsters is accurate, saying the lease doesn’t specify an exact time overnight guests have to be out?
If you have a tip for KnightNews, email us at news@knightnews.com, or click the link at the top of the page. We would love someone to e-mail us a copy of the lease.
Below is a copy of the email we received. What do you think? Will you consider living there in the future? Comment below.
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Dear Residents,
Attached are some flyers about upcoming events. Tomorrow, Feb 9th, maintenance will be entering the apartments to change all the air filters. We want to keep your a/c in good working order. We appreciate your understanding with this. We are unable to make appointments to enter but shouldn’t be in the apartment more than 2 minutes.
As of today Feb 8th, Boardwalk will be enforcing our lease policy that states no residents are to have overnight guests at any time. We feel that your guest should be leaving no later than 2am. This is a reasonable time to have your fun and your friends need to go back to their own places. They are not to crash on the couch or spend the night in your room at any time. If you feel your roommate is having guests over, please contact the courtesy officer at 407-870-7002 after 2am and all guests will be escorted out of the property and the resident could be served legal notice of violation. We hate to have to take these measures, however each of you signed a lease agreement that you understand our policies and as a shared common space, you should all be courteous to your roommates. We want all our residents to enjoy their time here at Boardwalk and having guests overnight with showering and such can cause your electric bill to be higher, there is a tendency to disturb your roommates with noise while they are sleeping, and most importantly it is a violation of our lease agreement. We appreciate your cooperation in this matter.
Thank you for your time,
Brianne Stabler
407-384-8626
407-384-8094 Fax
brianne@gsiam.com
See the follow up e-mail sent out by clicking NEXT PAGE below.
