The Cottages at Johnston Commons

Linda

I was at The Cottages at Johnston Commons. They call them little cottages. They are like little homes and I only rented there. Your garage was attached to your home. I really did like living there. I'm wearing something around my neck so if there is a problem and I fall or something, the beep will go off and somebody will come and help me. They've got several places that they have two cottages on one side and two cottages on the other side, but if you rent a two-bedroom place, you get a two-car garage. It's very convenient across the street from the library. A lot of people have lived there for a long time. They're brand new. I was the first person to be in my little apartment. I was there 14 years and I was very happy with it. The cottages are covered with cement bricks on the outside, but you have your garage attached, and it has remote on it. They want you to keep your place nice and neat. I had no problems living there and I never missed a payment for rent. You get a complete kitchen. They have a community room that you can rent and I usually rented it at Christmastime. They have a small exercise area. If you wanted something fixed, you had to actually do it online and tell them what was wrong. They insist on keeping the facility and the yard outside clean and neat because in Johnston, they want to keep their town clean and neat. If you put something on your patio that they don't like, you are forced to take it down. They don't really have any activities. You can go in and have a birthday party or you can go and play your own bingo, but they don't provide it. Once in a while, they will have an ice cream thing or whatever and you're welcome to go there. They're very nicely done on the inside. You get a stove, a microwave and a nice-sized kitchen. I did so much baking in that place. When I started there, I paid $165. When I left there, I paid almost $2000. They raise their rent and it's not low. All in all, it was a very nice place to live. If you want to live someplace where you don't have to go up and down the hallways or whatever, that's a good place because they're all individual doors.