You get what you put in

Dear Editor,

As a 12-year resident of 885 Oxford, I am not sure whether it’s totally fair to put Davport Property Management on the same low level as the slumlord owners of 275 Wentworth, and that includes comparing 280 Wentworth and 1040 Cedar, both Davport properties. Davport only took over management of these properties in 2013, this following 885 Oxford having three management takeovers and/or sales in about only year. We started to feel like we were part of a game of Monopoly here.

At least Davport looks like they are in it for the long haul. I feel work does get done here fairly quickly, including pest control. There are some very negligent tenants that have moved into the Oxford addresses that I can only describe as “drug-using slobs” to be quite blunt. The supers in 835 and 885 Oxford are earning their keep and try their best, although there are sometimes a little bit of a language barrier.

Tenant associations are excellent initiatives as long as everyone is respectful, proactive and reasonable.

As a tenant, you get back what you put in! All those south end properties are 50 to 60 years old and they can get a little frayed around the edges, as do tenants’ nerves and probably management as well when vandalism starts occurring. More security and neighbourhood watches go a long way.

Roger Hues