CArroll Park Manor

[Resident Alien]

Is CPM a nice place to live? Is it quiet? Mostly families with young children? What about the HOA? Are they really strict and full of their own power?Thanks for any info!

[Lucelia]

the HOA are very annal about the 24 hour parking spaces. My boyfriend lives there so I visit often. I got a notice posted on my car to removed it because I had exceeded the 24 hour limit otherwise it would be tow. I had only been parked there for less than 12 hours! What's worse, the manager did not leave a name or phone number on the ticket. My boyfriend has actually gotten his car towed before when he has not even been parked there for a full 24 hours!

[CPM Res]

Resident Alien wrote:

Is CPM a nice place to live? Is it quiet? Mostly families with young children? What about the HOA? Are they really strict and full of their own power?Thanks for any info!

It is all right in the "nice" department-nice looking that is. Is is far beyond quiet. Yes, there are many kids and they play on the street all the time. The adults are just as loud as the kids. I haven't had any good experiences w/my neighbors, in fact we've been treated downright lousy. Our parking space is constantly being taken while that car is away and a guy uses it as a garage to fix all the neighborhood cars. Our other one, not taken as often but our car has been beat to crap by the cars to each side. Our yard is constantly used as a shortcut by adults and children, and also used as a garbage dump. The HOA will be on you in a heartbeat if you're late with a payment. I've witnessed many in the neighborhood getting away with whatever they want, for instance, if they are breaking all the rules, no one cares, while there are others who get in trouble for every little thing. It's no picnic, but hey, that's life!

[CPM Resident]

The HOA is ridiculous about parking spaces, they really need to get over themselves and back off a bit. I parked in a visitors spot overnight and they put a freakin orange sticker on my nack window that took me 20 minutes to scrape off in the morning. Its not that nice but they portray it to be something way nicer and the HOA board seems to thrive on some false sense of power they evidently lack in their "real" lives.

[Lisa]

I bought my house here two years ago, and I wish I hadnt. The neighborhood was so quiet, we didnt see anyone outside hanging around in the 4 times we were at the house before settlement. Right. The day we moved in was nice and sunny out and all the teenagers were hanging out being loud outside. The sumemrs are horrible because of the amount of kids that hang around, the young kids with no parental supervision is nuts, the vandalism at the park... If I could afford to take a loss on my house, I would in a heartbeat.

[Jon]

Believe me, I feel your pain Lisa. With all the foreclosures back in here going for 90k-130k, it is going to be a tough sell.

[Norman Gruntnuckle]

I live in the back of CPM on Murdock Ct. The people are mostly good neighbors but a few are inconsiderate. They take their trash out at odd days and it stays out until trash day comes around. I found it fun to turn them in to the City (CPM is in the city limits) so a $100.00 fine was issued. Be careful to not get caught as some of the people that live there are section 8 animals...but where is the fun without a little risk....Oh and some leave their trash cans out at the curb for the entire week..I collect them and sell on Ebay. Other than that it is a pretty nice neighborhood As for parking I have only one car that I park in the same spot so I have an extra...I hate the idea of having people towed but now and then I will let all the air out of their tires,,,,One Gal confronted me and I told her that I pissed off some of the neighborhood kids and they do that to me now and then..well the word got out and that space stayed vacent for several months...too funny.