In your August 9th. issue, page 18, "Profile: What is Rosewood Place", you forgot to mention that the house (in the picture)behind the empty lot will also be tore down leaving two families looking for a new place to live. Let me tell you just a little story behind the scenes.
In November 2004, my family was looking for a new place to live. As always in Lakewood, we made numerous calls and checked out numerous places to see what really fit our needs. We met with a realtor from BP Lakewood Investments/North Coast Capital Partners. We viewed a double house on Wyandotte that didn't fit our needs. She suggested we go look at a house they had on Rosewood ave.. Wow, we fell in love with the house, the location, and the price. At the time we were told that this is a month to month lease and we agreed. We were never told that the house was going to be torn down months later, and that we would have to move again. In April of 2005 (6 months later) we receive a registered letter telling us the plans with Rosewood Place and that we will be given a 90 day notice to move. At this point we didn't know anything about the plans for our house to be torn down, when in fact Landlord Tom Barrett, BP Lakewood Investments/North Coast Capital Partners, the realtor, and even the grounds keeper knew, back then when they rented the place to us, that it would be torn down. Why wasn't this disclosed to us when we rented the place? Hmmm! Does make you wonder what kind of people we are dealing with? Depending on the time frame we might have still rented the place or maybe not? I sure hope the 90 days doesn't come in the winter months like our last move!
Don't for one minute think we are screaming sour apples. We are all for the progression of the City of Lakewood and it's Schools. Plus they have offered us grants that we can apply for to help with relocation and housing expensives, that we have to chase down and apply for and wait for approval. But I do think, we need to really look at the motivation behind Tom Barrett, Managing Member, BP Lakewood Investments/North Coast Capital Partners. I do believe this is all about money and nothing else but money. Don't be fooled by this "urban environment" Lakewood has that and has always had it! Their plans are to set two families looking for two new places to live and to build eleven town homes starting at $200,000.00 each. WOW!!! Why not build a apartment complex that houses 22 lower rent apartments? Imagine That! Still can have the store fronts too.
In closing, there is nothing I can say or do to change this. We as a Community, have to REALLY look at the motivation behind Investors wanting to tear down perfectly good homes in order to change Lakewood for their own profit gains!!!
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John:
I can appreciate your point of view and the disruption of your settlement.
I am glad you are letting us know that economic development creates disruption for people in the community.
However, living in a month to month lease situation has both upsides and downsides, for both the one who rents and the one who owns.
When I first came to Lakewood, I benefitted from a month to month situation, before I could purchase a house. Coming here from the east coast, where rentals were scarce, leases for 12 months, and prices expensive, I felt very fortunate to enjoy the flexibility of a month to month lease.
There are apartment owners who will offer longer term leases that will provide a duration of predictability. It's a matter of making such a commitment, on both sides.
You note: "April of 2005 (6 months later) we receive a registered letter telling us the plans with Rosewood Place and that we will be given a 90 day notice to move."
This does not seem like an unreasonable notice.
Again, I am sorry that your enjoyment of Lakewood is under disruption.
At least for now, I believe you are somewhat fortunate as a renter in Lakewood, because rental properties are in good supply and still affordable.
Kenneth Warren
I can appreciate your point of view and the disruption of your settlement.
I am glad you are letting us know that economic development creates disruption for people in the community.
However, living in a month to month lease situation has both upsides and downsides, for both the one who rents and the one who owns.
When I first came to Lakewood, I benefitted from a month to month situation, before I could purchase a house. Coming here from the east coast, where rentals were scarce, leases for 12 months, and prices expensive, I felt very fortunate to enjoy the flexibility of a month to month lease.
There are apartment owners who will offer longer term leases that will provide a duration of predictability. It's a matter of making such a commitment, on both sides.
You note: "April of 2005 (6 months later) we receive a registered letter telling us the plans with Rosewood Place and that we will be given a 90 day notice to move."
This does not seem like an unreasonable notice.
Again, I am sorry that your enjoyment of Lakewood is under disruption.
At least for now, I believe you are somewhat fortunate as a renter in Lakewood, because rental properties are in good supply and still affordable.
Kenneth Warren