TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — After weeks of delays, the first wave of students has finally moved into Perla, but some residents say they are now facing problems ranging from water issues to trash piling up \u2014 and in one case, what a parent believes could be mold.<\/p>\n
Maddie Karniewicz, a Perla resident who moved in over the weekend, said she was relieved to be out of temporary housing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so happy I\u2019m not living in a hotel anymore,\u201d Karniewicz said.<\/p>\n
Karniewicz said her unit looks great, but her hot water stopped working after her first day in the building.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just have no hot water. It\u2019s like room temperature and I\u2019m hoping its cause they\u2019re working on the water cause we had hot water the first day, and now we don\u2019t,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Karniewicz also said she has heard from other residents about leaks and water problems. She confirmed the building\u2019s trash system is not working yet, leaving trash in the hallways.<\/p>\n
Concerns have also been raised by at least one parent, who provided a photo and said she believes a dark growth in her son\u2019s unit is mold. The substance has not been independently confirmed.<\/p>\n
City permit records show plumbing inspections dating back to July. Additional final building, fire and environmental inspections were recorded Sept. 10 and 11, just before the first students moved in Saturday.<\/p>\n
Hedrick Brothers Construction said in a statement that it is \u201caware of the concerns that have been reported and has worked with the appropriate teams to address them. Based on the information currently available to us, the reported issues have been addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n
The company said it remains in communication with property management and its trade partners and will continue responding to construction-related concerns.<\/p>\n
Move-in at Perla is still not complete. Only residents on floors three through seven of buildings B and C have been allowed to move in. Parents of some displaced students said they still have not received a timeline for when they can move in.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was likeI think it\u2019s gonna be worth the wait once they figure everything out and now everything looks really nice, so I am happy I kept it,\u201d Karniewicz said.<\/p>\n
Perla has not provided a new move-in date for residents still waiting to get into their units.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — After weeks of delays, the first wave of students has finally moved into Perla, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-400863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}