{"id":195088,"date":"2025-09-02T21:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T21:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/195088\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T21:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T21:19:09","slug":"owners-unpaid-bills-left-westside-apartment-residents-without-water-for-days-jea-says-news4jax-helped-restore-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/195088\/","title":{"rendered":"Owner\u2019s unpaid bills left Westside apartment residents without water for days, JEA says. News4JAX helped restore it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 Residents of a Westside apartment complex will finally have their water restored on Tuesday evening after going days without running water due to the owner\u2019s unpaid bills, according to JEA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The service restoration at the Arbor Oaks Apartments on Jammes Road comes on the same day the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/i-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/i-team\/\"> News4JAX I-TEAM<\/a> brought the concern to the City of Jacksonville and JEA.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of a Westside apartment complex will finally have their water restored on Tuesday evening after going days without running water due to the owner\u2019s unpaid bills, according to JEA. (Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A resident, who did not want to be identified, said he hasn\u2019t had running water since Friday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">He said he has to shower at the gym and buy gallons of water to get by.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A video obtained by News4JAX from one of the apartment\u2019s residents showed no water flow in the bathroom or the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">During our visit to the apartment complex on Tuesday, we also ran into Roshaunda Williams, who said her son lives there and has been dealing with the same issue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cNot having water is like not being able to fully bathe,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to the City of Jacksonville, they\u2019ve received two complaints in the last several days about the lack of running water at the apartment complex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Despite multiple attempts to contact apartment complex management by knocking on the office door and making phone calls, at the time of this publication, we had not been able to reach anyone in charge.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of a Westside apartment complex will finally have their water restored on Tuesday evening after going days without running water due to the owner\u2019s unpaid bills, according to JEA. (Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JEA told News4JAX that the owner of Arbor Oaks Apartments, Jacksonville Rental Properties LLC, owes the agency approximately $19,000 for past-due amounts and a deposit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to JEA, it has tried to reach the owner since May 16 to request a deposit. However, the agency said it never received it and disconnected services on July 9. The agency also noted that since that time, it believes someone has tampered with the equipment on three separate occasions to supply water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Residents told News4JAX the water has been on and off for weeks, which lines up with JEA\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>Read JEA\u2019s statement below:<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 bqJyUE iQviKm block-quote\">\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 ewwUYq\">JEA\u00a0is restoring water service to Arbor Oaks Apartments for the safety of residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 ewwUYq\">JEA\u00a0only disconnects services as a last resort, after notifications and efforts to help customers resolve issues. Starting on May 16, 2025,\u00a0JEA\u00a0notified Jacksonville Rental Properties LLC multiple times that a deposit was needed to keep services on. The deposit was not received, and water services were disconnected on July 9. Since that time,\u00a0JEA\u00a0has detected tampering of equipment at least three different times and confirmed that water was supplied to the property.<\/p>\n<p>JEA spokesperson<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JEA also said it is \u201cworking to secure payment from Jacksonville Rental Properties,\u201d and since it just re-established the service, it does not have a new deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Residents who expressed their concerns on Tuesday were happy to know water would finally be turned back on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThis isn\u2019t the first time the water\u2019s been cut off,\u201d a resident told News4JAX.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">News4JAX is currently trying to track down more information on the property owner and will be following this story.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Residents of a Westside apartment complex will finally have their water restored on Tuesday evening&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":195089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,57511,7310,14626,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-195088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-i-team","12":"tag-jacksonville","13":"tag-jea","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115136794718811363","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}