I have been here for more than one lease, however if I had known about the tricks they were going to pull with their utility bills, I would not have renewed. In the past year they have added three additional fees to our utility bills without giving anyone a notice. These fees which relate to the building itself and not your utility usage add up to $35 extra every month. I have $70 water/trash bills monthly for a single person in a one bedroom apartment. When I asked how they could just add additional fees on, they said that they were always there and that we are all lucky that the apartment doesn't backcharge us for the months these fees were not included. I have contacted other apartment complexes to see how they handle these "utility fees" and everyone has them included in the rent since they are fixed and are collected by the Volusia County Tax Office. What this allows is for Hawthorne Village to artificially lower their monthly rent making it seem less expensive.

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