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Not worth it. Could be kicked out in 60 days.
From:
-Anonymous-
Date posted:
10/2/2006
Years at this apartment:
2006
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2006
We very nearly signed a lease with this place for a 1 bedroom apartment, $1900 a month.
We were told it came with DirecTV and High Speed Internet as part of the rent, along with A/C and heating. The rent was pretty high but we thought at least we wouldn't have to pay DirecTV and an Internet Fee.
So the next day I called up the building Internet/DirectTV provider "MDUC" to find out some specifics. Turns out if you want DirecTV you have to pay $44 a month for the basic package and $12 extra for HBO etc. I asked what was the free service and he said it was 60 channels, of an "unnamed" service. So you get 60 channels free. :/
Next I asked about the "High Speed" Internet. He told me 1.5Mbit Internet. I told him that was slow. He said it was not. I asked him to tell me how much that was in kiloBYTES. He said well it's 1500, and I said no that kiloBITS, how much is it in kiloBYTES' And he says "Oh it's double!, so it's 3000!" and I said wrong, you divide it by 8, so about 190KB/s" he paused for a moment and then put me on hold for a while. Then he came back and sheepishly admitted it was 190KB/s. I said if they considered that "high speed" I must be living in 1998. He also told me that one connection was shared between the entire building!! At this point I thanked him for his time.
Now the second thing, the building is "going condo" so there's a clause in your contract that at any time someone could buy the apartment you're leasing and you have 60 days to move. My fiancee and I were worried about having that hanging over our heads already, and with the internet/directv woes we decided to just call it quits.
We called the Leasing Office to ask if they'd consider to lower the rent, were very abrupt and said no they wouldn't budge on the price, and so I cancelled our application.
Overall it's a nice building, fairly decent location, but very expensive and the "freebies" are deceptive. You'll end up paying for your own DirecTV and DSL anyway.
Caveat Emptor BuLYzGcKAVo8MQPlcXJq
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