I was wrongly deprived of $920.00 (a month's rent) by the dishonesty (or if you prefer, incompetence) and rigidity of Oak Grove Towers' manager, ----- --------, and his staff.

I am unable to take legal action against Oak Grove Towers and their management firm, Sentinel Management Company, because the particular lease-termination process that caught me unawares and that I am now paying for having failed to follow is in fact spelled out in my lease contract. But I implore others: Do not take up residence in Oak Grove Towers unless you're comfortable with the idea of reading and re-reading your lease contract each and every time you need to deal with the apartment's managers.

I have my own case to cite in support of this exhortation, and I can cite other cases as well. In one such case, I can tell you about Mr. --------'s attempt to intimidate a resident from taking legal action against Oak Grove Towers by making a groundless legal charge (specifically, Mr. -------- charged that the resident would have a poor legal case against Oak Grove Towers because --------, when in court, would have to tell the judge that the resident refused to negotiate with him over the disputed matter, and that, according to --------, would make the resident look bad before the judge. Friends, negotiations are not admissible evidence in a courtroom.)

In the interest of brevity, I won't relate the full details of my story (contact me if you wish to hear them). But I'll inform you that I am obligated to pay Oak Grove Towers $920.00 because I relied on incorrect information provided to me by the apartment's secretary, and that Oak Grove Towers and Sentinel Management know I detrimentally relied on information provided to me by one of their agents, and don't care.

This is not a customer-friendly organization. You'll find that out for yourself if you rent here.

User Responses
From: Anonymous	Date: 06/14/2008
What incorrect information were you given? I've had issues with past landlord's I've had, so I can understand how frustrating that can be. However, I feel like your review is so lucid, that it's hard for me to even consider it when looking at the oak grove towers. You wrote more about the case regarding intimidation of another tenant than you did your own situation with this ----- guy. I'm sorry because I know you said you wanted to keep it short. However, the fact that there is so little information given regarding your situation, but a whole lot of dancing around it, it makes it look like there's not a lot of validity to the review. Sometimes it's better to be detailed than concise.
From: Anonymous	Date: 08/28/2008
seriously people, it would be in your best interest to understand the terms of your lease. they are written litterally & if it says you need to give a 60 day written notice to vacate by a particular day of the month then HELLOOO.... Its a contract & if you don't understand the terms thn you can't point the finger at management for your ignorance. Take responsibility for your mistakes.
From: lucasmcmillen	Date: 08/29/2008
Seriously, person, I understood the terms of the lease. 60 days notice. Got it. I can count to 60. I know what a day is. 60 days notice, check. Understanding the terms? Not an problem. My situation was, I literally found out on day T-60 that I'd need to terminate in 60 days, and I was out of town on this day. So I called -------- to see what I could do to submit the notice. -------- wasn't in, so I talked to his secretary, and explained the situation. I said I knew that written notice was normally needed. The secretary said that my giving her verbal notice over the phone would be sufficient to begin my 60-day countdown, and that I could just submit the written notice when I got back to Minneapolis. Well, guess what happens when I got back to Minneapolis: ----- doesn't accept the verbal notice, and points to the lease contract that says written notice. Me: "Secretary? Said so? Detrimental reliance? Out of town? Coulda faxed something? Coulda emailed something?" Didn't work. And that was their treatment of me, who'd lived there 3 years, always paid the rent on time, and who was never anything but polite and understanding towards them. That's why I ripped Oak Grove for the "dishonesty," "incompetence," and "rigidity" of the manager and his staff. Seriously, person.

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