I lived in Lynnewood Gardens for a year and here are several things happened to me during this year.

1. When I decided to sign the lease, I was charged $250 for "holding the apartment" for me before the paperwork (i.e. the lease) was finalized. The leasing agents told me that this $250 would be credited to my resident account after I moved in. OK, I trusted them. Unfortunately, this $250 was not credited to my account 4 months after I moved in. Finally, I paid a visit to their service office and asked about it. Their answer was, "Whoops!"

2. As their lease said, everyone has to mail the monthly rent check to their office. If your mail got lost, you would be charged late fees. If you don't want to take this risk, fine, use their "automatic payment option," i.e., giving your bank account number to them and they will charge the rent from your bank account at the beginning of each month. In this case, you will never need to worry about the late fee. Isn't it great' Silly me trusted them, again. It was fine in the first few months, and then I found out that they started to withdraw from my bank account about $100 more than my rent. To solve to this issue, I paid two visits to their service office: got another "Whoops" in the first time and got my money back in the second time.

3. Even if you signed a lease which specifies the ending date of your lease, it is not a real ending. Somewhere in the lease, it says that you have to notify them your moving-out 2 months before the "ending date," otherwise they will assume you will not move out and charge your for more rents. If you don't notify them 2 months in advance but still want to move out on schedule, you need to pay one more month rent as "improper notice fee." So if anyone really wants to move in this place, be sure to remember the exact "ending date" on your lease.

4. The ultimate pain in the neck welcomes you only after you move out.Frankly speaking, I didn't expect to get much security deposit money back after the three things above happened to me. Unfortunately, Lynnewood Gardens will always surprise you and go beyond your expectation. One month after I moved out, I received a final bill indicating that (1)I am not getting my security posit back, not a single penny, and (2)I owed them another $1000. It seems to me that this final bill was never designed to let any tenant understand, because all the charges were listed in three-letter or sever-letter codes. Let me give your an example: could anyone kindly tell me why I was charged $600 for JCHARI' I would really appreciate any answer. Anyone, give a guess'

Life is not easy and never gonna be, but at least you could save yourself some trouble by staying away from Lynnewood Gardens.

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