We rented here for a little less than one year. Read your rental agreement carefully and take pictures when you move in. They didn?t apply our deposits correctly. (I had a pet deposit and they did not apply it to the final bill). Don?t forget to clean the dust off your light bulbs or they will charge you for that too. We were lucky - we only had to pay a little over a thousand dollars to move out. Another single resident tenant ( a relative) was charged $5000.00.

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From: Anonymous	Date: 01/25/2008
We rented from South Village, another community in Arlington which is managed by the same company, and we have been told that since we have not lived here for 6 months we are not entitled to any portion of our deposit back. We were on a month to month contract, and are being bled for every cent we have. Like you said, be VERY careful when renting from these two communities.
From: Anonymous	Date: 09/03/2009
Sorry, folks, but you didn't read your rental agreement before initialing beside all those little subclauses. That's not management's fault, that's your fault for just signing on the dotted line without carefully considering that to which you were agreeing. As for the pet deposit, the rental agreement makes it crystal clear that the $500.00 is NON-REFUNDABLE and has NOTHING to do with your damage deposit. As for the damage deposit, the agreement clearly states that you are NOT eligible to a refund if you do not remain in your unit more than six months. It's not hidden in there somewhere, it's right there in black and white, and you had to initial it before you signed the agreement. I remember reading it aloud to my husband right there in front of the manager, because I didn't want him thinking he was being ripped off if we needed to move in with my mother, who was recently diagnosed with lymphoma. I read it, therefore it wouldn't be such a shocker to me should we need to vacate early. Now, since both of those conditions are clearly stated in the rental agreement, and you either failed to read it or didn't completely understand what you were reading, you oughtn't have initialed and/or signed off on it. People need to quit blaming others for their own complacency. If you'd have taken the initiative to read your documents prior to signing, you wouldn't have be surprised by the subclauses. As for the $5000.00 your relative was charged, well what the hell did they do to that unit? I mean, legally, if there aren't damages totaling that amount, they aren't obligated to pay it. Seriously, if I received a bill for $5000.00 I'd be asking for itemisation and speaking with an attorney if I felt the charges were unjustifiable. Otherwise, he/she/they should've lived in the place not trashed it. Moral of the story: This is a great place to live, but don't be irresponsible and fail to read your rental agreement, because it is YOUR responsibility to know what you're getting yourself into WHENEVER and WHEREVER you sign a contractual agreement. Furthermore, don't trash the place or you'll accrue additional charges. Current Tenant, and no I don't work here.

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