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Fountains Limited


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mfx2009

Resident 2006

9/12/2006

I lived here from January '06 until July '06. The first thing I didn't really like was that their leasing is from July to July, so unless you secure a lease in May or you find someone who is trying to get out of their lease, you're out of luck. I got my apt from the girl that worked in the office who was moving to another state and needed out of her lease, she was unable to give the Manager a proper two weeks and for that the Manager was very bitter to me, when I came to sign my lease she asked me to come back after the other girl's lunch. I never really had a problem with noise, the complex is divided with one bedroom flats on one half of the complex and 3 and 4 bedrooms on the other side. This is the closest apartment complex to the University of West Florida without actually being on campus so is therefore marketed toward college and college aged students, there are going to be parties. The neighbourhood is safe and is a very decent part of town. On Friday and Saturday nights there was always a police officer stationed to the lot to make sure everyone was safe. The new leasing consultant is very rude and when I asked to extend my lease after my moving out was delayed she told me that my unit had already been sold to someone so I "had" to move out on my move out date (July 25th) or I could take over someone else's lease, units that were a few doors down the sidewalk from me. When I later asked why the people scheduled to take my unit couldn't move into the people's trying to move out, she suddenly told me that they had found people to take their lease and either way, she couldn't have someone move into their unit because they were promising someone a brand new unit with new carpet and new paint, so I absolutely had to move. This being about three weeks before my lease was up caused me to be in a bind to move out so when I finally found somewhere to live I only had a few days to do it, the Manager and leasing consultant were very unsympathetic and only wanted me to get out. The day after my lease had expired, the Manager came banging on my door at 8 a.m. yelling as to why I hadn't moved yet, before I could explain she told me to be out by noon or she'd change the locks and call the Sheriff's department. Very unprofessional. After packing and cleaning for two days, I finally moved out, they stated they would take the "three" days out of my s/d, it was only two days and I asked to speak to the Manager or have her call me, but like always "she was busy." She also never called me. A couple weeks of not having my mailed forwarded, I received a certified letter stating that because of "Painting, Missing Item and Miscellaneous" my $250 s/d had been used and that I owed them $222. After I was told they'd have to paint and renovate the apartment anyway. I replied in a letter disputing their claim, but never heard anything further, I'm waiting to see if they reported this on my credit to decide if I should sue. My entire stay wasn't completely terrible just those last few days. The highlights were, that the Maintenance guy was VERY very nice and friendly, he even wished me luck with my move out and always waved at everyone as you were passing by, the laundry and fitness center were always clean and everything worked, I never used the pool but it seemed to stay clean and taken care of. The low lights: the entire property is on the side of a hill (in an area appropriately called Hillview) so the whole complex goes downhill, my unit was in the very back which was quiet but faced woods and since the area was developed on swamp land frequently smelled like sulfur or methane. I would recommend these apartments to a student who needs to be near the University, enjoys not really seeing your neighbours and would like a safe place to live.

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