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anonymous

Resident 2010 - 2012

10/23/2012

These brothers put on the nice guy-facade in person, but are truly crooked property owners and businessmen! They put some other tenants I know personally through hell with hidden late fees, overcharging broken appliances, etc. They literally put the people in tears on several occasions. For the most part they left us alone as far as slapping on phantom operating charges, but that does not mean that we didn't have trouble with the property. Two of my roommate's vehicles were broken into in the parking lot. The grass in our yard was rarely ever cut in the summer; it usually looked awful. The insulation in the house was so bad that I can recall once seeing my own breath in my bedroom during one particularly cold winter night. We put up with all of these things for two years without much fuss. Then came the move-out experience: we paid one month's rent worth of a deposit before we moved in (a huge sum of money). We were told 60% of that deposit would automatically go toward redecoration fees, and the rest would come back to us if they house was in working order. We're still talking about several hundred dollars here that we could have gotten back. We spent three full days on our hands and knees scrubbing, dusting, spackling, and sweeping that house from top to bottom. The 100-year-old house was spotless when we moved out, aside from some nails and scuffs on the walls, normal wear and tear which I would think could be taken care of with the several hundred dollar automatic "redecoration fee". The landlord told us the house looked great, he saw no issues, and that we would be receiving the full amount of money we were owed. They had 45 days to return the deposit to us. Did that happen? Of course not. I was almost sure it wouldn't, based on their history. It's been almost 3 months now and my roommate is now planning a trip to a legal service to take action against them. I cannot CONDEMN this place or these people more HIGHLY. Don't even think about looking at one of their listings. We may not get our deposit back, but I am personally going to do everything I can to make sure that these people are found out for what they truly are- crooked businesspersons.

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