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Sandcastle Apartments


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anonymous

prospective ā€¢ Visited 2011

7/26/2014

DO NOT--I REPEAT-- DO NOT RENT HERE. I got screwed by Sandcastle over a year ago, and I don't usually write reviews, but I feel that I NEED to in this situation. Not only have I heard personal stories from people about how corrupt this business is, but see for yourself on the Better Business Bureau. http://www.bbb.org/central-texas/business-reviews/apartments/sandcastle-apartments-in-corpus-christi-tx-134941 Long story short, I left a check for an application and a check for a deposit on the apartment. I live about 30 miles away and am a student and work full time, therefore it is very inconvenient for me to drive out of the way to drop these things off. SO, the agreement was (By one of the girls that worked in the office) that AFTER I faxed my application to them, then I would no longer be able to get my application back (which was fair and is the case with any application submitted). And IF I was approved, and wanted to go through with the apartment, ONLY THEN would they deposit my check for the deposit to hold the unit. Well, a few days after leaving my checks and having a verbal agreement how we would do things, I decided that I no longer desired to rent there due to insufficient funds. So, I let the girl in the office know that , and she said, (im paraphrasing of course) "yeah thats fine, you can come pick up your checks whenever you get a chance". Great. Okay, well, not 5 minutes later I get a call from the manager saying that I was no longer entitled to either of my checks. EVEN THOUGH I HAD NEVER DID SUBMITTED MY APPLICATION TO BEGIN WITH AND ONLY LEFT THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE I WAS ASSURED I WOULD RECEIVE THEM BACK IF I OPTED OUT. After I got off the phone with them, I called the police, the courthouse (my relative works there), and spoke with my a friend of mine who has a legal background, and ALL of which told me that they had NO RIGHT to keep my money and that I was in the right. Days after, I was harrassed by these apartments with phone calls threatening me. Even threatening that they would report me to the authorities and to the Federal Credit Bureau. AFTER the whole ordeal, over a year later, APPARENTLY, the workers in the sandcastle apartment slandered my name to OTHER APARTMENT COMPLEXES in attempts to try and make it difficult for me to rent anywhere. (I know this because I have friends in the apartment complex business too, and have heard first hand that they were trying to "warn" other places) I decided to write this review after reading a BBB complaint that was very similar to my issue. I do NOT want to see anyone sign a lease with this place. I know a lot of people that have been given the run around by the management here and the people that work in the office. They are not good people. I have rented from several apartments, and this one is by far, the worst. Do not give this place business...They will take your money and not feel guilty about it. I encourage you to read the 6 complaints (which BTW is the most complaints I've ever seen on the BBB about an apartment complex) and see for yourself how Sandcastle responds and is run. When living in an apartment for an extended amount of time, you want to be confident that the management is honest and caring for their tenants. You cannot get that here. Please, for your own sake, do not move in here. The premises may look great, the units may be nice, and the pools are awesome --I thought so too at first!! Heck, I still do-- But it is not worth the headaches and the trouble.

    Review 49 out of 93

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