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Review of Marty Clifford by rawrXD

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“It was a cheap place to rent, so that's why I went for it. I was asleep in bed one day (no work that day!), and I woke up hearing keys in the door and my landlord starts to open the door. I had to yell to him not to come in, and he luckily closed the door and left. I couldn't help but wonder how often this happened when I wasn't home, since this was an unscheduled day off for me. Another time, I had just gotten out of the shower and he did the same thing. I was still in the bathroom and had to yell at him I just got out of the shower and he left. What gives? The lease stated he was to give you 48-hour notice before coming into your apartment, but I wasn't afforded that luxury. I texted him after that incident and told him he needs to text me in advance if he needs to come into the apartment or it will keep inconveniencing him. During the last month of renting, to keep prices low, he said, you are supposed to be open the entire month for possible new tenants to come in and look at the place. I could get behind that. But I was given zero notice that anyone would possibly want to come to look at the place. I was not given the 48 hours. He knocked on the door WITH someone next to him. I had him wait about 5 minutes since I wasn't dressed and he definitely seemed annoyed with me since the viewer had to spend that 10 minutes waiting. That's why you give the 48 hours notice? Hell, 12 or 24 hours would have been sufficient. I didn't feel safe being alone, there was always that threat that he or maintenance would just come in. Other important things to mention: A pipe above my bathroom was leaking and my bathroom ceiling sagged down and was filled with water. He cut out that part of the ceiling and fixed the pipe for the person upstairs (they had problems, too). But for 7 of the 12 months I rented there, I had a huge, gaping hole in my bathroom ceiling that was never fixed. When the apartment viewer (mentioned above) came inside and the landlord brought him into the bathroom, he was very lighthearted and said he was working to fix that and said it in a way where I was supposed to agree he's on top of it. I didn't. I was told to do certain things to avoid mold in the winter, which I did, but there was black mold (not sure if it was THE black mold) in every room of the apartment. It wasn't clean when I moved in. The stove was missing one of its knobs. There was a cartoon-size mouse hole by the floor I had to stuff to keep anything in the walls out. This was a one-bedroom with a living room, but the AC was only in the bedroom, so it was more like a studio unless you wanted to be dripping in sweat in the living room during the summer and ice cold in the winter. No matter how much I cleaned, it still felt and looked dirty. My upstairs neighbor had a dog she left alone all the time. This poor dog barked incessantly. I put up with it, as we were allowed to have pets until I started losing sleep and my sanity. It was literally more than a week after I talked to him that he even mentioned it to my neighbor--I had to follow up with him to see that he had done nothing about it. I didn't feel respected or safe living here. I do not recommend living here. Even though the landlord is a nice guy, and it appears you'll have no problems living here when you tour it and talk to Marty, don't be deceived. He's neglectful and disrespectful of the space you pay to live in.”

Review of Winterwood Properties by Hiitsme

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“This is the worst place i have ever lived. Yes it is income based but we still should be treated like people. Christine acts like she is better than everyone and is RUDE RUDE RUDE. Maintenance men will just walk up in your house and not give a damn. I have mold that ive told them FIVE times about. My air and heat doesnt work properly. Too many issues and THEY DO NOT CARE. If i could afford somewhere better for my kids and I. Id be gone. They make me feel like im a nobody over here.”

Review of Woodridge Apartments by Anonymous

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“I had rodents in my house. Woke up to a man in my house without me knowing that he was coming. And by the way, I sleep in the nude and there he was. And no landlord nor ma non -employees , with them. Both sinks in my apartment have leaked since I moved in.”

Review of 300 at the Circle by renter09

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“I have had repeated issues with this landlord over maintenance requests. When I moved in I opened the fridge and it smelled like a rotting corpse had been in there for months. I had to leave the apartment the smell got so bad. I went straight down to the front office and they sent some of the cleaning staff down to take a look. They sprayed some stuff and wiped it down and left. The smell was NOT gone at all and now I had bugs that started coming out of my ice maker. My landlord's solution was that it would dissipate over time. They said the previous tenant left some fish in the freezer and they turned the electric off to that unit. They didn't realize there was still fish in the freezer until they came to clean for my arrival. The smell was unbearable for months. I couldn't get them to do anything about it. About a month into my lease my security alarm's backup battery went dead which causes it to beep very loudly every few minutes. I put in a maintenance request and a few weeks later someone came to look at it. He said the battery probably needed to be replaced but he would have to check to see what type it needed. I said ok and thought he would be back soon. A month went by and I heard nothing. I decided to put in another request. He came back and said the same thing. That the battery probably needed to be replaced and he needed to check to see what kind it needed and he would get back to me. This went on about 3 or 4 more times until I just gave up and unplugged the alarm system because I got tired of the beeping and I'm sure my neighbors were too. I had a light bulb that had smoke coming out of it. They just put the exact same completely black bulb back in the socket. Which is so unbelievably dangerous. I have also had so much trouble with the front office with the pandemic. They refuse to take partial payments. They refuse to work with you to help get the balance paid on your account and keep adding and adding late fee upon late fee upon late fee. I have applied for rental assistance and the only thing that is preventing them from getting the money is they have to do their part of the application. But for an entire month they have done nothing. During this pandemic I have been threatened by corporate I am repeatedly given notices threatening eviction even though I am protected under the CDC moratorium and have signed the documentation necessary to receive such protection. This property has been the worst rental experience I have ever experienced!”

Review of Wassmer Properties by L

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“Wassmer is a slum lord, plain and simple. Lynne Dunn manages some of his properties for him and will be your main point of contact. If you’ve never rented before, she might seem okay, but let me assure you: she is useless. Her job, as far as I can tell, is to make as much money for Wassmer as possible without any consideration for basic renter’s rights. There is no maintenance ever so good luck if something breaks or there are bugs (which happens often)! Lynne will either ignore you or tell you to take care of it yourself. Sometimes, she will say she’s sending someone out and nothing happens. The fixture remains broken and contacting her again does not help. All the workmanship in the apartments is shoddy and the roof leaks all the time. The sink is constantly clogging, the oven never works right, and the neighbors are always throwing huge parties which I guess isn’t the landlord’s fault exactly but it isn’t a great situation. Expect to see empty beer cans and broken bottles in the parking lot at all times along with the overflowing trash bins, roaches, and one time, actual raw sewage coming up from the ground! That was a fun week. Overall, a terrible place to live. Would not recommend. The landlord and the property manager aren’t good people. Sorry to whoever is renting this place after us! Wish I could’ve warned you.”

Review of Lesley Campion by natem_99

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“Lesley wasn't at the showing last year and had the previous tenants show the house. We never saw her until we had to show the house at an open house during a pandemic (she invited over 15 people at the same time). She never evaluated the house before we moved in for any damages or repairs that needed to be made from the previous tenants. We hadn't lived there very long and the mainline was spewing sewage into the basement. She had her "plumber", Gene, come fix it and blamed the damages on us. He told her there were wipes in the mainline and no one in our house used wipes. We even offered for her to come to the house, but she didn't. She broke lease agreements, because she kept money from our security deposit without written notice or returning it within the time frame mentioned in the lease. She also charged us for items that the lease refers to as "general maintenance" that she is responsible for according to the lease. She didn't even evaluate the house after we left. We had to ask her for our security deposit back after the new tenants had moved in, so she evaluated the house once they were already in the house.”

Review of Lexington Rental Homes by Acmbs

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“I don't think it's so much the rental company as it is the owner. We have pleaded for 5 years to have the heating/cooling fixed. They have sent multiple different companies and they all said the unit needs replaced completely but the owner of the property will not pay for it.”

Review of Robert Hodge by Xyz

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“Took 6 months to fix a heater, would not believe me about mice even though I had pics, would not believe me about mold and mildew in every room even though I have pics, would not believe me about the very excessive condensation running down the walls until the fire department had to come and shut my breaker box 📴 due to wall plug outlets throughout the house arcing and throwing sparks, even the electrician said it was due to moisture, and still don't have full access to electric in this house."

Review of M2 Property Group by Renter

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“No pest problems. Over the course of 5 years property kept getting worse. Multiple property managers and revolving office staff, rent went up every year, the last year we were charged extra money per month for the washer and dryer that had been in the unit. Gutters were cleaned maybe once every two years. Tennis court was in disrepair, office staff claimed maintenance would replace tennis net in the beginning of summer when pool is opened. Same tennis net remained for years, dog park near tennis court but still dog feces was on tennis court. In October 2017 a random stray bullet struck my apartment, we called the police to inform, police officer asked if we wanted to submit a police report. We said we did, but after the police left the rental office called and said they did not want to submit a police report. Bullet hole was never fixed outside my apartment, moved out in June 2020. Water leaked from upstairs apartment into our unit, maintenance waited a few hours until we discovered the mess and called in about it. Motorcycle's battery was stolen in apartment parking lot, apparently used to steal another tenant's motorcycle. The real problems began in January 2020 when our electricity bill went from the typical $80-120 a month to $400. We could not get any help from the office staff. Electricity bills stayed high, covid hit and in March maintenance wasn't going into any apartments unless it was an emergency. Whatever was causing the high electricity bills was never resolved, it didn't seem to be a real priority to the office staff.”