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I wish I could give a rating less than one star. :...

I wish I could give a rating less than one star. :( When searching for my first apartment, we found out about the reserve, how it was fully furnished, and fairly affordable. After stopping by the reserve and seeing how cute their "demo" apartment was, we agreed to sign a lease and move in.
BUT....When we walked into our new apartment, the disappointment and regret immediately hit. Our apartment was absolutely destroyed upon move in. The living area had DRIED VOMIT (biohazard???)that the couch had been pushed over to cover, scensy wax spilled all over the carpet, stains all over the couch, the stove would catch fire if we started it from all the gunk in it, as well as a disgustingly dirty microwave.... The fridge still had ROTTING food in it. My shower still had bars of dried soap and so much soap scum all over it.The blinds were broken, the rug was ripped in several spots, the walls had scuffs and stains all over them, my roommate and I spent our first two days of move in completely cleaning the place from top to bottom. They told us there was nothing they would do because we had taken over someone elses lease so it fell onto us.
OH, and the rent seems affordable (I signed at $489/mo) but then they'll hit you with crazy electrical overages (averaging 40-50 a month for us) when there was only two of us living in this small apartment.
In May of this year I wanted so badly to be out of the apartment that I signed a new lease elsewhere and just sucked it up and paid two rents until my reserve lease was up at end of July. STILL, with only ONE person living in the apartment, I was getting electrical overages on my rent, just as much of a charge as I was when there was 2 of us there?
Now that I've moved out, I got sent a $120 bill for damages to my room. To repaint, replace blinds, and MORE electrical overages. BUT I left my room in better condition than I when I moved in!
I can't believe what an absolute scam this place is. Please, PLEASE do not sign a lease here - take it from someone who signed a year and a half lease and has gotten screwed. :(

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