Nick Voshall

Review of NeighborWorks® Anchorage (Anch...

WARNING: DO NOT rent from Neighborhood Works. We r...

WARNING: DO NOT rent from Neighborhood Works. We rented an apartment from Neighborhood Works (Specifically Panoramic View Apartments) for 2 months. After returning from vacation and finding that our cheaply secured in-building storage had been broken into, and most of our valuable items stolen, we called the landlord and let them know of the robbery, that we felt unsafe, and that we would like to move out. We were told that they knew who had broken into our storage (a fellow renter), but could not tell us, for legal reasons. Furthermore, under no condition would we be let out of the contract. They did replace the broken latch.

Despite filing a police report, none of our belongings were returned, except for my wife s ukulele, which I had to pick up from the pawn shop after a 3 month waiting period. For about 6 months, we continued paying rent after we moved out, until Neighborhood Works finally rented out the unit to someone else. This happened in January. We weren t notified until March.

I immediately asked that our security deposit be returned, and was told to wait 2 weeks. A month later we had still not received our deposit, and Neighborhood Works stopped responding to my calls and texts. Another two weeks of emails, and we finally receive our deposit. Of the 700 we gave them, they returned 310, having spent the remainder on cleaning and replacement, and touch up paint. This was after we had lived there for 2 months. Definitely not long enough to cause any wear or tear on the unit.

Please do not rent from this collective of sharks and scam artists.