Tiffany Leck

Review of Evans Properties LLC

I would not rent with Evans Properties for the fol...

I would not rent with Evans Properties for the following reasons:

1. When tenants request maintenance help - they will find any way to charge the tenant for this call. After fixing anything in your apartment they will send you an invoice. This is ridiculous. The tenants in Cottage Grove have all agreed to this - it did not just happen to me.

2. They will try to take your security deposit - even when it s not truthful or deserving. I had a cleaner clean my unit the day I checked out. Evans charged me for 5.75 hours of cleaning. Of which, I had to pay for 3.75 as two hours of cleaning comes with a general move out. However, there was NO way my unit took 5.75 hours worth of cleaning. It shouldn t have even taken the allotted two hours. The cleaner put down a WHOLE list of things that were inaccurate and lies.

3. They did a move out inspection (with me present) the day I moved out. The woman who did the inspection did not write anything down or mention that I was going to be charged for cleaning or anything else except that I would be charged for having items in my recycling bin as recycling did not come that day. I also misplaced my spare keys and knew I would be charged for that - to which I did not complain as that was my fault.

4. They mailed me a letter telling me I owed $306.29 for cleaning and other maintenance items.

5. They forgot to give me a credit of $102.58 for moving out 3 days early for them. I had to remind them of this after receiving my Security Deposit Letter.

I lived at this unit for 5 years and left the unit in a very acceptable move out condition.

I am filing a complaint with the Department of Agriculture as this is in no way deserving of taking money from my security deposit. I work for another Property Management Company in Madison, WI and know the rights of a Tenant AND Landlord.

They are not a company that I will recommend or ever live in.

Take a look at their past reviews - it sums it up.