Berylkels Jahara Review of Sterling Central Apartments
So my initial review of this place was 5 stars bec...
So my initial review of this place was 5 stars because I had just newly moved in. I found it okay to live because they do have some nice people around, I loved my roommates and the fact that I lived on the 4th floor with a nice pool view away from the noise.I do accept blame on some things. Well bad things do happen that is beyond our control. First off I m an international student so I m here on an F1 visa. Unfortunately my mum who is my sponsor had financial issues that set her back a lot with her business crashing and her properties getting into a fire. For which Valencia college where I attend understood and cut me some slack in terms of tuition and all. So back to this apartment. Because of this personal experience I ve really had a hard time with rent which happened right about when I moved in. Mind you I do have $1350 in deposit with the marquee. Upon moving in I was told by a guy named Tyler who used to work here that the down payment usually covers last months rent and the other could be used for when rent is late and then I refund it. That was my understanding from him but apparently it was a wrong information. So moving on I have been late every month because aside from my moms situation, my country has a limit of foreign currency that can leave the country every month because they are just recovering from a recession. Luckily I recently started working thanks to Valencia college because F1 students can t work off campus. Eventually I pay the rent late and any fees attached to it. I signed on to the marquee with rent at 675$ when I was renewing the next year they dropped it to 640$ cool right. I figured that s some nice gesture to show resident loyalty. Fast forward to another renewal, rent went up to 690$. I was hesitant but still renewed because I have come to call this home and I m really not a fan of moving houses. I signed witching the first few weeks of the, announcing renewal was open. Mind you no one told me there was going to be another increment. I had my mind set on 690$. Come 2019 I see them doing some construction work. I m like oh cool so they are finally trying to fix the broken down apartment. This is January and no one has still sent an email to residents informing them of this new construction. It s MAY and I receive an email saying there would be a relocation going on because of the construction ongoing. I don t think anyone hates moving like I do. Secondly this new apartment is on the second floor, close to the road, with all the noise and without the pool view. I did ask for the fourth floor when I signed the initial lease because I was running from noise. With this relocation comes an up charge of 50$ to the already increased 690$. Thanks to my little business law class, I understand a little bit about contracts and how it kinda works. I understand before you sign any document you should make sure you read and understand it because that s how they always get you. So when this relocation thing happened they said As stated on page 4 of the lease you signed well like I said that s how they get you so I didn t argue a lot with that and although it was inconvenient to move I still obliged. Mind you the manager Katie fields had sent out a first email saying moving would start 10th May to 30th May. I figured yes ample time. Because a girl is taking summer classes and working like a donkey. I get home at 11;30pm every night. And I have a little window to move my thing. I didn t get my key till on the 13th May I think and then they send an email saying we have up until the 17th of May now to move everything latest the 19th. The inconvenience. I moved and had their key ready on Friday to get it dropped. Seeing as I signed a renewal lease and they cancelled it waiting for me to resign the new one at that moment my lease was up July 30th. they were giving a 100$ credit if you moved.Well I had to take a day off work to do the moving. And then for this new renewal my rent would move up to 740$. I was still trying to come to terms with the 690$ renewal and now it s 740. Then they attach a 300$ credit.
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