4 years ago
DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY AND TIME. These people wil...
DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY AND TIME. These people will MANIPULATE you and are AWFUL and very DIFFICULT to contact and SO DISRESPECTFUL and LIARS. DO NOT GET TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF and then DISREGARDED and LIED TO. Please do not put yourself in my shoes. DO NOT GET MANIPULATED INTO SIGNING A LEASE!!! They will tell you anything you want to here to get your signature and have no problem denying everything afterwards. I hate saying this but they are THIEVES! How do you sleep at night doing this to younger people or anyone for that matter?!?! We were MANIPULATED and LIED TO and taken advantage of.
Please read my 100% TRUTHFUL story is you'd like;In February we singed a lease. We were induced to rent the property due to property manager saying the carpet, vinyl, and all the kitchen appliances were going to be replaced. Mind you, she did not mention there needs to be an evaluation to determine if the carpet, vinyl, the kitchen appliances must be replaced. She stated very clearly that everything will be replaced prior to moving in. This is why we chose this unit, and Bielinski apartments. I would not have signed the lease otherwise. This is my first time renting and I was not aware everything needed to be/should be in writing. After we signed the lease in the office and we were not given any paperwork, receipts, copies, etc. Also, I wrote two checks to pay for the application fee and to hold the unit, both were cashed March 8, 2017; No receipts were given to us at any time. Being a first time renter, I did not think anything at the time. Property manager said she would contact us weeks prior to moving in, 9 days before our move in date, still no contact has been made. We decided to call the office. We could not get a hold of anyone on the 24th, but we were able to get a hold of Lynn on April 25th. Right away she informed us our move in date is May 1st, when originally they told us our move in date would be May 5th due to renovations as prior discussed. She was very rude on phone and said "she is not going to waste her money on improvements that aren't necessary" even though when we did a walk through of the unit, before signing the lease, she said everything will be replaced. We were very hurt, we felt disregarded and lied to, we felt this was a bait and switch situation. She is denying ever speaking to us about replacing vinyl, carpet and appliances. On April 27th we had a meeting with Elena to discuss our concerns and to discuss terminating our contract due to no meeting of the minds and inducing us to sign under false pretenses. Elena literally told us no, we cannot terminate our contract (Even though it says in the lease we can terminate it basically by doing a buyout). When I asked to see the lease, she would not give us a copy at that time. She said she didnt have it, her boss does. Then she said it was locked in a cabinet behind her. We informed her our attorney will be contacting her. The next day, my attorney was unable to get either Lynn, or Elena on the phone during business hours. Braden also tried calling 3 times and there was no answer. Braden had to use a public phone to get a hold of Lynn, we believe she was screening our calls because she picked up immediately. Before we obtained a copy of the lease, Lynn literally told us "we have no pole to stand on" and she was very disrespectful. We feel manipulated and just awful about this whole situation. Our attorney talked to Lynn afterwards and she stated we would have to pay $2400 (three months of rent) buy out to get out of the lease, literally right after telling Braden, her words, "we are stuck". Finally after a few hours, our attorney had received a copy of our lease.
Moving forward, DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY AND TIME. These people are AWFUL and very DIFFICULT to contact and SO DISRESPECTFUL. DO NOT GET TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF and then DISREGARDED. We have been very respectful and understanding/kind through this whole process, but Lynn has made us feel as if we are WORTHLESS. This has been such an awful experience, PLEASE DO NOT PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES