Renting

Renting, is it worthit? For some, yes, they have no choice, but to others, really think before you choose to rent. I'm very irate with our apartment complex, the staff as a whole. When my husband and I chose to rent 2 yrs. ago where we live now, it was great, affordable, maintenance was on top of your issues and now within the past year and a half its gone down hill. Maintenance comes out, partially fixes things OR NOT, the office staff is rude, doesn't know much about the community of where they work, gets messages to the maintenance staff incorrect. These are all things i've experienced first hand living here.



Three things i'm most annoyed by, being charged for gas, hot water, and most recent, cold water. First, the gas, i have never in my life been charged so much for hot water, actually water as a whole along w/ gas. Our monthly rent is $1019/month for a 2 bedroom 1 bath, please someone explain to me that for just the 5 of us we can use up to $110/month for gas and hot water! Robbery, wouldn't you say? Another, is cold water. About a month ago we received a notice that they are installing a MASTER METER to now start charging us water. Well after knowing someone who works for the water company, come to find out, our complex is lying AGAIN, scamming its tenants! There is no master meter, nor is there a work order to add one in! So how are they going to charge us?? Well i'll tell you, b/c their clause says so, it states that at any time the landlord can decide to charge you for any amenity they want. Cheaper living? I think not! Throwing your hard earned money away, i think YES!



As i search their website and craigslist, i find false advertising, free cooking gas FALSE, free water FALSE. I call them on it, and here are their replies.



1. For the water, "well the water isn't being charged until June 1st". My comment back to that was, so this is how your luring people in, then a month later, they are paying for their water? The only comment back was that she thanked me for letting her know about it and will work on removing it. BULL, its still there.

2. Gas and water FREE on their website. Their response was to the water is that they assumed it would be removed after they start to charge us. Ok, well how about the free cooking gas, we've been getting charged that for over a year now and that was never updated. Her response was what i expected, which was, "i'll talk to my manager". Yes, i'm sure you will.



I'm just really irate over this whole situation and i want so bad to contact the local paper, contact the news, get the word out about how this place is scamming their tenants! My husband thinks i should. What would i get out of it? It wouldn't change the fact of them charging us, but would hopefully get the word out to not rent where we live.


So, for those of you choosing to rent, really think about it, you could be throwing your money away. If you have no choice but to, my advice to you is talk to the people living there, find out the DIRT before signing anything. I wish we would have, it might have saved us thousands of dollars.

Venting over. Thanks for the read :)