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| Cleophas Fort |
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| | | RATINGS |  | OVERALL |
 (1) | The landlord was easy to work with. |
 (1) | The landlord was forthcoming and accomodating. |
| (1) | The landlord communicated in a timely manner. |
| (1) | The landlord addressed my concerns. |
| (1) | The landlord's expectations of me were reasonable. |
| (1) | The landlord conducted a proper move-in inspection. |
| (1) | The landlord respected my privacy. |
| (1) | The landlord promptly completed repairs. |
| (1) | The landlord accurately completed repairs. |
| (1) | The landlord conducted a proper move-out inspection. |
 | The landlord promptly refunded my deposit. | | (1) | I would rent from this landlord again. |
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| | | ADDITIONAL COMMENTS (1) | [01-Oct-2021] The absolute worst experience I've ever had with a landlord, even my family was shocked at how disrespectful he and his wife were. I lived there for almost 7 years, left the apartment in decent condition, no major repairs were needed. Sure things needed to be replaced (carpet, which was worn and old when I moved in, some blinds that were old and brittle and broke when I attempted to clean them), but there was no major damage due neglect or anything of the sort. And isn't that what the deposit is for?
Repairs were never prompt, often took HOURS (at times leaving us without a bathroom door or access to the toilet for 5+ hours), and never done professionally, as they didn't want to actually spend any money to do anything the right way. They even allowed my roommate to pay for a professional plumbing service because they were not addressing the issue. There was not even a mention of reimbursement.
In my opinion, these landlords are ageist, so if you're under 40, I don't recommend. They're the kind of people that act like all "young" people are irresponsible, despite the rent being late a total of 6 times in the entirety of our tenancy and us having the highest credit scores of everybody that applied. The bathroom flooded regularly for almost a week, which also caused issues for the neighbor next door (who ended up moving out, and I don't blame them) The dirty toilet water flooded the bathroom, onto the carpet, that was not professionally cleaned or addressed in any way. My roommate and I had to live with the wet, smelly carpet drying out for days. The property itself is poorly maintained, but they have never taken responsibility for the conditions of their property. There was also a leak behind the shower that caused black mold to grown in one of the closets. But I'm sure that's somehow our fault, too.
When we first moved in and had a bunch of stuff in the garage that we hadn't sorted through/cleaned up yet, he took it upon himself to clean up the garage, touching personal belongings (including bras and underwear), as well as disposing of a box for a TV that was to be returned, causing a loss of $300, as I could no longer return it. I should've known then that it would only get worse. He would constantly bring up making repairs to things like broken blinds, only to never actually be proactive about it.
Privacy with this landlord was virtually nonexistent. He has zero boundaries and is incapable of seeing this a business relationship between landlord and tenant, hence his, and his wife's, lack of professionalism. We were constantly talked to like children, not like the adults we all are and the communication was often disrespectful. My written request to not conduct business outside of business hours was flat out ignored, as they would try to schedule things on weekends or contact me well past 5 pm. I also requested that both of us (my roommate and myself) be contacted together (in a group text, for example) yet that was ignored as well. It appears they favor gender roles as my male roommate was addressed as Mr. (last name) and I was aways addressed by my first name. The wife communicated with me, the husband communicated with my roommate. We constantly had to play telephone with each other to try and coordinate things, which was beyond frustrating. But these people are difficult to work with. We also worked with his son, who is friendly and pleasant and significantly more personable and understanding than his very old-fashioned (i.e. disrespectful) parents, though that is where his loyalty lies so he goes along with whatever they say no matter how ridiculous it is. I felt bullied the entire time we lived there, and that was actually mentioned in a meeting they wanted to have to discuss our "cleanliness", which naturally they denied.
In said meeting, the landlord himself revealed that he entered the property (illegally) because he thought nobody was there and he wanted to finish a repair. That was when they left, so we couldn't even discuss the law he had no problem breaking. Again, zero boundaries. He also kept tabs on both of our schedules so he knew when he could go into the backyard, and maybe even in the house, who knows. Before doing that, though, he would go into the backyard at any time without notice. There was no scheduled weekly maintenance or anything of the sort, just whenever he felt like it.
Additionally, in what I believe to be an attempt at being "nice" he offered to wash my car, which was parked under a streetlight that birds sat on so there was bird poop on the hood. I didn't ask, nor did I give him permission to do so. But he did anyway and dented the hood of my leased car, causing damage that I was ultimately responsible for. The relationship with these landlords and their behavior was so poor that, upon the advice of some family members, I opted to pay monthly for a prepaid legal service, should I need professional legal advice. I'm glad I did because the final interaction I had with the landlords confirmed that it was a worthy investment, and I will absolutely be seeking legal counsel.
For reasons that are not entirely relevant, I ended up spending the last month in the apartment alone, having to bear the responsibility of moving and cleaning the entire apartment. I did my absolute best, considering I lost a week due to being sick, on top of working 40 hours a week. I got everything out and cleaned up as best I could. I had my sister help me, and she saw the final conditions of the apartment and assured me I shouldn't be too worried, especially considering the conditions of the apartment when we moved in. The final walk through, however, was awful. They came in SUPER aggressive and ready to look for problems. It wasn't just a professional, matter of fact sort of inspection, which is what I thought it would be as that is the entire point. But again, professionalism and respect are concepts they apparently are not familiar with. One of the first things he did was move the fridge to point out how dirty it was underneath (who's really cleaning under their fridge, get real), never mind looking inside the fridge to see that it was spotless. He commented on a few spots of oven cleaner i missed wiping off and even said "you cleaned this?". Like, are you kidding me?? His wife also said that the carpet should've been cleaned, not just vacuumed. I guess they didn't want to have to do anything to the place before they moved the next poor soul in. That carpet needed to be replaced five years ago, even the most thorough cleaning wouldn't have helped that. I spent a lot of time cleaning the apartment to the best of my ability, only to be told, by the same person who let the carpet stayed soaked with shitty toilet water, came into our house drunk when making a repair, entered the property illegally, dented my car, and regularly overstepped his boundaries that the place was a "pig pen" and he was "so disappointed". I was in disbelief and ended up leaving there in tears because I was already dealing with a tough situation, and genuinely felt like I did my best to make it look clean and okay in there. I couldn't believe or understand why they were being so mean and aggressive and disrespectful when it truly wasn't necessary. All that needed to be done was the walk through itself, and for them to give us an itemized list of what needed to be deducted from the security deposit and that's that. A professional business transaction. That's literally all that needed to be done, but they really can't help themselves because this is their character. Mind you, they know I'm currently homeless because of my roommate situation, and they still treated me poorly. Don't be fooled by these people thinking they're nice, because they're not. Not at all. Nobody was trying to get all the security deposit back, I didn't even mention it. But it was clear from the beginning that they were trying to find any and every reason to keep every singe cent of that deposit. They're mean, greedy, cheap, and have no business being landlords, in my opinion. They're too attached to their property and don't understand that they can't control every aspect of how their tenants live, it's not okay and certainly not normal. I would rather live on the street than rent from these people. I wouldn't recommend these landlords to my worst enemy. I know my review is a bit scattered and all over the place, but it's hard to fully convey how awful these people are and how terrible my experience has been with them. Some people are just not good people and unfortunately I happened to rent an apartment from some very not good people. DO NOT RENT FROM THESE PEOPLE!!!!! They don't deserve a single cent of anybody's hard earned money. |
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