My wife and I started renting a property from A Step Above Property Management at the beginning of June 2020. Upon moving in to the property we were extremely disturbed at the condition of the house upon move-in and were confused at how any property management could consider the property move-in ready. When we moved in it was obvious that the house had not been cleaned at all since the last renter occupied the property, this is something that they said was required to be payed for by the renter upon move-out so we expected it to be clean upon move-in. There was dried food stains on the wall, carpets had to be shampooed, and cabinets were covered in gunk. Not only that but there were multiple windows that would not close or shut properly and the swamp cooler had the ground plug torn off as well as had an extremely bad leak. The doorknob on the garage was missing as well as the dining room light being inoperable.
After a month of sending in maintenance requests and receiving rude emails and responses that basically stated that we were creating a "wish list" for the property that we wanted them to take care of, the property management finally fixed the doorknob and the swamp cooler but refused to fix any further issues.
After requesting that other issues be fixed such as the windows (which is required by Colorado law to have all windows and doors be able to lock) the property management sent us a notice to vacate.
After reviewing the notice to vacate we found that it was not valid and was a testament that this company was trying to bully us out of our lease because we were asking for basic things to be maintained.
After debating a legal suit my wife and I were able to agree to terms with the company and we vacated the property.
The company has since unfairly deducted funds off of our security deposit for issues that they "fixed" that were broken before we moved onto the property, however at this point we have no interest in further fighting a legal battle with this terrible company.
This company is shady and uses bullying tactics to push its renters out of their properties when things are not going their way.
Avoid this company at all costs, they are not worth the headache and you should search for a rental from a company with a better record.
This company has a gained a reputation with lawyers in the community and with the BBB as a dishonest company. read more