DO NOT RENT FROM FLI PROPERTIES.
This last renting experience has been the biggest headache.
I signed a lease with Spinks and Yates (wonderful company btw) in the summer last year. The last month of my lease FLI took over the property and let us know via text message. (I had rented from them once before and was already aware of the way that company is..)
They were very pushy and rude about coming inside my home to take pictures. Then informed us that if someone wanted to view the home (while us and all our belongings were still inside) that we had to let them or we would be charged. We had just bought a house and were about to move so of course there were boxes and what have you everywhere. Who wants a stranger coming into their home while it's a mess? Not to mention that my lease wasn't up and that is not something Spinks and Yates (I'll say it again...the company I signed a lease with!) does. When I moved into the home, it was fairly clean, but was definitely cleaner upon move out. (Yet we were still charged a cleaning fee of over $100) We had also put money into fixing a couple things in the house that the owner would not. A plumber was sent out to the property and was told that the owner was refusing to fix the hot water heater. (And the rent has been raised by $80...) We were then told by FLI that he changed his mind and was going to have it replaced but that "there were people home and refused to open the door" I'm a stay at home mother. We also have 3 cars so either no one was home, or that whole story is bull because no one ever came back over. We also NEVER received a phone call. Then today, the story has changed to 3 times we refused to let anyone in. It's just a way to charge us over $900.
Ontop of all of this, they are now claiming that we stole an oven although I have pictures proving that there was no oven upon move-in. I have also sent in proof of the oven that I had purchased. No response. Supposedly the actual owner has receits and claims that he had an oven installed. He never did and we have never had any contact with this man at all. He was asked to give us a call and has not. My thoughts are that he purchased one for himself and most likely gets to pocket my deposit.
FLI is claiming that we owe them right at $2,000 when we deep cleaned that house, had to fix things ourselves with our own money, and were forced to purchase our own appliances.
$2,000 for a lease that WE DID NOT EVEN SIGN WITH THEM. read more