Update: Thank you for responding. I am glad you are a new owner. Are you affiliated in any way…read morewith previous owners? Do you have the records for previous owners? I know you must think the statute of limitations is over, but, in your good faith, I feel as though you should inherit and rectify some of the previous management's transgressions and reimburse me. I was a struggling single mom. Do you still manage 2233 Manchester, in Cardiff? I also left a portable dishwasher, which was there when I moved in. Hunter Property Management asked me about it, thinking it was mine. They were probably going to also charge me for leaving it! I just have a hard time getting over liars and cheaters. I am now retired and on a fixed income. I was taken advantage of; I couldn't afford to miss work to go to Small Claims Court, at the time.
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I rented an apartment from a lovely older woman property manager, Bonnie, in Cardiff. In fact, my daughter and I had rented a smaller 2 bedroom, 1bath in Solana Beach, where we lived for years. The original property manager suggested we move to a bigger apartment, also 2 bedrooms 1 bath, same owners. My deposit from our previous apartment, which we left very clean, went toward the second, two story apartment.
Sadly, Bonnie, the sweet little old lady manager died. Then the owners, who supposedly had over a thousand units, altogether, hired Hunter Property Management.
They were TERRIBLE. They wanted a key. I said no. They wanted to go in when I wasn't present. When I gave notice I was leaving, they wanted to show the place. That wasn't in my lease! I don't think they had a copy of my lease. Someone literally tried to break in while I was at work. I was commuting an hour each way, to and from work, in Fallbrook, back then!
Before we left, my (young adult) daughter had actually hired a maid, but that was after I cleaned thoroughly. Instead of getting my deposit back (I was in that apartment for over 5 years!) I got less than half back. Hunter Property had a bad reputation of raising everyone's rents, and not giving back deserved deposits. The woman at Hunter Property Management lied and said she hired a maid service! A receipt WITHOUT AN ADDRESS was provided to me for the maid and a window washer. We could not wash the outside upstairs windows. The "townhouse" was over a garage, so I had to walk up a flight of stairs to get to my front door. An interior flight of stairs led to our bedrooms. The inside of the windows was clean.
Also, although I cleaned the carpet, it had one small red stain. Again, it was barely visible, and would have been considered normal wear and tear, after over 5 years! Hunter Property Management again lied. After I moved out, when I got the bogus letter lying about alleged damages, I went back to the apartment, before it was rented. I still had a key, although we turned in the original. The key worked, so I entered. Hunter Property Management lied and had said they had "patched the rug" with a piece of rug from a downstairs closet. They did no such thing! Although the carpet was in decent shape, after so many years,they could and should have replaced the entire carpet! It wasn't new when I moved in!
i was younger; I foolishly hadn't taken photos. I trusted Bonnie, and didn't think she'd die! Moreover, I thought I couldn't afford to miss work. I considered taking Hunter Property Management to small claims court. I wish I had. In all the years I rented, I was a few days late paying only one rent check. So a late fee was also deducted. But $250 meant a great deal to me back then. I was disgusted with the lies. I was there from the later 80's until 91. The dollar was worth a lot more back then!
Thankfully, now I own my home. Anyone renting, especially from Hunter Properties should take photos, do a walk through, if possible. In closing, I notice this company changed its name from Hunter Property Management to Hunter Properties. I suspect this is so all the previous bad reviews, including mine, don't show up!
