I'd give negative 10^10 stars if I could.
Word of advice, don't sign that lease with Havenbrook Homes. They are the very definition of slum lords.
Havenbrook took over my lease from MSR just over a year and a half ago. First, I had to contact for 1.5 months to get my lease renewed. Contacted on 9/19 and they didn't have my lease finalized until 11/19. I contacted multiple times via phone and email with no response.
Fast forward to 12/19, my garage door broke and my side door in the house had been broken since moving in. Contacted multiple times via portal, email, and, phone to fix broken garage, which the door was completely inoperable. My calls and emails completely ignored. The only way to get them to fix the door was to threaten to take them to court to withhold rent until fixed. It was fire hazard because it left us with one operable door in the entire house. It took them over 3 months to fix the garage door.
The apartment is mold infested, causing us breathing difficulties, rashes, etc. Even our pets were sick with rashes and throwing up. Problem never fixed. The toilet leaked, causing $100 utility Bill's for water. Came out to 'fix' one, but problem persisted. The AC in summer didn't work and they didnt come out to fix it. Set at 65, and the temp inside was in the 80s. Problem never fixed. Couldn't access the back yard due to their gate being broken. Problem never fixed. Not to mention, their policy states they will not fix general maintenance issues, only emergencies (fire damage, major leaks, erc) due to COVID since Mar 2020, and is still in place as on Nov 2020.
Flashforward to Oct 2020. We did NOT renew our lease, because these people want your money but refuse to take care of the property, and let it fall into despair.
I moved out early on 10/28, with our lease ending on 11/20. We moved to FL, and planned to have a professional cleaning company go in to help clean due to my mother being disabled. They pushed us out on the 28th, stating they were going to go in to assess the property within 2 days of vacancy. I did not abandon the property or give them the right to do so, they took it upon themselves to do that. I was told by Sheby that my rent would be pro-rated for the 20 days of rent for Nov. Flashforward again to 11/1, the date our rent is due. No rent showing in out portal, so I emailed Shelby to see why the rent was not showing. She proceeded to tell me that as a past resident, that I have to bring the payment to their office or mail it to them. Never once in their move out instructions, lease agreement, or the multiple emails from her or the other reps after I notified them I would be moving out indicated this. I called to speak with her after receiving no answer to my email and she proceeded to belittle and berate me, that it was somehow my fault that I didnt pay the rent on 10/28 when I moved out, even though rent was not due until 11/1. She then threatened to hang up on me, stated I was playing games, and that the home was not "ours" but theirs so I did not have the right to tell her I still was considereda tenant until 11/20 when my lease was up. She wouldn't let me get in a word while continuing to argue with me, so I hung up on her. She then proceeded to lie in the email that it was 'ironic' that I accused her of threatening to hang up on me when I hung up on her. On and on she argued, until I told her to not contact me again because she wouldn't stop running her mouth.
The representatives at this company are unprofessional and rude. They will take and take from you while offering nothing in return. Do yourself a favor and rent elsewhere. You'll save yourself a lot of time and stress. This company and it's representatives are complete garbage. read more