As far as apartment rentals go in Cullowhee, this is the bottom of the barrel. I was attracted to these apartments because of the low rent. At the time I was desperate to find a place to stay and $350 dollars seemed pretty good to me.
At first glance it looked OK. It was relatively clean, had a few anger management holes, a couple of the windows were broken (the manager said he would get it fixed, never did) and it was a little musty. Freddy (the manager) was a creepy dude himself but seemed nice enough.
I decided I would tough it out. The area I was in was definitely the ghetto. To be clear, I lived in the Brown and Tan apartments right next to the Kabboard Properties "office". They have many other locations but they are all the same amount of shady.
On move in day, the NC SBI was there and I asked them what was going on. They said they have had a lot of drug problems around here and gave me their card, said to call them if I saw any strange activity. OK! Thanks for telling me this on move in day.
I had already signed the lease and put down my deposit so I decided to move in anyway. The first night there my neighbor introduced himself, he was a scary dude. He told me some random stories, who to look out for, and that he was inbred. I kid you not, his dad was his grandpa.
Anyway! I wanted to bring my puppy up because everyone around there had dogs and they barked at all hours of the night. I talked to the manager and he said it would be a $350 pet fee...I said "are you serious?" he said "yea everyone has to pay it to get a pet". No one around there had paid that fee.
I had a serious problem with cockroaches, I tried absolutely everything to kill them. I am a clean person, but there was nothing i could do to stop them. I figured all the other people around me had the same issue, but didn't care. At least I didn't have problems with rats like some other people in other apartments did.
I stayed there for about 6 months and I couldn't take it any more. A woman 4 apartments down the way was raped and my grill was stolen so I decided to move. I lost my deposit but it was worth it in my opinion.
I think everyone needs to live in a Kabboard Property once in their life. It really makes you appreciate what you have once you move out. read more