Save yourself the headache, don't rent this rundown building with half-ass and dishonest contacts.
I hosted a surprise birthday party here for my dad. I picked this place because of its affordability and its proximity to my sister's house (I figured day-of setup would go more smoothly if we the back-and-forth trips weren't very far).
Our party was great, but I will not recommend this place to anyone.
The office is open for a grand total of 8hours/week (9-11am M-F) which means walking through for a preview is very difficult to schedule. Additionally, the office manager, Tanya, was not at all interested in showing us around when my sister and I stopped by to check it out. The day of the party, we did receive a formal walk-through with all the rules.
Here's what we had to work with:
(1) there was garbage floating in the pond - Tanya was aware of it but didn't explain why it wasn't cleaned out and assured us that we would be charged if any more garbage was found in the pond.
(2) chairs in the entryway are FILTHY. We hid them upstairs out-of-sight
(3) bullet-hole in the front window? Classy.
(4) outside outlets and some inside outlets didn't work. Maintenance was unaware and did not offer a solution.
(5) Men's room urinal only flushes when it feels like it
(6) front door is broken
(7) the air vents are totally covered with black dust/cobwebs/other growing things. Hopefully none of the guests looked up.
(8) a gazillion chairs are available but they're a mishmash of unmatched folding chairs.
But we are awesome party-throwers, so we decided the show will go on and we had a great evening.
We cleaned like crazy and left that place in better shape than when we arrived.
So how disappointing to receive an invoice that charged cleaning fees that were nothing less than dishonest. For example, we were charged for food stains upstairs - funny, since we served food downstairs and no guests were upstairs; that's where we stored extra tables/chairs. Also, she said the kitchen counters and range were not clean; I don't know what to say except YES THEY WERE. She wanted us to vacuum the carpeted entryway, which also wasn't used because the front door was broken, and it's not like there's a vacuum in the facility anyway.
I contacted the office with my concerns over the invoice and received no response. Clearly this place needs a lot of repairs and overcharging renters is one way to pay for that. read more