MIGHT BE A SCAM ... BEWARE ... Read all of the bad reviews and believe them. especially Google, FB, and ApartmentRatings.com ...
The apartment was for my son, but I am the guarantor and it's on my AMEX Platinum Card.
Especially pay attention to Apartmentratings.com, Facebook reviews on Parc @980 FB-page, and on Google.
What I feel was a Bait and Switch started with Christine, who is mentioned in other reviews.
She showed us a beautiful apartment and glowing picture of the complex. AND she gave us the apartment number.
My credit score is an 832 and I am affluent. So, of course, we were approved immediately, but all of a sudden it started dragging out and (as all of their reviews seem to say) She never seems to answer phones or return calls and messages.
We emailed, we wanted to know, "What's taking so long?"
Christine finally called back and said we were approved, but then the next day we said, "Where's the contract?" Something was starting to stink.
The next day she called me and said she needed my paystubs.
Paystubs? I am a corporate president and I offered her the documents from my investment portfolio. (a lot of money) She said yesterday it was approved and now she needs 'Paystubs on Me'? Then she said her manager waived the paystubs.
We emailed again. We're 3 days until move in date and we have been stalling my son's movers. It's really beginning to sound fishy. What's going on???
Then today, move-in date minus -2, Christine calls and tells my son that there was a 'Problem' with the unit that we were promised, and they were moving us to another unit which was exactly the same.
NOW, my bullcrap alarm is going off.
So, I told my son we're going over there to look at the New Unit.
I don't think Christine expected us to show up to look at the switch unit that she told us it was exactly the same. She called on the phone and said she was going to lunch and told us "Don't come for a couple of hours.
SO, we waited and came when we were asked, but Christine was busy for 45 more minutes and told us to wait because she was evidently handling resident problems (quite a few waiting), and then she finally came out and said that the keys to the unit were missing, and some vendor had taken them home.
Excuse me, did I mention I am a corporate president, or did I say I was the Village Moron? Of course, they have master keys. Would anybody believe that?
We Left ... and I sent her an email "We Want Our Money Back." (for the credit check and dog deposit) AND, I will get it. They checked our credit under what I believe was false pretenses.
In my opinion, this appeared to be maybe some kind of Bait and switch Scam of some kind. Certainly, it was suspicious.
The strange thing is, I read all of the 100's of online reviews, on ApartmentRatings.com and Facebook, and here on Google, and it' seems to be a pattern. Other people seem to be complaining about the appearance of similar tactics, switches etc. Christine's name came up several times.
Many similar stories. I read horror story after horror story, some of it was routine complaints, a recurring theme is that the Internet doesn't work, health club equipment doesn't work, they don't answer their phones (we know that), maintenance is bad, they don't collect the garbage, and etc. The main thing is other people were describing similar experiences.
MY ADVICE, READ THE REVIEWS AND TOUR THE APARTMENT AGAIN BEFORE YOU SIGN HERE. BE SUSPICIOUS! Even though the place is beautiful, and the price was reasonable. Every time we went there the lobby was backed up with residents there to speak to her. That should have tipped us off.
Jim Ziegler read more