I really should have paid attention to the awful reviews on this business before renting a home from them.
I recently moved to Bend from out of state. Initially, I thought the company was great for approving me for the house so quickly; although I was not totally surprised as many of their properties had been listed for several weeks and still vacant. I had my boyfriend visit the house prior to me moving and all seemed well.
After arriving to the house, I noticed several issues; there were no washer and dryer, per their advertisement (and confirmation with myself personally), the gas fireplace didn't function (main selling point for the house was advertising this "cozy stove to keep you warm on chilly Bend nights"), one bedroom had a boarded up wall where there was supposed to be a heater. Immediately the next day I contacted them to let them know of these issues, as it was reaching single digit temperatures at night. A few days later I received a call from the owner who decided to handle this himself. We arranged for him to come and fix the growing list of issues: no ventilation on the gas range, increasing smell of cigarette smoke coming through as time went on, mice poop and access in the cabinets, fence boards falling off in the backyard, broken garage door opener, kitchen floor tiles that had been replaced by owner but had all popped out of the floor thus creating a safety hazard, no washer and dryer, the list went on. The solutions I received were: steel wool shoved into one hole, leaving several other rodent access points, disconnecting the ventilation for the range, taping broken blinds to the track on the sliding glass door, self-install of old washer/dryer that then leaked when used, the lists go on!
I sent in a service request to management as they are the ones responsible for handling this and the LL was not taking care of it. Two weeks later, after no response, I walked into their office and asked to speak to the manager. I was asked to come back another day but declined as I was not going to be put off by them a day longer. After the maintenance manager overheard my conversation, he ran out and told me he "just got the request". I sat down with an employee who then told me that they cannot force the owner to make repairs. So, I am trying to figure out exactly what they actually DO, other than falsely advertise and take your money. Is there no accountability in representing a property that lacks said qualities?
So here we are, nearly a week later and no response from anybody. Meanwhile, I now have mice running through my house--that's right, they are LIVING IN MY HOME. Luckily, the law is on my side here. I've taken matters into my own hands and unfortunately will now need to take legal action with Plus PM. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!! read more