Do I really even need to rant here? Seems as though everyone else summed up exactly how I feel about these lowlife crooks.
June 2015 we were desperately searching for housing and had only three weeks left to relocate. A friend worked for QPM (she has since moved on, thank the Lord) mentioned they had a property available that met our specifications. Upon entering the unit during the showing, she gasped, "They told me they had the carpets cleaned!"
They. Were. Awful. And mind you, this was a newer town home. After taking a quick look around, we decided we were desperate, and hey, beggars can't be choosers.
We forked over the application fee and began the wait.
We were initially told rent would be $1,100/ mo and the security deposit would be $1,300.
We got the call saying everything was ready and we could come sign papers, but we first needed to put a deposit down to hold the unit of $300. Paid it.
It wasn't until sitting down and signing the papers that we were told this was a year lease (this was NEVER mentioned before and almost caused us to walk away, if we hadn't put non refundable deposits on it), and it was THEN that we were told that our deposit had suddenly been increased by another $300 due to "unverifiable rental history" when the both of us have approximately 12 years combined. What did we do? We paid it.
Upon entering the unit again to do our walk through notes, we noticed in greater detail how shabby this place really was. It was as if someone had been squatting in it. 30 minutes into "living" at this place, my daughter's feet were already black from the carpet. There was egg yolk on the counter in the kitchen, URINE ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR, door handles were broken, etc. it took three extra sheets of paper to document everything wrong with this place. And the carpet? Dog hair. Dog pee. Giant black water stains. Yellow and pink stains. Everywhere. Dog hair? We were told we couldn't have pets... The first time I mopped the floor, the water was black. We hadn't even moved anything in. There were even crumbs on the counter and exploded burrito in the microwave.
We took pictures of literally everything and made copies of our walk through notes. When we turned them in, we asked for a copy of the receipt they should have on file from the professional carpet cleaning company that SHOULD have come in to clean the floors. They couldn't produce one. It suddenly went missing.
When I went to clean the carpets on my own, every single one of those big black water stains came right up. With a Kirby. Come on, guys. That's foul.
Coming up on our year mark, we were informed that the rent was being raised to $1,200 and that we had to sign another year lease to stay. We were given 30 days notice of this rental increase. Mind you, we always paid rent on time and they never ONCE came to inspect. Never. In fact, I have only ever met ONE person at this company in my entire year of renting from them.
Move out time comes and we are scrambling to get moved. Honestly, was the place scrubbed squeaky clean before we left? Nah, we did our best. I vacuumed, mopped, cleaned counters and bathrooms, walls, doors. Left a picnic table on the back patio that had kind of just grown into the backyard. Whatever. But honestly, it was in better shape when we left it than when we moved in.
Did I expect all of my deposit back? Not really. Not only had I heard horror stories about this company, but I also didn't care too much to accommodate them when they were unprofessional the entire year we lived there. Every phone call was either answered with a huffy, "Hello!?" Or we were told to call back when they weren't so busy. Thanks, guys.
Got my deposit back today. $4.
Four. Dollars.
Apparently I had a pet I didn't know about.
So we basically got charged $1,596 for these people to have the place professionally cleaned, carpets included, and for having a pet we didn't know we had, and for staying too many days (we were charged to live there a pro rated amount until the 5th when we were out on the 27th and returned the keys on the 30th).
Dang. Wish they had the place professionally cleaned before WE moved in. Next tenants are lucky.
The for rent sign in the yard fell down 4 weeks ago. It's still lying there. I feel like that speaks volumes.
Next time, QPM, save the paper and keep your four bucks and stick it you know where. read more