Where do I begin? First of all, I NEVER signed any contracts with J&L, because my lease was almost…read moreup when my landlord decided to hire them as his management company. At first they seemed fine. A nice guy came by and assessed our apartment, and I told him about all of the conditions of the place and how we found it in a very used condition when we moved in (which was why the initial rent was fair). As soon as they could, they jacked up everyone's rent! Lucky for me, my previous lease was still in effect and I was planning on moving anyway.
When it came time to moving out, I cleaned up the apartment thoroughly and left it in better condition than when we moved in. I even repainted some of the walls! When I finally got the deposit back, it was not even a third of it! I had to ask for justification and they eventually sent me some bogus invoices claiming that they had to vacuum and clean the fridge, etc. All work that I HAD ALREADY DONE, AND DONE WELL!!! (I have photos to prove it.) As I said before, I never signed a contract with them, so they have no right to hold me to their absurdly strict conditions! They basically want tenants to do all the work and make a place perfect, even if it wasn't in great condition to begin with.
I have been emailing and calling them for two months now trying to get properly refunded for all of the effort I put into the place. David Moore is the one I was continually told to contact, and for weeks I had no response from him except an "out of the office automatic reply". When he finally did respond to me, he told my that I must be confused, and should talk to someone else! As far as I am concerned, Larry (the owner), David, and some of the other people I've dealt with at J&L are incompetent, unprofessional, and willing to dodge responsibility so that they can penny-pinch their tenants.
Also, my father lived a few doors down from me in the same apartment complex, and passed away on Aug. 30th, 2018. That same day, Larry came in person to give his "condolences" and handed me a letter that basically said I had two weeks to get all of his things out of the apartment and vacate the premises. I did so in only a weeks time, and guess what? They wanted to charge my deceased father for supposedly living in the apartment for part of the month of September! What??? My Dad died Aug. 30th!!! The audacity and disrespect of these people is infuriating!
So now I am also trying to get back the full deposit for my late father, and they are still trying to withhold money and make excuses! I had friends and family help me clean his place, and they sent their handy man, Mike, to check it out before I handed over the keys. (David was supposed to come, but as usual he didn't show up!) Well, Mike said that everything looked fine, so I thought everything would go smoothly and be settled. But apparently it doesn't matter what their employees say in person, because when it comes to money, J&L will make up anything they can to keep it.
FYI, I used to live at 77 California St., Ashland, OR. Please feel free to stop by and ask any of the tenants there what they think of J&L, and you'll get a long list of similar complaints. They even charged a tenant $200 for a replacement key!
I know that the Rogue Valley is having a Property Management crisis right now. If it's not CPM or Pacific Properties trying to screw you, it might be someone else. If you come across a J&L Moore property, be prepared to lose your deposit, and then some!