Beautiful apartments. HORRIBLE MANAGEMENT.
I had initially found this apartment complex on Craigslist for a deal. 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom for $900. Not bad. The apartment itself was great with its granite counter tops and wood flooring. Sadly enough, I did NOT renew my lease with them due to management problems during (and AFTER) my stay. Among my large list of issues with them, these (I hope) will be enough to make you think twice:
1. There was 1 month where my rent was suspiciously about $150 less than it normally was. Naturally I believed this to be a mistake and had gone to the management team about this. I was reassured that this was indeed the correct amount. Feeling skeptical about this I had gone back to the office the next day and asked one of the managers in charge if this was the correct amount. I was again, reassured that it was. Still not feeling 100% about this, my roommate decided to speak with ANOTHER person at the front office. For a third time, we were reassured that it was the correct amount and decided that we had our bases covered.
The day after that month's rent was due, there was a notice taped to my door. What in the world could this be?? A notice that my rent had not been paid in full and that I was being charged an additional $50.00 fee every day my rent was late. Outraged by this, I did speak with management (AGAIN) about the fee where I was then told that rent can "sometimes be wrong." WHAT?? What kind of answer was that??? After much debate, they agreed to take the fee off, but the extra $150 would be added onto our next month's rent. Seeing as this was three times THEIR mistake, I don't feel as if I should have paid this amount, but I did.
2. My good friend (also a view resident) had her car was towed out of her own parking spot! After a new neighbor had complained to management that she was parked in their parking spot, her car was towed with NO NOTICE and NO WARNING. Alas, the neighbor was mistaken as this had been the same spot she had been parking in for months. Does management not keep records of this?? Perhaps they were too lazy to check their records?? This was the last straw this this place, but the number of issues with them continues! She didn't have to pay the towing costs but the sheer fact of the inconvenience that was caused was enough!
3. SIX MONTHS after ending our lease agreement with The View, I received a random phone call from them. Thinking it was a mistake, I let them leave a voice mail to hear them state that "they had been trying to reach me for months (FIRST CONTACT WITH THEM, KEEP THIS IN MIND) and that if I did not contact them within 24 hours that I would be sent to collections." Before move out, my name was taken off of the lease completely and put under my roommate's. SO, the fact they even called ME to begin with and threaten to send ME to collections is completely unacceptable. MY NAME WAS NOT ON THE LEASE! They should not have been contacting me whatsoever! When I called back they claimed that there were "several thousands of dollars" in damages to the apartment as well as unpaid bills. Completely FALSE. I had asked for a walk-through with management and to be present upon this walk-through (signed document) so we could go over damage costs together. That never happened. After yelling bloody jesus, they said that they "accidentally" had the wrong file pulled up. AGAIN, how do mistakes like this continue to happen?? Long story short, after MUCH DEBATE, they finally agreed to only charge for a carpet cleaning.. I'm sorry, but why was I (or roommate) not contacted THE MONTH OF our move out?? SIX MONTHS LATER?! They had both of our numbers and names on file but somehow "couldn't find" my roommates. Again, unacceptable..
Long read, but I hope it will help you from moving there. DO NOT get suckered into moving here as it will cause you an entire year of financial nightmares due to the management's poor record keeping. And when you move out, do not be surprised if they keep hitting you up for cash for illegitimate reasons!! Just don't do it. It's such a shame because I absolutely loved the apartment itself... *sigh* read more