My wife, two daughters (2.5 year old and 2 month old), and I moved across the country to our new home in Salt Lake City two weeks ago, and we trusted Wolfnest with our rental.
When we arrived, the property was FILTHY - it was clearly not professionally cleaned (walls / ceilings had dirt and grime, interior and exterior of windows weren't even touched, air ducts vents/filters, dishwasher filter, oven/microwave filter were disgusting (and I am not a clean freak), floors were NOT vacuumed, garage is FILLED with junk, dead leaves, dust, old wasp nests and the retractible door doesn't even work, one bathroom sink wasn't draining (took over a week for them to fix it, during which we couldn't even use it), shower pressure is very weak in one bathroom, they put little pieces of blue tape ALL over the walls throughout the entire home where there are dings / scratches (we figured someone forgot to finish patching, but no, instead of that they told us "Those are there for you to know where there are issues. We only expect the property to be in the same condition as when you moved in, but nothing less will be acceptable." ...okay, so leave it looking like crap then?), there are electrical wires going through tree branches and one wire within reaching distance in the back yard, running the dishwasher caused electrical short (fire hazard?)...I could go on. We spent several FULL days getting the property into adequate living condition. And the air ducts are clearly filthy based on the poor air quality in the home (we just got "owner approval" today to have them cleaned).
How did they respond to our concerns and request to be compensated for a poorly prepared home?
"Please note that rent does not abate for any reason, per the lease."
I also accidentally locked myself out the second night, and instead of a nice gesture of letting me in as a ONE TIME courtesy, I had to pay 125.00 to get a locksmith to let me in.
Then when I paid the first month's rent, the portal is awful, not user friendly at all. I sent screenshots to Wolfnest confirming I had everything setup correctly (including monthly autopay), and they said everything was setup and my first payment was processing successfully. Then yesterday, I get an email letting me know I have a late fee. I asked why and screenshotted their email saying all looked good and they said:
"Thanks for your email. The total amount due for September was 2,584.99.
Here is the breakdown of that: 2,395.00 rent, 145.00 utilities, 5.99 maintenance coverage, and 39.00 admin fee. You made a payment last 09/01 for 2,395.00 which did not cover the total amount due and left a balance of 189.99. The unpaid balance incurred the late fee of 239.50 (WHAT?!?)."
I responded:
"This was not clear in the portal. I can handle the additional payment today, but I would like to request that you waive the late fee this time given the confusion and the fact that I kept you in the loop with everything I was doing last week and you didn't point out any mistakes."
They respond:
"The fee will stand. Per the lease, all rents are due on the 1st, and any unpaid balance will incur the late fee on the 2nd."
SO UNREASONABLE!
RENTER BEWARE - Wolfnest clearly does not value their tenants or the quality of the rental experience, only the fine print and bottom line. We trusted them with our young family, and they couldn't care less about our concerns or poor experience. read more