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I will leave opinion out and give only facts:

At move in:
-No electricity in the wall powering my refrigerator and ac unit.
-No cover on the fuse box.
-No door shelves in the refrigerator.
-Nothing was sanded before new paint was applied so no door or painted cabinet was actually able to close.
-Kitchen cabinet not able to close.
-Large hole in wood floor apparently caused by rotted wood.
-False drawers under sink completely unattached and hanging off.
-Shower faucet would not produce more than a trickle.
-Large portion of toilet base broken off.
-Exposed pipes in the bedroom and large hole open to the inner wall.

I asked to do a walk through and was told to take a sheet they gave me and note any problems. I did. I was told they would be fixed. My mistake.

Electrical problem fixed after 13 days. Refrigerator replaced in January after the girl in the leasing office admitted that the company no longer manufactured those shelves. I was told they were ordered several times. How does one order something a company no longer makes? The shower head was replaced within a few days.

I got into school and had to terminate my lease early. I wrote a letter stating that maybe I should be allowed to keep my security deposit since the apartment is actually in more livable condition now than when I moved in and cited all of the above problems along with a rodent problem. The owner called and obviously refused (it was worth a try) and told me to stop making "irresponsible accusations." We will see what he says about that during my move out walk through. Two months after the letter, no more problems have been fixed.

In addition, my water was turned off twice with no notice. I called the second time and was told they were "working on the way we notify tenants" when they have to turn the water off. I told them to send an email.

In the end, the owner is completely unconcerned with these facts and told me that he believed them to be a smokescreen for my not wanting to pay the termination fees. I do not in fact want to pay those fees but I am going to because I understand how a contract works. Clearly, he does not understand his responsibility to deliver on the part of his company which may explain why it is not accredited by the Better Business Bureau, has one star on Yelp and the frequent turnover in the short time I have lived there.

Also please note that the laundry room appears never to have been cleaned and the change machine does not work and from what I learned from my neighbors it has not worked in recent history.

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