1/19/21
AC caught fire, moldy carpet, send debt collector for "unpaid balance" after cashing check
If I can deter anyone from signing a lease at this apartment complex with my review I will be happy. Save yourself the headache and find another place to live, it is not worth saving yourself a little money each month. I paid out my final account balance after I moved out in May of 2020. I was home at my permanent residence last month and realized they had sent a debt collection agency to contact me about my "unpaid final month's rent". I, fortunately, have a bank that gives me access to cashed... checks that I could send as proof to the office that I did not owe them any money. The check was SIGNED by the office on the back and they were sending a debt collector to my house 9 months later! After contacting them initally, I now can they barely get anyone to answer the phone and keep telling me that they will "give me a call" once everything is sorted out and never actually do. I keep being told that the only person who can sort this out is the "manager" that that has been out of the office for over a month now.
This is not the only issue I had with this apartment. The carpet was so moldy, I'd vacuum an entire canister of black mold a few times a week. My dog and I both had to start taking allergy medications just to put our allergies at bay. There were nails that stuck through the carpet in all of the thresholds that I would step on regularly. My AC caught on fire once, with black smoke pouring out of the vents. When I called the front office and finally got someone to answer, they seemed extremely unperturbed by the fact that a small fire had just occurred in my apartment and the only reason it didn't spread was because I was home to put it out. They then contacted "maintainence" who didn't come to look at it for another day and then said the AC company would have to come out and fix it. I had to sit for 4 days in AZ heat (105-110F) without AC on the top floor of the apartment.
I have countless issues with this apartment complex. Please don't live here, you will pay good money to live in unsafe and unsanitary conditions, just for them to claim you still owe them money when you most certainly do not. I wished I had just paid for a nicer place and saved myself the trouble.
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Property Manager at Canyon Oaks responded to this review
It's heartbreaking to receive such review and low rating. Our team does strive to provide the best living experience and we're sad to see we missed the mark with you. We apologize for the miscommunication regarding the move-out charges but we're... happy that was taken care of. In regards to the AC incident, our maintenance team does work hard to handle all issues in-house if possible, but sometimes they do need to reach out to vendors for help if needed. Again we do apologize and do wish you the best in your new home.