7/18/24
“Gotcha” tactics
This place has a new property management company; it went from MEB to Bryten Properties . Let me tell you, the people they sent to work in the office with the original team are GREEDY. I not only called but also wanted to ensure that I ended my lease correctly. The only problem was that we did not know the closing date of our new place, and closing dates change all the time. It happens.
So, I called the office to ask the best way to give my 60 days’ notice. I told them I wasn’t sure of the... closing date, that it could be late or early, and that I didn’t want to pay for two places at once. This is where they outright lied and conned me. I was told to NOT give notice until I was absolutely sure when I was going to leave because “If your closing falls through and you have already given notice, we have the right to rent your property out.” So, we didn’t give notice.
Once our closing date was locked in, I was told to email an inbox. I emailed the generic email and received a reply from the assistant manager advising me that I hadn’t given notice. I forwarded the notice I had sent (to the wrong email, which the office had given me) and was told that not only was I “in violation” of the lease, but now I was on the hook for rent for 10 days after my lease ended. Of course, the rent was $20 more, and they acted like they did me a “favor” by “pro-rating it” at $600 for 10 days of the month. I emailed back, calling them out on this.
I’m not even mad; it’s just truly pathetic. It shows they can’t even run a good business because they can’t keep tenants, so they resort to “gotcha” tactics. Thanks for doing this to a newlywed couple with a baby!
Review from Apartments.com