Michael T.
AH4R-WARNING-READ BBB REVIEWS TOO
We rented a home in Central Florida from Feb 2014 until July of 2020 and had just signed and received a renewal for another year when the house was rendered uninhabitable. Why? Because despite 4 email warnings and 3 years earlier them having to send a team of 4 men to chain saw and clean up a 300 LB branch from an old oak tree that we KNEW was going to come down, they did NOTHING until the tree came down and almost killed me and my 2 dogs. Feel free to look at my pics at AHR4R in Florida and you will see-they caused black mold due to THEIR maintenance guy leaving a rag in the air handler and refusing to come check it out until the floor flooded, Ignored our warnings on the trees and DIDN'T LIFT A FINGER TO HELP US MOVE even though they said they would relocate us to another one of their homes in the nearby area and told us to "review the list of their homes available for rent in our area" to make a choice. THEY SENT US A "LIST" OF ONE HOUSE! They then put a lock box on the front door and asked us to move out ASAP. We ended up having to pay more than $500 per month in rent for the house we found. By Florida law, they were supposed to send us our security deposit within 15 days (no claims for damages or offset to justify the delay) and we didn't receive it for over 30 days. Unfortunately Florida law bends dramatically in favor of the landlord and since this is a multi-billion dollar REIT from Wall Street it is hard to find attorneys willing to take them on. SO-I will be filing suit in small claims court, demanding a jury trial and trying to get as many disgruntled former renters to help publish all of the results of the trial(s) so I can show people that as long as you did the right thing, paid your rent, didn't trash the place and DOCUMENT EVERYTHING WITH PICTURES AND KEEP ALL CORRESPONDENCE with them, you CAN beat them. They tried to get me to settle for $5,000 but that didn't even cover our additional rent expense, moving costs, application fees, time off work for having to move in 20 days, etc. I am speaking from experience and I am being honest-READ REVIEWS ABOUT THIS COMPANY. BTW-you will see MANY 5 star reviews on their web sites-see how many of them are brand new and how many of reviewers are suddenly deciding to post their first review EVER! Check your local BBB and Pissed Consumer to learn what these "profit at all cost" "people" are willing to do to their renters. Enter your transaction with EXTREME caution. You have been warned!