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DO NOT GO AND RENT to AVANA AT THE POINTE Apartment in 888 E Clinton St in Phoenix AZ, years ago we were recommended to move to another unit because they are going to renovate the apartment, and they charged me of "transfer fee $500, is not my fault they were the one wants me to moved, REDICULOUS,$500 that is big amount, they are hunger of money, then I asked about my deposit $500 they said I did not have that deposit, I said where ever you go in this world you ALWAYS have to give DEPOSIT to rent an Apartment, but still they DENIED ( BRITTANY) that I have the deposit, ( They all know that people CAN"T rent if there is no deposit) I was 100% I gave the deposit, so I look everywhere in my file then I found the RECEIPT, I gave it to them, and they are just quiet and never APOLOGIZE, they are BULLL........T How come they didn't know and why they didn't have the file or record about my DEPOSIT. Last March 5th I have to moved to City, and they charged me of $125 for the carpet in one small room to be clean, you could just vacuum that for 10mins and done, but they charged me again for $125, again hunger for money. They loved charging people. DO NOT GO AND RENT TO THIS AVANA AT THE POINT APARTMENT in PHOENIX.

I’m moving out of state for employment, I gave my apartment complex 60 days notice….Greystar is hitting me with a $9,900 early lease termination penalty!!!! Criminal. Stay clear of Greystar communities at all cost.

This review pertains to The Orchard Market Plaza Apartments and its parent company Greystar. Since my mom died in September 2024, the management by Greystar Realty over the Orchards Market Plaza has been in decline and gotten worse. Megan Shumway, the former manager was quoted as saying “kindness is weakness,” took two weeks to respond to an email by me, refused to let me break my lease when my mom died, refused to allow me to move into a different unit after my mom died and Katie Ernest the regional manager lied about working with me along with Megan in allowing me to put together a payment plan to pay off my rent and nearly evicted me at the end of the year. Maintenance requests fell behind for four months. Occupancy dropped down to 45%. A committee by the residents was formed to force Megan Shumway out, who was only able to get her management position by way of nepotism and family connections. Katie Ernest is not honest nor is she respectful, considerate, or professional. I am speaking the truth. Most of the residents do not trust Greystar and left because of Meghan Shumway and her bad management. The new manager tried to offer a lower rent and insisted on using my mom’s name on the envelope shoved in my door. This caused a renewal of trauma for me personally, and I have decided in my best interest to move out by end of June or first of July. Do not move here or you will waste your money and be subject to bad management that doesn’t respond to resident needs and has driven off so many good people in this community. The Orchards and Greystar are untrustworthy, insensitive and are disrespectful.

As of today, I am behind on rent and am being charged late fees since my mom passed away on September 21, 2024. I was unemployed from the end of June until the first and second week of November when I finally got a job with a really great company. I’ve written several letters to the Apartment Manager here at Orchards Market Plaza in Plano, Texas. I’ve only received one official response and that was to ask me when I was paying and how much. I’m being charged over $1800 for an apartment originally in my mom’s name but I added my name in February 2023. I have asked several times for a payment plan to help me alleviate my deficit on my rent, but to no avail. I actually heard from one of the residents, my Apartment Manager saying that kindness is a weakness which informed me a very negative opinions that people have expressed and who have left. Many people site her as the reason for leaving. I also found out it was because of nepotism she was given this position. For the life of me, I can’t understand how a company can be so coldhearted and an apartment manager, unwilling to respond to basic maintenance request as well as detailed email messages from me explaining my situation and how much I was able to pay and requiring more time. I have heard Greystar will no longer be owning this property by the end of the year, which doesn’t exactly bring on good news. Just a change in management. I am really disappointed because the same. Apartment Manager told me she would work with me and only found a time to respond to one message and that after two weeks. My heart is broken for losing my mom and I haven’t had time to grieve because an apartment and it’s parent company insist I pay or else. I pray for a better outcome.

I strongly caution anyone considering renting from Greystar. I signed a 13-month lease at one of their properties, Savoy at 1130 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, CA. The actual living experience was fine—the building was well-maintained, and the leasing office staff was generally responsive. But the real issue wasn't the property itself—it’s Greystar’s corporate management, which is exploitative and unfair. My experience with them has been riddled with unjust charges, deceptive policies, and blatant attempts to extract money through technical loopholes. Here’s what happened when I moved out: ________________________________________ Issue #1: $1,599.86 in Unjust Move-Out Charges Despite submitting a timely 30-day written notice of non-renewal, Greystar corporate still hit me with a $1,599.86 charge claiming my notice was “deficient” because I didn’t explicitly state a move-out date. • My notice clearly stated I was not renewing my lease, which had a fixed expiration date of January 30, 2025. • No one at Greystar ever told me this specific phrasing was required. Had they done so, I would have included it. • The leasing team acknowledged my notice at the time—without raising any issue. Only after I moved out did they retroactively claim my notice was invalid to justify an enormous charge. • This so-called "requirement" was buried in an 83-page lease signed over a year earlier and was never mentioned in renewal emails or correspondence. It’s clear to me that this wasn’t an honest mistake—it was a deliberate policy loophole designed to trap tenants into paying more. ________________________________________ Issue #2: Unfair Security Deposit Deductions ($462.78) After moving out, Greystar also withheld $462.78 from my security deposit for cleaning, painting, and carpet cleaning—charges that California law prohibits unless there is excessive damage. • I left the unit clean and documented its condition with video. • The “evidence” Greystar later provided that the charges were justified was unverified and showed only normal wear and tear. • These were clearly routine turnover costs—Greystar’s responsibility, not the tenant’s. ________________________________________ Issue #3: Miscellaneous, Unjustified Fees ($100) To top it off, I was also charged $100 in random fees that had no proper explanation. These fees felt like last-minute cash grabs, thrown in simply because they could. ________________________________________ The Bottom Line: Renting At A Greystar Managed Property Means Dealing with Greystar Corporate’s Shady Practices While the leasing office staff you might meet at a property could be fine, they don’t control Greystar’s corporate policies—and that’s the real problem. • Greystar corporate operates in bad faith, using vague lease terms, hidden fees, and arbitrary charges to squeeze every possible dollar out of tenants. • If you sign a lease with them, you’re at the mercy of corporate policies designed to extract money, not provide fair service. If you’re considering renting at any Greystar-managed property—do your research first. You’ll find many similar complaints from past tenants. I wish I had checked before signing. 📌 Final Advice: Be Extremely Cautious. Document Everything. Look for a Management Company That Treats Tenants Fairly.

Landera apartments in San Antonio is run by Greystar and it’s horrible! Roaches ridiculous, drug dealers on both sides, lease violations ignored by management for certain individuals, they allow someone to store their car lot cars here and claim they are guests. Trash everywhere. Greystar management even has an email to the supposed CEO but in two months of complaints with pictures and documentation they still ignore me and don’t respond. It’s all for show. They even still harbor undocumented citizens here as well. People coming and going with a trash bag full of clothes. Here one day gone the next. Besides the people moving the cars in and out every night and morning. From my ongoing experience, documentation of violations, patterns of prejudice and educated opinion do not lease from Greystar or anyone like them that lacks the integrity and accountability paying tenants deserve from a company of this stature.

Do NOT stay in student accomodation by GREYSTAR!!! They have just taken over my son's student accomodation, that Cardiff University subsidizes, and they are outrageous. He was using an accommodation bike to cycle to the sports ground to go to play for a university football team. Someone tried to steal the bike and cut the lock, but were unsuccessful. The lock was damaged and he couldn't release the bike and had to walk several miles home after 2 matches. My son told the accommodation and this was their response, they told him to find a BOLT CUTTER!!!! "I wanted to remind you that you borrowed the bike, and it's your responsibility to return it. If you’re having trouble releasing it, you can find a bolt cutter to help you with that." They will not support your child while a university. STEER CLEAR. I wonder if they just want to charge him for being a victim of crime - watch this space, I'll keep you updated.

Absolutely horrible company and so sad we are stuck in 1 year lease again. My sister, niece and I lived together in Corona CA for 4 years. At move-in the leasing agent gave us a “special” to pay $30 a month instead of a deposit in full at the time of move in. Form was called “LeaseLock”, Form says Zero-Deposit Waiver but none of the 11 or so statements are initialed that say non-refundable etc, and they were not discussed. We just electronically signed the bottom of the document assuming it was a prorated type of deposit. Truth we didn’t care if we got it back, but we sure did not expect to OWE ANYTHING when we moved out, especially when LeaseLock is an insurance company. Our mom got sick and I spent and am still at my mom’s caring for her. We decided to downsize and move upstairs to a smaller unit. We paid to overlap rent so we had time to move as life is chaotic. Upon move out on Christmas Day we received a bill for $3,700. They were charging a full month’s rent downstairs because they said we did not return keys until 12/2 (not knowing we moved upstairs and have proof we did not owe rent on the unit) —- but they are thieves. After taking precious time and ruining Xmas and adding more stress, they decided we owed $460 for wear and tear and cleaning. When I inquired about the $30 a month for 4 years, sent pictures of the agreement, told them the original leasing agent had died, the new leasing agents used the old form the last two years and had no idea what it even was (email to prove it), told them that a zero deposit waiver is illegal in California as of 7/2024, that LeaseLock is insurance, they said sorry Greystar wouldn’t have it if it wasn’t legal. Pay it. No negotiation. Nothing. I am so busy with a full time job working from home and 24/7 care of my mother I cannot spend my time fighting this, but I would if I could. I will notify housing authorities because Greystar is brutal. No flexibility. We are great tenants. I paid it so it doesn’t go to collections.