Brad
5 months ago
"Disclaimer: This review is for Grand Villas at Tuscan Lakes, but my primary issue is with the owner and manager of the property, Greystar. Therefore, for the duration of the review I will be referencing greystar, as I personally would avoid any property owned and managed by greystar.
I gave greystar multiple opportunities to make things right, but they chose to have this review written instead.
During my second year renting from greystar, my AC unit started making a horrendous smell. It was a strong chemical smell and I started to worry for my safety. I opened the closet door for the AC unit and discovered the unit had no air filter installed and had frozen over due to dust buildup. I called the front office to explain the issue. They told me to keep the unit running and someone would be there as soon as possible. After 10 minutes the cooling capacity had diminished and the smell was too strong to handle. I shut off the unit and opened all the doors and windows to air out the apartment. I called the front desk again and explained it was not possible to keep the unit going and I was starting to feel sick.
After the unit was repaired, greystar installed a lock on the AC access door. During my two years at greystar, they never replaced the AC air filter or performed any preventative maintenance.
To my surprise, upon leaving the apartment, greystar added a $650 fee to have their AC vents professionally cleaned. Renters are not responsible for performing building maintenance. If greystar cared about their building and equipment so much, they should have performed regular maintenance on the unit. Instead, they chose to do nothing and are now trying to get their tenants to pay for their incompetence.
I explained this to the building manager and corporate but they had no interest in logic or reasoning and instead, sent the bill to collections.
Not to mention: dog poop outside most days. We heard rodents in our ceiling and walls (Greystar never “found” anything), 15 work orders in the first two weeks, including issues I noticed while touring the apartment. (Fork in garbage disposal, dishwasher didn’t dry, ice machine didn’t work and leaked water)"