Adventures in Apartment Rentership, part Deux.
So, y'all remember the story from a few months ago about the apartment that gave us the shaft, basically, going back on their price because we didn't respond in the time frame even though we totally did.
Yeah, it happened again.
We had decided to move to a smaller apartment nearby, and when Sarah went to tell the leasing office we were moving, they made her an offer basically for the same apartment we have now, just downstairs and further in the complex for like, more than $150 less per month. We, of course, jumped on this. She talked to them Friday. Saturday she went back and talked to a different person, but was still under the impression that the price was the same. Monday they called her and said the price had changed but did we still want to?
Wait what?
Yeah, they neither a. gave us a timeline, b. gave us a firm price, apparently, or c. told us we had to put the deposit down immediately to get said price. On top of that, they said they'd give us a deal on the washer/dryer too, and when I went in Tuesday to speak to the manager she said they weren't authorized to do that. I had a nice chat with her but basically said this is the second time a J.C. Hart property has screwed us over royally, and We. are Not. Amused.
So, long story short, we're moving to a smaller apartment in a different complex come early August.
Life is ok otherwise. Money situation got sorted, work is going pretty well. We're a little slow at the moment but that's unfortunately to be expected...still, we're hanging in there. Almost gotten motivated to write again, I'm coming back to old ideas rather than getting stuck on new ones, so that's good. Sarah's in Cali for the week so I have the apartment to myself. Not that it will be any different than usual, since we never see each other, it just means I can leave the kitchen light on all night and she won't yell at me. (kidding!)
Yeah, it happened again.
We had decided to move to a smaller apartment nearby, and when Sarah went to tell the leasing office we were moving, they made her an offer basically for the same apartment we have now, just downstairs and further in the complex for like, more than $150 less per month. We, of course, jumped on this. She talked to them Friday. Saturday she went back and talked to a different person, but was still under the impression that the price was the same. Monday they called her and said the price had changed but did we still want to?
Wait what?
Yeah, they neither a. gave us a timeline, b. gave us a firm price, apparently, or c. told us we had to put the deposit down immediately to get said price. On top of that, they said they'd give us a deal on the washer/dryer too, and when I went in Tuesday to speak to the manager she said they weren't authorized to do that. I had a nice chat with her but basically said this is the second time a J.C. Hart property has screwed us over royally, and We. are Not. Amused.
So, long story short, we're moving to a smaller apartment in a different complex come early August.
Life is ok otherwise. Money situation got sorted, work is going pretty well. We're a little slow at the moment but that's unfortunately to be expected...still, we're hanging in there. Almost gotten motivated to write again, I'm coming back to old ideas rather than getting stuck on new ones, so that's good. Sarah's in Cali for the week so I have the apartment to myself. Not that it will be any different than usual, since we never see each other, it just means I can leave the kitchen light on all night and she won't yell at me. (kidding!)