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I've had enough with my apartment. We have had stuff that has been needing to be fixed since May, and we've seen nothing. The people in the office won't do anything and are never there during business hours. Now I would like to contact the next higher up person, but I'm confused on who does what. So, who should I contact???
Apartment Complex: http://www.erc.com/chapelridge/still.../lifestyle.xml Real Estate Developement Firm: http://www.erc.com/about/ Real Estate Management Service: http://www.capstonemanagement.com/ Or should I start looking in to legal advice? The bad part is we like it here, but the people running the place are a bunch of dim witted, lazy son of a guns!
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First "in writing" contact the apartment complex. Then if nothing contact the Management Service "in writing". Keep records, and send all corispondance registered. Then go through lawyers. The developement co is only for construction and should only be contacted by the management co. What are your problems?
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I've done the first one. So, I should be going through Capstone next?
My problems are the simple fact that nothing is getting done. I've got leaky window seals that water gushes in when it rains, a broken seal around the baseboard on the outside where water leaks in to the carpet. It's ruined our rug we had, and it will ruin their carpet. I've got a loose toilet that hasn't been fixed, a loose sink, and bad smoke detectors. It's a load of crap.
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I would go to the Real Estate Management Service. Their company appears to be the one managing your complex.
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Look at your lease. Some leases allow you to have things repaired and bill the complex when management is unresponsive. The next level up from the on-site management is the mangement company that is hired to take care of the property. They may or may not be useful. Find out what company owns the complex - and has hired the management company. They will be the next people to talk to. Do it in the form of a well-written formal letter. Always state facts, leave ALL opinions and comments out of the letter. If the owners don't care then there's a pretty good chance they are the ones telling the management company not to do anything. Next place would be the local housing agency. You can file official complaints against the complex, management agency, and owners.
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Mention the "mold" word!!!!
It will get someone's attention.
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FIRST and FOREMOST:
Make a detailed, item by item list of what needs to be fixed along with photographs fo the items. (A digital photo printed out on a color printer is all you need.) Next try to take that list to the complex manager in person at several times during over the next couple of days and make note of what times you went as well as his/ her absence. After that, compose a letter and include it in an envelope with your rent check (which I presume is coming due very shortly. The letter should denote the deficeincies, show the evidence of them, and make note of the EXACT times/ dates you have made effort to discuss them with management. It should close with a formal request that they call you to provide a schedule for when each of the items will be fixed. Immediately after you get that call, write a second letter verifying your understanding of the phone call and denoting the schedule they gave you. If you get not response to the letter with the payment, go up the chain to the real estate management service with a certified letter to them. Detail the lengths you have gone to in hopes of rectifying the situation without their involvement and how they have been non-responsive. Cite the fact that the rent check has been cashed as evidence that they have recieved the notification of the maintenance issues. Say that you regret being forced to take this step and like your current residence, but find such a breach of contract to be unacceptable. CC the apartment management on the letter and send them a copy via certified mail as well. If that doesn't work, then take similar steps going up to the property owners.
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Not really. A little bleach, a coat of Kiltz, and a slap of paint on the spot of the mold is all they'll do unless you can show pictures of pervasive mold infestation.
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If you want to go this route, get written pre-authorization to make the repairs with an exact amount of how much cost they are willing to accept. You will then need to include copies of reciepts with rent payments that are made a partial payments.
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Mutt Comment #1) Some of those steps have already been taken. I'll repeat the steps to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Mutt Comment #2) That isn't going to help since I have already documented the water and mold damage Mutt Comment #3) I agree with Mutt here. As much as I would like to stick it to them like that, I've noted that I like my home. It's already going to make them mad that I'm going to have to move to a more authorative person, I don't want to stress the issue much further than that.
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Or you could move....
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I tend to disagree with this. Maybe different in other parts of the country, and with different management companies, but notice what I do for a living. With that word being "dropped ", in my company, someone will be there very quickly. Whether it be true or not it will at the very least get someone to your apartment.
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Hey Misled, you would think when I showed them these the first time they would have had someone come out ASAP
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If they saw that video, and did nothing, they are not a very good company. Since you said they saw that, if you have documentation of that, get in touch with the management company. You can also get in touch with the city code enforcement office. I'm not understanding why you could like it there so much. When my office gets a call, someone at the very least will be there within 24 hours, even if it's a blown lite bulb.
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Travis, if I am not mistaken (and I very well could be) in the state of Oklahoma (and I would think all others) I believe you have to have working smoke detectors in rental units.
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The bad part is, I don't have documentation that I have shown them. So, I'll show them again! Quote:
As far as the Smoke Detectors go, we don't know what is wrong. They'll put new batteries in, and two weeks later they are all going off with low battery signals.
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Travis
I just came across this site and it may help you out some. http://www.okbar.org/public/brochures/tenbroc.htm this page may also be of some use... http://www.ok.gov/OREC/documents/Lan...t%20Update.pdf
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Nice. I'll definitely have to read that (am now)
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Read it. According to the article, it basically says as long as both parties are in good standing and safety/health is at risk, the landlord must make the repairs within 14 days of written request.
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Travis, the second one I edited in is the actual state tenant act that was updated in Nov. 2006, and would probably be beneficial in saving on your computer for future references.
And yes, 14 days after written notice- if I read correctly earlier you have already done that a while before... They (the landlord) do realize that you are no college student and are a family man? That complex (and it has been a long while since I have been in Stillwater- GO POKES!) looks like one of the nicer ones in town; I sure do hate to see you end up with a slumlord. I think I would take it up with the property management company, since you say the people are never in the office. Good luck in getting those needed repairs done!
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Do you have any neighbors with similar problems? Going up the chain in mass is likely to be more effective with one at a time.
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Good luck
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