Found this house in the paperOur apartment lease was up and we wanted a house for our growing familyWe found one that was cheap but not very good living conditionsWe were reassured things would be repairedI made a list of repairs that needed attention and gave a copy to the managementOn the list:all sinks leaking along with one toilet The other was out of order and needed repairs, water damage under all sinks, cracks in tub and shower, landscaping was in need; grass(over feet tall including weeds) trees all over grown, holes in the dry wall, all sliding closet doors were hanging off the tracks, carpets torn up appeared to be by a small dog and stained(though they had them professionally cleaned), front door and bathroom door hanging off the hinges, garrage door dented and hanging off the ceiling, thermostat hanging out of the wall and leaked out of the wire cover when it rained, drawers were broken in the kitchen and bathroom,counters/linoleum dammagedCigarette burns and razor blade cuts on both bathroom counter tops.Towel and toilet paper racks were missing and broken.Dish washer was rusted, and it was the only thing replacedThe sprinkler system was unusable, and it leaked.This list was presented to [redacted] first and he told us we need to give the list to [redacted] ShortHe was the maintenance manSo we did so.He tried to fix things and was not successfulThings continued to leakA few times he came to fix things, sinks/toiletsLeakage problems never ceasedWhen ever he came I would walk around showing [redacted] Short things that still needed to be fixed, that were notHe would blow me off like I had a problemIt was obvious these were existing problems that had never been repaired even before we lived thereWe only got one key and zero garage door openers(Within the 4th month of living there someone use a garage door opener to get into our house and rob us of all our family photo's and other belongingsThey still haven't been caught) After the hail storm the roof and A/C were replaced, by the management, but the thermostat remained hanging out of the wallThe roofers that were sent had thrown the roofing nails in both the front and back yardAfter witnessing one of the roofers throwing a 'wind-o matic' at my sisters dog cause she was barking continuously at the roofers, I called [redacted] to report this to himHe said he was going to evict us for complaing about this unimportant matterHe said that they will pick up the nails when they are through with the roofPlus he tells me, "I dont need this drama"I couldn't believe what I was hearingHe hung up on me after I told him how shocked I was to hear thatThe nails were not picked upWe continued to step on them(going right through our shoes and bare feet through out the time we lived thereAfter we realized its not going to be fixed we decided to fix things and get it taken out of rentThen Desert Reality Management denied us that.We lived in the house almost 7yearsWe gave our 30days and spoke to [redacted] on the phone about leaving,he said thats fine, and we paid our last month's rent, and was out in a timely mannerThen we recieved a letter with itemized chargesfor the repairs WE needed them to repair upon us moving in years ago, plus rent Drywall Appliance repairs Interrior clean Flooring General repairs Trash haul Landscaping cleanup Total $2, Total due if turned over to collections $3, The carpets were stained and torn up but were professionally cleaned before we moved inI didnt think people could get away with this sort of wrong doing This man and wife team really are 'slumloards' and they need to be stopped from picking on hard working lower-class families who just want honesty and to be treated fairlyWhen I called [redacted] about these chrges he raised his voice to me and said " [redacted] ***" to everything I said about the house not being fixed in a timely manner, plus the chargesSimmilar to the very first time I spoke to him about the unfixed problems in the house, he said "I will have you evicted and you'll be out of there at the end of the month"
Found this house in the paperOur apartment lease was up and we wanted a house for our growing familyWe found one that was cheap but not very good living conditionsWe were reassured things would be repairedI made a list of repairs that needed attention and gave a copy to the managementOn the list:all sinks leaking along with one toilet The other was out of order and needed repairs, water damage under all sinks, cracks in tub and shower, landscaping was in need; grass(over feet tall including weeds) trees all over grown, holes in the dry wall, all sliding closet doors were hanging off the tracks, carpets torn up appeared to be by a small dog and stained(though they had them professionally cleaned), front door and bathroom door hanging off the hinges, garrage door dented and hanging off the ceiling, thermostat hanging out of the wall and leaked out of the wire cover when it rained, drawers were broken in the kitchen and bathroom,counters/linoleum dammagedCigarette burns and razor blade cuts on both bathroom counter tops.Towel and toilet paper racks were missing and broken.Dish washer was rusted, and it was the only thing replacedThe sprinkler system was unusable, and it leaked.This list was presented to [redacted] first and he told us we need to give the list to [redacted] ShortHe was the maintenance manSo we did so.He tried to fix things and was not successfulThings continued to leakA few times he came to fix things, sinks/toiletsLeakage problems never ceasedWhen ever he came I would walk around showing [redacted] Short things that still needed to be fixed, that were notHe would blow me off like I had a problemIt was obvious these were existing problems that had never been repaired even before we lived thereWe only got one key and zero garage door openers(Within the 4th month of living there someone use a garage door opener to get into our house and rob us of all our family photo's and other belongingsThey still haven't been caught) After the hail storm the roof and A/C were replaced, by the management, but the thermostat remained hanging out of the wallThe roofers that were sent had thrown the roofing nails in both the front and back yardAfter witnessing one of the roofers throwing a 'wind-o matic' at my sisters dog cause she was barking continuously at the roofers, I called [redacted] to report this to himHe said he was going to evict us for complaing about this unimportant matterHe said that they will pick up the nails when they are through with the roofPlus he tells me, "I dont need this drama"I couldn't believe what I was hearingHe hung up on me after I told him how shocked I was to hear thatThe nails were not picked upWe continued to step on them(going right through our shoes and bare feet through out the time we lived thereAfter we realized its not going to be fixed we decided to fix things and get it taken out of rentThen Desert Reality Management denied us that.We lived in the house almost 7yearsWe gave our 30days and spoke to [redacted] on the phone about leaving,he said thats fine, and we paid our last month's rent, and was out in a timely mannerThen we recieved a letter with itemized chargesfor the repairs WE needed them to repair upon us moving in years ago, plus rent Drywall Appliance repairs Interrior clean Flooring General repairs Trash haul Landscaping cleanup Total $2, Total due if turned over to collections $3, The carpets were stained and torn up but were professionally cleaned before we moved inI didnt think people could get away with this sort of wrong doing This man and wife team really are 'slumloards' and they need to be stopped from picking on hard working lower-class families who just want honesty and to be treated fairlyWhen I called [redacted] about these chrges he raised his voice to me and said " [redacted] ***" to everything I said about the house not being fixed in a timely manner, plus the chargesSimmilar to the very first time I spoke to him about the unfixed problems in the house, he said "I will have you evicted and you'll be out of there at the end of the month"