The Station is the worst apartment I've ever rented from - trying to see if I have any recourse
I hate this management company and would advise anyone looking at a property managed by Kairoi to stop and look elsewhere. The building is fine, but the management company is terrible and will lie through their teeth.
I don't want to spend too much time ranting about everything that's horrible about this apartment, but here's the highlights:
- Non-communicative - Both the leasing office and maintenance will simply ignore you and refuse to provide updates on the status of your application/request.
- Sub-par amenities - Pool's closed half the time, only two grills and a small workout room (always packed) for hundreds of residents. Not only are they below-average for the price, but they're too small for the buildings.
- Hidden Fees - They'll swear up and down that there are no hidden fees, but there absolutely are ($8/month subscription fee for parking, annual pet screening fee, package portal fee, etc.) Go ahead and tack on ~$75 to whatever estimate they're giving you.
- Parking - The garage is awful. All of the spaces are smaller than 8 feet wide. They've painted over the "compact" designation on dozens of spaces, which are between 6.5 and 7.5 feet wide, and will then offer these to you for $150 a month when you can't even use them. And then, when you immediately cancel that additional fee because why would you pay for a spot you can't use, they'll still charge you for a month of parking. Absolute leeches.
I hate this place and could rant for days about it. But the purpose of this post is to see if I have any recourse here. I am strongly considering breaking my lease early. Doing so would incur an additional $4800 fee, which is two month's rent. But given that I'll be parking two blocks away, will have to do my own maintenance, and with just how stressful this whole process has been, I think I might just do it.
I did call 311 to report the parking spot violations and they've opened a case for that issue, but there are simply no redeeming qualities about this place for me to ease my mind. I truly hate it here.