I saw a unit on the 8th floor at one of their buildings on 18th St. I liked the apartment layout, location and price so I promptly pulled all necessary paperwork together plus the $80 application fee. When I delivered it to the office I was told the unit was no longer available but a similar unit 2 floors lower was about to become available. I asked Mikki, the office manager, and her minion receptionist at the front window (yes, when you enter the ""office"" they actually trap you in this tiny vestibule between two doors and you must speak through a plexi-glass window - should tell you something right there) to hold the application and check for the apartment and I walked directly to the building to see that it was comparable. When I called them immediately after viewing the apartment the office told me the apartment was now mysteriously unavailable. How it had been taken when it hadn't even been on the market is beyond me. Then they proceeded to push a 2nd floor unit facing a brick wall onto me saying it was cheaper and just as good. Not the case. Mikki has obviously made a practice out of this scam and of course she refused to return the $80.
While standing in the vestibule I noticed the receptionist flipping through 8-10 applications all with checks attached. I can only imagine how profitable it is for them to scam 10 people a day at $80 per person. Clearly they have a need for the plexi-glass window - I can only imagine how many would-be tenants have angrily tried to reclaim their application fees after they were given the run around. I wish I had read all of these reviews before submitting an application. The office location is in a shady diamond district building, the vestibule plus plexi-glass should tell you something right there and if that is not enough, take a look at Mikki and you will see that you should submit your application elsewhere. I will warn everyone I know about this crooked management company.
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