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> if there is something damaged, the maintenance department takes care of it. I saw some of these properties (Progress Residential) and the properties were not
by ThunderSizzle 3y ago
> if there is something damaged, the maintenance department takes care of it.
I saw some of these properties (Progress Residential) and the properties were not maintained in the slightest. These were move in ready propeties that haven't had an ounce of cleaning or maintenance.
They'll take your rent, ignore your maintenance beyond the required minimum and evict you if you don't pay.
- em-bee 3y agoi was talking about germany, you are talking about the US. the US has weak protection for renters, and that's why something like this is allowed to happen. the "required minimum" is quite different in germany, so this is very unlikely to happen in there, because renters would have the right to reduce the rent they pay until such issues are resolved. as i said, laws to protect renters are a necessary part to avoid this.
- genocidicbunny 3y agoWell, most of us are talking about the US because the article is about US renters, not German ones. And the reality of renting in the US would treat your opinion fairly unkindly if you were to apply it here.
- em-bee 3y agoobviously. what i am trying to show is that it can be different, and that the problem is not renting or big companies, but lack of legal protection for renters. fix that, and many problems will go away.