We've been at our current apartment nearly a year (lease renews in Jan. 2008). We received a note on our door today that if we want to renew, our rent is going to be $xxx amount. They're trying to raise it by $74 per month...that's a 10% increase. Does this seem wrong/exhorbitant to anyone else?? I'm going to call tomorrow and talk with them about it. (A new owner of the apartment complex took over during the summer, and I think they're responsbile for this.) They claim to be beautifying the property, but so far all I've noticed is that they're re-roofing some of the buildings (not ours) and we have new light fixtures in the breezeways. (Cost maybe $5.00, if that.) We've had two major water leaks in our apartment (not our fault...they came from upstairs) and, as with most apartment complexes, the "repair" work was shoddy. Anyone have any advice as to what to tell them to try to haggle our rent increase to a more reasonable level, or is this even possible?
2007-12-04
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