BEWARE!!! Clause 26 "Access to Premises" grants Yale West management staff access to your home for ANY reason without your notice or consent and they are EXTREMELY irresponsible and negligent with this authority. My husband and I were on business in NY for a month and while we were away Yale West management took advantage of our absense and used our apartment as a "show" apartment for prospective tenants. My husband returned to the apartment early and discovered our curtain rod and curtains had
...been torn from the wall and our front door was unlocked! The next morning he woke up to three strangers in our home. Management was surprised to see him there, since they thought we were out of town, but continued to show the apartment while he was asleep in his underwear, which is bizarre and completely unprofessional. My husband approached management that morning to discuss the incidents and the manager who entered our home told him "she thought the doors locked automatically" and that she "didn't think we would be home, so didn't think it was a big deal." Signing away your rights to privacy in YOUR home becomes an issue when Yale West staff don't even have a working knowledge that the doors need to be locked by key. They denied any responsiblity for the damage to our belongings, invasion of our privacy, and placing all of our personal belongings at risk by failing to lock our door for an unknown amount of time. We are in the military and had to move to an overseas location only weeks after the incident. If I was not overseas and could have appeared in small claims court I would have sued! Find a different apartment, you'll be better off.
Pets Allowed.