I moved to Cold Storage last May courtesy of a teacher residency program that hooked us up with apartments over there. Coming from the outrageously priced NYC, I originally thought that a complex that included all utilities and cost less than $1500 must've been some sort of scam. However, I found that it certainly was not. My apartment was beautiful. From the exposed brick to the marble countertops, there was little I did not love about my bachelor pad. My neighbors were also very friendly and
...sociable. To make matters even better, it's about a 5-10 minute walk from all the major RVA nightlife. As a young, former city slicker single male, this was a big bonus to me. By next spring, many of my colleagues in my residency program had began to move out, many either complaining about prices or management. It was not until I began venturing out that I started to notice I was not necessarily getting the best bang for my buck (1075 bucks for an apartment barely over 600 sq. ft to be exact). Nevertheless, management had never given me an issue so I considered extending my lease. That was until a problem did finally arise, my bank made the mistake of not clearing one of my checks for the rent. As a result, I was forced to only pay through cashier's check and pay a multitude of additional fees, even after having my bank fax a letter to them explaining the anomaly was not my fault. The property manager only constantly repeated that it was due to my rent history that there was nothing they could do (despite that I had only been late one previous time due to my program giving us our stipend late, which means all of the other 30 plus people in my program were also late). I even had my banker call them to try and explain, they still refused to budge. After getting the final statement on all my fees straightened out, and paying them, the next month comes and I am hit with MORE fees from the prior month due to a "mistake with my account," even though the property manager had both verbally said what I had owed and had emailed me what I had owed, in other words, she screwed up. She then had the audacity to get irate with me because I was upset with her costly error. To make matters worse, due to all the mix up, I was denied the ability to extend my lease, but as far as I'm concerned, it was for the better.
My advice to you? Just pay your rent, and stay the heck out of management's way.
Max of 2. Please ask about weight and breed restrictions. Pet rent range is $20-$40 per month (per pet), based on recommendation from PetScreening system.