I put down the deposit for this apartment last month, expecting to start moving in yesterday.
I got out of work early yesterday to pay the first month’s rent and pick up the keys, expecting to start moving in.
I excitedly ran to the apartment to try said keys, and begin moving in.
They did not work. Not the door keys, not the mailbox keys.
I was understandably pissed. But not too pissed, luckily I planned a month of apartment overlap to help in the move (very necessary in this town)
I got up early today to make it into your office quickly before work to get a new set. I was polite, I was civil. I did not stab any of you with a fork.
After work today, I ran to the apartment again, expecting the new keys to work. Guess what? They did not.
Now I am really pissed. If I don’t get into my apartment tomorrow–the fork stabbing will commence. Be forewarned.
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The first day in my present apartment, the lobby door was held open by a rock. After I moved my stuff in in the early morning, I left for work. I come home at midnight to find my lobby door key doesn’t work. So there I am, sitting in the lobby until 1:30 AM, when I have to beg a woman coming home from a bar (who has obviously never seen me before) to let me in with her.
Force them to walk to the apartment with you to test them next time. Don’t let them out of your sight until you have a working set of keys. And get them to take the 2 days you couldn’t get into your apartment off of the rent.
I’m just guessing here, but you know what might’ve happened? The jackass who used to live in the apartment had the locks changed during his/her/its/whatever’s residency there and didn’t bother to give a copy to the landlord. Of course, the management’s supposed to check the keys before they lease the place again. Lezler’s 100% right on that: have them prove they have a key that works.
Now, if he’s talking about just the stupid apartment managers, then he’s right there too. If he’s talking about all apartment managers being stupid, he’s wrong. The last 3 apartments in which I’ve resided have had great managers.
Jaade: You’d think they would, wouldn’t you? Now to describe the aparment complex where Little Bird is destined to reside (if ever the right keys appear) as being mismanaged would be to imply that someone’s making an effort to manage the place.
Little Bird: If it weren’t really happening, my joking comment about mismanagement would be funny. Sadly, you have to deal with these fools.
They give you the first set of keys, and they don’t work. You come back and they say that maybe someone changed the locks, and then give you a second set. Well, if they knew someone changed the locks, why didn’t they give you the right keys to begin with? And if they didn’t know the locks had been changed, what the hell keys did they give you the second time?
If you have proof that you rent there (e.g., a receipt for the month’s rent check indicating the apartment number), call a locksmith, have them make you keys, and take the cost of the locksmith’s services off the rent next month.
