Hunter's Run was a great place to live until Cambridge Property Management took over:
I lived in Hunter's Run for three years, two of which were under the previous management company and for one year under Cambridge after the property was sold last year. Cambridge immediately raised the price of rent to any new and renewing leases by $100 for the smallest floor plan and higher for each of type of larger apartment. This action emptied out a large number of apartments within just a few months’ time. The rates had been adjusted since then to bring more people in, but Cambridge’s reputation in overcharging rent had been established, and there were a large number of empty apartments remaining after I moved out.
This type of money-grabbing tactic by Cambridge occurred again and again once I gave my notice to move out. First, the value of the rent of the apartment was inflated $100 over the current rental price in the paperwork for the fee to break the lease (the lease states that the fee would be equal to one month’s rent). Then, after moving out and spending two days cleaning the apartment and turning in my keys, the security deposit statement came, and I was flabbergasted. Not only was I charged $45 for “carpet inspection”, but they claimed that 60% of the carpet had to be replaced due to urine stains (at a cost of almost $500) and tacked on an addition $100 for “subfloor sealer”. Now I had one cat and one dog living in the apartment, and paid a non-refundable deposit for each ($400 for the dog and $150 for the cat) in addition to a regular security deposit, and I have several witnesses that can verify that the carpet was not urine-stained the day I moved out. I know for a fact that my pets have never urinated on the carpet, but since I made the mistake of not scheduling a walk-through with one of the mgmt. staff, I cannot legally verify the state of the apartment at that time. However, there were no other damage or fee charges listed on the security deposit statement. Finally, the security deposit statement informed me that my balance would be sent to a collections agency within 15 days of receiving the statement through the mail, which is an absurdly short amount of time to give before threatening to damage someone’s credit.
In addition to the obvious greed of the new owners and management, the maintenance crew is understaffed and incompetent (i.e. telling me that there’s nothing wrong with a ceiling light that shot out sparks after being turned on because it didn’t happen again while they were there is not acceptable), the grounds are ill-kept (the fitness room has been vandalized and had equipment stolen without replacement; the hot tub is continually out-of-service, a sauna that was simply shut down when the heater broke, etc.) and repairs that are made are shoddy and done as cheaply as possible (a recent project to paint the doors and window frames of each building were done by an obviously inexperienced painting crew, and the results were terrible).
I decided not to fight the security deposit charges due to my desire to maintain my credit rating and retain a positive rental referral for the future, but I forewarn any current occupants of Hunter’s Run to cover your a@s when you decide to move out by scheduling a walk-out with the management prior to turning in your keys, and bring witnesses and a camera to verify the state of the apartment. I truly liked living at the complex for the time before Cambridge took over, but their management left a lousy taste in my mouth, and I cannot recommend living at Hunter’s Run to anyone now.
by snagg on March 10, 2009