SOUTHERN COAST VACATIONS

When we rented this house & signed a lease; we took pix of some things that needed to be done to the house. The leasing agent told us that she would send maintenance and a cleaning crew out before we moved in. She told me that the carpet had been cleaned, but when I looked at it, it still looked dirty. I called and had the carpet cleaned myself. I also told her that the cleaning crew never showed up, so I had to clean the nasty bathrooms and kitchens myself. It was totally disgusting. They painted the house, but did not paint the garage, the pantry door or the master walk-in closet. Then, she told me that the house was "as is." The yard was a mess (grass tall, old mulch, bushes needed trimming). The garage was totally nasty (concrete floor, walls, drywall messed up). There were holes in some of the blinds & window screens. There was an odor under the sink, in the shower & in the linen closet (smelled like sewage). They told me to fill out my Inspection Report, and they would come out & do everything at one time. Keep in mind, I did all these things at my own expense. I'm ordering new blinds for the windows because I don't want people looking at me thru warped blinds with holes in them (privacy). I will take the blinds down when I move & put the old ones back up. I shouldn't have to go thru all this trouble just because the owner is too cheap to fix this house. They want the $1295/month rent, but they don't want to keep the house up to standards of the neighborhood. I am also going to paint the shutters & order a new entrance door (faded). I will again put the old one back up when I move out. I am also paying someone to paint the garage because it is so nasty, I would not want to park my nice cars in such a disgusting environment. I also told them that I did not need the W/D because we just about a new set about 6 months before we moved, but they told us we had to keep it. So, it is taking up space in our garage that we need to store our lawn mower, tools, etc. We are probably going to have to put it in storage. WHAT A NIGHTMARE!! I would not use this management company again because they don't return telephone calls for 2-3 days later if that. I leave voice mails at least twice.