Winterwood

We first moved in to a Winterwood property after my divorce and was looking for something inexpensive to get back on our feet, we never bargined for what went on at Winterwood! It was so mismanaged that often times they didn’t know who was living there! People were living 5+ to a one bedroom apartment, and this was their Preston HWY loc. they changed managers on a monthly basis. Last time I had walked into the office the «new manager» didn’t even know the guy that was there before me to pay his rent and couldn’t find his paperwork because he had no lease! We kept getting robbed and the property management said that it was inexplicable because no one else had that trouble, yet we were the only ones that were single women living alone in the entire 200+ complex.
Today when looking for a new apartment, I called one of their other locations without realizing it, and the manager said that she was waiting for a two bedroom to come available because the woman was being evicted, she proceded to explain the eviction process to me and then when I expressed sympathy for the woman she said that, «Oh well you know it happens.» I told her we were looking to move around August and she said the apartment would be available around early to mid July and wouldn’t last long. I asked before realizing who these people were if they would except a hold deposit after we looked at the apartment, she said, «no they go pretty quick and we can only hold them for 15 days.» I was pretty stunned at the suggestion at such a high turn over rate. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR IN A COMPLEX PEOPLE — THIS IS A RED FLAG… JUST SO YOU KNOW. We have lived here 4 years and prior 3 and a half. Some of the people here 20 years or more. The place we live now used to be a good building but maintenance is becoming shoddy at best and they’ve turned it over to a horrible «management company» which is what Winterwood is… renter beware is all I’m saying. Pay attention to red flags no matter the area!!! Another red flag — I looked for comments, reviews, complaints… anything on the other complex or just on the company themselves hoping that perhaps we could give them a second chance… when I found nothing I thought I’d let someone have a fair warning. There’s your second red flag. You move in there, you’re just plain desperate!