Dick James & Associates

I have been a tenant for over 5 years at Vintage Faire apartments who has never been late — not even once on the rent and who has had zero maintenance requests and I can no longer stay silent. This is one of the worst run properties I have ever lived in. The management (or lack of) of this complex is terrible. I woke up this morning to NO WATER because of repairs that they knew they were doing but didn’t even bother to tell the tenants in advance. Thee on sight manager acts like I am unreasonable to want to shower or at least be told in advance they were doing this. Our security lights are burned out and I need a flash light to find my door locks at night. Sorry to any woman coming home at night. You may or may not be safe — Good luck. Also, people constantly park in your places and nothing is ever done. In addition, Dirt is constantly being pumped out my heater/​AC unit and Yes I have changed the filter. Wanna talk bug issues???

The best piece of advice I could give any tenant, or possible tenant of Dick James:
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
Dick James & Associates has no problem taking your money! They are dishonest, and will take every penny you give them. From talking to neighbors, and people who have moved out, they take everything they can out of your deposit. They do not give you any information about your move out (Where your keys should be turned in, who they should be turned in to, and ESPECIALLY a move out inspection). They use your deposit as a way to make money, and here’s how: That clean they charged you for ($ 125-​$ 200) was done by a cleaner they have on staff. The cleaner gets paid by the hour, and DJA makes a profit off the rest. So like I said before — KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! Don’t let them take advantage of you!
ALWAYS take pictures, and document any and every problem. If you don’t, they can and will take advantage of you and your money!
If you happen to be on the hunt for an apartment and find out it’s a DJA property– RUN!!! RUN from the terrible business practices! RUN from the lies! If you already rent from them– RUN to Fair Housing!