WARNING! BEWARE: Two car break-ins reported in the building garage over the weekend.
ManageMENT REFUSES MEDIATION
A tenant requested official mediation through the Los Angeles Dept of Consumer and Business Affairs.
But management said, "NO WAY!"
Well, that's why this tenants association exists -- because together, we have the power.
Management and ownership may dismissively refuse requests from individual tenants, and even from the Los Angeles County government, but collectively, we will DEMAND fair treatment and resolution of the DIRE AND UNACCEPATABLE building issues.
MANAGEMENT FAILURES
Office Closed, Won't Accept Rent Checks
Office Closed, Won't Accept Rent Checks
Office Closed, Won't Accept Rent Checks
- Residents often want to pay by check, instead of the complicated, faulty, and ever-changing online system. When these residents visit the office to drop-off their rent check, they often find it closed! The door is shut, and nobody is there. The law requires the office to accept checks during business hours, or to install an drop-off box. But management doesn't care. They're all too happy to charge more late fees.
Property Manager Never Available
Office Closed, Won't Accept Rent Checks
Office Closed, Won't Accept Rent Checks
- Want to speak to the property manager? Good luck! He's never available for resident concerns.
Super high late fees!
Office Closed, Won't Accept Rent Checks
Super high late fees!
- Life gets busy. Things happen. If you send in your rent 5 minutes late (that is, five minutes past the deadline), and you're slapped with a $150 late fee! That fee might not even be consistent with the California laws, which require such late fees to be reasonable and proportional.
Crazy Water Bills
They Just Don't Care
Super high late fees!
- Our water bills are crazy high. They cost a fortune. How could we even use that much water? Or is there something more sinister going on? Many residents report they've never seen -- or heard of -- water bills as high as we pay at the 5550. Remember, the rent they quote you doesn't include your utilities, and they will be STEEP.
They Just Don't Care
They Just Don't Care
They Just Don't Care
- Management does not offer meaningful help with resident issues; they are dismissive and callous.
HAPPY vETERANS' dAY FROM THE TENANTS ASSN.
MANAGEMENT HIDING SNACKS AND SODAS FROM TENANTS
In an act of probable retaliation against a tenant, management has moved free snacks and sodas to a staff-only closet, from which they can distribute them only to their favored tenants.
Are you favored enough to make the cut?
Think Hiding Snacks and Sodas from Tenants is Unfair? Let Tony Gallo know.
Tony Gallo is a Vice President with Avenue5 Residential, the property managers who manage The Fifty-Five Fifty for Grubb Properties.
Let Mr. Gallo know how you feel about hiding amenities from tenants, only to distribute them to the favored few.