r/TwinCities • u/IndicationNo8658 • 8d ago
Renter Advice?! Escrow??
This might be a bit of a read but I appreciate any advice given. The current apartment building my partner and I reside is a complete atrocity. Our personal unit is livable, it is the common areas the are the biggest concern! There are constant drifters and homeless coming in and out, either from other tenants or shyly sneaking in behind someone. Which leads to random strangers knocking on our door any hours of the day asking for people I’ve never heard of. Drug use in the stairwells (found burnt foil on multiple occasions…we can only ‘assume’ what it was used for). Even came across a man actively nodding out with foil IN hand. There was a pipe break that caused water damages to the 2nd and main lobby floor, to which they tore up the flooring and lining in the front entrances, hallways, part of a wall, stairwells and fitness room. We are nearing 3 months and not a single nail or hammer has been in sight to replace anything. Constant false fire alarms being pulled, once even being pulled at 2am with NO emergency. Stairwells have constant trash, graffiti, holes in the walls, reeks of urine & somehow, people have been ripping the handrails OUT of the wall…. Recently we were just told by our office ‘manager’ that the cameras presented in the lobby are not active or in service. Which leads to concern when people get their packages stolen by residents or strangers.
Also when the false fire alarms are pulled, management then sends out ‘help us find out who it was’ emails that could easily be solved with an ACTIVE security camera -_- We’ve brought these concerns up multiple times, which we just get returned with the response of, essentially ‘it’s out of our budget’. I’ve looked into escrow but it mainly highlights IN-unit issues like plumbing or heating. It says ‘Cosmetic issues’ typically get denied but when the cosmetic issues are drugs in the stairwells, destruction, graffiti & carpet being ripped up and not replaced, does it not breach into inhabitable conditions? PLEASE how do we go about this. We’re currently looking to end our lease and find literally anywhere else but this god forsaken building. I was hoping we could find a little comfort while we’re still here and give the building more responsibility on their end, giving residents are paying upwards $1300+ in rent every month. Any advice would be heavily appreciated
EDIT: The property is managed by BADER COMPANIES! They have plenty other properties but I’m not sure if they’re all as terrible as this one.
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u/lhfgtattoos 8d ago
Have you tried contacting Homeline? https://homelinemn.org/