Thank you for the expensive experience. My review is intending to catch the eyes of those looking for what could possibly go wrong with the above management company/property...
7708 Excitement Drive AKA Excitem-ANT Drive. (Ants a lot of them)
We walked into a home that was not cleaned from the previous tenants. Getting that across to the management office was like pulling your own teeth. I called the number they provided for issues. I got a message saying application error after being on hold. Then I repeated the process x14 times before I pushed the emergency button. I got someone named Stephanie on the phone that took care of me. We talked often as she seemed to be the only one who got stuff done at the company! Kudos for getting in touch with her!!
Night one the management company put us in another one of their homes and refunded us night (still haven't seen the refund) took them the better half of a day and a half to get us in the original house. When we did the ants were still there
Say it to yourself out loud....I am willing to go on family vacation and look at ants daily in the kitchen and be okay with replacing all food items that were purchased and washing all dishes that ants were in contact with. They were in the kitchen. Property management sent out pest control. The put bait out. And the ants loved it. It was like a daily buffet. We didn't use the kitchen counters or the space because this to my family isn't clean. (Talking with on staffer at the property management office said they are sugar ants and not a big deal - put your food with sugar in the fridge. Another staffer told me they are sugar ants looking for moisture. Both staffers acted as if in a million dollar VACATION home this is an expectation.)
Maybe the people I communicated with about my issues this is a normal day in their life dealing with the insect at their house. Definitely not okay at my house. . If I owned the house I would be embarrassed. Just as I was to introduce this experience to my family. Every day the family mentioned the found more ants in a different part of the house.
I sent a text emails with pictures of a snapshot of what we got to experience. It was handled with a service person for ants, So good on the management company on responding right!? Getting ahold of anyone at the company was difficult. On check in day alone I spent hours trying to get ahold of someone. Finally figured out they answer the emergency (press 5) on the phone number.. all throughout my VACATION I spent dealing with all issues at the house. Leaky laundry washer, malfunctioning smoke alarm, ants, algae in the pool.
Explaining the ants infestation to the family members you invited on vacation and your children....fun right on vacation right!?
We booked this rental because it looked phenomenal.
I don't know how I ended up paying the price I paid $3100 to do experience a vacation home uncleaned night 1, with ants, leaky washer, with a private pool that ended up with green algae/moss.
My wife will not let us and our family return to this property.. Explaining daily why we have to buy new food because the ants took it over is not something someone should have to do on vacation.
Nor is it a vacation when you see 2 different house service people. (Maintenance, pest control) there are so many places to do business with down here.... Unfortunately this was a tough expensive experience. I don't know what the fix should have been...(maybe finding us a property that could get us in if vacant) another idea is that when a service needs to happen....should I bet the person to be taking to the pest control or should there be a liaison from said management company there to handle it....
However I wasn't able to book another property after day 1 and 2 and 3 of issues. I would have loved to book a hotel for 8 or get out of this infested house... But that's not possible when you are binded by the money you already spent on this rental. Again a truly expensive experience lesson learned.
Make it make sense.
Reach out for questions. I have pictures of the roaches and will upload them if this could help someone else decide who to do business with.
bryansmithatc@gmail.com reach out
This might be standard for some companies to respond this way.
After all is done - we checked out on Monday and the management company allegedly is only refunding a night with all these issues I encountered.
I fully expect the response to be something similar to [ Thank you for taking the time to review Florida Vacation Homes. We work very hard to provide every customer with excellent service. We are sorry we did not meet your expectations. Please contact our manager at (866) 314-7386. We would be happy to hear more about your experience and properly assist you.]
Of which when trying to call and get ahold of someone to do anything...it's leave a message or application error message. Comical.
Unfortunate
Respectfully,
Bryan Smith
Oklahoma City read more