I just wanted to make this thread, because I just want to warn every one out there about the big corporation of THE PREISS COMPANY.

I am quite aware that they own almost every property known to man around campus, but please do not be tricked into believing that once you move in they will be a good company. They remind me of the Mc Donald's of real estate. They lure you in with nice pictures and advertising, but once you supposedly get what you want, you're left with young people giving you poor service and a soggy ass gray burger. In other words, they do not care about you once they get you suckered into your lease.

I know I am going on and on, so let me make this a brief summary about how poor of service I have been getting.

First the most disgusting. There are rats in our apartment. My roommate and I are very clean, so to see rats in apartment is appalling. We told them about this in the beginning of June and it took them almost until August to come check it out. It is febuarary and we still have them. They put down some glue traps and caught three with three glue traps, but doesn't that signal you might need an exterminator and not just glue traps. After about a week of catching rats they said they would come back and exterminate and they never did.

We have light switches that do not work. When we complained, the maintenance man called us back and asked if we unscrewed it and checked such and such wires. I mean come on. I pay rent here and maintenance is included. If I am going to be expected to do my own maintenance I should get a discount. I mean I did not go to state to get my maintenance degree.

My roommates ceiling started to leak because the upstairs bathroom began to leak and messed up his ceiling and bathroom real bad. This happened in Aug. and they did not come to fix it until almost Jan.

They also have called me on several occasions with an attitude about overdue charges, but every time I have to remind them either I already paid or have to dig up my money order for proof of payment since they can not afford to give me a receipt. It would not be so bad if they did not have such an attitude when they called.

Maybe it is just me. But, I just wanted to warn every one before entering an agreement with this company.

2/5/2008 12:46:18 PM

Hello and welcome to 2001

2/5/2008 12:47:06 PM

2/5/2008 12:47:35 PM

mice or rats? i bet they're actually just mice.

2/5/2008 12:48:44 PM

look into NC rental law
talk to student legal services
next time, do some research
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2/5/2008 12:48:52 PM

this will be good for the new ppl. most of the users here tho are certainly already aware. i have to say though that carlos, our maintenance guy at uvillage, has been pretty good about getting things done. i can't say the same for ppl in the office. rudeness and laziness are not uncommon. they charged my gf with some bs stuff a couple of times, told her such and such would be taken care of, etc. of course, they never did. we haven't had rats or mice, but we have had quite a few cockroaches. that got old quickly. took them forever to send someone out, and basically all they did was bring a couple cans of raid.

^ exactly. don't put up with squat. you hammer them enough you'll get yours.

[Edited on February 5, 2008 at 12:52 PM. Reason : ]

2/5/2008 12:52:14 PM

Don't rent from the Dennings either, they own a shit ton of unkept property next to campus.

2/5/2008 12:54:35 PM

i lived there for 2 years and never had any problems

i know a few others who are the same way

i think they just know who the right people to fuck with are

i'll always recommend them

^ HA, i rent from them now

truer words have never been spoken

worst landlords EVER

[Edited on February 5, 2008 at 12:55 PM. Reason : the motherfucking dennings]

2/5/2008 12:54:49 PM

i lived at university woods for two years, never had a problem with the preiss company

one time they gave us a free dishwasher

[Edited on February 5, 2008 at 12:56 PM. Reason : aha]

2/5/2008 12:56:07 PM

ha, i forgot about the free dishwasher

2/5/2008 12:56:45 PM

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2/5/2008 1:04:20 PM

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"i lived there for 2 years and never had any problems"

gorman st. village ftw...we destroyed that place and didn't even have to pay damages

2/5/2008 1:06:33 PM

yeah we didnt have to pay for any damages either after 2+ years of living there (uwoods)

[Edited on February 5, 2008 at 1:13 PM. Reason : FREE MOTHERFUCKING DISHWASHER]

2/5/2008 1:12:45 PM

A+ WOULD LIVE AGAIN

2/5/2008 1:23:07 PM

I never had any problems when I lived in uwoods but I have heard others have problems. We also did not need to interact with them so that could have been it.

2/5/2008 1:44:01 PM

2/5/2008 1:57:26 PM

There are ways to deal with them. Lived in U. Oaks for two years (8/99 - 7/01), and we got through that because the dude who owned our unit told us to always call him personally when something went wrong, and he would relay it to the office/maintenance staff. Worked like a charm, because when the owner calls, they listen. I realize this isn't an option for everyone, but if you do know who owns your unit, it can be very helpful. The place was put together like it was made of popsicle sticks, granted, but...

I rented from Preiss again more recently, one of the condos just north of Cameron Village. And again, even though I did not personally know the landlord, I had no problems. If you don't live in one of the "student housing" complexes I'm convinced you get better service.

They're far from the best landlord around, but my experiences with them have been far from horrible, either.

2/5/2008 2:19:10 PM