Vallee Property Management, Brenda K. Adler, Melody S. Main, Renting Apartment Houses Condos In Kennebec County Augusta Gardiner Hallowell Maine no hot water repeatedly after over priced rent increased rent can't shower after work can't wash dishes Hallowell Maine

Their entire statement is a bold faced lie.  They claim that evicted someone and i'm sure they did but that person was not me.  I have lived here for 2+ years and have contined to pay my rent on time, even to the new management company.  The new management company I've had no problems with.  We ran out of hot water for about 4 hours during the day and thats because they were waiting on an oil delivery truck to get out there.  There have been 2 management companies since Vallee and both have been great.  I also never received any refund or reduced rent for that period, in the winter i might had, without heat or hot water.  i continue to work full time and go to school full time and have no trouble paying my bills.  i have held the same CNA job for 3+ years. 

Vallee Property Management, LLC is a successful, professional property management and rental company. We pride ourselves on finding good tenants to fill our rental properties and have very strict criteria which we use to screen our applicants. It's not easy to turn people away, but we have a duty to our clients to find good tenants for them who will pay the rent on time and treat the rental property with respect. If someone does not pay their rent on time or is a problem tenant we initially try to remedy the situation. If the problem tenants do not abide by the terms of their lease, we evict them.

Having said this, the people complaining here were evicted. The primary reason was for non-payment of rent. What they wrote about my property management business on this site is in response to the eviction. They have given a distorted and false version of events in their complaint.

The building they were evicted from was not sold to my company, but to a new owner who hired my company to turn this apartment building into a desirable and profitable rental property. We inherited these tenants when we took over management.

Once hired, we did a walk through and gave the requisite 24-hour notice, as we always do. These particular tenants were extremely difficult to reach as their cell phones did not accept messages and they did not answer the phone when we called. Once we were able to reach them, by posting, we did inspect all of the units and noticed that a majority of them had either removed or disabled their smoke alarms. We arranged to have them all inspected, replaced and/or repaired immediately. We had difficulty scheduling site visits with these tenants as they needed to be present due to the fact they had a pit bull in the unit.

As for the alleged issues of no hot water, these statements are not true. If there was a problem with the hot water, and the tenants called to report the problem, it would have been resolved expeditiously. We pride ourselves on taking care of tenant issues promptly. This issue the tenant exaggerates about is no exception.

Prior to our management of this property, these tenants had been living in a different apartment in the building, which had been condemned by the City due to egress problems. The owner of the building relocated them to a different apartment. He had an agreement with them regarding a grace period for rent. Once the grace period was over, the tenants still did not pay their rent. In addition to not paying rent, they were very inconsiderate; playing loud, obnoxious music all hours of the day and night that could be heard in the other apartments and disturbing other tenants. We had good tenants move out because of these people. In addition to disturbing the others in the building, these people were smokers and left ashes, cigarette butts and debris on the stairs in the hallways and common areas.

In their defense, yes, there was a shut off notice from the local water district. This was because the owner had not paid the water bill. We had no prior knowledge of this and other issues that came up after we took over management. When we got the frantic calls from this building and another that we managed for the same owner, we immediately took care of the situation so that there would be no interruption of the water supply.

People who get evicted are not congenial. They usually have numerous excuses for their failure to honor the terms of the lease agreement, and it is not unusual for them to project the blame for their eviction onto others.

I requested a rent reduction which i am legally entitled to becasue they have withheld services that i am paying for and melanie flat out said no without any explanation.