Bent Tree Apartments, Miller- Valentine Property Management Group I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND Living Here AT ALL!!! Piqua, Ohio

If I can save just one person from agony and stress like I experienced, then this posting has done it's job. I would avoid this property, and any other Miller- Valentine Property, like the plague. I lived at Bent Tree Apartments for about a year. During the year that I lived there, at first it was great. Then I lost my job. I worked my hind end off to find a different job, and I scraped together what little money I had saved up to make rent. They worked with me for the first couple months, but after that they became real pains about it. I always let them know in advance that the rent was going to be late, paid at least half of the rent by the usual due date, and then made arrangements to pay the other half. They always got their money, and it was never more than 10 days late. Even though I did this for them, they made my life a living hell. They picked on me and my room mate every month after we started falling behind.

For example, I owned a little 10 pound dog, which I had properly registered with the leasing office, and they accused me of not cleaning up after my dog, and gave me a lease violation over it. I ALWAYS cleaned up after my dog, and obeyed all the rules of the complex, but that wasn't good enough for them.

When I moved out, they claimed that over $2000 worth of damage was done to the apartment, not accounting for ANY normal wear and tear. Not to mention the fact that most of these spanned from items that were already not quite perfect when I moved in. Also, according to one reliable source, most of the things that they took me to court over and made me pay for weren't even done to the apartment. I wish I would have done a better job of fighting the bill, but as it stands, I'm stuck with the bill. I've talked to a BUNCH of people with very similar stories regarding Bent Tree in particular, but this is a recurring theme among Miller- Valentine properties. All Miller- Valentine apartments look the same. Go on Bent Tree's Website and take note. If you decide to go apartment hunting, and you see that the complex looks like that, TURN AROUND AND RUN THE OTHER WAY, because you don't want to get shafted like I did.