Williamsburg Townhomes 1423 forest lane apartments SCAMS APP FEES garland Texas **Author of this Report is NOT CONFIRMED**

-------Unfortunately i am living breathing proof that the apartments are running a complete scam. Unfortunately all the rumors are completely true.-------
The lease is up at my current apartment complex and so i was in search of a new place to call home. With time not on my side, i signed up for an apartment locator in hopes that the service would alleviate me of the search. I received a text from the apartment complex itself and they said they were running a move in special with no deposits on one and two bedroom town homes with 1.5 baths for 400 and 580 a month and a 80 dollar application fee. I drive up to the complex noticing that its not a very welcoming property as there are a lot of maintenance issues that were noticed before even entering the apartment. I was met outside by a gentleman that looked very busy showing multiple other applicants in need of a place to stay the homes that were advertised on there website. Speaking very fast, he walked me through the strip of warn down homes in search of one with the door open. He stated that he had 8 town homes were available and that 4 apartments were available however it didn't look like he had that many units in the entire complex much less un-inhabited. I step into the home that he led me into and he instructed me to look at the apartment and get back to him outside as he was showing other families property at the same time. I looked around and noticed the one and a half bath he stated was actually just one bathroom with multiple doors. The smelly, damp, and dirty dark blue carpet was covering up some extremely old wooden floors that were weak making sure that every step was heard. The wooden ceiling was held up by poorly painted off white (as if a smoker had been smoking in them for years.) color. with the paint dripped down to the moldy green colored accent wall to the pepto bismal pink colored wall across. My first thought was to run, but i kept an open mind knowing that i don't have any time to be picky. After assuring myself that it would be better than living in my car, i walk up the stairs in fear for my life that a stair would give out. and i would fall through, I noticed the one bathroom that was mentioned earlier was the first room you see, followed buy a connecting room which would be assumed to be the master bedroom. The room was decent size, and the window covered an entire wall, as if there was a balcony there but there wasn't. It was then i noticed that there were no light sockets throughout the entire building. not even the bathroom had a single light bulb or place to screw one in. I went into the other bedroom and noticed that it had a decent sized closet with another closet on the other side of the room, very dirty and cracked windows, and all rooms kept the dark dirty and neglected look that seemed to have matched the look of the entire complex. The smell of damp carpet was something that kept my attention as i kept telling myself that i needed a place to live and that i could make any place look livable. With the price of the two bedroom sad excuse as a town home. I went outside and told the gentleman i would like move in as soon as possible. He walked past me and told me that the application was 80 dollars and that i could pick it up in the office. I went to the office and i grabbed an application, gave the gentleman my last 80 dollars and filled it out. I later went online to do some research on the area and found that several complaints had be made regarding this apartment home denying a lot of people based off various ridiculous findings, like someone getting in trouble back in 1993, or something along those lines. Although there is no questions regarding felonies or arrests except for when they specifically ask if you have been arrested for a sexual charge, but I put that i have a DWI on my record anyways on the side of the application however most were getting denied for withholding truth on the application. Its not withholding truth if the question wasn't even asked. I was told from the person that gave me the paper that the apartment approval process was decided by retired ex law enforcement that still use there database to do background checks. After 3 had passed since i turned in my application i give the apartment complex a call and was told that due to my credit that i was denied. However i checked my credit and have A+ credit, with perfect renter history and no serious criminal background. As I went into more detail into my search i found that my credit wasn't even ran. Nobody had even checked it. So they had absolutely no reason to deny me which gave me more of a reason to do some more research. I sent two boys out there as undercover interviewers, They acted as if they were in need of an apartment and they interviewed the property manager with questions regarding the complex complaints online. It was documented that the property manager got extremely nervous and would not make any type of eye contact as he told the boys to apply if they wanted to, without giving any suggestions on if it would be approved or not. He mentioned the process of the approval and the process, he lied a lot and said that he had no evictions in the last 9 years due to screening for good tenants, but later the boys went back to the property dressed in less professional attire and interviewed the tenants who were proud to say they sold drugs, had been evicted from multiple houses, and that the gentleman was running a scam just collecting application fees from the people like me with no where to go. Unfortunately this gentleman took the very last of my money scamming me into an apartment that many have tried and 100% of them were denied. I am now homeless as time is up, and i have no more money too apply for other places. Please learn from my mistake and save yourself from the terrible road blocks that i am currently experiencing and just believe what you read on the internet regarding this place. I thought it was a bunch of upset people that didn't get approved, but they are all 100% correct, and i wish i had listened to them before. PLEASE BEWARE THE SCAM ARTIST!!!