Bowling Green Estates owned by Mecca Management, used utilities in my apartment while it was still in my name, without my consent.

I had moved out of my apartment in April 2018, of course knowing I would still be responsible for rent and utilities until my lease ended or it was re-rented to some one else. The utility bills stayed pretty consistent from April to June (very low, because nobody was living there). My lease was scheduled to end July 31st, 2018. On June 18th, 2018 I handed Lisa Bricker (who was in charge of Bowling Green Estates) the keys to my apartment. She had told me that many people want to move in to these apartments, so the sooner I could get out of my apartment, the sooner somebody else could get in. This would then end my lease and I would not be responsible for July's rent. So on June 18th, I cleaned my apartment very well and gave Lisa the keys, thus making it impossible for me to enter the apartment any longer. On July 26th, I received the electric bill for the apartment. The bill was for $100. I thought something must have been wrong so I called the electric company and they explained the usage to me. On June 18th(the day I gave Lisa the apartment keys) the kilowatt usage was 4 - which was normal, this was from me cleaning. Then on June 19th the kilowatt usage jumped up to 22. From then on, the kilowatt usage stayed around 21-24. The lady at the electric company suggested somebody had turned on all of the lights and left them on, or turned on the air very high. I called Lisa Bricker and asked why this happened. I explained that it did not seem fair to use utilities in an apartment that somebody else was responsible for paying, especially not informing them that they would be using those utilities. She informed me that I am still responsible for paying the electric bill.

I was very much aware that I would be responsible for paying the utilities, for that was agreed upon. I assumed the bill would remain the same as the previous months, for nobody was in the apartment. But for Mecca Management to use utilities in the apartment I was responsible for paying - without telling me....is wrong.

I emailed Lisa a few times, expressing my concern for this predicament, but her only response was that I would still have to pay the electric bill.

The staff in the office are very unfriendly. They are always rude, never smile and act like any questions you have are stupid. One time when I was in the office the front desk lady had the audacity to start gossiping about me to every other working in the building. They barely know anything about their properties, I heard "I'm not sure" and "I don't know" an unfortunate number of times while I was looking for an apartment. They didn't bother to clean my apartment before I moved in and acted like my work orders were not reasonable. I rented with Greenbriar the year before and never experienced any of this. I should have stayed with them.

I have been renting from Mecca since my Sophmore year. It was very intimidating being out on my own at first, but overall it has been a great experience. The places are always clean and no hassles moving in. The staff has always been friendly and they have helped me out tremendously. Its cool that they let me and my roommates pay seperately, not like other rental companies I've heard. The maintenance guys have been great in responding to my needs quickly. Go Falcons!!! Roll along!!!!!