We rented from Bob Province an apartment that we found on Craig's List at 158 Hallman Lane, Oakdale, Ca, Unit #104 in May 2015. He is the owner of the 8 Plex recently. We looked at the unit which was in good conditon, tiled and freshly painted. The complex itself was fairly chaotic and messy, but, overall OK. The unit did not have any screens on the windows which was explained to us that the last tenant had stolen from them and they would be replaced. Bob explained that he would pay for water, sewer, garbage, common areas, normal unit repairs and laundry service (machines). We signed the rental agreement and gave him $675.00 for first months rent and $500.00 for the deposit. Immediately after we moved in we noticed that the air conditioner was throwing barely cool air and at low volume (beginning of the summer in a small 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment, not good) and that the air coming out of the vents were foul. We called Bob with our problems and he said he would look into it when he was down (he lives almost two hours away). Over the next several weeks the screens were not replaced nor problems with our air conditioner and vents addressed after several requests. More problems started to surface including no working laundry service (one dyer worked part time), repeated water shutoffs to entire complex, no onsite parking availability, overflowing garbage and constant drug traffic to upstairs tenants. All of these concerns were addressed to Mr. Provinse with no resolution. In speaking to some of the existing tenants we learned these problems may be due to a lack of funds by Mr. Provinse and they heard the same complaints from the tenants at the one other complex he owns at 1036 W Olive in Turlock. In spite of the problems we paid our full rent ($675.00), each month and on time. The last month that we were there, July 2015, we were repeatedly harassed by some of the upstairs tenants callings us informers and complainers. At the end of July 2015 Mr Provinse told us it would be best for us to move out immediately to avoid any conflict with neighbors and that if we did he would give us our full deposit back. After two months we have still not received our deposit nor a return call to our repeated messages. Stops by the complex have earned us threats from existing tenants not to be on the property.
Bob Provinse Reviews
We rented from Bob Province an apartment that we found on Craig's List at 158 Hallman Lane, Oakdale, Ca, Unit #104 in May 2015. He is the owner of the 8 Plex recently. We looked at the unit which was in good conditon, tiled and freshly painted. The complex itself was fairly chaotic and messy, but, overall OK. The unit did not have any screens on the windows which was explained to us that the last tenant had stolen from them and they would be replaced. Bob explained that he would pay for water, sewer, garbage, common areas, normal unit repairs and laundry service (machines). We signed the rental agreement and gave him $675.00 for first months rent and $500.00 for the deposit. Immediately after we moved in we noticed that the air conditioner was throwing barely cool air and at low volume (beginning of the summer in a small 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment, not good) and that the air coming out of the vents were foul. We called Bob with our problems and he said he would look into it when he was down (he lives almost two hours away). Over the next several weeks the screens were not replaced nor problems with our air conditioner and vents addressed after several requests. More problems started to surface including no working laundry service (one dyer worked part time), repeated water shutoffs to entire complex, no onsite parking availability, overflowing garbage and constant drug traffic to upstairs tenants. All of these concerns were addressed to Mr. Provinse with no resolution. In speaking to some of the existing tenants we learned these problems may be due to a lack of funds by Mr. Provinse and they heard the same complaints from the tenants at the one other complex he owns at 1036 W Olive in Turlock. In spite of the problems we paid our full rent ($675.00), each month and on time. The last month that we were there, July 2015, we were repeatedly harassed by some of the upstairs tenants callings us informers and complainers. At the end of July 2015 Mr Provinse told us it would be best for us to move out immediately to avoid any conflict with neighbors and that if we did he would give us our full deposit back. After two months we have still not received our deposit nor a return call to our repeated messages. Stops by the complex have earned us threats from existing tenants not to be on the property.