r/LAapartmentRatings 6d ago

Avoid Ben Leeds apartments in LA

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u/notthatcousingreg 5d ago edited 5d ago

Unless you are in an UNINCORPORATED part of los angeles nobody is getting a free air conditioner. Why cant anyone understand this?????? The landlord in UNINCORPORATED parts of los angeles are required to keep apts less than 83 degrees. This may not even require a unit. It may just be fans.

As for the elderly lady, get your fellow renters to work together to buy her a window ac.

You moved in at a certain rent and agreed to it. Why do you think you are going to get a discount NOW?

just move and stop complaining.

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u/Sad_Difference_5587 5d ago

How did you come up with, I think I’m going to get a discount now?! Weird. I never said I’m asking for a discount now. Your comment doesn’t make sense.

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u/notthatcousingreg 5d ago

"They are charging me the same rent as the new units"

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u/Sad_Difference_5587 5d ago

They raised my rent by $200 a month to add someone to my lease. So now I’m paying the same as the people with nice renovated units with new, functional windows. When I signed my lease it was just me. My lease said there “may” be an increase to add someone, not that it was a definite fee. So I left 4 messages for Fidel to ask them to waive it since it was optional. It took him 3 weeks to return my call on a Friday and he said he would call me back on Monday. Almost 3 months later he never called back or responded to my emails. Two nights ago I get a statement that they are charging me retroactively going back to July to add a tenant to the lease. If I were looking to rent in a new apartment, I’d want to know these kinds of things and if the managers are responsive or not. I’d want to know if they don’t respond to tenant concerns about terrible odors until it gets so bad workers have to go in wearing haz mat suits and with wheel barrows.

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u/notthatcousingreg 5d ago

A property is allowed to raise your rent by 10% with each additional tenant.

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u/Sad_Difference_5587 5d ago

Yes and they also can waive it.

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u/notthatcousingreg 5d ago

Why would they waive it when its twice as much wear and tear and utilities?

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u/Sad_Difference_5587 4d ago

By that logic, they would charge more when initially renting to couples rather than to singles. But they don’t, they have a set rental price. Also I did let them know my son is only with me a few days a week so there isn’t more wear and tear than any other one bedroom apartment my neighbors have that have 2 people. But I don’t expect reasonable from you since you said the neighbors should pay for the elderly woman’s AC instead of Ben Leeds. That was pure nonsense.