I Rented from Joe Pace and Bird Rock Realty this past year at 4870 Cape May Ave San Diego, CA 92107. When we were signing the lease Joe Pace neglected to tell us that the neighbors were selling crack out of their back house that he was also managing (Which he knew about). He had drug addicts in and out at all hours of the night. The whole neighborhood knew about this and were very disturbed that our landlord didn't have the decency to let us know before hand. The police were there literally daily trying to evict the neighbor. Upon signing the lease he told us that we needed to sign this "Special Form" telling us that the neighbors "Smoked Weed". Looking back its incredible someone could do this and still sleep at night.
At the end of the lease he took almost the entire deposit. He charged us for a rotting fence that had been rotting well before we moved in! We had bumped into two of the boards of the fence and they snapped because of the rot inside. We bought and cut new boards to fix the pieces and even got paint to paint it. Instead of letting us fix the pieces we broke he just replaced the whole fence without even telling us and stuck us with the bill at the end. I mean, come on. Who charges a tenant for a rotting fence?
He also charged us for a blown fuse that was not our fault. When I initially called him he was very defensive saying he would fix it on "His time". He also threatened that if it was our fault we would be paying for it. After insisting he send someone out to fix it the guy who fixed (Eduardo)the blown fuse said it was not our fault and that we definitely would not be charged for it. He told me personally Joe Pace paid him and everything was taken care of. Sure enough after the lease Joe charged us for the electrical fix saying we were told to pay his worker when he came over (a total lie).
In my time as a renter I've had some great landlords. I have never come across a bad experience until now. I guess there is a first time for everything and one positive thing I took from this experience is that I will always do a thorough search of reviews of all landlords I rent from in the future.
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I Rented from Joe Pace and Bird Rock Realty this past year at 4870 Cape May Ave San Diego, CA 92107. When we were signing the lease Joe Pace neglected to tell us that the neighbors were selling crack out of their back house that he was also managing (Which he knew about). He had drug addicts in and out at all hours of the night. The whole neighborhood knew about this and were very disturbed that our landlord didn't have the decency to let us know before hand. The police were there literally daily trying to evict the neighbor. Upon signing the lease he told us that we needed to sign this "Special Form" telling us that the neighbors "Smoked Weed". Looking back its incredible someone could do this and still sleep at night.
At the end of the lease he took almost the entire deposit. He charged us for a rotting fence that had been rotting well before we moved in! We had bumped into two of the boards of the fence and they snapped because of the rot inside. We bought and cut new boards to fix the pieces and even got paint to paint it. Instead of letting us fix the pieces we broke he just replaced the whole fence without even telling us and stuck us with the bill at the end. I mean, come on. Who charges a tenant for a rotting fence?
He also charged us for a blown fuse that was not our fault. When I initially called him he was very defensive saying he would fix it on "His time". He also threatened that if it was our fault we would be paying for it. After insisting he send someone out to fix it the guy who fixed (Eduardo)the blown fuse said it was not our fault and that we definitely would not be charged for it. He told me personally Joe Pace paid him and everything was taken care of. Sure enough after the lease Joe charged us for the electrical fix saying we were told to pay his worker when he came over (a total lie).
In my time as a renter I've had some great landlords. I have never come across a bad experience until now. I guess there is a first time for everything and one positive thing I took from this experience is that I will always do a thorough search of reviews of all landlords I rent from in the future.