Property Opening Up on North Ave - HARD Pass
There's about to be a property opening up on North Ave by the HS & The Sea Caves - as the current tenant, I would strongly advise against anyone taking it. It's a good price and the space is nice but the landlords are manipulative a-holes who will violate your privacy and push reasonable boundaries. At this stage I believe they don't want anyone in the property and really want to sell but are double dipping as they still need the additional income for the renovations they're doing. They will not mention the upcoming sale to tenants but from what I've found out it's hitting the market mid June next year and will be available for rent when I leave in Sept in a few weeks. I wish there was a place to review shoddy landlords in the state but I figured this is the next best thing.
For some background, I'm a single tenant with 0 pets and a spotless rental history. I've lived in VT for 10+ years with 3 past landlords that have all called me a great renter. I've never had any issues before - I have a spotless rental record, do most repairs on my own, and rarely complain unless it's something major I can't handle like flooding or a plumbing issue. This space has had a lot of issues that I've worked with the landlords on including a front door that malfunctioned 20+ times and left me locked outside during the winter, a stove that would short circuit and blow everything out in the apt (almost caused a fire the final time it did this), and mold/moisture issues from standing water/leaks in the basement. I've ignored most of these as my only priority is a safe and quiet space, welp they've taken that away too.
The 2 landlords are incredibly snarky, disingenuous, and 1 of the 2 intends to steamroll anyone who lives in the space if you ever try to reinforce a singular boundary - maybe this was my fault for letting so many things slide. If you call them out on showing up in your space as a tenant they will attempt to gaslight you and deny any wrong doing. This was particularly aggravating as I have footage of one of their spouses inside of my apt while I was asleep, walking through to get access to another part of the house. You can expect 3-4 visits a week working on superficial fixes in preparation for the sale which they will not disclose to you, random utility vehicles and contractors blocking you in, and as of the last week - multiple hired parties banging and dragging things above your head starting around 6am - all with no notification as it's being done in a "shared space". This inaccurate as I've caught them in my storage section and have two incidents on video of them walking through my apartment (which my attorney advised I hold onto un the event things need to be escalated) but again, you're not going to get any reasonable response from them.
It's hard to find good and safe spaces, I don't want anyone to spend all their time and energy securing a space just to get taken advantage of or have to deal with such crappy people. It's been exhausting, I've spoken with 2 separate attorneys and have been advised the violations are things that I could pursue legally (recorded footage of unk male entering the occupied apartment with no warning paired with multiple unnecessary visits violating quiet enjoyment). I don't have the bandwidth to deal with a legal case with everything else going on so I've just decided to leave and warn other potential renters.
Be safe out there!