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  • Report:  #193925

Complaint Review: Texstar Properties - Harker Heights Texas

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- Killeen, Texas,
Submitted:
Updated:

Texstar Properties
2025 Memory Lane Suite 500 Harker Heights, 76548 Texas, U.S.A.
Phone:
254-699-8444
Web:
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Texstar is a joke and tries to take all the money they can from you on your move out. They are friendly and pleasant to your face until you put in your 30 day notice that you are leaving their property. They could not get me an inspection within those 30 days-this is so they can charge you for everything without your knowledge. I requested a closing statement at least 4 times after I moved out. It wasn't until almost two months after I moved out that they finally provided me with one. They charged me some ridiculous prices for services that were supposedly completed almost two weeks after I moved out.

As follows:

Window Repair-$82.55-no clue to what needed repairing as all windows were intact when I left.

Cleaning-$50.00-no information on what needed cleaning

Grass cutting-$90-come on that in itself is ridiculous and they charged me for this two weeks after I moved out. I mowed the lawn less than a week before I moved out. Of course the lawn needs mowing after a few weeks.

Maint and Repair-charge me $250 for spot paint when I had all holes reparied before I left and even went as far as to leave them the left over paint.

Carpet Cleaning Estimate-$200-they tried to tell me this may of been just an estimate but what carpet cleaning place charges 200 dollars. I also had the carpet professionally cleaned a few days before I left and provided them with the receipt. There was a 100 percent guarantee on the cleaning but of course Texstar would rather charge you money than to do the right thing. Did not provide me with an invoice on who charged them this.

Reinspection fee-$25- well they couldn't get me an inspection but they can sure charge me for a reinspection.

Processing fee-$50-I have no clue what this is for either.

I asked to see the inspector and they told me no problem they would call me after they talked to him. When I called five days later they told me he was on vacation and now I had to put it in writing.

I know a lot of people just like to complain but please listen to what I have to say especially if you are a Soldier. Do not let these people rip you off. Show them that this will not be tolerated. I spent over a week cleaning this house and a couple hundred dollars in professional work and not only do they say they are keeping my deposit but want me to give them more money. Do not believe a waiver deposit will prevent this they will try to send you the bill.

Carina

Killeen, Texas
U.S.A.


4 Updates & Rebuttals

Carina

Killeen,
Texas,
U.S.A.
Number

#2Author of original report

Sat, October 07, 2006

I filed a rebuttal to the charges in writing on June 2, 2006. I believe that should have been enough time to have someone contact me with some type of findings but of course this has not happened to date. I also came into your office on 3 October 2006, but was told that you were out. I left my name and number at the front desk. I do not have a number to contact you at personally and I refuse to waste another minute of my time dealing with your employees on the phone. If you really want to resolve this you now have my number, I am just as busy as you are and can not run down to your office every day. If I do not answer my phone it does have call waiting and I will call you back.


Kyle

Harker Heights,
Texas,
U.S.A.
Meeting?

#3REBUTTAL Owner of company

Mon, October 02, 2006

I am still waiting for the individual to come in to review the file. No one has contacted me reference this issue that I am aware of. As for specific charges I would need the individuals name an former address in order to review the file. I the wish to contact me the may use me email or phone. And yes I do require requests to be in writing so that the file may be researched and reviewed prior to my meeting.


Carina

Killeen,
Texas,
U.S.A.
WoW

#4Author of original report

Thu, June 29, 2006

I am amazed that it took this web site to get someone's attention. I have been into the lovely Texstar office numerous times and I get the same answers. I spoke with an employee and she said she would get me an appointment with the inspector. Not happened to date. I then came back in and was told I had to file my complaint in writing. Filed the complaint in writing. Still have not been contacted by Texstar. That was almost 3 weeks ago. The only reason I haven't been back in is because I am currently on leave-and since the owner of Texstar is a former Soldier I am sure he knows what that means. Texstar must of lost my number, and by the way if a 90 dollar lawn mowing job doesn't seem excessive than I guess maybe I need a better job, because as the owner should know the Army doesn't pay for those kinda perks. I will take the owner up on his offer for a meeting and come in to Texstar with this report as soon as my vacation is over.


Kyle

Harker Heights,
Texas,
U.S.A.
Move out

#5REBUTTAL Owner of company

Thu, June 22, 2006

The fees that are charged do not seem to be excessive. From what the past tenant states it would seem that the carpet cleaning and the maint/repair were closed on estimates. This procedure is normally done because we often do not have the invoices back from the contractor. When the final invoice comes in, a revision will be completed. Any credit that the past tenant has will then be refunded. I would be more that happy to sit down with this individual to review the closing statement. As for not being soldier friendly... well everyone is entitled to an opinion. The fact is that 91% of the properties that I manage are owned by SOLDIERS, I was a soldier and so was my wife as well as my step-daughter and my son-in-law. I deployed to Saudi and was in the Gulf war. So I won't accept that cry of unfair. These owner's (soldiers) deploy or are assigned to a duty station in Germany, Korea, or across the country, and have the expectation that their property will be the same as when they return. We allow for fair wear but the absentee owners (soldiers)have tasked us with maintaining what may very well be the largest investment during their military career. Again please have the soldier contact me at the office and I will be glad to review his close-out with him.

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