I already hate my landlord...

[dieselman]

...and I haven't even moved in yet.

I'm home from IU on summer break, have an apartment leased for the upcoming school year. Last week, I emailed the apartment office and asked if they could provide me with room dimensions for my unit (just about everywhere else has blueprints online, this one only has overall sq ft). Their response? "No, but you can make an appointment to come measure". I emailed them back and politely stated that i feel like especially with current gas prices, its a bit of a drive from northeast indy just to take a few minutes worth of measurements. no response.

i mean seriously? they dont have someone available to take 5 minutes and go measure? I cant really buy furniture if I dont know whats going to fit and I'm not in the mood to a) take a day off work b) drive an hour anda half down there and be there for 10 minutes.

 

[Mrmonte]

Didnt you look over the appartment before you signed a lease?

 

[Clay]

if they do that on a regular basis they should already have those measurements.

 

[dieselman]

Didnt you look over the appartment before you signed a lease?

of course I looked over the apartment. just didnt measure.

 

[IndySSD]

Didnt you look over the appartment before you signed a lease?

Pretty much what I was thinking.

Sounds like Diesel might be getting a somewhat expensive lesson in the five P's shortly.

Sorry bro, everyone's gotta figure this stuff out sooner or later..... sure it would be convenient for them to just hand it to you, but the diligent thing would have been for you to have taken measurements when you were down there.

At least most apartment complexes are open on weekends, maybe you can do it without cashing in any time off work...

 

[esrice]

if they do that on a regular basis they should already have those measurements.

This.

Surely their marketing materials would want to include this information?

 

[dieselman]

This.

Surely their marketing materials would want to include this information?

This is what I figured. When I was still in the shopping phase just about everywhere had their dimensions online. Turns out mine does not.

 

[Que]

This is what I figured. When I was still in the shopping phase just about everywhere had their dimensions online. Turns out mine does not.

That doesn't sound like a lot to ask.

 

[ATOMonkey]

You don't need good customer service when you have a lot of customers.

People are lazy, incompetent, jerks, that is the reality of the world.

Sorry you had to learn the lesson...again. It took 15 years for it to sink into my thick skull.

Even if you do get the measurements, I'm not sure I'd trust them.

 

[jeep911]

looks like we forgot that customer service isnt really a top priority anymore good sir. but ill drive down there and do it for ya!

 

[Mr. Habib]

We have several members here in the Bloomington area. If you let us know what apartments you are looking at and the measurements you need, I'm sure one of us could get them for you.

 

[jd4320t]

Don't worry about buying furniture. All you need is a bed big enough for two

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

I'll be there this weekend. Let me know who, when and where and I'll measure it for you.

 

[Westside]

ATO is right. I wouldn't trust the measurements you get from them. When I rented my first apartment all of the dimensions were off. By as little as one inch and upto almost a foot in one case. And when I moved to a different apartment, also a different floor plan. the measurements were off again. My guess is that every apartment regardless of floor plan will be off from the measurements the give on line.

 

[snowrs]

Also some apartments have multiple rooms that run into each other where the dining area is part of the living area, or the kitchen bar juts into the livingroom, some even have diagonal walls that cut rooms. Dimension for these types of places are almost worthless.

 

[88GT]

This thread makes me smile.

 

[IndySSD]

This thread makes me smile.

I'm going to guess you'd be more inclined to agree with my post than the others.... given your stated profession/experiences and all.

Either way, you can't just leave us hanging.....

 

[88GT]

I'm going to guess you'd be more inclined to agree with my post than the others.... given your stated profession/experiences and all.

Either way, you can't just leave us hanging.....

Well, yeah, obviously. Though if I had the information available at my fingertips, I'd provide it. Email isn't that hard. I might even make a phone call if that worked better for me.

It's just the attitude of the OP and the mental image I get that makes me smile. Picture teenage girl throwing a temper tantrum for not being allowed to go out with her friends because she didn't do her chores.

 

[IndySSD]

Well, yeah, obviously. Though if I had the information available at my fingertips, I'd provide it. Email isn't that hard. I might even make a phone call if that worked better for me.

It's just the attitude of the OP and the mental image I get that makes me smile. Picture teenage girl throwing a temper tantrum for not being allowed to go out with her friends because she didn't do her chores.

You mean something like this:? me too... @ OP, don't be too offended, I had to learn this lesson SEVERAL TIMES OVER before I started making sure I had all my ducks in a row before pulling the trigger on financial deals....

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnSGrrWMjQg[/ame]

 

[88GT]

Well, maybe not that bad.