Oddly enough, I recently got an invitation from the “new Manager of 2 weeks,” [Name Deleted], inviting me to re-sign (spelled resign if you ask [Name Deleted]) and live at University Villa for Fall and Winter. I thought I had caused enough trouble for them by sending letters to the off-campus housing office and such that they wouldn’t want me living here any more, but they sent me one of their standard invitation letters anyway.

I’m actually thinking about doing it. They are giving a few good perks to residents who are returning: August free (including utilities and everything), and $220 rent for the entire contract period. When you figure that savings for August add up to about $200, and you amortize that amount over the rest of the 8 month contract period, means that the price for rent is less than $200 a month. That is a hard price to beat. Most other similar complexes are selling at $230+ per month.

So I am actually considering re-signing. I still think that [Name Deleted] is a liar and a cheat, but $30 or more a month is a lot to give up because I don’t like how this complex treats their residents.

The fact that they are giving away about $200 in discounts per person shows that they must really be desperate to sign contracts. From talking around, a lot of people who currently live here were not planning on staying. I think a lot of it has to do with how poorly things are run around here, especially during the construction.

I remember that they said near the beginning of their construction, “We are already spending $1.5 million on this project for the residents, and assume that is enough compensation.” It seems like to me that their construction project is costing them a lot more than what they quoted. Its cost them a lot of contracts, which is turn is a lot of money. I think they should have accepted my proposed contract amendment when I made it. If they had agreed so some of the requests initially, then they probably would have more happy residents who would have signed contracts. Then they probably wouldn’t be offering these big incentives to re-sign a contract.