Big_Tex, I don't know yet. I went by two times this morning and both times they were all occupied by a "meeting". I wonder what it could be about?
For those of you who don't know, at the very last minute, just as we were all arriving to setup, the apartment complex attempted to renege on the contract I signed with them.
Back in February I started talking to them about the event and went over the contract and other details... bottom line: May 6, 2007 from 1:00 PM until 9:00 PM with approximately 50 people attending. They agreed and all was good. (So it seemed)
We arrived at the Apartment Clubhouse at1:00 PM and all of the sudden the personnel at the apartment complex started to tell us that we could not hold the event during normal business hours. We would have to come back at 6:00 PM. I demanded to talk to the manager, but they said she was at home and it was *impossible* to contact her. I told them: "If the building were on fire, I'm quite certain you would have a way to contact her." However, according to them the manager wouldn't find out about the fire until the next morning when she arrived. (Yes, they really told me that. )
I spoke to the assistant manager and pointed out that nowhere in the contract does it say anything about not being able to hold a function during normal business hours. I also pointed out that I spoke to HER and several other people several times over the last few months and no one EVER told me anything about that even once. I had also told HER about the 1:00 PM start time more than once and she NEVER told me about the "no functions during business hours" rule. She was forced to allow us to say.
A few hours later another guy from the apartment office called me in and told me that there is a six hour limit on the length of the event, therefore we would have to be out and have the place cleaned up at 6:30 PM. I re-read the contract to confirm I was right and pointed out that nowhere does it mention anything about any sort of time limits. Once again, they were forced to let us stay.
A few hours later they called me in again and told me that they would not give me the key so I could lock-down the facility when we left. Again, it was in the contract that they were to give me the keys and I would return them to the management office. Instead of doing this, the guy insisted that I call him so he can drive back to the facility and lock it down himself. I wasn't going to argue that with him. Hell, if the guy wants to interrupt his own evening to lock-down the facility for me, I'm not going to complain. If anything it gave him the ability to do a walk-through to confirm that everything looked good before we left. Cruzanheart also took pics to prove that everything was in order.
Bottom line: They attempted to violate the contract THREE times.
Right now I'm trying to talk to them to confirm that the full $800 deposit will be returned to me.
