Client Review on Lakewood Realty Company

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I rented a house through this company in 2016. At the time, I told them I wanted to be there at least 2 years. They said no problem. The house was filthy when we moved in. I took pics and cleaned and let them know I was displeased. About 4 mos after we moved in, they told us the house was going on the market. We were required to keep it show ready and to be available to let people in. We must have showed it at least 20 times. I finally had enough, but they refused to let us out of the lease. When I found a place and moved anyway, they kept the $2000 security deposit, saying I had done all this damage and left the place dirty. The 200 pics I took said otherwise, but since I technically broke the lease, I can't sue them for my deposit. People will say this is a landlord issue, not an agent issue. True, but in this case, the owner of the realty company, Penny Gallo, is the mother of the property owner, so to me they were in it together. Just watch out for this company. The owner is not good people.