New....or is it?

To bring you up to date on the Apartment situation.... I was scheduled for move in on the 9th, but got a call from the management that they would need to back me up a day since new carpet wasn't down yet. This really wasn't a problem since I wasn't planning on moving stuff in right away anyway. I have until the end of the year to be out of my current apartment.

Well, I went to the office this morning to sign lease papers and was told the apartment still wasn't ready, but it should be by the end of the day. They had some issues they needed to take care of with the new carpet and a door needed to be replaced yet. It was explained to me that they were down 2 maintenance people and that's why they were a little slow in getting things done. Again, not a problem because I wasn't moving in right away. I did get the keys and went to the apartment to test them.

What I found there was utterly astonishing. The apartment door was wide open...with no one inside it. The "new" carpet has bleach stains in the middle of the living room, bedroom, and hall closet. In fact in the hall closet, there is a patch that's melted in the shape of an iron! My front door is missing a dead bolt, doesn't close all the way properly (moves back and forth 1/2"), and doesn't even have the apartment number on the door! My storage closet door is rotting off the hinges, the whole place reaked of cigarette smoke, and most of the door jams had scratches of paint missing indicating the walls were never painted!

I immediately went to the office and complained. They told me they will get on it as soon as they can but because they are down 2 maintenance guys it may not be ready to the middle of next week. The wait doesn't bother me. What bothers me is that I was told this apartment was ready...and they could only hold it for 2 weeks...so I HAD to be in it by November 9th. It wasn't my intention to get an new apartment until the 1st of December at the earliest! So why was I rushed into this apartment when it wasn't even ready for someone to occupy it yet?!