Cedar Commons Apartments

Initially writing my review it turned out to be a few pages long. There are just many grievances that I want to share with you, but I don’t want to make this long and boring.
I have been living here since 2006, that is almost 6 years now. My car got vandalized outside in the parking lot, so I paid to have it in a secured garage. Before that, I asked the manager to please help find the culprit but he lied and didn’t tell me that I simply needed a police report to look at the cameras. Only after it was too late he then told me that. A while later my car got broken into in the «secured» garage and I lost my stereo and other items. I don’t care about a car stereo this can be simply replaced, but I lost complete sense of security in my own home. On top of that, I had to pay a lot of money to replace my broken window.
During this time the garage door kept breaking down and myself and other tenants would call it in for repairs because no one could enter or exit when it broke. The sad part about this was that we kept calling it in and nothing would get done. I had to physically push the garage door with my whole entire body in order to exit the garage so I wouldn’t be late for work. One day it just came down on top of my car as I was exiting the garage and it broke my car antenna and scratched the roof of my car. Sidal Realty the management company refuses to pay for any of the damages. I took them to court on another matter and their hot shot attorney started with saying that they *never* had one maintenance call about the garage door breaking down. I mean, these people are really willing to say and do anything in order to get out being held liable for not taking care of things (a nice way of saying that they really think and hope your are an idiot!).
To make this short, the pipes above me broke and a fountain of water came into my apartment. It wasn’t sewage water but it was nasty old rusty water. That night my whole bedroom was wet and damp and not liveable. They refused to put me and my son in a new apartment and also refused to pay for a hotel. They did such bad repairs that if I had any faith in apartment complex or rental companies being genuine that they care for their tenants, I’ve lost all faith.
A side from all the bad experiences that I’ve been through at Cedar Commons I do like the apartments. They are a bit spacious and have a nice layout. I would like to recommend this place, however they have increased rent by over 30% and doubled late fees as if poor working people have just FREE money to give away. The best part of it is the reason that I was given by our apartment manager that their is an influx of people losing their homes so they can get away with that. Those weren’t his exact words, but he then tried justifying the rent hike by saying that it’s a common practice across rental companies (I think he meant to say only the apartment complexes that they manage) because my friend just landed an awesome apartment in South Minneapolis and he doesn’t have to pay ridiculous amount of rent to live from month to month. If you do move in be prepared to sign your life away. The only way you will get a deal (meaning you won’t have to pay an arm an a leg, just a leg) is by signing a 1 ½ or 2 year lease.
Use better judgement and don’t rent from this place. I understand that it is in a convenient location and they are decent apartments. But the head aches from dealing with such poor management and a few of the rude neighbours (upstairs) is not worth your time.
Keep searching and hopefully you will find a good fit for you and your family. These people are not genuine and don’t care about your well-​being.