Equity Lifestyle Properties
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Equity Lifestyle Properties Overview
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Equity Lifestyle Properties has 2.0 star rating based on 10 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly dissatisfied.
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Pros: Coast to coast, Good locations, Have some desirable real estate.
Cons: Overmatched management, Poor unprofessional, Poorly maintained.Recent recommendations regarding this business are as follows: "Long term tenants should have low expectations and carefully review billing", "Stay away from Oak Bend in Ocala Florida and ELS", "Don't work with ELS without an attorney", "Stay away, don't move there.", "I have nothing good to say about this company, if the CEO doesn't care what does that tell you.".
The aggregated data is based on reviews and questionnaires provided by PissedConsumer.com users.
Equity Lifestyle Properties has 2.0 star rating based on 10 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly dissatisfied.
- Rating Distribution
Pros: Coast to coast, Good locations, Have some desirable real estate.
Cons: Overmatched management, Poor unprofessional, Poorly maintained.Recent recommendations regarding this business are as follows: "Long term tenants should have low expectations and carefully review billing", "Stay away from Oak Bend in Ocala Florida and ELS", "Don't work with ELS without an attorney", "Stay away, don't move there.", "I have nothing good to say about this company, if the CEO doesn't care what does that tell you.".
Most users ask Equity Lifestyle Properties for the refund as a solution to their issues.
Review authors value the most Website and Location. Consumers are not pleased with Diversity of Products or Services and Customer service. The price level of this organization is high according to consumer reviews.
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Tenant Review
- Good locations
- Overmatched management
Preferred solution: Full refund
User's recommendation: Long term tenants should have low expectations and carefully review billing
South San Francisco, California
Never get the same answer from the office staff
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Chicago, Illinois
No resolution
- Have some desirable real estate
- Unethical and fraudulent management
- Poor unprofessional
Preferred solution: Full refund
User's recommendation: Don't work with ELS without an attorney
Tampa, Florida
Mobile home management
User's recommendation: Stay away from Oak Bend in Ocala Florida and ELS
West Palm Beach, Florida
Fax # for M. Nader-- 312-279-****
I sent a letter to the CEO about the many problems I am having living in an Els property. Before living here I lived in another Els property and moved out just to get away from them,.
After living elsewhere for 2 yrs. and happy, ELS bought this community.
I never got any response from the CEO.
That goes to show u how residents 55 and older get treated.
Horrible place to live.
ELS only cares about collecting their monthly rent from you, and care nothing about your concerns.
Just an example. I have subteranium termites that come from the ground in which they own eating my home away and I was told it's my responsibility just like they tell you everything they are responsible for is your responsibility also.
Stay away, don't live I n any of their communities.
User's recommendation: Stay away, don't move there.
Tampa, Florida
No electric for over 4 months
It's unacceptable as they ARE responsible as an owner of the land to rectify my electric issue 4 months ago. Why are they putting brand new underground electric wires but didn't do my home as a priority?
It's over 40 years old and they are now replacing it... but not my home first? The office manager Aaron needs to be replaced!! 4months and thousands of dollars accrued for hotel stay and food.
Please forward this message back to ELS. This is not over by a long shot. I have now received a notice to vacate. All rent is being held in escrow until they fix my electric.
I refuse to pay rent when it's unlivable. My next step is to file a lawsuit against ELS for not being in compliance with The Florida Mobile Home Act.
THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR LAND! Thank you.
Because they cannot piecemeal an electric line. Your home is no more entitled to be prioritized than anyone else's affected home, either. The electric installation company decides how to lay the wires not the camp.
West Palm Beach, Florida
Fax number or e mail for margurete Nader
User's recommendation: I have nothing good to say about this company, if the CEO doesn't care what does that tell you.
Tampa, Florida
Mobile home management
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Wesley Chapel, Florida
Quality of park they purchased
Preferred solution: Deliver product or service ordered
User's recommendation: else is a *** company they do not tell the truth... Stop by forest lake estates in zephyrhills and talk to any resident they will be happy to be truthful with you and do not believed the inept manager here.this park was a 5 star community when they purchased and now they have brought it down to there standards 2.5 so be careful what they tell you !!
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
High stress membership
This membership is not going to be recreating your wonderful memories of state and private park camping, where rules are followed as a matter of pride, values, neighborliness... much less fear of consequences for breaking the rules, endangering others, creating poor and untenable environment.
In theory, the membership had infinite possibilities for traveling the country we so wanted to see and the environment typically envisioned for a campground.
In reality, not so much.
ELS employees' sole goal is to upsell.
Employees get a huge bonus for every upsell they refer to the Sales Specialist. Nice perk when you're seasonals at minimum wage, particularly.
Ability to finance membership but at usury rates 16.99% while Fed Rate was 0.25% for years and $3 fee per payment; and have options for mo/qtr/semi/annual dues payment at 0% but $5 billing fee.
Adding all types of fees, including for forced site "upgrade" at some camps even though the reservation was not for a fee'd "upgrade". You call it upgrade... members call it maintenance and repairs ignored for the past 60 years.
ToMAAto or ToMaato? Neighbor bluntly (and accurately) stated, "bait and switch is a violation of state and federal laws". Miraculously was "found" a site not "upgraded" then ordered the next day to move to another "not" site
Employees are generally great.
Neutered and fearful of a negative online "review" that will leave them without an "offer to return next season", but also even the property managers are neutered and fearful for their jobs. Close to 0% focus on rule-breakers, even the well known repeated ones.
Preferred solution: Enforcement of rules you unilaterally imposed in every contract. Nightly "white paper" notices on rigs and collection of those non-occupied nightly fines, animals off leash routinely, trespassing and encroachments. Visible results of enforcement.
User's recommendation: Buyer beware!
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Plano, Texas
Loss in value of membership
Still talking to a group of lawyers about a class action lawsuit. I received another offer to buy my membership at an 85% loss and the ELS representative that made the offer thought that would be a really good deal for me.
I think there will be since its so easy to find membership owners that saw a drastic loss in value for their memberships since ELS bought Thousand Trails and arbitrarily changed it from a members only chain of campground resorts to being open to the public. In fact, I just got an offer yesterday that represents an 85% loss in value for my membership, and thats the highest offer Ive received since ELS took over. Another facet thats being looked at is ELSs plan to add hundreds of manufactured homes to the parks. Apparently ELS has a documented history of buying a nice property and turning it into a slum.
In addition, there is so much resentment against these equity/hedge fund managers for all the harm theyve inflicted on American consumers, workers, manufacturers, and small businesses that American juries deal directly with their malfeasance fairly harshly. Will update in a few weeks.
- Coast to coast
- Poorly maintained
- Went from members only camping resorts to open to the public
Preferred solution: Full refund
User's recommendation: Do not buy !!!!!!!!!
They need to collect contract violations by ELS camps, reservations employees. Enforcement of fees just for members that park but only intermittently stay would bring in tens of thousands of dollars every month.
Last winter at T T Orlando, 1 site was dumped rig and left for 1 full week, two sites down did it for 4 days and it was that couples' third time to do so that we actually witnessed over two winter seasons, dozens more were gone for a day or two; this season guy in toy hauler was gone 9 out of 14 days we were there plus had a party but he was out of camp for about 2 hours while his guests roamed and swam, and a few sites down 5 out of 10 days but the last 3 day stretch one adult returned midday to turn a different light on. There are vehicles parked on the grass and far up at patio space, a utility company truck with a bucket lift parks on the grass fully 1/3 of the neighboring site and about 5 feet right of his site line essentially not even attempting to minimize his encroachment of the next site. The speeders are routinely flying by, 20-40 mph, there's still a few that 'only' speed at 15-20 mph, including the golf carts used by campers and employees. People walking themselves and their dogs through sites, drive through occupied sites (yes, just last night), walk next to the front of your rig.
But instead of fining, much less sanctions, there's now fees to pick up an occasional package (sixteen "packages", which includes envelopes, a day pays 1 employee's 8-12 hour of salary depending on the state minimum wage) and the laundry (already the most expensive we've encountered across the country, private or public or "member") increased >66% to wash. Breach of contract.
That's the meat for your attorneys. And not expecting everyone to get a Facebook account in order to participate in the class action.
Phoenix, Arizona
Getting fired for doing my job at Pico pico
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Question unanswered
Preferred solution: Price reduction
User's recommendation: In future Snowbirds be aware.
You chose to not leave when you could still cross the border. That's not the camp's fault nor should they camp take the financial hit to accommodate your poor choice.
We were surrounded by Canadian snowbirds that hauled *** to pack up and get back across the border. And Canada was allowing citizens to return, just no visitors.
The interstates were open for travel through the states, even when states didn't allow you to stop and stay, and gas stations were open. Bad choices on your part
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You should know that contract by heart, having lived in their prior park that you "got away from ". Your residency requirements include all maintenance of your site and 'home', and your electric bill. That includes pest control and lawn care.
Live roach was found in a bacon cheeseburger last night and most of the time the food isn't fresh. It's been under a heat lamp for hrs.
I don't appreciate paying high prices for food that isn't fresh. It's a total rip off!!!