Business ProfileforAtlantis Properties

Atlantis Properties tried to ILLEGALLY charge ** $1,350.00, which would have meant we'd have lost our entire security deposit and had to pay hundreds out of pocket. Fortunately, we became familiar with the California Civil Code and successfully argued to get nearly all of the charges removed after consulting an attorney and threatening legal action. We lived in one of their studio apartments from 10/2022 through 01/2023, They tried to bill us for these charges this month (02/2023).In terms of the security deposit, they tried to have us pay $200 for a cleaning service, stating that this obligation was a clause in the lease we signed. We reviewed the lease and saw that it was not, in fact, on the lease. We pointed this out and they backtracked, but still charged us $200 when they sent the repairs invoice even after we cleaned the apartment thoroughly and followed their cleaning instructions to the letter. Then, they tried to charge us $900 dollars for damages caused by prior tenants whose lease we had taken over. This goes against ****** (b)(2).Finally, they attempted to charge us $350 for damages they did NOT point out in the pre-move-out inspection in violation of ****** (f)(3). These charges included repainting, which is "ordinary wear and tear," which cannot be charged to the tenants per ****** (b)(2). During the pre-move out inspection, they had said that the walls were in great condition and we had done a good job spackling.The security deposit statement they provided not only contained fraudulent charges, but it was legally deficient as a statement as it did not indicate the time spent and the reasonable hourly rate charged per California Civil Code ****** (f)(3), subsection (g)(2)(A), nor did it include a copy of the bill invoice or receipt for any materials or supplies per subsection (g)(2)(C).After we met with them, they pro-rated the charges for the damage done by the prior tenants, which they would not have done if we had not pushed back. They also reduced the cleaning fee and dropped the repainting fee and a few other charges once we threatened to *** them.We've seen their Yelp reviews and many other tenants have had similarly horrendous experiences and been charged unfair fees.