*Note- I first posted this on March 30, 2008, and since then I’ve had many people contact me about helping them find rental properties in the Greater Dayton Area. I’m happy to help people find that perfect rental house, and with foreclosures, more people than ever are looking to rent a home in Dayton. but now Exit Realty Central has a real estate agent who specializes exclusively in rental properties. If you need a rental home in Dayton OH, please contact Richard Waters, 937-245-2264, or richardatexit(at)gmail.com. He’s familiar with rentals throughout Dayton- Englewood, Vandalia, Centerville, Fairborn, Dayton, Beavercreek, Miamisburg, Trotwood, Kettering, and beyond.
Did you find this blog looking for Huber Home Rentals? You are not the only one. They are hard to find online, arent’ they? I would think a corporation with as many customers as they have, would get online, have all the pertinent numbers online, basic information- think about it. Their business would run more smoothly, people could get their questions answered without having to call the office. Not everyone wants or needs to talk to a person each time they call.
So I went looking for them online. A lot of people find this site looking for Huber Home Rentals, I wanted to know why, and now I know- they are hard to find and once I did find them, I called the number to confirm it was a working number, and the very first thing out of their mouth was: “Can I have your name?” That tells me that they want to control information. What does that tell me about their service?
Huber Home Rentals owns many properties in Huber Heights. They are a huge property management corporation. I don’t know exactly how many homes they own, but as I look up stats, do comparative market analysis, and pull comps, their name keeps coming up. They rent in all the Dayton MLS ‘areas’ of Huber Heights- Huber South, Huber North, and North of I-70, as they are called. They have the Huber bungalows, which are really cute little homes, by the way. The bungalows are 2 bedroom/ 1 bath with a great room and a open kitchen/ dining area. I keep thinking some clever investors should come in and scoop up a block of those bungalows and mid-century modernize them, and rent them out to a bunch of hipsters. If that is something you would be interested in, let me know.
They have quite a few of the Hilltop townhouse condos. My husband rented one of those back in his college days. They are very nicely laid out, and some have been maintained quite well through the years, some less well. There are three different floor plans to the townhouses, and they work well for a rental.
Huber South rentals are dominated by the Midwestern model, no great surprise there, but you might not know that you can rent quite a few of the homes in the north of I-70 area as well.
If you are looking for rental information, well, that’s real estate and that’s why I’m here. Renting? That’s okay. You have real estate goals, and I would like to help you meet them whether it’s now or a few years from now. A little information and planning now can go a long way to meeting your goals in the future. Let me know how I can help. I promise not to give you the National Association of Realtors home ownership sales pitch as I’m never sure what those NAR pitches have to do with anyone other than that association. What I had in mind is a heart-to-heart about why home ownership makes sense to you, not to me or the NAR.
One other reason to contact me: I have floor plans for almost every model of Huber Home. If you would like a copy, just drop me a line.
And since they can’t seem to do it well, and you may have found me looking for it, here’s the contact information for Huber Home Rentals.
I’m amazed at how badly the online rental world is organized. I too get calls all the time and I don’t even have a nearly close name as some mega landlord. Outside of Craigslist and the semmingly hundreds of little apartment books laying around town, it is difficult to find a rental. Especially a rental home.
This is an opportunity for us, Joe. We could organize that rental world and give renters the information they need to not only rent smart, but put the plans in motion to buy smart.
Me and my girlfriend got a put down a deposit of 300 to hold the place after already paying the application fee. Well i lost my job a few days later i told them about it and the lady on the phone said that she would inform my realitor and update my info but i would probably be denied. Well a month later they called me 2 days before out expected move in date and told me that we were approved and that we owed $600 dollars in 2 days or we forfit the deposit. I told them the situation and they said it didnt matter and that there was nothing we could do to get our $300 dollars back. I talked to another person while walking out of the office and they said that they are known for waiting 1 or 2 days before your expected due move in date without any kind of reminder or contact for a month or months hopeing that you forget or cant come up with the rest of the rent so that they can keep your $300 deposit. They place we was looking at was a super small $500 a month bongalo which is still overpriced so i would hate to imagine how much we would have lost if we would have tried to get a bigger place from these thieves. All they care about is your money and if anyone would like to start a class action suit again these scumbags my email is white.86@wright.edu
Really sorry to hear about your experience with Huber Home Rentals. Was there language in your application/ contract explaining how a situation like this would be handled?
I would never recommend that even my worst enemy rent ANYthing from Huber Home Rentals. I just moved out of a Huber home last month after living there for about a year and a half. Every time you call for service you have to call and talk to the rudest group of people on the planet and put in a work order (which is a paper work order, tucked into your file, according to the office staff), which will likely not be addressed for a few weeks to a few months. When I first moved in and the water was turned on, a pipe in the utility room sprung a leak and the water heater wasn’t working correctly. So, they replaced it and fixed the pipe - suprisingly in good time even. Too bad it too a separate work order and about 5 MONTHS for them to come take care of the 3 x 5 hole left in the ceiling. They never did put the cover back on the bathroom pipe access in our main hallway… I can’t wait to see if they try to charge us for it! I called in a work order for a roof leak twice and it took them a few weeks to fix one and at least a few months to fix the other. I watched the water line on the ceiling get longer and longer every day. When you would call in a work order, they would need you to give them permission to come in your home at their leisure to do the repair. They said that they couldn’t call to give you a more specific time of when they would be there because their service crew doesn’t carry cell phones. Once I realized that it would take them several months to come fix ANYTHING, I got into a heated discussion with one of the office staff because she said that I had no option but to give them anytime admission and that if my dog was not restrained when the service crew came, I would be charged for their time. I told her that their track record would mean that I would likely have to keep my dog penned up for weeks or months before they finally came to do the repair and I was not willing to do that. I told them that according to the ORC, they were required to give me reasonable notice (generally 24 hours) before entering my property as long as the repair was not a true emergency. It took being passed around to a few people and about a half hour on hold for them to agree to give me a phone call around 24 hours ahead of time. Dealing with them is more frustrating than dealing with a spoiled toddler who is throwing a fit. Even though the house and neighborhood were pretty good that whole rental experience was a nightmare. I can’t wait to see what they try to deduct off of my deposit (it was a substantial deposit). If they charge me for even 1 $5 thing that they are not allowed by law to charge me for, I will be contacting a group of law students from Wright State that are just itching to help people fight against Huber Home Rentals because of how poorly they treat their tenants.
Teri,
Unless you want the kind of reputation this company has, I would suggest that you find a better rental agency to promote. They do own a ton of properties in this area, but their level of service to their tenants leaves much to be desired. I would not want to be associated with that kind of reputation.
I have to admit that your experience does not appear to be unusual. And for the record, I’m not promoting them. People come here looking for them, so I’m trying to help those people out. The folks who have had experience w/ Huber Rentals- you and Bruce for example- are free to leave comments, as long as they are within the blog guidelines.
> the house and neighborhood were pretty good
THAT’s the good news! And that is also a common experience for Huber residents.
At any rate, I’m glad you found my site, hope you will return, and all the best to you!
:evil::evil::evil::evil::evil:HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Do not be fooled!!!! These people are ABSOLUTE theives!!!!!! I am like so many WARNING YOU about renteing here!!!! If you really do search it is not really hard to find info about them but any info you find will be negative and I should have been wise enough to listen!!! (I was just too cheap I guess) It is funny because after signing the papers an employee even told me to take pics and mark everything because Huber Home Rentals are jerks!!! AN EMPLOYEE!!!!!! I was so excited to move in, I had found a place with almost enough space and for CHEAP. I moved in and was greeted by an open condom wrapper! I should have turned away then but had already signed the lease! There where MANY times that someone would dump unwanted furniture and carpet on the side of the road and Huber Home Rentals did nothing about it and would not pick it up leaving it for weeks even a month 1 time! The empty bottles of alcohol that litter the streets and even ending up in our bushes! Aside from that it was a semi decent place to live. CONSIDERING you must have insurance to live there which I don’t mind but THANK GOD for the insurance!! There were cars speeding through the neighborhood, vandalizing things EVEN had a can thrown at my car in the middle of the night! Turned in my notice to vacate and this place became HELL! They were very rude and now want to charge for EVERYTHING under the sun! It is ridiculous!!!!! Not to mention that 3 days after that, someone apparently drove a truck right through the back yard and stole my daughter’s 14′ trampoline with enclosure! I had read the horrible reviews and law suits and just wanted to believe it was better than that but have been proven wrong! BELIEVE me the cheap rent is not worth it! Pay the extra $50-$100 for a safe and nice place to live! Do some investigating and BELIEVE WHAT YOU READ!!! MY BIGGEST MISTAKE!!!!!!!!
The next time I will see them is in court…..I AM GOING TO HAVE TO SUE!!! PLEASE do not rent from them!!! I am telling you it is all true, everything you read!!! Eventually it will get out and decent landlords and even companies will be renting these out!!!! CHECK OUT apartmentreviews.net…….here are just a few of the reviews I have found RECENTLY!!!!…………………………….Crooks, Read other reviews and do another search. security deposit thieves. Document everything. ………………………………………………………I live on the bottom floor here. I have 2 kids and it was the middle of summer my air condition went out and it took them 2 months to fix it..! Umm everything leaks no matter how many times they get called out. Appliances suck and are older than my grandmother. Toilets are disgusting not matter how much you clean this place still looks like a dump! Ants all over the place! Called them 3 times to fix my furnace and it still aint fixed right.. I am surprised the dump didnt catch on fire because every wire in the damn thing was burnt to hell and back! Washer leaked through the wall into my childs bedroom and they wouldn’t even replace the carpet. The walls move.. I am just waiting for the wall in my childs bedroom to fall in even after I have called them out to fix the damn thing and still to this day it is not fixed(going on 3 months). They charged $45 for a leak in the bathroom.. Pretty funny I was in there the day before they came out to check for leaks and it was not leaking and even if it was it don’t cost $45 rip offs.. We tried to get out of the apartment into a bungalow and do you know they said it would take 60 days to get one even though they have all of our info but if you came in from the street it takes 1 week? and not only that they were trying to charge us like $150 fee for credit checks and shyt! This place is not kid friendly.. More for older folks.. Animals outback racoons, apossums, cats, ground hogs and whatever else back there..Recently the window in my childs bedroom was coming out.. We had a crack in the bath tub and now my child refuses to take a bath because they put the sloppiest patch job on there.. it looks like a big black glob of What the f in the tub now my child is too scared to get a bath no matter what we use to cover it up.. I hate this place and I am sure you will too!!! ……………………………..The rental office charges a fee for everything and they take advantage of military people. One day late and they charged $50 and then would only accept cash, they will keep your deposit and turn you over to a collection agency for charges that they make up. Don’t rent from these crooks. …………………………..Upon moving in ,I had taken a day off from work to meet the inspector to go over what was broken in the townhome.. he never showed up! All of the appliances are antiquated (harvest gold or avocado green from the 70’s) and when they break, they patch them and repatch then. The servicemen are surly and never repair things properly. I still have a hole in the bathroom from a leak they repaired from 5 years ago. The only reason I am stillhere is that it is the only townhome large enough to accomodate my furniture. My roof caved in on top of my mattress in the upstairs bedroom……. When first hree the area was kept clean now it is looking like the city dump with oldappliances and furniture on the sides of the street…. Time to move.
Don’t rent from these people!!! ……………………………..I would have never rented from Huber Home Rentals had I known how bad there “policies” were. My roof had a masive leak and part of my ceiling came down. I took them over 2 months to fix the problem. I had to threaten to put my rent payment into in escrow account before they came to fix it.
No matter how well you keep the place up you will not get any part of your deposit back………………………………It is a good apartment. However, the rental offices never stay away. They have a fee for everything. And I mean everything. Once you’re committed you see the lease agreement and it is a BEAR but you’re stuck! You cannot inspect the property with electricity or water so you don’t know if something is broken. They then tell you- well you didn’t write it down on the inspection. You broke it. Have a service charge please. If you disagree they will evict you. They have sent notices over 5 bucks………………..There are PLENTY more and these are WORD FOR WORD I COPIED AND PASTED THE REVIEWS!!! BEWARE!!!! Why do you thing they ask your name when you call…..of course (as stated) to control info!!! So they know to tell you the manager or accounting is busy!! Or if you are not a resident to be friendly and nice!! What a joke!! Marge and Wendy have been “busy” for FOUR months and to this day wait on a return call calling every month!!!! Don’t be upset you can’t find contact info…..YOU DON’T WANT IT!!!!!!:mad::evil::mad::evil::mad::evil:
This is typically the point where people do what they can to repair their credit, save for a down payment, and buy a home. Renting often simply isn’t worth it.
We are a military family trying to rent out our home after we had to move…..sob sob sob. We loved our neighborhood, neighbors and most of all our quiet house. We are now competing with Huber Home Rentals. It is maddening because they have dirty run down houses the same model as ours and theirs rent for MORE plus they are an awful business. Why do people even bother with them? I guess they think bigger is better but trust me, after living in Huber Heights for four years in this case, run the other direction.
I completely understand your situation. In a way, home sellers compete with Huber Homes as well. They are the builder and can sometimes sell, or let go, homes for rates that private sellers are sometimes unable to match.
I think people bother with them because it’s very difficult to find information about rentals in the area other than through HHR. It’s a matter of convenience while you are looking, but time spent with a realtor will often give people a better deal in the long run- because they will be dealing with owners who might have more interest in one individual property.
I agree that Huber Rentals should have a website to offer more information.
I rented a duplex home north of I-70 for almost 2 years and it was a nice home and nice neighborhood.
I never had any problems with the home itself. I left it cleaner than I found it and received little of my deposit back. My advice to those who rent , follow their simple rules and DO NOT make a big ordeal like did cleaning when you vacate because you WILL NOT get back what you think on your deposit!
Kari - I’m stuck in a Huber Home right now…wish I would have gone with you instead!
Most of what you hear is true. I’ve lived in HH almost all my life. My parents rented from HHR when I was young and advised me against it but like all kids, I didn’t listen. Sadly, 20 years later, they are still running things the same. Too bad we’re a 1 income family now and we can’t afford to leave. (I’m afraid what they will charge us for so we’re trying to save up to buy so they can’t scare off the next landlord!) We have had similar issues with maintenance. We usually try to repair small things ourselves or, if it’s something we can’t fix and they won’t, we’ve called 2-3 times until they finally get tired of complaining and just fix the thing! It’s amazing in this day and age they can’t afford to get cell phones for the maintenance department. Just poor management as we already knew I guess. I’m surprised they haven’t improved because they definitely do not have the business they used to. You can really tell this time of year. Drive around HH and look at all the driveways covered in snow with no tire tracks…those are more than likely empty huber rentals. And they’re everywhere!
Overall though, living here isn’t bad. I love the neighborhood, the house is nice (a little small), not too overpriced, and I can’t complain too much about the rental office. We pay rent early so they leave us alone I suppose. I just know the leaving is the worst part so we dread that!
>Overall though, living here isn’t bad. I love the neighborhood, the house is nice
Absolutely agree with you. Huber Heights is a pleasant, quite city with affordable homes- many with wonderful floor plans and low maintanaince construction. Best of luck to you in the future!
Dayton has always been bike friendly, but now is the time to capitalize on it
When we were really young, we rode our bikes to a neighborhood woody lot and biked around dirt paths. Today you need a special bike for this, but I used my blue coaster bike with the headlight, big white saddle seat, the mud fenders and balloon tires. It had a little spring closure carrying rack on the back- good to clamp your balled-up jacket in and not much else. As I got older, like most people my age, I used a bike as a main method of transportation. I lived in a semi-rural neighborhood and rode miles and miles unmolested by traffic, and I had tons and tons of fun doing it! Perched precariously on those skinny 12-speed racing bike tires, I’d careen down long hills praying I didn’t hit a gravel patch in just the right way and have the tires shoot out from under me, sending me onto the pavement. Helmet-less, of course. We always rode helmet-less.
I’ve always owned at least one bike. Think about riding a bike: There is a sense of freedom and exhilaration that does not happen when driving a car. You are unencumbered by stuff. Just you and the road and the bugs in your teeth.
Independence Day, the New York Times published Bike Among the Ruins on the Op-Ed page. Toby Barlow writes about biking in Detroit, but the same could be written about Dayton:
While bike enthusiasts in most urban areas continue to have to fight for their place on the streets, Detroit has the potential to become a new bicycle utopia. It’s a town just waiting to be taken. With well less than half its peak population, and free of anything resembling a hill, the city and its miles and miles of streets lie open and empty, beckoning. And lately, whether it’s because of the economy or the price of gas or just because it’s a nice thing to do, there are a lot more bikers out riding. ...
Arcade Rehab to start: We want to impress the city.
New owners still interviewing contractors, but restoration of the facade to start in August.
DAYTON — The new owner of Dayton’s historic downtown arcade says work on the exterior of the five-building complex will be evident by the next Urban Nights event on Friday, Sept. 11.
Restoration of the facade will begin in August with power washing of the exterior as a way to announce the arrival of work crews
“We want to impress the city,” said Gunther Berg, who along with partner Wendell Strutz bought the Arcade at a Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office tax lien sale on March 12
Berg said he is researching different types of glass to replace windows in the arcade’s landmark dome, 70 feet high and 90 feet in diameter. ...
Volunteers Sought for Mediation Training The Dayton Mediation Center, a City of Dayton agency providing free or low-cost mediation services to individuals, families, and organizations, is offering training for citizens interested in learning to serve as volunteer community mediators. Volunteer mediators help resolve conflicts and reach understanding on a variety of issues, including neighborhood problems, workplace concerns and elder care decisions. Candidates are expected to attend training sessions on August 15, 20 and 29 and to commit to volunteering at least monthly for 18 months. For more information, contact Michelle Zaremba at 333-2345.
Dayton Daily News finally catches on to the corporate welfare BS.
Today, the Dayton Daily News editorial board finally agreed with a position I’ve staked out as one of the primary threats to our society: Corporate welfare.
It’s a stunning turnabout for a company that has never met a tax break they didn’t wholeheartedly endorse. The ones for Reynolds & Reynolds, Relizon, Workflow One etc- were all great by their reporting. Bill Pardue and his QBase reality distortion field- where governments should not only fund his startup, but then hire his firm- hailed as innovative. And, then the NCR debacle, where our Ohio politicians hadn’t talked enough about how we should drop our drawers to the almighty Bill Nuti and his extortion machine.
If you look at todays paper, their hypocrisy is evident, where they rail against the tax break, but fail to hang Congressman Turner for his willingness to sell out to NCR as long as they are a Dayton business.
They take the tax break system apart gently, as a ruse to give money to big companies for promises written on paper as useless as yesterdays news- ...
Barriers to Regionalism
The Dayton Business Journal has some extensive reportage on regionalization issue due to a recent panel discussion hosted by the D B-J. There will be another panel discussion about Southwest Ohio regional economy in July. ...
It seems the barriers to conventional city/county merger form of metropolitan government are insurmountable in this area, though it is heartening to see Joey Williams and Dan Foley taking the lead on the issue (from the political side). Yet, the local business community seems to be finally getting behind the concept, if the Business-Journal interest is any indication. Still, no clear champions have surfaced from the private sector to really push the issue, which is in itself a big local weakness.
Since governmental merger is a non-starter, perhaps people need to get creative and look at different approaches at regionalization. Since the big regional concern is economic development...the weak local economy, which crosses city and suburban boundaries...that should be were regional efforts should concentrate, since it is the one area were people agree something needs to be done.
Getting the Word Out, are We Selling Ourselves Short?
(...) Since I haven't seen us in print, I decided to look online. Here's some of our local business development info:
Ohio.gov isn't bad for small business and start-ups
Ohio's "development" site where apparently we're The State of Perfect Balance. And I must be having browser problems because most of the tabs/links don't open for me.
OhioMeansBusiness, yet another state site.
Dayton Development Coalition targeting Aerospace R&D, Information Technology, Advanced Materials & Manufacturing, Human Sciences & Healthcare, and most recently the region's water supply. The Coalition has been very aggressive with BRAC stuff and advocacy in Washington. Maybe it's advertising in Texas and around other military bases that are closing or downsizing. As for the site, I can't tell if the it's promoting the region as much as it's promoting the work/efforts of the coalition. Perhaps it's a little of both.
Business First - Montgomery County's efforts to reach out to local businesses as a retention/expansion tool. Sit down with us and we'll see what we can do for you. There's also additional information on the County's economic development page. The County's website is awful. Check out the URLs. How would anyone fine anything on it? (...)
The Dayton region landed a big victory Wednesday, as the state is awarding $3 million to create the Center for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Exploitation in the region.
The Ohio Third Frontier program is allocating the funds to the University of Dayton’s IDCAST, which submitted the proposal for the UAV center.
The 6,000-square-foot UAV center will be located in the 25,000-square-foot Air Force Center for Rapid Product Development, at 104 Janney St. in Dayton.
The project advances unmanned aerial vehicle technology by supporting research for national security and emergency response applications.
The project is a collaboration among a handful of local organizations including the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, BAE Systems and UltraCell Corp.
A coalition of organizations and companies have formed an alliance in the past two years centered around forging the region as a hub of UAV research and manufacturing.
UAVs, also called drones, are remote controlled aircraft that don’t carry pilots, thus preventing airmen from flying into dangerous areas. …
Growing America: Student Run Farm and Farmers Market
The Ohio State University, The PAST Foundation and Metro High School in Columbus have teamed up to create a student-run farm and farmers market through its new Growing America program. This program has been created to introduce students to farm planning, design, management and operations, plant growth and development, and produce marketing through a small-scale farm and student-run farmers market. The project is led by teacher Neal Bluel, who is a Botany/Research faculty member with the school. The farm will be at the Waterman Dairy Farm on Ohio State’s campus. The farmers market will run from July 25 to Aug.15 at The Metro School,...
Building codes, sprawl and value.
Bill Pote over at Dayton Most Metro has a long post and a small comment debate going on about how restrictive building codes and over-the-top requirements are making redevelopment severely expensive at the cost of much of our existing infrastructure- and empowering sprawl. He asks:
But have we made these codes so restrictive that we’ve destroyed any good chance of bringing our long-vacant downtown buildings back to life? Is there any room for some flexibility and compromises that still ensure proper safety AND make it cost-effective to redevelop and re-inhabit our downtown buildings?
via Restrooms, Elevators and Sprinklers - Oh My! | Dayton MostMetro.
I’ve asked the same question for a long time (search old posts).
There is no doubt in my mind that many of the codes have been pushed through legislation by the building trades. Other rules come from the Americans with Disabilities Act, fire safety, environmental rulings (no more incinerators in homes like the one I grew up in). Many are well intended and good. As Pote points out: “I suppose we could just say to hell with handicapped folks and just make downtown a handicapped-free zone, but that would ensure Dayton’s position on Forbes’ list of the Top Ten Asshole Cities.” ...
Address to Address Planning on the RTA
The Greater Dayton RTA now has an address to address trip-planning service right on their main landing page. This is great - I find the maps and route tables confusing as all get out. Unfortunately, this is also as they're planning service cuts and rate increases. I was against that kind of move in 2007, and I still am today. Gas prices lowered again during the fall of 2008, but they're starting to come back up. In the long run, I think that lowering was a fluke, not the trend. Public transit will become more important, and Dayton will hurt itself by reducing its public transit capabilities.
Is there about to be a water war in Dayton?
Our water source is a huge aquifer underneath Dayton. We have so much good, potable water that we even pump millions of gallons of it in the air every hour at Riverscape. But, a source told me today that Montgomery County and the City of Dayton have reopened the water contract and things could get interesting, soon.
The contract that’s in place wasn’t due to be renegotiated until 2016. The county has been threatening to build its own well field at Crane’s Run for years. The last deal put that proposed plant to sleep, however, in an attempt to “save” money, the county may be threatening to build it again so as to renegotiate rates. This is coming when Dayton is looking at a huge surplus of capacity supply ...
The Air Force Museum and the National Park
DDN editorialist Ellen Belcher opened up an interesting discussion with her op-ed on the relationship of the National Musuem of the US Air Force and the Dayton Aviation National Historic Park.
The Air Force Musuem is one of the great tourist attractions of Ohio, and it's free. So is the National Park (at least the parts that are actually controlled and staffed by the Park Service). And co-0peration between Wright-Patterson AFB and the National Park Service is ongoing, though not as visible as during the establishment of the park. In fact, this partnership is written into law, into the enabling legislation establishing the historic park.
But the question for local boosters is how to tap into this tourist flow to the Museum. ...
Dayton Area Home to American Icon
Next to the American flag one of the most popular images that portrays American patriotism is that of the Bald Eagle. Though no longer on the endangered species list it is a federal offense to kill a bald eagle. Most American Bald Eagles are found along the West coast, specifically in Alaska, Canada and as far south as Mexico. They have also been on the "threatened list" in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
And we have four right here in the Dayton area, near Wright Patterson Air Force Base!
Bald Eagles, by Ron Alvey from the Dayton Daily Newswebsite
Living on the Dayton/Riverside boarder I've had frequent occasion to drive Harshman Road between Airway and Rte. 4. Just at the northern-most entrance of Eastwood Metropark I frequently see 5-10 people at a time huddling at the edge of the park, facing the Air Force base from dawn until dusk with binoculars and cameras. I always wondered what they were looking at....
UniGov- a hot topic since 1967?
Thomas Suddes makes a case for UniGov in today’s Dayton Daily News.
He’s dead on, except at this point, this amounts to kicking a dead horse:
Ohio also doesn’t need its 700 “special district” governments, such as port authorities and fire, park, etc., districts. All that brush just hides which typically unelected folks caused which mess.
• Ohio doesn’t need horse-and-buggy counties and should require (not just allow) each county’s voters to simplify its government. Cuyahoga County is the poster child, but 87 others are antiques, too.
It’s ridiculous to elect coroners and engineers and sheriffs. Each county should elect a legislative body by districts (whether legislators are called “commissioner” or “councilor” or “exalted floorwalker of the first chop”); elect one countywide executive; and elect a prosecuting attorney. That’s it.
via Thomas Suddes: Ohio has too many school districts, government entities.
I’ve had this copy of Dayton USA for a while, it’s from April 1967- and one of the cover stories is “How Do You Spell Modern Government?” Where Peter Dayton makes the case for UniGov.
He points out the stupidity of 25 different fire and police chiefs and says “Our only reason for residing in this area is that Dayton is a business, manufacturing, financial center. And no matter where we live, we depend on its health for our livelihood.”
Fascinating reading- even 42 years later....
Last fall, the City Council approved a $20,000 contract with Toledo-area artist Keith Hasenbalg to bring a fresh, colorful look to the downtown plaza wall at the corner of Main Street and National Road.
Could you not find anyone with talent in Englewood, Ohio? Did you look? Did you call Robin Dakin at Northmont High School to see if there were any talented artists living in Englewood you could support?
Or, how about this freshly-minted BFA from Miami University, graduate of Northmont Hight School? I know for a fact he has some student loans to pay back and $20,000 would have gone a long way toward that. Not to mention a loyalty for his childhood town.
Why do we look for “talent” outside of our own community? In a town of 25,000 or so people, I think we may ...
Why move to Dayton Ohio? It’s time to reverse the wagon train?
I had an interesting conversation the other day. A potential buyer is looking online and finds me and gives me a call. He’s a Californian. He’s a family man. He’s a hard-working construction guy. We have a long talk.
He lives east of San Francisco and has been looking for a home out there for two years. He can’t afford anything, so he starts to look elsewhere. For some reason he looks at Dayton Ohio. “I could pay cash for a house in Dayton.” Yes, yes he could. I have to ask, “Why Dayton?” ...
Dayton’s Online Presence
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We’ve had two bold, daylight murders- both drug related. Effect on most of us- minimal. Damage to our perception of safety- real.
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I’m amazed at how badly the online rental world is organized. I too get calls all the time and I don’t even have a nearly close name as some mega landlord. Outside of Craigslist and the semmingly hundreds of little apartment books laying around town, it is difficult to find a rental. Especially a rental home.
March 30th, 2008 | #
This is an opportunity for us, Joe. We could organize that rental world and give renters the information they need to not only rent smart, but put the plans in motion to buy smart.
I’m going to have to think this through…
March 31st, 2008 | #
I couldn’t help but smile after reading this, Teri
April 13th, 2008 | #
Too funny that while looking for homes in Huber I found you!! The kids and I are lloking for a new place to live…can you help us?:lol:
June 6th, 2008 | #
>can you help us?
Any time, Emily.
Nice to see you here!
June 6th, 2008 | #
Here is my huber home rental experience review:
Me and my girlfriend got a put down a deposit of 300 to hold the place after already paying the application fee. Well i lost my job a few days later i told them about it and the lady on the phone said that she would inform my realitor and update my info but i would probably be denied. Well a month later they called me 2 days before out expected move in date and told me that we were approved and that we owed $600 dollars in 2 days or we forfit the deposit. I told them the situation and they said it didnt matter and that there was nothing we could do to get our $300 dollars back. I talked to another person while walking out of the office and they said that they are known for waiting 1 or 2 days before your expected due move in date without any kind of reminder or contact for a month or months hopeing that you forget or cant come up with the rest of the rent so that they can keep your $300 deposit. They place we was looking at was a super small $500 a month bongalo which is still overpriced so i would hate to imagine how much we would have lost if we would have tried to get a bigger place from these thieves. All they care about is your money and if anyone would like to start a class action suit again these scumbags my email is white.86@wright.edu
August 22nd, 2008 | #
Hi Bruce-
Really sorry to hear about your experience with Huber Home Rentals. Was there language in your application/ contract explaining how a situation like this would be handled?
At any rate, best of luck to you.
August 22nd, 2008 | #
I would never recommend that even my worst enemy rent ANYthing from Huber Home Rentals. I just moved out of a Huber home last month after living there for about a year and a half. Every time you call for service you have to call and talk to the rudest group of people on the planet and put in a work order (which is a paper work order, tucked into your file, according to the office staff), which will likely not be addressed for a few weeks to a few months. When I first moved in and the water was turned on, a pipe in the utility room sprung a leak and the water heater wasn’t working correctly. So, they replaced it and fixed the pipe - suprisingly in good time even. Too bad it too a separate work order and about 5 MONTHS for them to come take care of the 3 x 5 hole left in the ceiling. They never did put the cover back on the bathroom pipe access in our main hallway… I can’t wait to see if they try to charge us for it!
I called in a work order for a roof leak twice and it took them a few weeks to fix one and at least a few months to fix the other. I watched the water line on the ceiling get longer and longer every day. When you would call in a work order, they would need you to give them permission to come in your home at their leisure to do the repair. They said that they couldn’t call to give you a more specific time of when they would be there because their service crew doesn’t carry cell phones. Once I realized that it would take them several months to come fix ANYTHING, I got into a heated discussion with one of the office staff because she said that I had no option but to give them anytime admission and that if my dog was not restrained when the service crew came, I would be charged for their time. I told her that their track record would mean that I would likely have to keep my dog penned up for weeks or months before they finally came to do the repair and I was not willing to do that. I told them that according to the ORC, they were required to give me reasonable notice (generally 24 hours) before entering my property as long as the repair was not a true emergency. It took being passed around to a few people and about a half hour on hold for them to agree to give me a phone call around 24 hours ahead of time. Dealing with them is more frustrating than dealing with a spoiled toddler who is throwing a fit. Even though the house and neighborhood were pretty good that whole rental experience was a nightmare. I can’t wait to see what they try to deduct off of my deposit (it was a substantial deposit). If they charge me for even 1 $5 thing that they are not allowed by law to charge me for, I will be contacting a group of law students from Wright State that are just itching to help people fight against Huber Home Rentals because of how poorly they treat their tenants.
Teri,
Unless you want the kind of reputation this company has, I would suggest that you find a better rental agency to promote. They do own a ton of properties in this area, but their level of service to their tenants leaves much to be desired. I would not want to be associated with that kind of reputation.
October 15th, 2008 | #
Hi April-
Thanks for stopping by.
I have to admit that your experience does not appear to be unusual. And for the record, I’m not promoting them. People come here looking for them, so I’m trying to help those people out. The folks who have had experience w/ Huber Rentals- you and Bruce for example- are free to leave comments, as long as they are within the blog guidelines.
> the house and neighborhood were pretty good
THAT’s the good news! And that is also a common experience for Huber residents.
At any rate, I’m glad you found my site, hope you will return, and all the best to you!
October 15th, 2008 | #
:evil::evil::evil::evil::evil:HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Do not be fooled!!!! These people are ABSOLUTE theives!!!!!! I am like so many WARNING YOU about renteing here!!!! If you really do search it is not really hard to find info about them but any info you find will be negative and I should have been wise enough to listen!!! (I was just too cheap I guess) It is funny because after signing the papers an employee even told me to take pics and mark everything because Huber Home Rentals are jerks!!! AN EMPLOYEE!!!!!! I was so excited to move in, I had found a place with almost enough space and for CHEAP. I moved in and was greeted by an open condom wrapper! I should have turned away then but had already signed the lease! There where MANY times that someone would dump unwanted furniture and carpet on the side of the road and Huber Home Rentals did nothing about it and would not pick it up leaving it for weeks even a month 1 time! The empty bottles of alcohol that litter the streets and even ending up in our bushes! Aside from that it was a semi decent place to live. CONSIDERING you must have insurance to live there which I don’t mind but THANK GOD for the insurance!! There were cars speeding through the neighborhood, vandalizing things EVEN had a can thrown at my car in the middle of the night! Turned in my notice to vacate and this place became HELL! They were very rude and now want to charge for EVERYTHING under the sun! It is ridiculous!!!!! Not to mention that 3 days after that, someone apparently drove a truck right through the back yard and stole my daughter’s 14′ trampoline with enclosure! I had read the horrible reviews and law suits and just wanted to believe it was better than that but have been proven wrong! BELIEVE me the cheap rent is not worth it! Pay the extra $50-$100 for a safe and nice place to live! Do some investigating and BELIEVE WHAT YOU READ!!! MY BIGGEST MISTAKE!!!!!!!!
The next time I will see them is in court…..I AM GOING TO HAVE TO SUE!!! PLEASE do not rent from them!!! I am telling you it is all true, everything you read!!! Eventually it will get out and decent landlords and even companies will be renting these out!!!! CHECK OUT apartmentreviews.net…….here are just a few of the reviews I have found RECENTLY!!!!…………………………….Crooks, Read other reviews and do another search. security deposit thieves. Document everything. ………………………………………………………I live on the bottom floor here. I have 2 kids and it was the middle of summer my air condition went out and it took them 2 months to fix it..! Umm everything leaks no matter how many times they get called out. Appliances suck and are older than my grandmother. Toilets are disgusting not matter how much you clean this place still looks like a dump! Ants all over the place! Called them 3 times to fix my furnace and it still aint fixed right.. I am surprised the dump didnt catch on fire because every wire in the damn thing was burnt to hell and back! Washer leaked through the wall into my childs bedroom and they wouldn’t even replace the carpet. The walls move.. I am just waiting for the wall in my childs bedroom to fall in even after I have called them out to fix the damn thing and still to this day it is not fixed(going on 3 months). They charged $45 for a leak in the bathroom.. Pretty funny I was in there the day before they came out to check for leaks and it was not leaking and even if it was it don’t cost $45 rip offs.. We tried to get out of the apartment into a bungalow and do you know they said it would take 60 days to get one even though they have all of our info but if you came in from the street it takes 1 week? and not only that they were trying to charge us like $150 fee for credit checks and shyt! This place is not kid friendly.. More for older folks.. Animals outback racoons, apossums, cats, ground hogs and whatever else back there..Recently the window in my childs bedroom was coming out.. We had a crack in the bath tub and now my child refuses to take a bath because they put the sloppiest patch job on there.. it looks like a big black glob of What the f in the tub now my child is too scared to get a bath no matter what we use to cover it up.. I hate this place and I am sure you will too!!! ……………………………..The rental office charges a fee for everything and they take advantage of military people. One day late and they charged $50 and then would only accept cash, they will keep your deposit and turn you over to a collection agency for charges that they make up. Don’t rent from these crooks. …………………………..Upon moving in ,I had taken a day off from work to meet the inspector to go over what was broken in the townhome.. he never showed up! All of the appliances are antiquated (harvest gold or avocado green from the 70’s) and when they break, they patch them and repatch then. The servicemen are surly and never repair things properly. I still have a hole in the bathroom from a leak they repaired from 5 years ago. The only reason I am stillhere is that it is the only townhome large enough to accomodate my furniture. My roof caved in on top of my mattress in the upstairs bedroom……. When first hree the area was kept clean now it is looking like the city dump with oldappliances and furniture on the sides of the street…. Time to move.
Don’t rent from these people!!! ……………………………..I would have never rented from Huber Home Rentals had I known how bad there “policies” were. My roof had a masive leak and part of my ceiling came down. I took them over 2 months to fix the problem. I had to threaten to put my rent payment into in escrow account before they came to fix it.
No matter how well you keep the place up you will not get any part of your deposit back………………………………It is a good apartment. However, the rental offices never stay away. They have a fee for everything. And I mean everything. Once you’re committed you see the lease agreement and it is a BEAR but you’re stuck! You cannot inspect the property with electricity or water so you don’t know if something is broken. They then tell you- well you didn’t write it down on the inspection. You broke it. Have a service charge please. If you disagree they will evict you. They have sent notices over 5 bucks………………..There are PLENTY more and these are WORD FOR WORD I COPIED AND PASTED THE REVIEWS!!! BEWARE!!!! Why do you thing they ask your name when you call…..of course (as stated) to control info!!! So they know to tell you the manager or accounting is busy!! Or if you are not a resident to be friendly and nice!! What a joke!! Marge and Wendy have been “busy” for FOUR months and to this day wait on a return call calling every month!!!! Don’t be upset you can’t find contact info…..YOU DON’T WANT IT!!!!!!:mad::evil::mad::evil::mad::evil:
December 4th, 2008 | #
Hi Kelly-
Truly sorry to hear about your experience.
This is typically the point where people do what they can to repair their credit, save for a down payment, and buy a home. Renting often simply isn’t worth it.
Best of luck to you.
December 4th, 2008 | #
We are a military family trying to rent out our home after we had to move…..sob sob sob. We loved our neighborhood, neighbors and most of all our quiet house. We are now competing with Huber Home Rentals. It is maddening because they have dirty run down houses the same model as ours and theirs rent for MORE plus they are an awful business. Why do people even bother with them? I guess they think bigger is better but trust me, after living in Huber Heights for four years in this case, run the other direction.
January 8th, 2009 | #
I completely understand your situation. In a way, home sellers compete with Huber Homes as well. They are the builder and can sometimes sell, or let go, homes for rates that private sellers are sometimes unable to match.
I think people bother with them because it’s very difficult to find information about rentals in the area other than through HHR. It’s a matter of convenience while you are looking, but time spent with a realtor will often give people a better deal in the long run- because they will be dealing with owners who might have more interest in one individual property.
January 10th, 2009 | #
I agree that Huber Rentals should have a website to offer more information.
I rented a duplex home north of I-70 for almost 2 years and it was a nice home and nice neighborhood.
I never had any problems with the home itself. I left it cleaner than I found it and received little of my deposit back. My advice to those who rent , follow their simple rules and DO NOT make a big ordeal like did cleaning when you vacate because you WILL NOT get back what you think on your deposit!
January 12th, 2009 | #
Kari - I’m stuck in a Huber Home right now…wish I would have gone with you instead!
Most of what you hear is true. I’ve lived in HH almost all my life. My parents rented from HHR when I was young and advised me against it but like all kids, I didn’t listen. Sadly, 20 years later, they are still running things the same. Too bad we’re a 1 income family now and we can’t afford to leave. (I’m afraid what they will charge us for so we’re trying to save up to buy so they can’t scare off the next landlord!) We have had similar issues with maintenance. We usually try to repair small things ourselves or, if it’s something we can’t fix and they won’t, we’ve called 2-3 times until they finally get tired of complaining and just fix the thing! It’s amazing in this day and age they can’t afford to get cell phones for the maintenance department. Just poor management as we already knew I guess. I’m surprised they haven’t improved because they definitely do not have the business they used to. You can really tell this time of year. Drive around HH and look at all the driveways covered in snow with no tire tracks…those are more than likely empty huber rentals. And they’re everywhere!
Overall though, living here isn’t bad. I love the neighborhood, the house is nice (a little small), not too overpriced, and I can’t complain too much about the rental office. We pay rent early so they leave us alone I suppose. I just know the leaving is the worst part so we dread that!
January 25th, 2009 | #
Hi Nikki-
>we’re trying to save up to buy
That’s a smart decision.
>Overall though, living here isn’t bad. I love the neighborhood, the house is nice
Absolutely agree with you. Huber Heights is a pleasant, quite city with affordable homes- many with wonderful floor plans and low maintanaince construction. Best of luck to you in the future!
January 25th, 2009 | #