Pratt Park Apartments

Legacy at Pratt park is a scam in a terrible neighborhood. The apartments themselves are well designed and maintained fairly well. Admittedly, we knew the neighborhood was "up and coming" when we moved in, the problem is the neighborhood stalled. Despite the awesome Cheeky Cafe and the Immortal Dog there is very little in the area. And as far as walking, the reports of shootings in the neighborhood are frequent and among the most disturbing in Seattle. There is no reason to pay this rent in a terrible neighborhood, for the same prices central Cap Hill is feasible. Parking is also a rip charging a lot more than Welch Plaza up the street when street parking is readily available if you are okay with car prowling and all this knowing the garage never went over 60% full. Water and sewage are higher than we have experienced in Seattle by $15-$20, and our renters insurance was $70 more than our new Seattle neighborhood, the difference likely due to crime.



My biggest complaint with Pratt Park didn't occur until move out. We had paid a pet deposit of $300 dollars which we were told multiple times went to cover replacement of carpets and pad because it was "unhygienic to rerent after a pet lived in a place, mess or not." We said fine. On move out, they are now charging us for carpet cleaning, and saying the pet deposit was a fee that was not to go towards move out cleaning, despite an immaculate cleaning job (we have never had to pay and actually gotten money back at all previous apartments). They are insisting on $160 in cleaning and won't explain why. The real kicker is they broke landlord leasing law in Washington state by not providing a written copy of leasing documents so we can't even confirm.



DO NOT RENT HERE. We will be pursuing actions against the license of the managers in the leasing office and/ or Legacy Apartments, and we are debating small claims court. These greedy practices thrive on people not having the time to battle them.