Relocation from hell (Houston, Howe: leasing, new home, buying)
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Sorry, but your story doesn't pass the smell test.
4200 to live in The Montierra? Either you got screwed like Marcellus with the Gimp watching or you are lying.
Or perhaps a bit of both.
i wish i was lying ..
I didn't even believe the place like The Montierra cost $4.200 either !!! [mod cut] Relocation was the one informed us about this .. why do you think we decided to get out from there .. who in the heck wants to pay $4.200/month for an apartment like The Montierra .. but you're right , we got screwed by [mod cut] Relocation .
Just out of curiosity , how much does an apartment like should cost ?? i don't think it should be more than $2000 or $2.500 tops
Last edited by elnina; 04-02-2012 at 06:43 PM..
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still don't know how Houston is to blame for you being shafted in Indiana
It is not Houston's fault you had a crappy inspector
Nor is it Houston's fault that your house took longer than expected to sell.
Be thankful that his job relocated your husband instead of getting rid of him, and offered to help with the relocation instead of leaving it all up to him.
I thought you wrote this to give tips on relocating more smoothly, instead you wrote this to bash a city that had nothing to do with how your relocation went.
Blame your relocation company, blame yourself for not doing enough research, don't blame the city.
why do you need a house over an apartment? why do you need to build a house when there are many already existing?
you can't depend on a relo. they are a company and like 100% of companies depend on making their own profit. im surprised the economy when it crashed didn't take them all out
No we're not trying to build a house , we're trying to get inventory house or even pre-owned house , it doesn't matter if it's new or not , but we would rather get a house , with kids and dogs and all our belongings are staying in the storage for a month now , it's hard . And we're just so used having a house of our own instead of living in apartment .
still don't know how Houston is to blame for you being shafted in Indiana
It is not Houston's fault you had a crappy inspector
Nor is it Houston's fault that your house took longer than expected to sell.
Be thankful that his job relocated your husband instead of getting rid of him, and offered to help with the relocation instead of leaving it all up to him.
I thought you wrote this to give tips on relocating more smoothly, instead you wrote this to bash a city that had nothing to do with how your relocation went.
Blame your relocation company, blame yourself for not doing enough research, don't blame the city.
We did 2 relocations before this and never thought it would be this bad . Both experience went well , and that was with the company handling relocation themselves . Again i am not bashing Houston , i am sorry if i had offended some people here , but if you were in my shoes , i am sure you would have your days like this too .
And yes it is probably our fault not doing enough research about this particular relocation company . That's why i said it before hopefully nobody have to go through this kind of experience like we do , and do a research before accepting the job that offers your move be handled by relocation company . Esp. Lexicon Relocation .
On the corporate apartments - they furnish them, sometimes complete with linens and kitchenware, add the utilities - and then raise the rent an extreme amount, emphasizing the "convenience" to the relo company. Same unfurnished apartment in the community would range from about $1800 - $3300, depending on 2 or 3 bedroom and size. This family probably had no choice in selection - the relo selected and passed cost to husband's employer.
I haven't worked with Lexicon before - or heard of them (but then there are MANY) - sounds like a bad one.
Another culprit here is the employer's employee whose job it was to select the relo company, who blew through the employer's money without giving decent service and benefits to the transferred employee. In a way, they also blew through that family's money.
We did 2 relocations before this and never thought it would be this bad . Both experience went well , and that was with the company handling relocation themselves . Again i am not bashing Houston , i am sorry if i had offended some people here , but if you were in my shoes , i am sure you would have your days like this too .
And yes it is probably our fault not doing enough research about this particular relocation company . That's why i said it before hopefully nobody have to go through this kind of experience like we do , and do a research before accepting the job that offers your move be handled by relocation company . Esp. Lexicon Relocation .
I dunno, ending your post saying this Houston move has been nothing but stress and that you wish you had never moved here doesn't sound like you are blaming the relocation company to me. I read a long history of what the company did to you then at the end the City is the one that takes the ultimate blame
If I was under that type of stress (which I have before) I would blame the company that screwed things up.
You are saying you are warning people against Lexicon now, but we could not get that from your original post. All we get is that you had an awful move and you wish you had not come here. Sounds like the company would have screwed you anywhere you went. Again be thankful your husband is working in these hard tiimes.
On the corporate apartments - they furnish them, sometimes complete with linens and kitchenware, add the utilities - and then raise the rent an extreme amount, emphasizing the "convenience" to the relo company. Same unfurnished apartment in the community would range from about $1800 - $3300, depending on 2 or 3 bedroom and size. This family probably had no choice in selection - the relo selected and passed cost to husband's employer.
I haven't worked with Lexicon before - or heard of them (but then there are MANY) - sounds like a bad one.
Another culprit here is the employer's employee whose job it was to select the relo company, who blew through the employer's money without giving decent service and benefits to the transferred employee. In a way, they also blew through that family's money.
You said it all , so true .. about the apartment furnished , and about we don't get the benefit that we were supposed to .. so true .
We were transferred more times than I care to count. My neighbor also had the transfer from Hell when their company sent them to another state. She had to jump through so many hoops for the relo company, she almost did not move. Then, when they got a buyer for their house, same deal. The seller and her real estate agent told me that the buyers were the most difficult the agent had ever encountered in 25 years of being a top agent.
Stuff happens.
Rent yourself a little house in Conroe, get the lay of the land, save your money and buy a house when you are more familiar with the area and the customs. Cuss the relo company and let it go.
You will get no sympathy from the Houston posters on C-D. They are kinda my town, love it or leave it. When you get your bearings, you will be just like us.
Living around the Galleria, and paying a king's ransom for the privilege would have made me stark raving nuts. Spec's would need to be delivering to me under my bed.
And yet, not everyone is fortunate to have a relocation package at all.
many people work for smaller employers, or civil servants, etc... No one pays their way. No one buys their old home & sets them up in a furnished apartment.
People move here with their own U-hauls into empty apartments and make do. It's how we came to Houston! Even in "white collar" employment, we were asked to arrange our own moving expenses, our own place to live, with our own research.
I am sorry your relocation company did not meet your expectations. Just remember that having any kind of relocation help was an added bonus.
Be thankful you have a relocation package and enjoy Houston at least you won't need a snowshovel here, hopefully you sold it before packing up. I would suggest you talk to the relocation department and also HR unless you were told of all this prior to moving which usually it is and it is usually all in writing given to the employee. Coming from the north you couldn't have found a more diverse area and before jumping into Conroe look around and talk with husband's work and see where most of them live. Talk to realtors and I understand the need to vent but the sympathy is not coming from here because with so many people out of work in the north and trying to make a go of it I cannot sympathize on the relocation package issues.
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