Starlight Apartments

My partner and I were some of the first residents at this newly renovated apartment complex in First Hill. While our neighbors were awesome, this was one of the worst apartment experiences I’ve ever had.
1) Mold. Our apartment was full of mold. When the owners redid the building, they didn’t put any drywall or insulation. Our walls were just painted cinder blocks, so when it rained, or we cooked any hot food, or took a shower, the moisture just pooled on the walls. We told our landlord and he suggested getting dehumidifiers. We bought two of them. Then we took everything out of the back of our closet. Then, about once or twice a week, we started moving all our clothes and shoes into a pile in the center of the apartment and wiped down the closet and walls with bleach. We still had mold. Tons of mold. So much that we lost several coats, shoes, backpacks, pants, and two suitcases. Management did nothing to help.
2) The management. Aside from the mold, the heater (the only heating source for the main living space) didn’t work, and our floors had all warped due to the moisture/​mold. We told management via email and phone and they promised to fix those things and never did. We tried calling about our heating bill and they never got back to us. We tried contacting them about packages that were arriving and they never got back to us. Extremely poor management.
3) Moving out. When I found out my job was transferring me to Chicago, I told management right away. They said there was no problem and they would be in touch about move-​out. We never heard from them. My partner and I found a subletter. We cleaned the apartment. We sent our forwarding address. We completed a move-​out form. We let them know where we were leaving our keys. We followed up several days AFTER we moved out, so that we could get our security deposit back. The management said they would deduct the few days of rent for that month, would pay out all our utilities, and then send us the rest. When we received our deposit, it was short about $ 200. We called and emailed several times before someone got back to us. They said that money came from paying all our utilities, including our remaining electric bill and gas bill. We moved out at the beginning of January. A few days ago (the end of March), we received forwarded electric and gas bills from the apartment. Not only were they never paid, but the apartment kept those $ 200 and because we hadn’t paid the bills on time, we had late fees. We had to pay for those bills today and the management won’t return our phone calls or emails about it.
I cannot stress this enough — do not live in this apartment complex. It may be conveniently located, but that is the last positive aspect. My partner and I fear the management may be running some sort of scam with their security deposits as well. Take your money elsewhere.