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Budget Inn On 40th And Columbus

4011 E Columbus Dr, Tampa, Florida 33605 USA

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December 11, 2018
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This place is a SHITHOLE! They're advertising on Craigslist as efficiency apartments, without mentioning that they're the Budget Inn. So I'm pressed for time because I have to get to Work- by bus- on the south end of the county, and I get there, and the office is loaded with stuff to renovate. The rooms are advertised for $250 a week. Before I head that way she says she has 3 rooms. I get there and ask can I see a room she says sure. I ask for one down stairs and I'm told the only one downstairs required a $50 deposit because there's a flatscreen in the room. I state that I have my own TV I can bring she says doesn't matter they won't take it out. So shegives me the key to room 232. I go up and look and when I get to the door, the metal guard around the lock is flopping around, hanging on by one screw. People are hanging out in the starwells. The room is big but there is no dresser, only a full size bed with fitted and top sheet and one pillow- no banket. There's a small shelf you can hang clothes from and long desk across the wll opposite the bed. I was told on the phone there was a full size refrigerator but it was a mini fridge with so much ice in the freezer area you couldn't even fit a popsicle in it. The box spring had black stains all over it, and no bedskirt even. There's a microwave that's rusting out on the inside, and the tub has water backed up in the drain. I go back down and tell her what I find and the maintenance guy said don't put her inthat room. She insists it's the only one available. So he goes up and pours acid in the tub drain and tell me don't run any water for at least an hour or acid will splash on me and eat me up. She says the freezer can be defrosted. I ask for a blanket she said they don't put blankets on the bed. I said is there heat and she says yes. I reluctantly pay for the room then get the paper I ha e to sign saying no refund is no room changes and no visitors. If you're caught with visitor it's immediate eviction! I leave for work and leave the key with her for my fiance. She says the office hours are 9-2 and 5-6pm so if he's not there between 5 and 6 he can't get the key. It's a hotel. People rent hotel rooms 24/7 but ok. I left my key because they charge $10 for a second key and they charge you $10 if you accidentally lock your key in your room! Turns out the heat doesn't work in that room. There are also roaches, which I didn't see cuz I was only there briefly before heading to work. Also my fiance went to put a soda in the fridge and the door fell off! The TV is older than me and the cable has been sit so many ways you can't see anything but fuzzy snow on the screen. There's no remote and you push channel up and it rotates you through the same 3 channels. I text her about all the issues and she says the office closed at 6 they'll check it out tomorrow. Now mind you when I spoke to her about the rooms initially it was about 1130 at night and she texted back and forth with me about it for half an hour. The pics in their ad do not look like they're from the same hotel. There's no way they are. And their ad says someone is available 24/7 to show rooms. Oh, our room overlooks the pool, which is empty except for maybe 2 foot of black water. Totally totally rancid and disgusting place

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Budget Inn On 40th And Columbus

4011 E Columbus Dr
Tampa, Florida
33605 USA
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