I had the severe displeasure of renting from North Steppe for one hellish year. I never received heat. If you are a tenant living in one of their apartments who has radiator heating, heed my words! North Steppe has absolutely no interest in turning on your heat! They will cut costs in any way possible regardless of how morally reprehensible. I ended up figuring out where the water heaters were in the basement of my apartment complex and turned them on myself. Of coarse, North Steppe persistently turned them back off, but at least I was able to get heat periodically, which is more than I can say for friends of mine who also rented from North Steppe. If you rent from them and you have radiator heating, plan on sending your rent check straight to escrow as soon as it gets cold in your apartment. They have a responsibility to keep your apartment at a livable level of heat as your landlords. Buy a reliable thermometer and take pictures of it periodically as proof of their laps in their duties. I started doing these things, but only when it got really cold. I wish I would have been more active before then. North Steppe is a terrible company that deserves the reputation it has.
Pros: Ha.
Cons: Complete disregard for human life.
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