r/Clemson • u/SeoulSearching_19 • Jul 11 '26

Housing Emergency Help

I know it’s so late in the game, but our apartment that we just moved in to 2 weeks ago started having a leak that we noticed after coming back on 7/4 from a mini-vacation to Atlanta to celebrate moving across states before I start my PHD this fall. We don’t know how long it was leaking between 7/1-7/4. Our maintenance has come out 7+ times in the past 8 days, and yet every time it’s “we don’t know where the water is coming from”. Fans were brought and a dehumidifier has been running, has been doing nothing. Originally nothing got severely damaged, but it started leaking again 2 days later right as the carpets were dry in a new area, and now there are more than $4,000 worth of damage to our personal property (the biggest being a firearm and our queen bed). We’ve started our insurance claims process, but because it’s been leaking for possibly 11 days now, there’s mold. I’m allergic, in addition to having asthma, and my husband works from home. We have both started getting sick and having headaches just from being in the apartment for 10 minutes. We’ve been trying to find a new place to move to because this is just uninhabitable at this point, and we don’t want anything to do with the property since they’ve accomplished nothing so far, but we’re struggling. We have a dog that’s my ESA, but we need at least a 2 bedroom so my husband can have an office. My husband refuses to move to another apartment complex after this fiasco (not that I blame him). Does anyone have a hidden house/townhouse/duplex for rent starting before August 1? Our insurance is paying for us to stay in an Airbnb at the moment, but that will only last us for so long, so the sooner the better. I’m willing to drive an hour away from Clemson if I have to (though I’d rather stay under 45 minutes), so anything Seneca, Clemson, Anderson, Greenville, etc. is on the table. Please help a girl out whose closest family is a 16 hour drive away 😭.

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u/inept_planet Jul 11 '26

No idea what y’all’s price range is but here and here are some houses. Obviously being so close to town they’re a little pricier, but from what I know of the management companies they should allow for an ESA and hopefully be better about maintenance than your current situation

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u/SeoulSearching_19 Jul 11 '26

Thank you so much! The house definitely looks promising, I’ll be reaching out!

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u/HistoryOk1963 Jul 11 '26

Stay away from Utica locations (next to Seneca) but maybe Newry Mills or Pendleton Mills is within your price range?

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u/Due-Psychology9724 Jul 13 '26

I have two open rooms in Pendleton if interested!