Bad Landlord - Warning

[rumpleteasah.livejournal.com]

I want to pass this along to the Davis community. If you see an ad for an apartment at 243 Highland Ave, Do Not rent this apartment. The landlord, "Eric", is uncaring as to the state of the apartment, refuses to do more than the absolute minimum with repairs, and is dangerously, violently short-tempered.

Multiple windows are cracked or broken, the pipes in the basement are exposed to the elements(what fun in winter!), he doesn't have working carbon monoxide or smoke detectors, and the capper to this charming joint is the squirrels that routinely get into the kitchen, ensuring you can't keep anything but canned food(they'll gnaw the cans too).

Eric has been reported to the Board of Health and isn't allowed to rent until the 5 pages of violations are fixed, but given his disregard for the law, I'm sure a little thing like the law isn't going to stop him.

Comments

[lbmango.livejournal.com]

Seconded. the word "slumlord" may be legally actionable... Even if true, I'd edit that...

[rumpleteasah.livejournal.com]

edited

[jenej.livejournal.com]

Along those lines, I'd be careful about the description at the end of the last sentence in the first paragraph as well. That accusation could get you into some trouble.

Sorry to hear about the state of that apartment, and as a fellow renter in the Davis Sq area, thanks for the heads up!

[rumpleteasah.livejournal.com]

Actually, we've already been to court. And I remember you, heh. (We met all of once)

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Oh, wait, I've met you too. Small world!

[tamalinn.livejournal.com]

hey, i know you, too! it took me a sec, because i was like, "huh. this sounds like bluesauce's apartment."

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure who's in charge of tenant's rights with the state (probably some subdivision of the AG), but you should probably make sure they're informed about him as well.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting - I am looking for apartments right now, and I'll keep an eye out to avoid this one.

Odd, I cannot find any "Eric"

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

for 243 Highland Av at the Registry of Deeds site: http://www.masslandrecords.com/malr/

Re: Odd, I cannot find any "Eric"

[rumpleteasah.livejournal.com]

That site baffles me. Also, Eric is just what he tells people to call him.