Review of Steve Stahlman – East Maxwell St, 40515
“We moved into 463 Maxwell Street KNOWING that we should have gotten a lease BECAUSE of things like this, but we were 19 and anxious to move close to UK… something everyone who moves in to places like that are thinking… and BOY did we learn our lesson. Y’ALL GET A FORMAL LEASE!!! Because of this you might or might not want to post my review, but I know he has rented to others when we moved out. Same deal, no lease. Our landlord was furloughed at one point and lived in the attic while we were there. When our roommate got fleas, the entire house had to be bug bombed multiple times, a cost we paid for. In the process of washing everything we owned, the dryer (from the late 60s) gave out and our landlord told us to hang the clothes on the line out back…. as if the fleas weren’t also outside… on east maxwell… with an unfenced backyard… Then in the winter, one of the pipes must have burst under the house in the crawl space with a dirt floor. Because none of the stuff down there was ours, and that there wasn’t an easy way to get down there, we didn’t notice anything happened until Summer when the house started smelling foul. Our landlord asked us to fix it ourselves… the basement was full of mold and water and likely sewage. The toilet on multiple occasions would break, and the first time we noticed, it was being held together by A TACK and AN ERASER to make it plunge… a $20 kit from walmart fixed it, something we also paid for. The rest of the toilet was leaking water into the grout in the bathroom (I think this is the pipe that burst (GROSS)). The stove (probably from the 1900’s) leaks Carbon Monoxide into the house, something my room mate’s mom tested for. I hope he replaced that thing. Lastly, and the part that salted the wound, is that while we gave (27 days so I get that it was under a month) notice, and after our landlord came back to the house, AFTER someone had already moved in (so there was no formal look through) he accused us of stealing forks and cups and a bookshelf? (none of which we did.) He threatened to sue us in small claims court, but as he had no lease and we DIDN’T, I think he realized there was not a case. I love this site, and BEWARE OF PEOPLE WHO RENT WITHOUT LEASES.”
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| Question/statement: | Answer: |
|---|---|
| 1. What type of housing? | Residential |
| 2. How long have you rented here? | 1 yr |
| 3. Are you still renting here? | No |
| 4. What is your monthly rent? | $500-600 |
| 5. My rental space was in good condition when I moved in. | 2 – disagree |
| 6. I have not had issues with pests. | 1 – strongly disagree |
| 7. Maintenance issues are dealt with in a timely manner. | 1 – strongly disagree |
| 8. My landlord is pleasant and respectful. | 2 – disagree |
| 9. My landlord responds to messages within… | 24 hours |
| 10 Has your landlord ever entered your living space with less than 24 hours notice? | Yes |
| 11. Has your landlord ever entered your living space unannounced? | No |
| 12. Have you ever felt unsafe in your living space because of your landlord? | No |
| 13. My landlord explained important lease items to me. | 3 – neutral |
| 14. Has your landlord ever broken any lease agreements? | No |
| 15. How much of your security deposit did your landlord return? | 0% |
| 16. My landlord kept a portion of my security deposit, but they were justified. | 1 – strongly disagree |
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