Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Deadbeat David and Stephanie Jackson

If you rent from these people, do not expect the house you rent to be fixed, nor should you expect your deposit back!

They have cheated us out of almost $6000.

We rented property from David and Stephanie Jackson at Wald Str 21, Katzenbach, 66882 (Germany) from 1 April 2009 to 31 December 2011. During this time Mr. and Mrs. Jackson resided in the United States.

During our time at Wald Str, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson arranged for one home visit, but did not come at all.

Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have been notified about numerous problems with the property, including but not limited to: the driveway wall collapsing, the steam shower not working, and problems with the large whirlpool tub. It has been our experience that Mr. and Mrs. Jackson do not respond promptly to tenant communications, usually citing time or email problems. When problems arise, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson will usually either try to get the tenant to arrange for repair, or promise repair but never follow up with said repair. Getting the tenant to arrange for repair is not the actions of a responsible landlord, as the tenant should not have the burden of making these arrangements; this is solely a responsibility of the landlord, the one who owns the property and gets the benefits of ownership.

After terminating our contract, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have attempted to make us responsible for numerous “missing” items they claim are absent, such as sandstone rocks and phones. When we moved into the property, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson did not provide us with an inventory sheet on any accountable items, nor are any items listed on the rental contract. If Mr. and Mrs. Jackson wish for tenants to be responsible for non-household items, they need to provide a list of said items at the time of move-in. Mr. Jackson was informed of the location of the stones he claims are missingand provided a picture of said stones, but still hold us responsible for them.

Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, as stated above, have made numerous promises to fix problems with their property, but have not followed through with their promises. They are currently attempting to hold us responsible for their failure. As a property holder, it is their duty to repair their property promptly and efficiently, something that they have neglected to carry out time and again. Any future tenant needs to be aware that they need to document efforts to get Mr. and Mrs. Jackson to fulfill their responsibility as landlords, in order to get property problems fixed and to protect themselves. We are currently seeking legal recourse in order to protect ourselves.

Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, as landlords, do not comply with German (Host nation) law. Specifically they are holding us responsible for decorative repairs to the wallpaper and rugs. In accordance with German law (§ 28 para. 4 II BV) landlords are required to perform these decorative repairs every 3 years for kitchens and bathroom and every 5-7 years for other rooms. When we moved in, the rugs and wallpaper were old and this was annotated on our check in inspection. Now that we have left, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are holding us responsible for making these repairs, even though this is their responsibility by law.

Overall our time at this residence and our experience with Mr. and Mrs. Jackson has been an unpleasant time. Dealing with and communicating with Mr. and Mrs. Jackson is poor at best and at times their communication with us has been rude and insulting. Now that we have terminated our contract, we have found them to be very unscrupulous and are trying to take advantage of their position as landlords. I would advise any future tenant to learn their rights immediately by contacting the base legal office or a host nation attorney.

Friday, January 06, 2012

Jennifer Puleo

BEWARE!!! JENNIFER PULEO & JOSEPH BARCLAY will seem like very nice people when they come to rent your apartment. But within months they will stop paying rent, avoid you, and will try anything not to get evicted. They will even call the utility companies and fire department. After you get them evicted, they either take off (if your lucky) or destroy your property. You should NOT trust them!!!! You can go to the civil court house and see all the petitions against them, its free information.

Teri Shaw

Do not rent out a room to Teri Shaw.  Her married name is Shaw and not aware of her maiden name.  She constantly needed to be reminded to pay her rent, never cleaned up after herself, and had no respect for her neighbors.  She was also a heavy drinker and would leave a very nasty mess in the bathroom.  She is about 5’7”, weighs roughly 150, is about 42 years of age, and as of December 2011 drives a silver Dodge Dakota.  She was recently renting from me in Glendora, CA. 

Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Mr. Jim Barela

He moved in as a room mate and although he paid his rent on time, this near retirement age gentlemen illustrated violent attacks on his female companion who would visit, and would lie.  he’d call all hours of the with created stories on another room mate, it became too much to bear. He would present happy and cheerful to being honery and creating stories of others. He phoned me while in the hospital for a surgical brain procedure reporting that there gang members in my home smoking and selling drugs. He’ harass each roommate in the house including our neighbors. I asked him to move which he finally has however not before the destruction of the bedroom and private bath and has not returned my keys. Hes now calling me to continue telling horrific stories of each roommate of the house. Isnt this harassment?

All I want is a piece of mind

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Petros Investments LLC are scammers, liars, and an all around bad property management company

harass tennants,accuse tennants of crimes that were never committed in order to obtain an illegal eviction. they lie in court when evicting a tennant to secure an eviction that would otherwise be thrown out.

Petros Investments LLC are the worst property managers I’ve ever had the misfortune of dealing with. they have been harassing me and my husband since october 2011. october they tell us to move by november 1st then change their minds then november 30th they tell us to move by december 30th so we don’t pay rent because lets face it we are not going to pay rent if we have to move. so december 5th PRIOR to rent being considered late they give us a 3 day notice. that makes me even more sure of my decision not to pay rent. they proceed to file an eviction with the court and we had them over a barrel. we would have won that eviction if they hadn’t lied. they claimed there was criminal activity going on and accused me of prostitution. there was no criminal activity, I am not a prostitute and they know it. they only said it to secure an eviction that they surely would have lost. we would have still had to move because on a month to month lease they can ask us to move with 30 days notice and we have to go. but they should have lost the eviction. they are liars, they are predatory landlords, they need to go out of business. we had a paper trail a mile long on them and the judge was on our side until they pulled that false accusation of prostitution out of the air and the judge who is just as retarded as petros investments LLC went for it.