Slumlords

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The following slides show pictures of a situation
that my landlord (Slumlord) created in order to
get us to move out of our apartment after living
there for over 35 years. He was only supposed to
replace a bathtub that had been leaking for some
time. We lived in perfect harmony for about 24
years with my wonderful old landlady until the
slumlord bought the property. The bathtub
replacement proved to be a living nightmare.
Every piece of furniture was covered with a deep
layer of dust. Most of our clothing in the
closets were in the same condition and some
articles of clothing were ruined. There was
absolutely no dust control and zero respect for
good tenants. My wife found it almost impossible
to breathe. At one point I was very close to
taking her to Emergency Hospital, But with the
aid of safety masks we managed to survive. At one
point a large mirror in the second bathroom fell
on me. Thank God that I saw it coming off the
wall and caught it with both hands before it hit
me on my head. The mirror had been come loose
from the wall due to heavy hammering on the wall
behind it. Once again, no safety precautions had
been made. The whole apartment was a complete
disaster and we are absolutely certain that all
of this awful mess was to force us out and move a
relative or friend in at an increased rent. We
had endured eight years or slightly more of pure
hell under this slumlord. At great expense to my
family plus the awful stress we decided to just
pack up and leave. I might add that at the time I
was 74 years old and this was not a time to be
homeless. After 17 days in motels we finally
found a new place to live. We shall never forget
the most awful and disgusting experience, that we
certainly did not deserve. The suffering under
this slumlord was indescribable. Slide 4 and some
of the slides after it will show the conditions
of this apartment. Under the ownership of the old
landlady, repairs had always been completed and
the whole complex was neat and tidy. Also I had
only one rent increase in 24 years. We really had
been wonderful tenants.
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Please view the following slides and observe the
condition of what was once a very nice apartment
unit and also a nice place to live. We do have
photos of the apartment when it was in very good
condition, but they will not be shown here since
my purpose is to show what can happen to a place
when a Slumlord takes over. If you are planning
to rent, please do your homework. Check out the
owner of the property and make certain that you
visit websites that are most informative
concerning tenants rights. There is tons of
information out there, that of course lists
Landlords rights. Remember that there are also
Tenants from (Hell). Never allow yourself to
suffer like we did. As far as government
assisting you, do not rely on this. You may be
lucky but we were not. Even at my age of 74 we
failed to get any help whatsoever. If this does
happen to you we hope that you will have better
results in obtaining assistance, but beware, most
of the time you will be on your own. The best way
to prevent suffering under the hands and feet of
a slumlord, (Yes they step on you and kick you
when you are down) is to become educated and if
you should be unfortunate to be placed in a
difficult and miserable situation such as the one
that we were subjected to, then fight back with
all of your might and resources that you have
learned by doing your homework. Please view all
of the following slides and we are sure that like
ourselves you will be disgusted, but the positive
side of this is like the old saying or expression
To be forewarned is to be forearmed. Please
remember the purpose of this slide show is not to
put down good landlords but to expose bad ones.
If you are ready to rent, good
luck to you and good hunting
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The picture above is an example of the condition
that the remodel person left the bathroom in,
plus almost all other locations in the apartment.
It will give you some idea of how unskilled
workers operate and the disgusting condition that
they leave most if not all of the areas in which
they work.
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The above is how the kitchen ceiling looked after
about two years when the slumlord took over the
property. Most of the ceilings in the apartment
were similar with at least eleven roof leaks. The
slumlords idea of how to fix leaks was to climb
in to the attic on a damaged ladder and slide a
piece of sheet metal between the shingles from
the underside and where light could be detected.
Naturally this quick fix only lasted for a while
until the water found its new path of destruction
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Bathroom floor, rotted, mildewed and unfit for
habitation. Thanks to our slumlord. The linoleum
was rolled back and left as is before we vacated
the apartment. If this picture reflects something
that your rented apartment or house looks like,
take lots of photographs before you move out.
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The rear yard of the apartments. Before the
slumlord took over the property, we had a nice
outdoor BBQ area with chairs and a large
umbrella. This was a great area to have visitors
from out of town. Just take a look at the dump
they converted a nice place in to. Makes you sick
does it not? Once again, remember to take lots of
photos before you move out.
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The stairway to the stars. Well not really. It
was the unsafe stairway to our badly neglected
apartment. Some of the problems were mold, most
likely toxic mold throughout the unit, plus
closet doors that came off the runners and fell
down on the bedroom floor. One door actually hit
me in the head. The lack of repairs and the
disgraceful condition of the apartment cannot be
described or viewed by just a few slides.
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• This area is typical of the type of side or rear
  yard that a slumlord would have for his tenants.
  This area before was clean and neat plus the
  concrete section was a nice picnic/BBQ area with
  tables and chairs. That was before the slumlord
  took over the property. Take a good look at this
  junk and filth

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• Bathroom remodel, with slumlord planning to force
  us out from our home of 35 years. This all
  started as a simple bathtub replacement. The
  slumlord lied to us. There was no dust control
  what so ever. Our clothing and some furniture was
  ruined. My wife came very close to being taken to
  an emergency hospital. If not for the breathing
  masks, it would have happened. Do not ever place
  yourself in this position. Do not trust a
  slumlord.

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• Above is a view of one ceiling area. We had
  eleven roof leaks total. We had asked the
  slumlord many time to fix the leaks but to no
  avail. The view above is a representation of how
  some of the ceilings looked when we moved out.
  Please continue to view the next sets of slides
  in order to get a complete picture of the
  disgusting manner in which a slumlord may treat
  you. Thank you for watching.

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• Bathroom remodel continued. The person who worked
  on the bathroom remodel even got very angry when
  things were not going right. He rushed through
  our living room lots of time whist trailing dust
  and dirt all over the place. He also shouted and
  banged around in the bathroom. It was most
  disturbing to my family. He did apologize later,
  but it was too late. I had banned them from
  entering my home forever. Later we moved out.

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• Once again the debris was just dumped out of the
  bathroom window. Almost certainly after the
  rubbish had piled high, it would be just pushed
  to one side and left there for years to come.
  Remember! I must keep reminding you to take lots
  of pictures and keep up your diary each day.
• This record will hold up for you in a court of
  law.

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• The bathtub shown here was the old one. The patch
  job around the water release handle was a very
  poor attempt much earlier on to fix a leaking
  rusting tub. The replacement gave the slumlord a
  good opportunity to force us out and replace us
  with a family member or friend at a much higher
  rent, even though we were paying 1,000 plus per
  month and always on time.

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• This view is over the food preparation area and
  next to the dining room section. It is not too
  nice to have plaster, old paint and lime plus
  mold falling in to your food. If this looks like
  your ceiling, contact the Health Department, Code
  Enforcement of your city and the Department of
  Building Safety

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• More great views for you to look at. Top left is
  a photo of Northeast bathroom. Top right is the
  old tub
• left just where it lays. Bottom left shows mold
  under carpets. Bottom right shows one of the
  ceiling leaks.

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• Another view of the side yard and to the right
  shows the condition of the roof. The roof was
  shake shingle 35 years old with rotting and loose
  shingles. Lots of light could be observed from
  the attic and of course lots of rain came in. The
  slumlord had eight years to fix this but did
  nothing.

Another view of the side yard. The photo on the
right shows the disgusting state of the roof. It
was shake shingle and 35 years old with rotting
and loose shingles. From the attic lots of light
showing through. The slumlord had 8 years to fix
this but did nothing. Check for these plus all
other conditions before you move in.
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• Another view of the slide yard. To the right a
  view of the unsafe crumbling stairs leading down
  from the apartment unit. We hope that you have
  enjoyed this presentation that exposes one of
  many slumlords. Remember these awful sub humans
  can inflict serious illness or even cause the
  death of you. Many of them really are criminals.
  Do your homework and fight back.
• Contact palatiw_2009_at_yahoo.com