Stay Out of Wisconsin
Door & Windows
- DOOR
- A plastic panel fell off the bottom of the door leaving a 1/2" gap between door & floor allowing access to vermin, insects, & rain.
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Initial Email re Move-In Conditions
5/10 My email with photo
of plate that fell off bottom of the door leaving a 1/2" gap between door & floor.
"The back door lock jams/sticks and the metal frame on the bottom of the door fell off after it caught the edge of the torn linoleum leaving a gap between door and floor."
5/11 I handed the plate to Nick when he & Joey showed up unannounced that morning. He handed it back to me and said, "The door will have to be replaced." I still have the plate.
2 Months after move-in 4/27:
6/30:
My email
to Nick: (annotations & highlighting added)
"The repair of the torn linoleum prior to repairing/replacing the back door had the predictable result. After being rained on through the space between door and floor, the old linoleum is peeling back and will need repair again after the door is replaced/repaired. Re the back door
sticking/jamming: this situation has, not surprisingly, deteriorated and now the doorknob has to be turned back and forth very quickly several times (resulting in a swollen wrist) though it usually also requires a shoulder slam into the door to get it to release and open."
"The tub and door should have been looked at but hasn't (sic) yet due to some communication errors but will be shortly now that it has been added to the radar again." He claimed he'd establish a schedule to address "everything" on 7/03. Was neither the door nor the tub on the schedule for the 7/16 appointment?Did he forget that he said the door had to be replaced on 5/11 or is he lying?
Note: The tub's water pressure was never looked at. Allegedly, the purpose for replacing the unit's water pipes was the water pressure.
Joey was "looking at doors" 5/26, 8/22 or 23, & 9/11.On 9/12, Joey wrote they had back-ordered the door - 4 months since 5/11; 5 months minimum to possible replacement.
7/16: Joey & Delbert arrived a few minutes late for 10:30 appointment.
I told them it rains in a lot through the gap between door & floor demolishing their "repair" of flooring mid-June;
rain 17ft to end of counter (photo below).
Delbert (vehicle mechanic) looked at the 'repair' and said he "thought that would probably happen." (excerpt
from my 9/03 letter)
When I opened the door to demonstrate that it really really
does not work - when I turned to place my shoulder against
the door to slam it open, Delbert was smiling & chuckling at the process.
8/05: I found a recommendation on the Tenant Resource Center website. Accordingly, I left a written request for the expected completion date
of repairs
in the mail slot where rent checks are deposited. The gray building on the left from front of my unit. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
A few days later, trying to open the door, I heard a rattle & a clack. After that the key could not be inserted into the lock.
No Response from Five Skies (excerpt letter of 9/03) by email, text, call, voicemail, visit.
Joey's voicemail of 9/12:
Door is back-ordered: I should wait a couple more weeks. Then I should wait for installation of course.
704.07(4) Untenantability (underline added)
....the landlord proceeds promptly to repair or rebuild or eliminate the health hazard or the substantial violation of sub. (2)
704.07(2) Duty of landlord.
704.07(2)(a)1. Keep in a reasonable state of repair portions of the premises over which the landlord maintains control.
704.07(2)(1)3. Make all necessary structural repairs
There is no mention of carpet in my initial email of 5/10 regarding move-in condition of unit. Carpet is not mentioned in any email & was never a topic of conversation or text.
I learned that the green bedroom carpet bloodstains were the result of a suicide approx 2008. Never mentioned in my repair list - I covered the stains with area rugs.
Windows
My email of 5/10
describes the windows - broken, don't open and/or don't close, off track, filthy along with nine (9) pages of photos.
My email of 5/20
provides a list including the windows.
On 6/30 (excerpt), I sent another email re no repairs done & the temperature was 90° in the unit with photo on right of thermostat. (No A/C in unit.)
Obviously, 90° is plenty hot with no possible air circulation from non-functional windows for what used to be a relatively healthy old lady.
For some (sick, infant, disabled)....this could be a dangerous situation.
Five Skies took it so seriously that they showed up 16 days later
to drill one window open. This picture is the window they drilled open - then it couldn't be closed.
NONE of the other windows (below) were repaired to functional.
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