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themaskedmedea in fsu_noles

Don't rent from K&L Properties (landlord John Klein)

Mar 17, 2006 08:35

In case any of you were pondering moving into 610 West Call Street or any other properties owned by K&L (John Klein is the landlord), (on Call Street, across from the College of Music and next to the Fine Arts Annex), I highly suggest you don't. I'm a super clean person. Since August, I've experienced a constant roach problem, a sewage leak in my ( Read more... )

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debaser203 March 17 2006, 18:22:40 UTC

Withhold all future rent payments until the probles are fixed. Not only is he not providing his services as landlord as required by law, but the place sounds unfit to live in. Do what the above said and talk with the FSU legal dept.

Some information from the book Renter's Rights:

"Residential rental units should be habitable and in compliance with housing and health codes-meaning they should be structurally safe, sanitary, weatherproofed, and include adequate water, electricity, and heat. "

"A landlord should make necessary repairs and perform maintenance tasks in a timely fashion, or include a provision in the lease stating that tenants can order repairs and deduct the cost from rent. "

"Landlords are legally prohibited from evicting tenants as retaliation for action a tenant takes related to a perceived landlord violation. "

sometimessuper March 17 2006, 22:32:23 UTC

uhm thanks sabs, way to make sure i don't get a sublease!

PS. I'd like to point out I live on the SECOND FLOOR of A DIFFERENT house (the back house really isn't the House of Kaos) and have had NONE of those problems. (well except for the very very occasional roach, which i think happens EVERYWHERE)

themaskedmedea March 17 2006, 22:45:45 UTC

Jessica, I'm sorry if I prevent you from getting a sublease but as far as I can tell, the shitty management extends to all the properties and even though I don't want you to suffer by not getting a sublease, I also don't want anyone else to suffer having to deal with the fucking asshole landlord. So, sorry if it prevents you from getting a sublease, but I still firmly believe that John Klein deserves to have his buildings condemned and that no one should rent from him. Besides, if I nab him the various building code technicalites I plan on getting out of this lease on, you will have the same options available to you and won't even have to worry about getting a sublease.

sometimessuper March 18 2006, 16:17:31 UTC

We don't WANT to get out of our lease. We LOVE living here. John Klein has nothing to do with our apartments and the maintenance man fixes our few and far between problems, slowly, but he does it.

If you have his building condemned, I love you, but you are being a bitch because you will make it so that all of us who love living here and were planning on renewing our leases will have to go find a new place to live. And that would suck.

sometimessuper March 18 2006, 16:18:22 UTC

PS. Do whatever you want to the blue house, just not mine!!! :(

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le_minx March 17 2006, 23:30:41 UTC

I live in the HOK and my apartment is awesome! I mean, I don't really deal with Big Gay Al, as I so lovingly refer to him as. But I love love love my house! I'm sorry you've had to deal with a shitty place because if I had something wrong with my place, I'm sure he'd ignore me in the same asshole way he does everyone else. He really is a dick. Luckily, the worst I've had is a leaky toilet.

Anyway, this is really just a disclaimer to the fact I don't live in a shithole! It is convenient and clean and fun and full of redheaded awesomeness. And I need another roommate for next summer/fall so... holla at a girl, ya'll.

themaskedmedea March 19 2006, 21:08:32 UTC

I guess the front building must be more wonderful than this one. Do you know if there are any 1 BRs in the front?

le_minx March 20 2006, 04:04:36 UTC

there's two two bedrooms and two three bedrooms

yeah, the back is kind of a sea shanty.

themaskedmedea March 21 2006, 04:25:22 UTC

Blah! I'd rather live in a sea shanty! PS, are you Carly? I've heard lots of good things about you. :)

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thinkoptimistic March 19 2006, 04:42:00 UTC

The HoK isn't as bad as the back apartments sound to me, but it's definitely not top-quality housing.

If I had to live here another year (no offense Carly, Jessica, etc.), I might kill myself.

And I'm sorry your apartment is as bad as it is. :(
I hate John Klein's management.

themaskedmedea March 19 2006, 21:07:59 UTC

Srsly. Hi, I'm Sabrina. I live in your apartment complex. :) I bet I've seen you around. I look like my icon onl 72% of the time, so you may not recognize me.

lovemedammit March 19 2006, 18:46:31 UTC

Someone mentioned to me that if you want to withhold rent payments without getting into any legal trouble yourself, you can pay them downtown to the County Civil Court, which holds the money until the dispute is solved.

I don't remember who told me that, so it may not be terribly reliable. Definitely worth looking into, though.

themaskedmedea March 19 2006, 21:06:58 UTC

Right. So from what I've discovered, it costs $80 to file a claim in County Court, and pay rent into escrow. The other way to do it is to "force an eviction" - send a letter by certified mail to the landlord 7 days before rent is due informing him you will withold payment until problems are solved, and when he files for an eviction, go to the court, pay into escrow. Apparently, your credit cannot be touched until the case goes to court. So, I think that's what I'm doing.