Review: Landlords

2010-09-02T14:23:46Z

Leonard Loza (& Valerie Erwin, JD) 845 255 8090:

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	DO NOT RENT FROM VALERIE & LEONARD!!		DO NOT RENT FROM VALERIE & LEONARD!!
	I rented from them for two years. In our first house 8 North Oakwood Terrace, our cieling in the kitchen would leak through the light fixture (fire hazard) because the bathroom floor above it was rotted straight through. You could actually see the kitchen through the bathroom floor. Over christmas break they were supposed to fix it, a whole month they had! But when we returned from break, we found the project was just started. The toilet was removed along with the bathtub and put into another roommates room. This lasted for a little under 2 weeks!!! Whenever we needed to shower, or use the bathroom, we needed to walk across the street into one of their other houses and use theirs. My hair would freeze from the trip outside in the snow. According to one of the girls that lived with us, (she was a weirdo too) leonard was supposed to make her another key because she lost hers and was climbing through the livingroom window. When she called him, he told her to come over to his and valerie's apartment, there he offered her wine and proceeded to try and make out with her... buuuuttt this girl was a weirdo too.. but I wouldn't put it past him. I'm convinced their houses contain mold. some of the floors in the basement are dirt and flood on the regular.		I rented from them for two years. In our first house 8 North Oakwood Terrace, our cieling in the kitchen would leak through the light fixture (fire hazard) because the bathroom floor above it was rotted straight through. You could actually see the kitchen through the bathroom floor. Over christmas break they were supposed to fix it, a whole month they had! But when we returned from break, we found the project was just started. The toilet was removed along with the bathtub and put into another roommates room. This lasted for a little under 2 weeks!!! Whenever we needed to shower, or use the bathroom, we needed to walk across the street into one of their other houses and use theirs. My hair would freeze from the trip outside in the snow. According to one of the girls that lived with us, (she was a weirdo too) leonard was supposed to make her another key because she lost hers and was climbing through the livingroom window. When she called him, he told her to come over to his and valerie's apartment, there he offered her wine and proceeded to try and make out with her... buuuuttt this girl was a weirdo too.. but I wouldn't put it past him. I'm convinced their houses contain mold. some of the floors in the basement are dirt and flood on the regular.
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		+	I am a current tenant at 11 North Oakwood. I am a tolerant person, but I would rather live in a dirt hole than live in this house. Let me list the reasons why.
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		+	1. When being shown the house, Leonard sold me on the fact that his tenants were respectful and the house was very clean and was always kept this way. Upon arrival, I immediately saw that this was a complete lie. The socalled "cleaning schedule" that Leonard talked heavily about during my tour of the house did not even go up until over halfway throughout the semester. The schedule read that it started in February (which was already past the time it should have started) and was put up in late March. Despite what both Leonard and Valerie claim about a strict schedule, no one cleans (or if they do "clean", they barely do anything). The house is always beyond filthy. I have been operating in this house under ignorance because I do not even want to think about what it is that I am surrounded by. The first week, I went downstairs to the kitchen and my sock came clean off my foot because the floor was caked with unidentifiable crud. The house always smells awful, the dogs pee all over the floor and carpet and Valerie never cleans it up. The bathrooms-I don't even want to think about it. There is hair everywhere, mold, TONS of dust; everything is caked with a layer of disgusting stuff that I don't want to know is made of.
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		+	2. Valerie claims that the door is locked every night when it gets dark or at 8pm, yet every time I come in after dark, whether it be 8pm, midnight, or 4am, the door is completely unlocked. This makes me incredibly uncomfortable.
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		+	3. Leonard and Valerie make it seem as though they have a tight hold on what goes on in the house, but they are all talk and no action. I have respectfully complained about numerous things in the house and they completely ignore it. They say they will do something about it WHEN they respond. I often know Valerie is upstairs yet she won't answer the door because she is constantly sleeping.
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		+	4. I can hear Valerie and Leonard fighting ferociously at least once a week.
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		+	5. Food is often stolen in this house by tenants who are bulemic, heroin addicts, or just rude. While everyone knows it is them, Valerie and Leonard do nothing. Instead, they yell at everyone.
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		+	6. Leonard often gets angry and leaves notes that are insanely rude for his tenants. They include much cussing and name-calling. There was a note once like this left for something that was, for once, no one's fault.
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		+	7. I often go into the bathroom to find there is no toilet paper. They do not care about their tenants.
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		+	8. Rent is incredibly overpriced AND you have to pay for laundry.
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		+	9. The heat often doesn't work. In the wintertime, when it would be around 10 degrees, I would be sitting in my room trying to get warm under all the blankets I own, yet still be freezing. Each time, I politely let Valerie and Leonard know, and they did nothing about it. The few times it was "fixed", the heat shot through the roof and made it unbearable to be in the house.
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		+	10. They do not enforce any of their house rules.
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		+	11. Though I do not see much of Leonard, VALERIE IS UNBELIEVABLY INCONSIDERATE TO THE TENANTS. She recently got a new dog. She let's it pee everywhere. Though she seems to be somewhat obsessed with the dog, she often swears at it very, very loudly and kicks it with her feet. SHE LETS THE DOGS BARK NONSTOP. She has asked tenants before if they have heard the dogs barking at all during the day or night, and when given the reply that they had, COMPLETELY IGNORED THE ANSWER AND TOLD THEM THEY WERE WRONG AND/OR HEARING THINGS. Valerie walks the dogs at all hours of the night (through all-nighters AND NOT ALL-NIGHTERS I heard her walk the dog every hours from 11pm to 8am). She trains the dog and lets it bark next to tenants doors, giving no consideration for the fact that some people need to sleep and actually have work to do. The dogs loudly bump into doors, run around the house, pee on the carpet, and bark. All the while she is training the dog or swearing at it in a yelling-volume voice. If not this, THE DOG IS LEFT IN A CRATE BY ITSELF ALONE IN THE APARTMENT, BARKING NONSTOP FOR UP TO AN HOUR.
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		+	12. The internet is always going out and not being fixed.
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		+	13. LEONARD AND VALERIE GO INTO YOUR ROOM WHEN YOU ARE NOT THERE. I know this for a fact.

	The second house 18 North Oakwood Terrace we rented from them we didn't really have many problems except for the basement always being wet. there was 6-7 inches of water in it during serious rain storms. when we called him he said it would receed. and it did, but the damage was done. the things we stored in the basement were soaked. Perfect enviorment for mold. In fact, I'm convinced there was somthing in those houses that weakened my lungs so bad I would get Bronchitis 7-10 times per year when i lived under valerie and leonard... my lungs are still recovering but I don't get bronchitis ever, maybe twice--- its gotta be those houses.		The second house 18 North Oakwood Terrace we rented from them we didn't really have many problems except for the basement always being wet. there was 6-7 inches of water in it during serious rain storms. when we called him he said it would receed. and it did, but the damage was done. the things we stored in the basement were soaked. Perfect enviorment for mold. In fact, I'm convinced there was somthing in those houses that weakened my lungs so bad I would get Bronchitis 7-10 times per year when i lived under valerie and leonard... my lungs are still recovering but I don't get bronchitis ever, maybe twice--- its gotta be those houses.
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	Had a 2 friends rent from Leonard on North Oakwood. Upon leaving, he wouldn't return their deposit, stating that I also lived there. He saw my car parked there a few times a week when I visited them. At the same time he threatened to charge my boyfriend more money because i was occasionally spending the night there. So basically, he was accusing me of living with 2 of his tenants and threatening to get money for it. In all actuality i was living on north front street with another landlord, can't remember his name, but he owns the oil company we were contracted to buy oil from.		Had a 2 friends rent from Leonard on North Oakwood. Upon leaving, he wouldn't return their deposit, stating that I also lived there. He saw my car parked there a few times a week when I visited them. At the same time he threatened to charge my boyfriend more money because i was occasionally spending the night there. So basically, he was accusing me of living with 2 of his tenants and threatening to get money for it. In all actuality i was living on north front street with another landlord, can't remember his name, but he owns the oil company we were contracted to buy oil from.
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-	***I rented from Leonard & Valerie for three years and actually had a great experience. I was always able to get in touch with them, their house was very nice and the people they placed in the house with me were always nice as well. I felt that in comparison to quality and prices of other rentals in New Paltz their prices were reasonable as well. In addition, their system for utilities actually worked really well to ensure that we didn't have to constantly change names over on utilities bills. Valerie was my primary landlord and was excellent. We had a good relationship and if we ever needed to have something fixed or dealt with she responded in a timely fashion. I understand that people who have rented from these landlords have had negative experiences, but honestly I have to think that it must be because they acted in the fashion of an irresponsible 'college student.' It really is unfortunate that there has been such slander concerning these people as they are very nice if you just take care of your house, do what they ask you to do, and are able to enjoy a bit of eccentricity every now and then.

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