Bennett Property Management Apartment contaminated with a potentially fatal Toxic Black Mold. RIPOFF Mesa Arizona
The woman in the unit next door to my apartment moved out. She said her apartment was contaminated with a Toxic Black Mold. Five months later the vacant unit was rented. New carpet was put it and a new coat of paint was put on the walls, covering all of the dark discloration.
While cleaning in the bedroom of my children, I noticed a dark spot on the wall below an electrical outlet, when I touched the discolored area-THE WALL FELL IN.
Upon retrieving the pieces out of the wall I noticed that the insulation, sheetrock and studs inside of the wall were all black. This was a Toxic Black Mold known as Staccy Botris.
This is a form of Black Mold that has killed people, caused countless serious health problems.
I immediately informed the landlord, Ginny Casselman of Frank Bennett Property Management Company, in writing. Ginny said that she was going to take care of it right away. She arranged for the general maintenance company they use to fix broken gates and repace door knobs to address the problem.
Meanwhile, I had to make arrangements to have all of our property moved out of the apartment and find somewhere for my family to live during this time.
The maintenance company did not show up to examine the extend of damage, not once but twice. They called me and told me that they were not qualified to address a problem of that nature.
Back to square one. Ginny Casselman was notified. It took her nearly a week to return the call to me. She said that she was trying to figure out who would handle a problem of this nature.
(which kinda of means that the unit next door was probably never properly addressed). But she had found someone.
Three weeks later the company that came out said that the apartment would have to be quarrentined, and extensive repairs would have to be made. Not to mention that the carpet and carpet padding would all have to be replaced. The ventilation systems would have to be checked for contamination as well. This is a process that would take probably 2-3 weeks after landlord approval. (My lease was expired in 6 days, and we had provided our Landlord with more than the required 30 day notice prior to the discoverly of the mold issue.)
Our deposit was supposed to be returned within 14 business days of the end of the lease or surrender of the property, which would have been June 11, 2004. As of July 6, 2004 I have contacted the landlord via certified mail (which included our return address on the letter and the certified mail confirmation number printed on the letter). I have called her office and left numerous messages, sent her emails and still have not gotten my deposit.
I have sent her notice of Damages in the amount od two months rent, notice that she failed to return my deposit in the time outlined by the AZ landlord and tenants act, and now she has to refund the deposit in the amount of two times the amount wrongfully withheld.
I am also confident that Ginny Casselman is going to make an attempt to charge me for not cleaning the carpets upon vacating the unit. Although the carpets all have to be replaced, not to mention that NO CARPET CLEANERS WOULD CLEAN THE CARPET, due to the fact the apartment is contaminated with toxic black mold which would contaminate the carpet cleaning equipment and begin speading this hazardous fungus into the homes of others.
Vanessa
Mesa, Arizona
U.S.A.
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Better Bass
Mesa,Arizona,
U.S.A.
If you haven't left already, just leave Mesa. It's a cesspool, anyway, and scum bag landlords run it.
#5Consumer Suggestion
Thu, May 21, 2009
I dealt with filth like this. Thing is, they OWN the courts in the East Valley.
You're lucky the city "experts" haven't told you black mold is good for you.
The lying degenerate LDS scum pretty much did that to me, and then
the liar and depraved cretin who owned the property evicted me, despite
the fact my rent was PAID and current, claiming I had "slandered him" by
having an attorney contact him and calling city inspectors.
The maggot city "inspectors", of course, won't come unless the lowlife,
exploitative, corrupt scum approve their "visit", and they only write down
what they're told to.
This is a scumbag town, and its "leadership" is criminal liars, especially
the City Manager, an office with a long and illustrious history of insanity
and injustice
Leave town. Bennett is a trash outfit, and you aren't the right religion.
You might contact some state or federal authorities, but no one in Mesa
would DARE challenge ANY landlord, let alone these particular slime.
Jim
Mesa,Arizona,
U.S.A.
Bennett has a long and disgusting history
#5Consumer Suggestion
Sun, September 18, 2005
Bennett is one of dozens of Mesa landlords/
management companies which regularly violates
both the spirit and the letter of all related
laws. You will get NO satisfaction by relying
on the buddy-buddy buttkissing Mesa
establishment. Lawyers in Mesa are illegally
involved in interlocking agreements whereby
they will not even ACCEPT damage suits from
tenants, under ANY conditions. And EPA...
forget it, this is a Republican town, and
EPA can't do diddly here, and wouldn't in
the Bush administration, anyway.
As long as judges like Eppich and Passey
are allowed to retain their jobs, it will
be this way.
Bennett denied me a rental because I had
been arrested. The charges, of course,
were not just exaggerated, they were
typical Mesa P.D./Maricopa County Prosecutor
lies, the ones they typically use to
disguise the fact that are afraid to
deal with meth manufacturers and that
they are the biggest professional,
full-time criminals in the entire area.
It went all the way to trial, though,
the slime would NOT back down; jury laughed
at them. Innocent until proven guilty?
Nah. Not in Mesa. You are guilty even
LONG AFTER you have proven yourself
innocent, and that the entire matter was
a perjury.
Ultimately, though, I was happy to be
refused. The place is a hotbed of
biker dust activity, and of course,
in this venues, goes unprosecuted and
uninvestigated. I didn't know this for
sure until almost a year later.
Gee! What a coincidence!
Jim
Mesa,Arizona,
U.S.A.
You are in Mesa. You have no rights. Local JP "judges" will lie, make up fake "principles", and cover for Bennett. In short, you are SCREWED.
#5Consumer Suggestion
Sun, August 14, 2005
Nobody will do ANYTHING for you in Mesa.
You would be better off in hell. Mesa is
"bogus city". Liars like Kerry Passey will
fabricate legal principles which do not exist
to defeat and assess you. And Bennett is an
L.D.S. owned and operated business, so you
have no hope at all.
Best solution: LEAVE. Mesa is a filthy
hole anyway, and the local
"authorities" are a collection of
n**i rats.
A judge here, by legend, is a "Mormon, who
has an attorney as a friend"...
In a normal society, most of Mesa's "gentry"
and almost all of its upper level
"civil servants", to include the parasites
at the City Manager's office, would be
incarcerated or locked up safely in a funny
farm. Won't happen here.
Eppich, Gaffney, Hutchinson, Lines,
Luster, Stapley--just note the names,
if you are not wealthy and not an
owner of a "temple recommend", the
moment some slimebucket or cop
(same thing, in Mesa) accuses you
of anything, you are DONE. Even worse
should you refer to an "outside agency"
like DEA or EPA with some real information.
Legend: Mesa is a peaceful, nice community.
Reality: Leave while you can.
S.n.
Bucyrus,Kansas,
U.S.A.
Contact the EPA
#5Consumer Suggestion
Tue, July 06, 2004
Contact your local EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). The EPA can be found at: http://www.epa.gov. You can most likely e-mail them and find out if there are any procedures that must be followed when toxic mold is found in any dwelling. An apartment building where many people could be exposed would be different than an individual dwelling. This may not be legally correct, but I would think the apartment management should have notified any and all adjoining apartments if toxic mold had been found.