07-02-2008, 05:32 PM
I'm too nauseous at the moment due to being pregnant so I haven't been writing much. The short version is that the house we negotiated to rent was nothing like the photos. The photos, it turns out, were taken 10 years ago and presented as current.
The would-be landlady turned out to be insane, which didn't help matters at all. The house has moldy walls with termite nests on them. There were bags of trash all over the yard. The yard itself was no longer landscaped, the jungle was taking it back. There was a work area in the back that was full of rotting rusting junk. The stench was ungodly. The landlady had the audacity to say there was nothing wrong with her house. I didn't want her mad at me because she's just too weird.
We had things shipped to her house when we left LA. I'm pretty sure I'll take a loss on those boxes. I would pay to get her out of my life anyway, she's just too crazy.
When I came over we called her telling her we were in the taxi on the way to the house, that we'd be there in 5 minutes. She said she had to go and wouldn't be there. I talked to the neighbour. The really nice old man said that house was once a drug house and was never taken care of. He said the lady was incapable of holding a job so she ended up working in Kona while living in Nanawale. Her daughter is in jail and has drug issues which, I think, she probably has too.
Good thing we had not signed anything legally binding before leaving LA.
Just now she sent my husband this email:
I wish we had taken photos of the house and compared them to what was on her website. She wanted $950 for a house that was half eaten by termites, the walls were mildewy and moldy and full of termite/ant nestings, the yard looking like the garbage compactor in the Death Star...
I seriously doubt whoever rented the place, IF her email is true, saw it before signing. I tried to be open minded but I almost started crying when the cab left. I told DH I didn't want to end our hawaiian dream as a nightmare and had him call the cab back. He had to run to the end of the street to call since there was NO phone reception at the house.
NEVER sign anything site unseen...I'm glad we didn't.
--maggie
The would-be landlady turned out to be insane, which didn't help matters at all. The house has moldy walls with termite nests on them. There were bags of trash all over the yard. The yard itself was no longer landscaped, the jungle was taking it back. There was a work area in the back that was full of rotting rusting junk. The stench was ungodly. The landlady had the audacity to say there was nothing wrong with her house. I didn't want her mad at me because she's just too weird.
We had things shipped to her house when we left LA. I'm pretty sure I'll take a loss on those boxes. I would pay to get her out of my life anyway, she's just too crazy.
When I came over we called her telling her we were in the taxi on the way to the house, that we'd be there in 5 minutes. She said she had to go and wouldn't be there. I talked to the neighbour. The really nice old man said that house was once a drug house and was never taken care of. He said the lady was incapable of holding a job so she ended up working in Kona while living in Nanawale. Her daughter is in jail and has drug issues which, I think, she probably has too.
Good thing we had not signed anything legally binding before leaving LA.
Just now she sent my husband this email:
quote:
Sorry you were disappointed in the house; I was disappointed you didn't honor our agreement. I reviewed all our correspondence and phone conversations and can't find any reasonable excuse for you to have had such outlandish expectations.
It seems you must have already had another rental lined up and made your choice when you arrived. If that's not the case and you honestly believe that the house is not exactly as you understood it to be, I think you'll find nothing but disappointment in Hawai'i.
The house is already rented to the next applicants, so don't worry about any legal action or collection process. There are no damages worth pursuing since your bad faith and character only wasted a day of my time.
I wish we had taken photos of the house and compared them to what was on her website. She wanted $950 for a house that was half eaten by termites, the walls were mildewy and moldy and full of termite/ant nestings, the yard looking like the garbage compactor in the Death Star...
I seriously doubt whoever rented the place, IF her email is true, saw it before signing. I tried to be open minded but I almost started crying when the cab left. I told DH I didn't want to end our hawaiian dream as a nightmare and had him call the cab back. He had to run to the end of the street to call since there was NO phone reception at the house.
NEVER sign anything site unseen...I'm glad we didn't.
--maggie
