IDI Construction Company Inc.

Initial Business Response /* (1000, 5, 2015/08/13) */
Contact Name and Title: [redacted] Prop.Mgr.
Contact Phone: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Contact Email: [redacted]@gmail.com
We were hired by the Owner,[redacted], to collect the rent and basically collect information to assist in evicting the...

Resident, [redacted]. At no time were we instructed nor allowed to authorize any repairs to be done at the property. It is our understanding that any repairs and/or communication about such repairs were and are currently being handled between the Owner and the Resident.
When we were retained, the Owner indicated the Resident was taking undo advantage of the Owner as the Owner is too far away to monitor and verify the condition of the property. The Owner is located in [redacted].
The Owner originally contacted us in June 2010 for information as to how to market the property for rent. We gave him some ideas and who he could contact as he was thinking of allowing the home to be used a group home of some sort. The pictures we saw in June 2010 showed a modern home in beautiful condition. We did not physically view the property at that time.
I met with the Resident on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at the property and did a walk-thru of the property. It was not necessary to do an in-depth inspection of the property to see that the statements the Resident made in his compliant regarding the condition of the property to be true and correct.
Today, if we took the usual pictures of the property for marketing the property, it will still show a modern home in beautiful condition.
However, if a licensed home inspector did a thorough inspection of the house, a potential buyer would be frightened away by the number of code violations and unsafe installations in the property or would offer a far lower price to cover the cost to correct.
In its present condition we would have to decline marketing the property for rent. The Owner would be required to do a number of corrections before we could safely market the property to a potential renter.
The current Resident's description of the condition of the property as detailed in the complaint is not any exaggeration. The Resident estimated it would probably take at least $60,000 to be correct the code violations. I personally would estimate the cost to be closer to $100,000.
The Resident now understands I have no authority nor any funds in the Owner's property account to proceed with any requested repairs by the Resident. I informed the Resident that we would relay our findings to the Owner.
We have asked the Owner to return our phone call regarding our inspection of the property. In all probability we will be terminating our relationship with the Owner.
Initial Consumer Rebuttal /* (2000, 7, 2015/08/21) */
(The consumer indicated he/she ACCEPTED the response from the business.)
I understand she was hired to help commit fraud and evict me unbeknownst to her. She still has a responsibility to us as Tenants to insure we are safe or provide us with substitute housing until problems are corrected now that she knows the problems. I am capable of paying rent far into the future so the Owners will have funds to make repairs. Her initial contact with us indicated to contact her office for repairs. I did repeatedly before making my complaint but understand she had an accident and was not available to help. The Owner of the property was less than honest with her telling her things were being worked on. Now that she knows what is happening and that repairs must be done I will advise if she does not step in to protect us from danger.
Thank you,
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