House was in complete shambles when we moved in, but he slapped some paint on the walls and put in some carpet, but the basement had piping that wasn't up to code and it burst, filling my basement with water and my side yard as well, costing me an extra 100 on my water bill. The windows were all missing screens, the garage door rotted apart, the pipes were all clogged, the sink was broken, but rigged enough that it didn't seem that way till a few months in. Definition of a slum lord. Our AC broke and it took a month to get it fixed. And since most of the windows didn't have screens we couldn't even open up half the windows. The registers were filled with garbage from previous tenants. It's crazy that anyone would rent from these people. Oh, he did try to sell us renters insurance from his company, but didn't disclose it was his company. Completely absurd. Oh, and the place was infested with insects, the basement wiring was ungrounded and dangerous, and the garage was filled with broken furniture that I assumed he was going to dispose of after we initially met. read more