After reading all the reviews about Dave Mysak and Patriot Properties here, I now know why he never responds to residents' emails or spends his time fixing problems at his rental properties - because he's too busy here on Yelp writing sanctimonious, defensive responses to people who have shared their real experiences and opinions.
I'm sure Dave's response to me will include the same canned response he has given dozens of others: "In closing, property management firms routinely are challenged with negative reviews which are often full of half-truths, outright falsehoods, and are retaliatory in nature." What a joke.
The truth is people wouldn't take to Yelp, Google, the BBB and social media to write about what a truly unpleasant experience it is living in one of your communities if you did right by them to begin with... right?
I lived in Country Club Greens Condominium complex in Leesburg, VA as a renter until March of 2021. Patriot Properties manages that community. Incidentally, we all found it odd that the HOA for Country Club Greens has three related individuals on it - Harold Green as president, Bob Green (Harold's brother) as vice president and one of the Brown wives as a board member (who NEVER attends the board meetings by the way). Talk about conflict of interest!
We also find it odd that the board meetings go into a "closed session" which residents are not allowed to be part of. I'd like to know what's discussed in those closed sessions.
I ended up buying my own home. I left because of unresolved maintenance issues and a roach infestation in my building which came from another tenant's unit but which impacted mine as well as most of our building.
For months we complained to our landlord and to Patriot with the roach problem going unresolved. So we did not renew when our lease came up for renewal and instead bought a home and moved out.
Patriot Properties was completely unresponsive to emails and phone calls. When you call the office, "Hannah" answers the phone (she sounds about 16-years-old and I'm guessing she's a grandkid of Dave's) and always says the same thing: "Let me transfer you to the person who manages your property." In this instance, that's Brenda Lewis.
Brenda Lewis never answers her phone and always let's it go to voicemail.
Likewise, she does not respond to emails. It became pointless to continue calling and emailing after the third or fourth time trying to reach her. She's useless.
Other maintenance issues we experienced while living there included an abundance of trash in the parking lots (no dumpsters on the property - you have to take your trash to the laundry room where it then stinks up the whole laundry room), worn and outdated hallways and entrance ways, cigarette containers at the front door frequently catching fire, overgrown weeds and no tree trimming ever done, a heap of random bikes left by kids on the property, entrance way lights burned out and bulbs not replaced, water frequently shut off, etc...
There is a complete lack of maintenance - especially preventative maintenance - at Country Club Greens. Given that these buildings are more than 50 years old, you would think that they would keep up on things in the buildings so they don't experience a major catastrophe - but nope. They do the bare minimum, yet charge $300 plus a month in HOA fees. WHERE is that money going? Because it's not going into keeping the condos maintained.
Moreover, HOA regulations are rarely enforced - multiple large dogs on the property even though the regulations state only dogs 15 pounds and under are allowed. You cannot enjoy the pool area or gazebo because you step in dog shit constantly. The smell is awful around the pool area - which also serves as the playground area for kids! They really should make the community a non-dog community. So many problems would be eliminated.
They also allow people to work on their vehicles in the parking lots, which is against HOA regulations. They also allow vehicles to be parked in the same spot for months and months at a time, which is also against HOA regulations.
The back units of the property that face the woods or golf course have all kind of nonsense on their balconies, which also is not allowed. Direct TV cords run out of windows and drape down the length of the buildings and then on the ground to the mounting dish (I know you won't believe me, David, so go and look for yourself at building T - back and side of building).
Contractors with their huge trucks are allowed to create their own parking spaces when they come to do work in the community. They are often chased out of designated handicapped spots or unmarked areas which are not designated for parking by residents who get sick of not being able to park in their own parking lot.
I could write more, but Yelp limits the space for reviews. You should be ashamed, David. You collect HOA fees but Patriot and the HOA does absolutely the bare minimum effort in return. Glad I live elsewhere now. read more