While in the Us Army my young wife, 4 Month old Baby and I were taken advantage of by Dawn N. Benedict Owner and Darwyn W. (Dar) Benedict Owner of Remax and Associates in Waynesboro PA. We rented a home that frome the outside and for the most part from the inside looked fine, except that 2weeks prior to renting the home it was condemed by the city because the home was in danger of collapse.
When confronted about this she said oh don't wory we fixed all the problems it had (A LIE). The problems com to find out were not fixed and would lead to a horror story you would not belive. The list goe as follows.
Rain leaking though the foundation and into the basement behind the main fuse box. This leak at times was a full on torrent of water as the neighbors gutters ran right into it. Real nice as the Washer and dryer were also located in the basement
The sump pump was completely inoperable leaving at least 2 feet of standing water at all times in the basement and at one point it reached over 8 feet before she finally called a contactor to pump it out (note she nor her husband ever fixed the pump).
The water situation caused our favorite situation the live in basement ice skating rink, in the winter. The water would pour in when it rained and then freeze solid. Making for an over $500 electric bill (no insulation between the basement and the house above) as we had base board heat, and well it ran, ALWAYS. No fire place either so it was REALY cold!
When Mr. And Mrs. Benedict were informed of these problems by phone face to face and finally by registered mail she simply said she would get to it as soon as possible. So we tried to take them to court because the refused under any circumstances to release us from our lease in fact she sent a letter to my commander saying that we were attempting to break our lease. So we filed a report with the Magistrates office in order to have us released form the lease (Oh did I mention the ONLY magistrate at this time in Waynesboro was Mr. Benedicts' brother) Consequently we were stuck in a freezing house on a Private First Classes Salary, for a year. When it was finally time to leave the house of pain we cleaned and scrubbed and spackled and painted. Our little hearts out. They still kept our $700 deposit remember there is a difference in White and Off White trust me it cost me $700.
Al
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