Fina Professional Services. This company is owned and operated by Donna Finklestien. I signed a lease with this Landlord a for a small 2 bedroom house. Three months after moving into the house me and my roommate experienced some health issues: Rashes, coughing, sneezing and respiratory issues. Then we noticed the appearance of mold in the bathroom. My roommate had to take two trips to the emergency room for antibiotics and anti fugal medicine. My roommate has a heart condition which compromised his immune system. The exposure over time weakened him greatly and became very, very sick.
We did some mold testing before approaching the landlord to present evidence, so we can have paper work to back our complaint. We informed the landlord of the findings and that despite the lease we agreed upon we would like to break contract and receive a refund of the deposit. She responded very negatively to the complaints, yelling and no sense of any dispute resolution. She was very unprofessional and called us liars and she would take us to court for the full term of the lease, adding on charges for lawyer cost and damages.
We noticed a sour smell when we first moved in and she stated it was because of the shampooing of the carpet earlier in the week. She stated the carpet was fairly new. Later we found that was not the case. We asked was there any standing water in the house at one time. At first her answer was no, when informed her that the next door neighbor can validate there was standing water in the house, she became defensive and stated there was a leak from the kitchen sink. We noticed there was some warping on the baseboards of the kitchen and living room. The carpet was at least 5 years old.
We presented the lab results we had and it did show over 6 different kinds of molds and allergens but they were not at toxic levels. All we wanted was a release from the contract and the deposit back because we feared for our safety, and didnt have the money for the hospital bills that were accumulating. She wanted to launch an investigation to test the house for mold. We were not given any documentation from those results, and she said should at least replace the carpets. We refused to stay and moved out less than a week later. The rashes and all health issues disappeared rapidly.
Over the course of a few months we have had mediation to settle this matter and is still in the works now. With some research we noticed Fina Professional Services is not even registered with the state of Florida as a recognized business or corporation. The Fictious name registration is expired. We have been harassed by threats of suit and we are being forced to give thousands of dollars to keep this out of court because we signed the least. She showed no concern what so ever for the health issues and was only concerned about the property. Currently there are no laws written on regulation of mold and how it affects living conditions at this. I was even threatened with and aggressive lawsuit when informed her I called Code enforcement. If you do rent from the woman expect to never get your deposit back. There is no exit clause written in the lease. We were also subjected to a terrorist check which I found very odd. We had to list the name, age, and breed of our two cats that we have had for about 6 years directly on the lease. The purpose if this complaint is honestly to warn anyone if they are thinking of renting from Donna Finklestien or Fina Professional services. Do not rent from this individual, she is a scam artist and has no concern for human life only money.
Michael M
gmail.com
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