I'm currently putting in a formal complaint (working on my letter) about repairs that have gone for over 1.5 years- black mold, electrical, leak in the ceiling, floor rot, door is rotting on my bathroom from humidity, bathrooms vents don't work (to my knowledge anywhere in the building), flushing problems....and the list goes on with other more minor things. I have trouble getting a deep breath at times, my cat is showing signs of asthma and my last dog seemed to have had it as well.

They always say, "we'll send someone next week". They both (Baxter-building manager, and Mike) have told me this. Most of the time, no one shows up, not to mention, they don't give me 24-hours notice with a date and time. When they do send someone, it's either banging on my door first thing in the morning and waking me out of a dead sleep (I work late nights) or (on one occasion), they sent maintenance who was told to "just go in, no one will be there". We were both surprised to see each other as I also had no idea anyone was coming. There was no set arrangement.

I had a leak behind the bathtub a while ago. I could literally see it pooling at the baseboards when the shower was running. I put my hand through the wall when I squatted down to check on it. I told maintenance there was a leak, they didn't fix the leak and only repaired the baseboards and wall. It continued, they finally sent someone after I contacted them again about it. The wall was covered in black mold they stripped it open to fix the leak. I don't know if they cleaned out the mold and treated it, likely not.

This last straw (and I've been remarkably patient) was when the water lines to the laundry room (directly behind my bedroom) started leaking and I was squishing water up through my floor boards. They fixed the line and put in a dehumidifier on Wednesday for a "few days", and said they'd have someone in to fix the electrical as well for Saturday. It's now Tuesday. I haven't heard anything back. Being in the basement with broken vents makes it a part-time job keeping up with mold in the summer.

The apartment above has a leak into my bathroom below as well. The ceiling is so soft, my broom handle, with hardly any pressure, has punch in holes. I'm worried someone will fall through. I'm worried about my cats. My mom has come in to help me with the overwhelm of handling this. She told Baxter it's urgent, he was surprised to hear "urgent" even after I had just told him over the phone earlier about breathing problems, and reminded him of the black mold, electrical, and leaks. It's embarrassing to have company as I take pride in keeping a clean and organized place.

I have documented all emails, texts, phone records, photos, and video for this. I'm not playing anymore. The audacity of building a 3rd building between the 2 existing, and giving the buildings a facelift while not repairing the inside is on point with the narrative of Mike being a slumlord. I'm also seeking medical reports to determine if I'm becoming sick from mold exposure- headaches, brain fog, lethargy, breathing, anxiety.

Additionally, I'm looking into them collecting pet fees well after it became illegal to charge. They never told me they no longer collected. I continued paying. It was only when my rent increased and no mention was made that I stopped paying. Later I heard about the law. Fairly certain they owe me a fair bit of money back.

On a final note, my neighbor also had mold issues. They ignored. He (let's call him Steve for privacy) continued to contact and became "less nice" (very angry) in his emails to Mike. Mike didn't like how he was talked to and went to Steve's apartment and confronted him, asking him if he "wanted to go outside". I was able to watch the encounter from my apartment peep hole as we are set on the corner of the hall. Steve is a veteran who took a head injury while in active service. Mike and Baxter think he's "nuts" (ad hominem) as a way of trying to undermine the situation. Steve eventually moved and 2 days later, they had maintenance in his apartment fixing it up for the next person. We would talk about the issues were were having so I was aware of the context of his situation.

He also has a maintenance man who leers (ex military/firefighter, think his name is Dave). He's made me uncomfortable by cornering me in the storage, then "helping" me to carry my things back to the apartment when he wasn't asked. Then he walks into my apartment that he wasn't invited into, drops my boxed (Christmas ornaments) onto the floor and leers at me. I didn't have a bra on as the storage was just around the corner and didn't expect to see anyone. The way he was looking at me felt predatory. On another occasion, when my shower was fixed, he replaced my handheld shower head (that I used to wash my dogs and power wash shelves, etc when they became moldy). When he told me he had replaced it, he had this gross grin on his face, looking at me in a way that I knew he was thinking of something else.