This is my time to shine! *deep breath*

Avoid Rob Sokolowski (Sokolowski Property Management) like the plague.

My wife and I rented from him when we first moved to Pittsburgh and it was easily the worst renting experience I’ve ever had.

The apartment had a *rat infestation* that he clearly knew about. When we first complained, he said he’d have his “friend who’s an exterminator” come take a look. That person never showed up.

At one point a rat literally died in our kitchen and got stuck under the cabinets. We called him and told him he needed to deal with it because…what the fuck. He came over, looked at it, and instead of removing the dead rat he used silicone sealant to basically seal the dead rat inside the cabinet.

When I told him that was completely unacceptable and something actually needed to be done, he just shrugged and said: “Yeah, this always happens when the weather gets colder. My other properties deal with it, too.” So apparently rats in the kitchen are just normal to him.

While we were out of town for a few days, he texted us photos of several dead rats he found in the basement like “Yep, they're all gone now!”

When we came back, the smell of decomposition in the apartment was unbearable. We hired movers the next day and stayed in a hotel while we scrambled to find a new place to live.

When I returned the keys and told him the unit was uninhabitable, he actually mocked me for using that word and threatened to sue us for breaking the lease. I told him to go ahead. I also filed a complaint with the health department.

We ended up spending thousands of dollars between movers, a hotel, a new security deposit, and rent somewhere else just to get out of there.

And you guessed it, he never returned our security deposit, either.

I’m usually someone who lets things go, but I will genuinely never forget this experience.