Dear Cindy-
Just forwarding the message that we sent to the Director of Public Health for Schuyler County before we left your managed property at 4069 Haas Smith Road, i.e., "Swept Away," which is owned by the Schills.
We were told that your "Resolution Team" would be meeting today to formulate a response to our numerous and unanswered complaints about the deplorable conditions at the residence we rented from Saturday, August 4th thru Saturday, August 11th -- a home that is infested with disease-carrying mice. Given the numerous--and useless--sonic devices that we found throughout the place, i.e., devices that are supposed to repel vermin, we have little choice but to conclude that this problem wasn't new but was, instead, known and undisclosed. We spent a lovely week in your so-called "immaculate" residence, cleaning up mouse excrement every morning, finding mouse excrement on our pillows and sheets, dealing with mice scurrying across our feet as we sat on the toilet, and, also in the morning, emptying the traps that we set the evenings before in an effort to contend with the INFESTATION.
We're not too surprised that we have heard NOTHING from your resolution team about our complaints.
The house at 4069 Haas Smith Road should be unlisted until the problem is resolved. Had we known about the problem, I can assure you that we would have never rented the place, especially in light of the fact that one of us has an autoimmune disorder that requires strict observance of the needs and demands for sanitation.
Given the utter lack of any response from you--last week and today--we felt the need to bring this problem to the attention of the public health authorities in the county. Out of courtesy to you--a sort of courtesy that has been lacking in your response to us--we share with you our original message and the response we've received. Shame on Finger Lakes "Premier" Properties for knowingly renting a place like this to the unsuspecting.
E, F, and K
Sent from my iPad
Begin forwarded message:
From: Marcia Kasprzyk
Date: August 13, 2018 at 7:48:29 AM EDT
To: F
Subject: RE: Health hazards in a rental property
Thank you for reaching out with your concerns, so we can have this addressed. I hope otherwise you enjoyed your stay in the area.
Marcia Kasprzyk RN
Public Health Director Schuyler County Public Health
106 S. Perry Street, Watkins Glen, NY 14891 Phone: 607-535-8140
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-----Original Message-----
From: F
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 6:52 PM
To: Marcia Kasprzyk
Subject: Health hazards in a rental property
I am writing to bring to your attention the threats to human health that can be easily found at a rental property located at 4069 Haas Smith Road--I.e., threats in the form of a mouse infestation. We have been here for the last week and every day, we have had the dubious pleasure of
- waking up every morning to find mouse excrement and urine all over the counters in the kitchen ... if you open the cabinets in the bathrooms, you will find that they are unflushed toilets for these vermin, which, as I am sure you know, pose a threat to human health, including infection with various bacteria and viruses, e.g., most alarmingly, Hanta virus
- every morning, emptying the traps we have set the night before
What is perhaps most disconcerting is the evidence that suggests that the owners or the property management company, Finger Lakes Premier (???) Properties, or both are well aware that the problem is not a minor one. The house is INFESTED! Why do we conclude this? Because those useless sonic devices that are supposed to repel the offenders can be found everywhere in the house. We have complained to the company, whose response has been the equivalent of "thoughts and prayers."
Please consider this a complaint in need of resolution, before some other unsuspecting individual or group rents the place and experiences the sort of week we've had here. One of us has an autoimmune disorder that requires sanitary conditions--which this house obviously lacks. read more