A Horror Story & Oppinion of a Local Landlord

The views expressed in this article are those of a reader and is there opinion and story as to there treatment by a landlord in the Arkadelphia area. This article is displayed as it was sent to this author in its entirety other than the parties address of the rental property has been removed for there protection.

“Just would like to share my Huber horror story with you. Also forgot to put into the complaint, he said there was central heat...there is no heat at all so we are surviving the winter with nothing.

 A whole website dedicated to what a dick Huber is? Totally amazing. Right now my roommates and I are fighting an uphill battle against that sadist. He literally told us he would not fix anything in our house and that even though our front door has no lock that he would not fix it because "if someone wanted to break in they would come through the window anyway"...seriously Huber?

We moved into [ADDRESS REMOVED], Arkadelphia on Aug 21st 2011. He stated on his website and told us that the property would be available and cleaned professionally by August 15th.

A few days after we moved in we were visited by a police officer who informed us that we would not get our deposit back ($750)...we didn't even ask, he just informed us out of courtesy I suppose?

When we pulled up in the moving truck on Aug 21st the previous renters were still living there! They informed us that Huber had charged them for the rest of August (he charged us for the last weeks of August also). They were kind and only took a few hours to vacate the premises, but the house was a mess and in poor condition.

Pictures from when we moved in are included...yes included is an old pan of brownies still in the oven, a trash bag of dirty dishes just sitting on the kitchen floor, horrible nasty stains on the carpet (though this is supposed to be a smoke free property), a horribly plugged sink...and just general filth. The backyard is also not mowed and full of filled trash bags, screens are torn, the front porch door was just hanging by a thread and had to be completely removed, there are exposed wires everywhere, water leaks and water damaged floors, and most of the doors won't even close. We get all of this for the great deal of $750 a month! It was so trashy we just don't even feel like cleaning it ourselves and letting that dick get away with it. We didn't even get a chance to meet the crook when we signed our lease, I still have yet to meet him.

So this is what we saw when we moved into our lovely new home on August 21st.

Horribly plugged sink

Here are some brownies for Huber:

I only wish I would have taken more pictures on moving day but this is all I have. We really have lost hope on getting out of our lease after finding out he is a lawyer and a justice of the peace. Not to mention he probably has half the town in his pocket and we have no money for court.”

The White Elephant or Ahabs White Whale You Decide!

As stated in previous post this author had obtained a file concerning property owned or managed by Huber Rentals and then Justice of the Peace Jonathan Huber. The White Elephant Apartments is a residential apartment complex located in Clark County, Arkansas more precisely 4090 HWY 67S Arkadelphia.

In the time frame from August 15, 2008 to April 10, 2009  the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality or ADEQ, Clark County Health Unit contact Mr. Huber in regards to a  “…severe existing sewage malfunction while several people are living in these apartments. The situation creates a substantial public health risk…”  “…that raw, untreated sewage is discharging on the ground from structures at the above location. This is a violation of Arkansas Law, and could pose a significant public health risk for the occupants at this location and people in vicinity….”

After numerous attempts to reach Mr. Huber for his “ immediate attention” (emphasis in original) according to the file Mr. Huber failed to respond with in the allotted time to the point that consideration of actions being taken as Mr. Huber’s “… continued lack of cooperation in this matter could subject…” him “… to formal enforcement action. Such action could include but would not be limited to monetary civil penalties…” and that parties would “…file charges through the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office and notify Gum Springs Water of the situation, so they may evaluate whether or not to disconnect water service to this location. …” And to think these peoples services we in jeopardy, for Mr. Huber lack of response, sound like a very familiar story. You can see the full pdf. file as prepared by ADEQ at the link below. As well there are photos attached from the file.

http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/ftproot/Pub/WebDatabases/Complaints/008412-Comp.pdf