John Arkle    |    Kearney    ,    Nebraska 68845    Landlord Complaint 23-1821

I have moved out because I could not stand his harassment any more. I took 5 hours cleaning my room(deep cleaning carpet, treating woodwork, painted the whole room). It is spotless. He will not even come and inspect it because he told one of my roommates that he was not going to give my deposit back to me anyway. My dad called him to come over and he could not even return a call to my dad to explain to him why he refused to come and do a final inspection. He does not abide by the 24 hour rule. Several times me or my roommates have been coming out of the bathroom in a robe and there he is staring at us. This is just creepy. He comes over and turns on the sprinklers and we have to pay the water bill. The garage is full of his tools, giving him an "excuse" to come over all the time. The one bedroom downstairs is illegal. I believe it has an egress, but does not have a closet, therefore making it illegal. He bought a washer and dryer and charged the five of us extra on our rent until it was paid for. But now who owns that washer and dryer? He tells us we have to go pick up salt and put it in the water softener, mow the lawn, shovel the snow and clean up the overgrown backyard. He made this pond in the backyard and now there are 8 foot reeds growing out of it, mosquito infested, and just plain gross. We are all college athletes. I play all 3 seasons. I have been so stressed that it has affected my performance and my grades. I now am driving back and forth everyday to school (50 miles) and the cost of gas and wear and tear on me and my vehicle is overwhelming. He let one of my roommates out of her lease. She agreed verbally and in text messages that we have retrieved from iCloud that she would pay her rent until May 2013. She moved out in Jan 2013 with no 30 day notice. He tore up her lease and also gave her back a full deposit (there was a hole in the wall in her part of the house). We are in the process of suing her. A friend of ours is a well respected attorney in our town, but we will have to pay to do that. I feel he should have some kind of monetary responsibility in this. None of us had any idea she was moving out. She lied to him about having a replacement roommate (the girl who moved in replaced someone else). He believed her over the 4 of us. He would text me and my roommates and send us letters at least 2-3 times a day. So my attorney just told us to pay that rent and sue the girl. He is the root of all the problems.