Inspection:   No inspections of any sort were requested by anyone at anytime from 4/27-9/20 (last contact).

                        The water was the only item that might have required an inspection of some sort. But why inspect when you already know the

                         problem and the solution?

                        Nick defined the problem with the water in his email of 7/01 and the solution: they would not deal with the underground pipes

                        but would terminate my lease....would not continue to rent until remedied.

                        

                        This isn't legal beagle stuff. 

                         As a mere human being, Arendt should know that it is impossible to decline a request that isn't made.

704.07     Repairs; untenantability.

                (1)  Application of section. This section applies to any nonresidential tenancy if there is no contrary provision in writing signed by both parties

                        and to all residential tenancies. An agreement to waive the requirements of this section in a residential tenancy, including an agreement in

                        a rental agreement, is void. Nothing in this section is intended to affect rights and duties arising under other provisions of the statutes.

704.07(2)   Duty of Landlord

1. Keep in a reasonable state of repair portions of the premises over which the landlord maintains control.

2. Keep in a reasonable state of repair all e quipment under the landlord's control necessary to supply services that the landlord has expressly or impliedly

     agreed to furnish to the tenant, such as heat, water, elevator, or air conditioning.  

3. Make all necessary structural repairs.

4. Except for residential premises subject to a local housing code, and except as provided in sub. (3) (b), repair or replace any plumbing, electrical wiring,

    machinery, or equipment furnished with the premises and no longer in reasonable working condition.

5. For a residential tenancy, comply with any local housing code applicable to the premises.

SEE Issues/Five Skies LLC/Violations of WI Statutes, DSPS Codes, UDC

 Repairs:         4 appointments requested & accepted on their specified date & at their specified time.

                        At no time did Delbert or Joey bring a repair list or the pdfs of 5/10 & 6/30, or email of 5/20 describing the same necessary repairs

                        that Nick agreed "all" were necessary on 5/10.

                        On 7/16, they brought no tools.  I loaned Delbert a screwdriver.

                         Repair guys show up with NO TOOLS.  

                    Nick & Joey tacked screen fabric over filthy, torn, holey screens (photos from my 5/10 email) - no interior access required, no

                    conversation.

                   20 minutes late; Joey said he overslept.

                    Linoleum repair, albeit temporary, due to gap twixt broken door & floor - rain undid half their effort.  In my 9/03 letter, 

                    I described Delbert's response to learning that half of the repair was destroyed by the rain water:   "On their visit of 7/16, I

                    showed Delbert & Joseph how the rain had undone the glue on the old linoleum which is curled up again creating again

  a tripping hazard.  Delbert said he “thought that would probably happen.” 

         

               ◘  NOTE:  My 6/30 email advised Five Skies that interior temperature was 90° and windows still do not open (no a/c).  Delbert &

                   Joey showed up 16 days later on 7/16.

                    Delbert drilled a window open which rendered it thereafter unable to be closed.  Photo of window  from my 5/10 email.

                   Joey stuck a pin in the door hinge so it wouldn't fall off.  He asked his Uncle Delbert to check his work.

             ◘   7/17-9/10

                  Five Skies did nothing - no contact for 56 days

              ◘  Five Skies demanded full rent for August though none of the repairs specified in email of 5/10 had been attempted or

                  completed.

              

              ◘  NOTE:  Five Skies did not reply to the written request of 8/05 for a date repairs would be completed.

                               Five Skies had been notified of the SAME necessary repairs eleven (11) times.  Letter of 9/03 describes repairs completed:

                               ◘    screening that was placed over the old, torn screens on five of ten windows (5/21) keeps insects out and cats safe

                                     while decreasing air ventilation.

                               ◘    pin replaced on the bedroom door hinge so it wouldn’t fall off again. 

                   I deemed them a no show by email at 10:34a for their 10:00a app't and, according to Joey, the old lady should wait for the men

                   to be done talking to Arendt.

                   I learned 10/04, the plumber didn't show up although Joey said "we are here."  

                   The plumber was not there & was the only authorized person to "attach a filter" to "hopefully" "help" with the water.

                   Joey also claimed on 10/04 that they would reschedule.  They didn't. 

                   If Gmail had delivered the email on 9/20, should the old lady have waited until 11:40a for a 10:00a only to learn that they

                   actually weren't "all" there?  

                   Why did Joey lie to me in that email?

                        See 9/20 Sham Repair Appointment for details.

2 appointments declined after the deadline to complete repairs:  

              ◘ Sept 12 & Sept 16

                      I received the email of 9/12   from Joey 4½ months after I moved in:

                      He wants to attach “a” filter "in" the unit that affects every tap (?) to "see if that helps"?

                      

                      Oh, wait....forget that 9/12 thing because on 9/16 Joey is "going back & forth with Pellner (sic) plumbing" to find a "temporary" solution.  

                      Temporary?  After 4 months & 21 days?  While they are expecting full rent, they want to find a "temporary" solution?

              

                    No appointments were requested after the 9/20 no-show, no cancel, no request to reschedule appointment (4 months & 25 days since 5/10).

                          I never heard from Five Skies again.   

 Nick handed the bottom plate from the door back to me and said the door had to be replaced.

Joey was "looking" at doors 5/26, 8/22 or 23, and 9/12, and 9/16.

◘  I did even though the replacement of water lines had NOT been completed as I wrote on 6/30.

◘  Nick's email of 7/01 confirms that plumber will not return to finish.

◘  See Joey's receipt of 8/19 for full August rent check dated 8/15 & receipt  per agreement of 8/05 to pay rent on 15th NOT 1st. 

     0 BALANCE DUE, NO LATE FEE.

◘  Other than the brief & insignificant verbal exchange with Joey on 8/22 or 23, there was no contact from anyone at Five Skies about

     anything for 56 days:   from 7/17 - 9/10 .

◘  The clause in the lease regarding the reduction in rent until the water lines were replaced in May is void.

◘  704.07  Repairs; untenantability.

    (1)  Application of section. This section applies to any nonresidential tenancy if there is no contrary provision in writing signed by both

            parties and to all residential tenancies.  An agreement to waive the requirements of this section in a residential tenancy, including an

            agreement in a rental agreement, is void. Nothing in this section is intended to affect rights and duties arising under other provisions

            of the statutes.

◘  WI Statute 704.44(8) (below) does not allow repairs to be limited in lease as Five Skies did and Arendt chose to ignore to benefit his client

    and perpetuate the fraud.

 Arendt claims expertise in Commercial & Residential Real Estate Transactions per his now defunct website, patarendtlaw.com. Screenshots taken before he took it down.

 Note: He claims expertise in most everything, so maybe he had trouble finding and/or understanding the relevant statutes.  

            Probably he chose to ignore them.

§704.44(8)   Residential rental agreement that contains certain provisions is void. Notwithstanding s. 704.02, a residential rental agreement is void and unenforceable if it does any of the following: 

            (8)  Waives any statutory or other legal obligation on the part of the landlord to deliver the premises in a fit or habitable

                 condition or to maintain the premises during the tenant's tenancy.  See 3 of 9 for Duties of Landlord

     ■ drink a glass of water, cook rice, fill a cat's water bowl, take a shower without finding this in the drain catcher, water a garden, brush your

          teeth, wash your hands, etc.

     ■ open and close a door without injuring your wrist and shoulder; use the key to lock & unlock it.

     ■ open and/or close windows with no a/c in the unit and winter is coming

     ■ walking up a short flight of not to code/no permit stairs without injury (9/16)

Nothing was corrected; rent abates from day one. Had everything in 5/10 email been corrected promptly, rent would have been paid accordingly @ $450/month.  I could have expanded my business and, as I planned to do, find a better place to live at the end of lease.