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Nick responded to my email of 5/10 apologizing for the condition of the unit and wrote that he would make Delbert aware.  He closed the email with "I will make sure that these are all addressed as soon as possible."  Five Skies addressed NONE of the issues over the next 4½ months.  Five Skies disregard of laws, building codes, necessary permits, DSPS regulations and their documented failure
to perform necessary repairs as described on this site & in my email of 5/10  is summed up in an  excerpt letter to Nick on 9/03:
"The current condition of mobile home unit 6 that I rented from you 4/27/16 has to present date not received the necessary and promised repairs. Four months – a full third – of the lease has elapsed. 
The progress on the repairs to be made prior to moving in 4/27 and since is close to nil but for:
â–º 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.
â–º pin replaced on the bedroom door hinge so it wouldn’t fall off again."
                  Feb-March
2/01               Five Skies filed a claim for the eviction of the previous tenant of unit #6 with attachment alleging unknown monetary damages.

                  March-April
3/16                 Five Skies filed a list of damages detailing the damages allegedly caused by the previous tenant with the Court asking for monetary recompense of $2,461.95.
                         There was no evidence of any kind of repair done in the unit when I moved in.  The only physical damage described on Nick's list was "Bedroom door damage @ $30.00."  All the bedroom doors
                          appeared to be originals.  Perhaps he's referring to the missing pin on one of the bedroom door hinges that Joey replaced on 7/16 & asked his Uncle Delbert to check his work.  Given my experience
                          with the Kedrowskis, I'm confident that any/all of Five Skies agents would have made a very thorough examination of the unit prior to completing their list of alleged damages.  There isn't a reason
                          not to do so.  
                         
3/24                 8 days later, Nick advertised the unit as "available now" on 3/24.  

3/27                 At my initial viewing of the unit on 3/27, Nick Kedrowski told me that the well water was “clean & good.” 
                         On that same day, he also claimed that the unit’s pipes were being replaced to improve the water pressure and the job would be completed by “mid-May” though he wrote the lease as just May.
                         Nick omitted from our conversation on 3/27 that while the water in the well was 'clean & good' - the water in the unit was not because it was full of iron - way way over the EPA GRAS of 0.3ppm.
                         Nowhere in any of the emails exchanged between 3/24-4/26  did Nick provide any information re the gross problem with iron in the water.  

4/06                  Previous tenant was not in court; Five Skies was awarded damages in the amount of $2,461.95.

4/16                  Nick had omitted the iron-water issue from our conversation on 3/27 & all subsequent emails through 4/16 as the reason the pipes were being replaced. The new pipes weren’t about only the
                          water pressure as Nick later confirmed in his email after he received my email of 5/10 describing the water (below).  Given the minimal to no improvement in water pressure, the iron is much more
                          likely to have been the sole reason for replacing the unit's pipes.  Nick subsequently asserted that they would not deal with the problem but instead terminate my lease and continued not to deal 
                          with the iron.   Because of  Nick's omissions re the condition of the unit and especially the unit's water, I signed the lease on 4/16 without the information necessary to make an informed decision.  
                          Had I known of the iron problem, I definitely would have made a different decision & moved instead to one of the other locations then under consideration. 

4/20                  Nick wrote "We have screens in....."  That was not true, i.e., it was a lie.   Screens were not discussed on 3/27.  Five Skies examination of damages for the 3/16 submission to the Court did not include screens.
                          Nick's statement reveals that they were aware of the torn, filthy, holey, & missing condition of the unit's screens.  Arendt later twisted himself into a pretzel of lies trying to cover up or explain away his client's
                          deception of 4/20.

4/27                   Moved in after driving 200+ miles with two howling cats in the car.  Exhausted, I slept most of the next two days.  It was only after I moved in on 4/27 that I discovered the enormous amount of
                           iron in the water when I viewed the two toilet bowls and drew water from each of the taps for the first time .  Other issues, particularly the door & windows, were noted on move-in.  When Five Skies
                           constructed the list of alleged damages submitted to the court on 3/16, it would have been impossible not to note the condition of the door, the windows & screens, as well as both toilet bowls,
                           toilet tanks, and the water running from every tap.  Yet, they advertised the unit 8 days later as "available now."
                  May
5/02 - 5/08       Five Skies had hired plumber, Kurt Wilkinson, for a no permit-cash job to replace the unit's pipes. He showed up a couple times to begin replacing the unit's water pipes.  He told me he "didn't 
                           want to do plumbing any more, but a cash job is hard to turn down."    Even his van proclaims him to be a "Sewer & Drain Specialist" not a plumber.  Kurt advised Nick during this week that the
                           water heater was leaking (rusted out, much more than likely) & had to be replaced.

5/08                   The plate fell of the bottom of the door.

5/09 & 5/10       A woman in Stevens Point reported receiving multiple threatening texts & voicemails from the cash-job plumber.  
5/10                   After several calls & a handful of visits over the previous 10 days, Spectrum finally achieved a mostly stable internet connection and I was finally able to write to Nick on 5/10.  Excerpt: 
                           "I’m also quite concerned re the water as it continues to be orange rather than the usual clear as seen in the picture of the toilet bowl. It is particularly disconcerting that the orange water
                           morphs into particles that land on the bottom of the glass. An explanation and rectification of this situation is necessary." 
                           and   "I do think functioning doors, windows & screens, clear water, etc., are rather reasonable expectations." 

                           Although Five Skies had provided a list of the damages allegedly caused by the previous tenant on 3/16, Nick replied on 5/10 that he was "not aware of many of the problems" in the unit's
                           condition.   How is that possible?  His name is on the S & C for eviction of the previous tenant; his email address is provided on the list of damages dated 3/16.  Joey couldn't replace a pin in a door
                           hinge without having his uncle check his work.  There is no way Nick, General Agent of Five Skies, would have submitted that list without checking it.  Did Nick think that claiming to be
                           ignorant of the problems makes him immune to the legal requirements of WI §704.07?  It doesn't any more  than failing to note the posted speed limit when you're pulled over for driving 75mph in 
                           a 25mph zone.    In his response, Nick evinced not one ittybitty scintilla of surprise that the amount of iron in the unit's water was a problem:  “The water issues must be related to the pipes in the
                           trailer itself and the new lines should remedy that.”       Note:  "must be"  &  "should remedy that"      
                           Replacing the water lines to "improve pressure" was pretextual to replacing lines to remedy the iron problem.
                       
5/11                   Nick & Joey showed up at the unit in the morning with no appointment.  Nick apologized, reduced further the rent, held the plate that had fallen off the door & said "the door has to be
                           replaced."  Repairing the flooring destroyed by the broken door also was discussed.

5/11- 5/18         Plumber no shows all eight (8) days. I texted him that I had no hot water on 5/18  - texts  5/11 - 6/17 - 39 days.

5/19                    Plumber showed up to fix the hot water problem; said he would tell Nick the water was still orange.  Then he was gone.  

5/20 - 6/17         Plumber promises to show up again & again, but doesn't show up or let me know that he won't show up over the next 29 days - one full month AFTER their stated completion date of mid-May.

5/20                    Even though Nick had forwarded the pictures in my 5/10 email to Delbert (vehicle mechanic/maintenance manager), I emailed a list of repairs  thinking maybe the 20 page pdf of 5/10
                            was too much, somehow, for them to cope with.  I don't know whether literacy is an issue for Delbert, but the pictures with captions did provide enough basic info for him to work with.
                            Nick's written assurance that  "these are all addressed as soon as possible" provided me a modicum of confidence that the repairs would be done within a reasonably short period of time.

5/21                    Nick & Joey tacked screen fabric over the torn, missing, and/or holey screens on 5 of 10 windows. No interior access requested or required; no conversation.

5/31                    Last time the plumber showed up at my unit w/o call or text beforehand; this time only to remove the old water heater that had been sitting on my lawn for previous 22 days.
                            He said he forgot to hook up outdoor water tap & that he'd tell Nick water was still orange.
                  June
6/02                 I texted plumber to ask when he was coming back for outdoor tap & whatever else remained to be done as he hadn't done much of anything in that regard since 5/08.  No response.

6/05                 Texted him again re when?    He texted me, "Promise to get it hooked up tomorrow I've been out last couple days with my back." 
                         On 6/05, he was arrested for felony stalking.  On 6/06, he texted:   "Will be here bed ridden for one more day because they will only give me shot, not painkillers."
                         He was In court from jail on 6/13.  

Mid-June         Joey & Delbert showed up about 20 minutes late to place stick on tiles over the torn linoleum.  Joey said he had overslept.  They proceeded to stick on the stick on tiles.  

6/17                  I texted a picture of the morning's water to plumber.  I had no idea what was going on with him at the time so I waited a bit to see if he'd show up or text or ??  I had found his attitude &
                          demeanor disconcerting from day one & had been afraid he'd show  up when I wasn't there.  He had left the panel off of the back of the bathtub plumbing allowing my 16 yr old 100% indoor cat
                          to escape for three days. Again, when he showed up without texting first & wouldn't  give me a moment to lock down the cats, he panicked & escaped again for another day.  My temporary 
                          insurance license to work in Wisconsin expired the next day.  Now, I can't work in Minnesota or Wisconsin as a result of waiting for the skeevy no-show/show up without notice/cash job plumber
                          since May 2 (47 days).  He was arrested for burglary, theft, & misappropriation of ID to obtain money later, and domestic abuse still later.   

6/20                 I went to the Water Quality store to obtain an evaluation of the amount of iron in the water.  Result 20.00ppm; EPA GRAS 0.3ppm; 6667% over GRAS & here.  I could have gone to Home Depot
                         or elsewhere for an OTC test, but wanted an independent third party to do the test for obvious reasons.

6/30                  I wrote again to Nick, "I am pretty far beyond merely “disappointed” at this point. Please see pages 3-5 re orange water, not finished pipes. I waited day after day for Kurt to show up – to no avail."
                         The email continued with the repairs that had not been done:  "There seems to be very little interest in completing the tasks that were to be completed before I relocated and since you were
                         notified of the various problems 5/10. It is now seven weeks since 5/10."  "The orange water necessitated the purchase of gallon after gallon after gallon of potable water for the cats & myself..."
                         Trying to open the door results in (excerpts):   swollen wrist, have to slam shoulder in to it; the temperature in the unit was 90° & windows do not open (no a/c in unit); toilet bowls; stairs not replaced.      
                          "Summary of tasks actually completed: screens; half of torn linoleum. That’s it. I remain fairly certain that potable water, functional doors and windows are reasonable expectations." 
                          NOTE:  Please see pages 3-5 re orange water, not finished pipes.
                  July
7/01                   Nick's reply:  water pressure is same as water color.  Really Nick? On what planet are these two things the same things? 
                           He blamed "communication errors" between Five Skies agents in re their failure to follow-up. He also wrote "first that I heard windows do not open"  9 pages of photos in 5/10 email; list in 5/20 email.  
                           Again, he says "....the continued problems indeed need to be addressed soon." Stairs were to be replaced spring or summer (replaced with not to code/no permit stairs on 9/11 resulting in my injuries
                           on 9/16.   
                           
                           Nick then provided his definition of the problem & solution for the water:
                           If the water remains unimproved, it may be necessary to replace lines below ground. We will determine how best to approach that situation if the need arises but if that is the case, we may
                           have to terminate your lease because we would not continue to rent the unit until that issue is remedied...." 
                           NOTE:  "IF" the water remains unimproved..."  How would that happen without an actual assessment?  Without their intervention?
                           Five Skies had already defined problem:                                          "replace lines below ground" 
                           Five Skies definition of the solution:                                                 "we may have to terminate your lease"  "would not continue to rent the unit until the issue is remedied..."
                           Did Five Skies make a single request to evaluate the problem?   No.  
                           Five Skies solution:                                                                               kick out the old lady who had signed a one-year lease 63 days earlier & moved herself & two cats
                                                                                                                                            two hundred miles to expand her insurance brokerage. 
                        
                        Five Skies chose not to share the information about underground lines with me & the iron problem at anytime from the initial email of 3/24 to the 4/12 email which provided the one year lease.
                           Had I known the problems AND the fact that they had no intention whatsoever of correcting the problems, I absolutely would have chosen one of the other locations I was considering.
                           Advertising the unit as "available now" on 3/24 with no intention to correct the problem(s) known to them and renting it without supplying that information to gain a rent-paying tenant is fraud.
                           Their demand for full August rent without making ANY of the necessary repairs in accordance with 704.07(2) while doing NOTHING for 56 days from 7/17 - 9/10 makes this an egregious fraud.  
                 
                           I wrote again to refute his accusation that I hadn't answered phone calls or texts. I wrote that my communications forward would be by email.

        Did plumber even replace all the lines? He worked on that only for a short time on a few days.  He said he was "fitting this job in between his 'regular' jobs."  Guessing that means "on the books"
        jobs.   I don't know how many pipes were actually replaced.  Water pressure is likely to improve with new lines. The water quality remained variable from all taps every day.
        There is no inspection without permit.
                        
7/03                   Nick's email of 7/03 states "Our primary concern is the water quality at your unit and that will take priority for us, if that can't be corrected the other issues are moot. While I am here I will be
                            coordinating with Delbert and establish a schedule to address everything."  Ok - water quality is priority.  Good.  Wait, what??  IF that CAN'T be corrected???  ...the other issues are moot???
                            Note: Considering other repairs "moot" because you don't want to do a particular repair violates §704.07(2).
                            Nevertheless, I continue to conclude that their next step is to quickly address the water quality.
                           
                            Bring on the inspection, evaluation, assessment, right?   Yeah, no.  None of that was requested, none of it happened because they knew the problem to be the underground lines.
                            If a schedule was prepared, it was never conveyed to me by word, email, text, phone, or carrier pigeon.  
                            NONE of the repairs detailed in my 5/10 email were completed or had been half-done (stick on floor tiles) so, of course, he demands full rent for August in violation of 704.07(4).
                            The clause to which Nick refers is void per WI 704.44(8).
                            
                            They are "wiling to terminate (my lease)" What??? They seem to think they are doing me some sort of favor here!  I moved 200 mi in good faith: how many folks want to or can afford to
                            move again in 2 months because landlord chooses not to provide necessary repairs?  
                            They rented the unit knowing they weren't going to correct water. (Nick's 7/01 email). 
                            Do I have "full normal use" of the unit §704.07(4) ?  No.  I can't even draw a glass of water, open & close windows, use the door without risking wrist & shoulder injuries.
                            Has Five Skies delivered or maintained the unit in a fit or habitable condition §704.44(8)?   No.
                            Have the structural repairs  been completed "promptly" and "to code" §704.07(4)?    No.
                            Nick promised "soon" "on schedule" "shortly" "as soon as possible" - but what did they DO?  Nothing.   §704.07(4) doesn't agree with both Nick and Arendt. Rent can be abated.    

7/07                    I went again to the Water Quality store to obtain an evaluation of the amount of iron in the water. Result 8.0ppm; EPA GRAS 0.3ppm; 2667% over GRAS & here. I could have gone
                            to Home Depot for an OTC test, but wanted an independent third party to do the test for obvious reasons. 

7/15                    Being young, Joey didn't quickly grasp that communication would be only by email after 6/30 until after his last text of 7/15.  On 7/06, he requested an appointment  for repairs on 7/16.
                            I was quite  undone by his dad's 7/01 email informing me that they would terminate my lease because they "would not continue to rent the unit" until the water issue could be remedied
                            and I either overlooked or forgot the last sentence in Joey's email.  I assumed that they were planning to figure out how to correct the water on the 16th.  However, I had already scheduled an
                            appointment to look at a place to live so I informed Joey I had limited time and the appointment could not be lengthy.  He replied via text  that he & Delbert could "work with that."

7/16                    Sixteen (16) days after I'd informed them that the interior temp was 90° (no a/c) Joey & Delbert showed up without tools, without a list of what needed to be done, & stood in the kitchen
                            looking around like they'd never seen the place.  The word "bobbleheads" came to my mind.  Because of Nick's 7/03 "moot" email, I assumed they were there to figure out why the water was
                            still pouring iron out of every single tap.  But, no.  
                            I directed them to the full bathroom where I had displayed water from the previous few days shown on the home page of this site & here.  They stood there, looked at the water, said not one
                            word, turned, & walked away.  I'm flabbergasted, but think - 20 year old boy & a vehicle mechanic.  They'll talk to Nick and get back to me on what Nick called the  priority issue.
                          
                            I loaned Delbert a screwdriver to see if he could get a living room window to open.
                            Joey fetched a drill that enabled Delbert to open the window.  Then, it couldn't be closed.  Joey put a pin in the door hinge so it wouldn't fall off again & asked his Uncle Delbert check his work.
                            Delbert chuckled at the way I had to open the back door with a shoulder slam.  He looked at tile “repair” that had come undone to the stick-on floor tiles due to gap under door (rain, no
                            screen door) & said he “thought that would probably happen.”  Then they were gone.
                            Having already researched constructive eviction, I was off to an appointment to look at another place to live.  How I would pay for it and another move remained a conundrum.

                            So, what did Nick do about the water problem after Joey & Delbert reported back to him? Did he ask for an appointment to assess or evaluate the cause of the problem? No. That was never done
                            because he had already defined the problem as the underground pipes (7/01) & they were not going to do that but would kick me out instead.  I wrote in my letter of 9/03 that they had neither
                            requested nor done an assessment of the water problem.  If they acted responsibly and in accord with Wisconsin laws, the UDC, and the DSPS, they would have had the pipes in the unit replaced
                            to determine whether that did, in fact, correct the quantity of iron flowing from every tap in the house, and then and only then,  determined whether to rent the unit.  
                            They didn't do that.  Alternatively, they would have disclosed the iron problem & advised prospective tenants that replacing the unit's pipe might not correct the iron problem in the unit.
                            They chosed instead to disclose nothing about the iron problem IN the unit because they were too eager to gain a full-rent paying tenant (August - with no repairs completed) and
                            they didn't want to do any of the necessary repairs: NOTHING done fro 7/16 through 9/10, 56 DAYS.  Does the definition of "slumlord" apply to one rented unit?
                  August
8/05                     I had heard nothing about anything from anyone at Five Skies since 7/16:  21 days. I found a recommendation on the Tenant Resource Center's (Madison, WI) website to submit a written request for
                             the date that repairs would be completed. I dropped it in the same #15 mail slot that all rent checks were deposited in along with my acceptance of their offer to pay rent in sync with my social security
                             check. They chose not to respond to the request for a completion date (excerpt is from my 9/03 letter) AND they demanded full rent for August: water not corrected; door not replaced; windows off
                             track, some wouldn't open, some wouldn't close with no a/c in unit.  I continued my search to accomplish my constructive eviction & where I would have "full normal use" of the premises, e.g., drink
                             a glass of water without fear of setting off metal detectors; open & close a door; open & close windows, etc. Five Skies had been notified 5/10, 5/19, 5/20, 5/31, 6/17, 6/30, & also saw in person mid-June
                             & 7/16.  Repairs were promised to be done "soon" but there was no reason to think that meant anything at all to any of them.

8/08                     I went back to the Water Quality store for iron quantity tests:  begin shower at 6.00ppm (not 0.3ppm); end of shower at 2.00ppm (not 0.3ppm). Results here.  This is what the drain catcher looked like
                             after two quick showers in what looked like clear water - my hair is dark blonde, not Bozo the Clown orange.

8/15                     Demonstrating their positive intention to collect full rent while doing nothing about the necessary repairs, Five Skies cashed my check for FULL August rent while doing nothing - absolutely nothing
                             from 7/17-9/10:  56 days.    I paid rent as agreed per Joey's email re in sync with my social security check.  I paid FULL rent despite the fact that NO repairs described in 5/10 email had been
                             accomplished:   not the door, not the windows, no laundry hookup, no outdoor water connection, and not the horrendous water.  Receipt: no late fees, zero balance due.

8/22                     Septic pipe broke/disconnected at back end of neighbor's unit.  Sewage began spewing from the pipe on my lawn.  See Sewage on my lawn 18 days for details.
                             Brief encounter with Joey: stairs to be replaced "hopefully Labor Day weekend," and he is looking at back doors (again).

8/24                      Cash-job plumber supposedly reconnected the two pipes.  Sewage continued to spew.

8/30                      Kurt returned  to fiddle with the pipe & left.  Sewage continued to spew.
                  September
9/03                      Sent letter to Five Skies  including statement that sewage had been on my lawn since 8/22.  Advised them I would contact appropriate gov't agencies; pursue legal action if repairs not made
                              within one week.  It had been 3 months & 25 days since initial notification of 5/10.  Labor Day weekend 9/03-05:  stairs were not replaced though Joey had said that "hopefully* that would be done.

9/06                      My letter to Five Skies LLC was received via USPS priority mail.

9/08                      Two days after Five Skies received my 9/03 letter on 9/06, plumber hosed sewage into grass; bleach was not applied as required by DSPS.  Sewage spill was not reported to DSPS as required. 
                              He connected the outdoor water tap for garden/lawn on my unit that he had "promised" would be done 6/06.  Unfortunately, that conflicted with his arrest for felony stalking.  This is the water  
                              that flowed from the tap after he left.

7/16-9/10             Quick Recap 7/16 to date:
                              Last appointment on 7/16: saw water displayed, said nothing & did nothing; drilled one window open; then it couldn't be closed.  Joey put a pin in door hinge & asked Uncle Delbert to check his work.
                              Heard nothing from Five Skies to 8/05.
                              8/05 submitted written request for date repairs would be completed.
                              Full rent paid 8/15 with NO repairs done: 0 Balance; 0 Late Fees.
                              Heard nothing from Five Skies to 9/03.
                              My letter of 9/03 received by Five Skies on 9/06.
                              No response from Five Skies to my letter of 9/03.
                              No response to written request of 8/05 for date repairs would be completed.

                             56 days (1 month + 25 days)   7/17 -  9/10   without hearing one word from Five Skies after they had received FULL RENT FOR AUGUST.
                   Who wouldn't want to put money in their pocket while doing NOTHING about the problems they were informed of four (4) months earlier on 5/10 after promising ALL would be addressed SOON?
9/11                    Delbert, Joey & a few of his buddies, installed the not-to-code/no permit back stairs replacing the not-to-code metal stairs that Nick said on 7/01 would be replaced "spring or summer."
                            A chance encounter with Joey followed: Joey said they were "having money problems"; they were trying to find a replacement door; he declined the mug of water I offered him.

9/12                     AFTER the deadline specified in my 9/03 letter to complete the repairs detailed in my email of 5/10, Joey sent an email: "to attach a filter to see if that helps with the water" - a single filter to affect
                             every tap?  "to see if that helps" - to see?   helps?   Actually, his voicemail clarifies merely "helps" to "hopefully hopefully helps."  After 4 months & 3 days they want to experiment with "a filter" to
                             see if it "helps."   Where would you attach "a filter" in your house to affect every water tap in your house? They think that replacing the replaced flooring destroyed by the broken door while the
                             door is still broken & now the replacement door is allegedly backordered is a good idea???  This is the 1st appointment that I declined since I moved in.  My search for another place to live looked
                             promising for a couple options.

9/15                     I paid rent as previously agreed with Five Skies on the 15th  & with letter to Nick re rent abatement in accordance with 704.07(4).   While I later noticed that I neglected to include the (4), I was
                             confident that the agents of an LLC operating a business would be cognizant of the relevant laws.  It appears I was wrong about that OR they knew the laws & chose not to comply.  Nevertheless,
                              they should have been aware of the relevant laws just as I need to be aware of the laws relevant to driving my car.

9/16                      Declining the 9/12 appointment turned out to save all of us some time & energy as four days later, Joey's email informs me that he now is "going back and forth with Pellner (sic) plumbing to get
                              something to work it (sic), which  will take some time" and "...to attach a filter as a temporary solution for the water." Again they're going with a "temporary" solution and one filter. 
                              They knew this was a problem before I moved in and chose not to tell me.  They expect full rent while doing nothing about the repairs & now are experimenting with ridiculous temporary solutions 
                              for the water and no mention of windows.  Winter is coming.
                              By the way, how often do you think "a" temporary filter would have to be changed before it clogs when the water looks like this? His voicemail of 9/16 indicates that the "temporary" solution
                              will "hopefully hopefully help" 4 months, 21 days since I moved in 4/27.  
                      
                              Lugging a 30lb pail of cat litter, I was injured when I tripped & fell on the short top riser of the replaced back stairs. The stairs were different than any other stairs I've climbed and I began to research
                              relevant building codes and discovered that SPS 321.04(2)(e) stair risers are not to exceed a disparity of 3/8"   Their replacement stairs provided a disparity of 2½"

9/18                      Five Skies sure didn't like my adherence to Wisconsin laws but they're all good as long as I pay full rent and they can continue to do nothing to perform the necessary repairs as they did 7/17-9/10..  
                              In particular, the Kedrowskis did NOT like the fact that I abated September's rent adjusting August's full rent in accordance with Wisc §704.07(4) while deprived of "full normal use" and "prompt"
                              attention to necessary repairs. Rather than acknowledging their failures to comply with building codes, DSPS regulations, and Chapter 704, they contacted an attorney. The kicker, of course,
                              was that they secured the services of Patrick Arendt, an attorney who was willing & able to help them (aka aid & abet) in their unlawful practices & fraudulent endeavor undeterred by
                              ABA Rule 1.2(d):     "A lawyer shall not counsel a client to engage, or assist a client, in conduct that the lawyer knows is criminal or fraudulent"    

                             Joey promptly contacted Patrick Arendt after he picked up my check & letter of 9/15; he forwarded Arendt's email of 9/16 to me on 9/18. Arendt chose to ignore the fact that it was coming up on
                             five months that the original issues of water, door, and windows still were not repaired/remedied & they had done NOTHING since 7/16. Arendt responded to my letter of 9/03 to begin the charade
                             of an appointment to correct the water.  He claims expertise in residential real estate but appears to be woefully uninformed re 704.04(4).  He's a tough guy though and told Five Skies they could:
                                     â–º Evict me
                                     â–º Turn off the water supply
                                     â–º Immediately enter the premises to abate the claimed safety issue with or without her consent and without 24 hour notice        

                            On the one hand, this was hilarious as both plumber and I informed them of the situation eight (8)  times beginning 5/10. Joey & Delbert saw the water for themselves three (3) times: in mid-June,
                            July 16, and 9/11.  Nick had written on 5/10 that the water issue "must be related to the pipes in the trailer itself and the new lines "should remedy that." NOTE: MUST BE.....SHOULD REMEDY THAT.
                            But if not, they weren't going to do a damn thing (7/01) about it but "would not continue to rent the unit until that issue is remedied..." On the other hand, I doubt anyone would appreciate being
                            threatened & intimidated in this manner after everything I had gone through with the Kedrowskis & their off-the-books no-permit plumber & lack of attention to necessary repairs since I moved in. 
                            I had chosen one of the places I had looked at & contacted a couple of friends in Minneapolis who had offered to help me move with their truck. I had only to set a date for my constructive eviction
                            as soon as I heard when they could make it here to help. Nevertheless, I was intimidated/bulled into accepting the 9/20 appointment.
    9/20                      Sham 10:00 am appointment's bottom line:  no show, no cancel, no reschedule       See site pages: Issues/Five Skies/Water   and  Arendt/3 (2 of 2) 9/20 Bogus Appointment  for details
                                  No one showed up at 10:00a; no one texted, called, or emailed re being late.
                                  I texted Joey that I was sending him an email to share with Delbert & Kurt.
                                  10:30 emailed Joey that they were deemed a no-show.
                                  He replied  @ 10:34a "We are here right now talking with our attorney regarding the letter you left use (sic), we will be over when we are done talking with him."
                                  Old lady is told by 20 yr old boy that she should shut up and just sit & wait for the men to be done talking.
                                  Turns out Joey lied when he said "we are here right now" because they weren't all there. The one person authorized to DO anything, the cash-job plumber, was not there.  
                                  Joey's email rec'd 10/04 at 4:20 pm confirms his lie.  I was in a heated exchange with Wood County Health Department at the time when the pop-up notification arrived @ 4:20p on 10/04.
                                  Gmail time stamped his email as 11:40am on 9/20.  Should the old lady have waited an hour & 40 minutes only to be told "never mind, I lied:  the plumber is actually in Madison"?
                                  Joey's email said they would reschedule.  Just another lie:   he didn't,  Nick didn't,  Delbert didn't,  cash-job didn't.
                                  After the coerced and bogus appointment of 9/20, Five Skies did not request another appointment to deal with any repair of anything.
                                  Other than the peculiar email from Joey that arrived 10/04 @ 4:20pm, I never heard from anyone at Five Skies again.

  9/24                        Injuries sustained on 9/16 due to their replacement stairs that were not built to code had healed some so I took the letter I wrote to Lorelei Fuehrer and visited her.
                                  Details on Issues/Five Skies/Stairs   
                                 Summary:  Not to code in her telephone call w/Nick & no permit confirmed via email.   I feared I would have to fill out forms, wait for reply, 30 days to repair....bureaucracy.
                                 Instead, found myself delighted that she picked up the phone to call Nick while I sat there!  We chatted another ten minutes or so about allergies, ADHD, her nephew (grandson?), and
                                 alternative/holistic health in the area.  A pleasant, productive meeting and a polar opposite to Nick's fictional description.

  9/25                       I learned my friend's husband had had a severe stroke & was hospitalized.   I lost the place I had planned to move to as I could not provide a date of occupancy because I had now lost the
                                 friends who were going to help me move with their truck. How many people can afford to move every few months just because their landlord chooses to lie about the condition of the unit 
                                 their decision not to perform necessary repairs?  I could not.  I had to begin again the search for a place to live while trying to borrow money from other friends, grieving, and dealing with
                                 the scofflaw landlord and his scofflaw atttorney. 
                          
  9/26                       Kedrowskis brought the stairs to code eliminating the 4" top riser.
                                 I finished & emailed letter & documentation to Governor Walker.  Issues not included on this website are described in this letter.  
                                 No contact from anyone with Five Skies from 9/20 - 9/27.

  9/28                        PretextualVacate/Pay notice with false amounts and false dates taped to the broken door.  Arendt penned an accompanying letter to the notice providing a sentence which has nothing
                                  to do with rent & everything to do with their true motivation:  "It appears that you are unhappy with the manner in which my client manages its trailer park."
                                  2 days after they repaired their not-to-code/no permit stairs after my visit to Saratoga's building inspector.  8 days after their no-show sham appointment of 9/20 to attach a
                                  single filter IN the unit to impact EVERY tap (haha) that might "hopefully hopefully help" "temporarily."  What does Arendt's extraneous sentence have to to with rent in light of the fact
                                  that rent was paid in accordance with §704.07(4)?  Nothing, nothing at all.  Except for this: 
                                  704.45  Retaliatory conduct in residential tenancies prohibited.
                                                     (1)  Except as provided in sub. (2), a landlord in a residential tenancy may not increase rent, decrease services, bring an action for possession of the premises, refuse to
                                                             renew a lease or threaten any of the foregoing, if there is a preponderance of evidence that the action or inaction would not occur but for the landlord's retaliation
                                                             against the tenant for doing any of the following:  
                                                             (a) Making a good faith complaint about a defect in the premises to an elected public official or a local housing code enforcement agency.
                                                             (b) Complaining to the landlord about a violation of s. 704.07 or a local housing code applicable to the premises.
                                    
                                  Arendt references §704.17(1) in the notice. §704.17(1) is for "Month-to-month and week-to-week tenancies"
                                  He should have referenced §704.17(2) ..." Tenancies under a lease for one year or less, and year-to-year tenancies" 
                                  You'd think he could at least bother to reference the correct statute.  Is sloppy & inaccurate okay with the Wisconsin Bar?
                                    
                                  Arendt's second page of the document does not calculate late fees correctly.  He & Joey pad their false claim with an extra $70 disregarding Joey's own email changing the due date
                                  to the 15th effective the previous month as well as the receipt he wrote for rent paid in August ON the 15th: 0 balance; 0 late fees.
                                  Honesty is not a virtue valued or practiced by any agent of Five Skies or Arendt, a poor representation of an officer of the court.
                      
                                  Wouldn't an ethical attorney familiar with relevant laws counsel his client on their responsibility to adhere to the legal requirements of Chapter 704?
                                  Oh wait.....ethical & knowledgeable...maybe that explains it.

                                  It's one thing to represent a client; it's another to help them avoid consequences of their disregard for laws, codes, & common decency by lying for them.
                                  Whatever it takes, right? Lie to DATCP, lie to the court, fudge the court documents and (bonus!) put a few extra dollars in his scofflaw client's pocket.
                                  Sloppy & deceitful is how it's done in Wisconsin's legal system.

9/29                          I called Judicare to learn that after snail mail confirmation of citizenship is received in Wausau & then determination of eligibility, they' usually get back to folks in a "couple weeks or so."
                                  Fill in form, mail, wait....citizen.....wait... eligibility....wait couple weeks. I have a few days, so no, that doesn't look like it will help.

                                  Not incidentally, can you imagine my frame of mind at this time? My friend's husband is in the hospital & she won't speak with me because it's 'my fault.'
                                  I'm trying to find a place to live, trying to pack, trying to find someone to move my stuff, trying to find legal help. I can't work - no income but social security.
                                  I'm exhausted from trying to deal with Five Skies malarkey over the last five months & now they've hired this kind of an attorney.  

                                   Email to Jack Wotruba, DSPS re water & stairs.
                                   His reply provided DATCP as possibility for assistance.
                                   I replied with what I'd found on the DATCP website:
                                          "After receiving your complaint, Consumer Protection will contact you and the business about the complaint; typically within 14 days of receiving your complaint.
                                          Although we cannot force a business to resolve a complaint, our contact with the company often results in a solution. Because of the volume of complaints we receive,
                                          it may take up to 90 days to complete the complaint process.
                                          I don't think they're up to this challenge.
                                          I have 5 days to homeless per Patrick Arendt's document of yesterday."

9/29                          I received a notice of certified mail from Arendt's office. There is no requirement for a certified notice for a Vacate/Pay notice.
                                  I saw no reason to drive to the post office & pick up a certified copy of the same thing that had been taped to my door.  
                                  I wasn't in a frame of mind to pour a cup of water on Arendt or any Five Skies agents had they been on fire.

9/30                          I went to the Aging Disability Resource Center with pictures & documents.
                                  She suggested Tenant Resource/Madison (already had done) and Dept of Health – Wood County.
                                  Emailed Bruce Meiners Plumbing/State of WI.  He forwarded to Michael Lamberty.
                                  Lamberty advised that plumbing permit depends on town, city, county, municipality.
                  October
While trying to borrow money from friends, find some help to move, and hold on to one of the housing options I still had for my constructive eviction:
                                         
     10/03                         Followed up by email with Lorelei Fuehrer - Saratoga Building Inspector.  No Response.  All emails to/from here.
     10/05                         Another email to Ms Fuehrer.  No Response.
     10/07                         Another email to Ms Fuehrer   - Golly, after she talked with Nick on 9/26, she plum forgot who I am!
     10/03                         Email to Roy Irving – WI Dept of Health re water quality  
     10/10                         His reply:  run til water is “clear."  My email response was picture of drain catcher after 2 quick showers in “clear” water; no response from Mr Irving.  After 3 "clear" buckets full, this is the fourth.
     10/03                         Email to Representative Krug.  No response.
     10/04                        Contacted Wood County Health Department asking for the name of the contact person for water quality.  Received pop-up notification of Joey's email at 4/20pm; dated 9/20 11:40am by gmail.
                                       Whether composed & sent on 9/20 or 10/04, the email confirms that Joey lied at 10:34am on 9/20 when he wrote "we are here right now."  The only person authorized to do anything is the plumber
                                        and he was NOT there.

     10/05 - 10/13           No contact from anyone with Five Skies.

     10/06                        Nick, his son Joey, and a woman were hanging around my front yard near the pipe where sewage spewed a little after 8am.  Neither Kedrowski nor plumber contacted Wood County Health
                                       as required for a sewage spill.  Someone knocked on the broken door.  I was on a conference call in an attempt to reinstate my insurance license.  
                                       I chose not to answer the door as I had no appointment with anyone; my call was more important.
                                       Received call from Michelle Reinen at office of Consumer Protection. She left a voicemail indicating Gov Walker had forwarded my letter of 9/28 to her.

     10/07                        USPS Priority mail to Linda Seemeyer, Director – WI Dept of Health about the situation Wood County Health Dept had aggravated beyond comprehension.  No response.
                                       Cash-job plumber put a different pipe on sewage spewing pipe 3 days after I contacted Wood Co. Health Dep't and 47 days from initial sewage spill (8/22 - 10/07)
                                       Weird, right?  Because shouldn't he also in Madison per Joey's email rec’d 10/4 @ 4:20pm with daughter who was in a serious car accident. Maybe not serious.  Maybe just another lie.
                                       Reality becomes frangible when everyone is lying to you all the time.

     10/10                       Connected with Michelle Reinen, DATCP, after a couple rounds of voicemail tag.  She had rec'd documents from Gov Walker's office & would expedite complaint.  Their department does not
                                       enforce anything. They collect data & when "enough" is accumulated....(=enough people hurt), I guess they send a stern letter or something.  Invested the rest of the day & night in putting
                                       together 95 pages of documentation & submitted them in several pdfs sent in eleven (11) emails to accommodate the size restriction placed on incoming emails.

     10/11                        I filed DATCP complaint  with 95 pages of documentation.  Original emails may be available on request.

     10/14                        As an officer of the court, Arendt filed eviction summons & complaint with false information that aided & abetted the scofflaw slumlord whom he knew chose not to perform repairs as
                                       required by Wisconsin Chapter 704.  This is supported by Arendt's statement on the 9/28 5 day notice: It appears that you are unhappy wilh lhe manner in which my client manages its trailer park.
                                       He made material misrepresentations rather than use the documented facts.  Arendt filed the false claim for my eviction he concocted with Joey Kedrowski who signed his name to what he knew 
                                       was dishonest -because he, his very own self, had changed the due date to the 15th,  I accepted that change on 8/05, & he signed the receipt for payment on 8/15 documenting a zero balance &
                                       no late fee.   Like father, like son? 
                                       Arendt & Joey falsely claimed that the October's rent was late (it wasn't) and wanted late fees for both months from the 1st instead of the 15th.  Rent had been paid on time in September
                                       in accordance with §704.07(4) and wasn't due until 10/15.    Security deposits & all rent monies were retained by Five Skies.        See Arendt Defrauds Court to Aid & Abet Five Skies Fraud    
                                  
     10/20                       There was a knock on the broken door at about 9:00pm.  I asked who it was & a man said he had some mail for me.  It's very dark. Mail?  I told him to leave it on the step & go away. 
                                      Checked as soon as light enough early morning - nothing left on step, taped to door, anywhere around the unit.  
                            
                                      My contructive eviction plan was in place again, but having known the Kedrowskis over the last 6 months, I looked up 704.21 service procedure: "leave copy on premises; mailing a copy by
                                      regular or other mail, mailing a copy of the notice by registered or certified mail."  Arendt did not: leave a copy on premises, mailed (or emailed) a copy.

     10/24                       Someone knocked on front door. I was busy cleaning litterboxes & didn't answer as I wasn't expecting anyone.  After they left, I looked to see if they had left anything.  Nothing there. 
                                      See Arendt Conspires w/Five Skies to Defraud Court et al/Disregard of Process.  A local friend was helping me in my several preliminary moving trips; she thought it better that she drive given my
                                      rather continual state of distress.  Every time I returned to the unit, I checked around both front & broken doors to learn whether any document had been left.  
                                      No documents left.  Nothing received by regular mail, other mail, registered, or certified mail.  
   
     10/25                       Arendt sent an email to me advising of S&C for eviction.  704.21 refers to "other mail" - no attachments on his email.  No copy was received in regular US mail, registered mail, or other US mail,
                                      no FedEx, no other carrier brought mail.  No document left on or around front or broken doors.
                                      Notice posted in Clerk of Court's office describing process for the "helpers" but these instructions don't apply to such as Arendt?  He's what -- special, exempt from this process?
                                      Notice has been there at least 5 years per Amanda:    If cannot be served: Post on door AND mailed AND then an Affidavit of Posting is filled out.   Do not have them publish.
                                      No Affidavit of Mailing  posted on public website.  

     10/31                       I filed a three page counter-claim.  I shoved a thick envelope partially under the door of Arendt's office with the 95 pages of documentation sent to the DATCP. 
                                      Facts & documentation were available to him.  He had time to revise the false claim for my eviction that made material misrepresentations.  
                                      He & Five Skies chose not to do that & proceeded with the false claim against me.



Are facts, truth, and law relevant to the practice of law in Wisconsin?  I don't see anything to support that notion.

Can landlords and attorneys just do & say whatever they want to get what they want?  Based on my experience, yes.

Egregious actions of landlord aided & abetted by attorney at law --- fraud, statute & code violations are okay in Wood County, Wisconsin?   Definitely.

On left is the water the day before the sham appointment
of 9/20 @ 10am
coerced by the threats of Patrick Arendt
 
Would YOU be okay paying full rent
after 5 months with absolutely no action to correct except 
"terminate your lease" 63 days after you moved in?

How did that coerced appointment go? 
     no show
     no call to cancel
     no request to reschedule

See details:   Bogus 9/20 App't