Hello all! This situation was a year ago but I had heard some sad things from other students that this landlord is still out there and earning big money from abusive practices. I was looking for cheap housing near campus a year ago as a student at Georgia Tech and I found Ali whose prices were pretty cheap.
In fear of not being able to find housing for the upcoming year, I signed the contract with my parents not knowing enough.
Fast forward and I find out MY ROOM IS ILLEGAL. I had no window and the ceiling height was only 6ft. It was a closet.
The sink fell of the wall. There was a large amount of trash in a small fenced area on the property. The washer and dryer would stop working often and cleaned with dirty water.
There was mold in some of the walls as well as cockroaches everywhere.
I eventually got fed up and reported him to Code Enforcement in ATL. The code enforcers took awhile but upon meeting me were upset seeing the situation. Absolutely none of his work on the house was permitted and he was also missing a vent above the gas stove and an extra electrical box for the house aside from my very illegal rooming.
I got out of my contact per the code enforcers and got emergency housing on campus at Nav using the Dean of Students.
Please please do not house with him. He seems nice at first but fighting him on legal grounds was very hard as a young small woman.