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| BENNETT RENTAL PROPERTIES PAUL BENNETT DO NOT RENT FROM THIS MAN IN COLUMBIA Internet |
| 27th of Jun, 2011 by User393055 |
| Whatever you do, DO NOT RENT FROM PAUL BENNETT or any of his Bennett Rental Properties. We had the WORST renting experience to date with him and his property. His properties are old, neglected, and infested with insects. The meager appliances included in most of his rental properties (ie stove, fridge, microwave) are so old that they barely cook food or keep food cold and are perpetually noisy. The main problem is the landlord himself; he is mean, old, aggressive, intimidating, and impossible to deal with. He does not care about you or your needs. All he wants is his money. I rented 3200 Wilmot Avenue Columbia SC from him for over 4 years. Always paid rent on time or early - NEVER MISSED. This duplex had fuel oil heat on my side that was severely malfunctioning (the other unit had natural gas heat)...so much that my neighbor that rented the other side of the duplex would call me to make sure i was OK and that the house wasn't going to blow up when the heat came on. It literally shook the house and billowed thick smoke when it would initiate. All the walls were covered in black soot and when i moved out I had to replace my bed and sofas due to the stench of fuel oil. I drove by today (4 months after moving out and the place is still vacant) and saw that the old heater was being removed...i guess it wasn't "OK" after all. i've attached a picture of it sitting in the driveway. Mr. Bennett (Paul) couldn't have cared less and argued with me through all 4 winters that the unit was in tip top shape. There were many other issues, the heater was the worst. The kitchen floor was peeling up because of a defective leaking dishwasher that he refused to fix - he just told me not to use it. The stove only had 2 of the 4 eyes working. The shower plumbing was in horrible shape. And the list goes on and on. After a while i just stopped calling him to get things fixed - i would fix minor issues myself and pay out of my own pocket in order to NOT have to deal with this grumpy old fart! He comes off initially as a harmless old southern gentleman, but as soon as you run into any sort of an issue with him, he suddenly becomes the most unreasonable and impossible person I have ever had the displeasure of interacting with. He dodges phone calls and does not respond to voicemails, and refuses to correspond via email or fax. Instead of listening to our complaints over the phone when we were finally able to reach him, he reverted to screaming over our concerns as I voiced them, and then abruptly hung up in the middle of our conversation. My most recent conversation with Paul was today. I called to see when i could expect the refund of my security deposit. Needless to say, Paul refused to do anything but scream at me. The last words i heard were "You Son Of A Bitch" as he thought he had hung up the phone. I called him back immediately and he went on screaming that he was too busy to deal with me...that he was on a roof somewhere working on something. If you do find yourself renting from him...do not hire professionals to clean when you leave as it will do you no good in any attempt to get your deposit back. I paid more than one hundred dollars for a professional cleaning and the place looked better the day i moved out than the day i moved in. And now i'm out more than 500 dollars including the money i paid the cleaning company. I could not be more disappointed in such childish and unprofessional behavior of a landlord who so clearly does not have any concern for the needs and rights of the tenants he serves. DO NOT RENT FROM HIM. unless you like being yelled and screamed at as though you were completely ignorant. PAUL BENNETT IS THE WORST! |
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