Oklahoma City apartment tenants say managers won’t address persistent flooding and insect problems

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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Persistent flooding and termite infestations, that’s what tenants of 1 metro condominium advanced say they’re plagued with each time it rains. In the meantime, they stated administration isn’t doing something about it.

In reality, administration on the Magnolia Village Residences at Southwest 59th and Could tried to take away our KFOR crew from one lady’s condominium, saying it was non-public property.

“When you’re going to make us, we’ll have the fellows come out and escort you out,” stated one supervisor.

Nevertheless it turned out to be an empty risk, and Kizzy Bell was in a position to inform us in regards to the flooding nightmare her mom has endured since transferring in a 12 months in the past.

“That is the sixth time that water’s come by means of right here,” Bell stated.

She confirmed us movies of the a number of inches of water that flooded your entire condominium, together with a again bed room with a nonetheless drenched carpet.

“It was in all places. I’m speaking about we actually wanted a ship,” Bell stated.

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It’s unsafe and unsanitary for anybody, particularly her ailing mom.

“I’m simply attempting to cease the water so my mother don’t slip and fall,” Bell stated. “She’s already on a walker, she’s on dialysis now.”

Whereas we had been on the property, one other tenant flagged us down together with his personal complaints about flooding.

Robert Anderson stated his household has had water coming by means of the window sills and underneath the ground.

“I’ve been right here about two months, it’s flooded about 4 or 5 instances,” Anderson stated.

However his flooding comes with a termite infestation displaying up in his son’s bed room.

“As soon as the wooden will get moist, I feel the termites actually like that,” he stated.

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Tenants stated administration has carried out little to nothing to repair or tackle the problems.

Bell stated they took $100 off one month of their hire after one of many first incidents, however since has blamed Bell and her mom for not having renter’s insurance coverage.

Now, Bell stated she and her mom wish to be repaid for the times they’ve needed to take care of the difficulty, the cash they’ve needed to spend on laundry after sopping up the mess and cash for the resort room they’ve needed to keep in whereas the condominium dries out.

Managers refused to speak to KFOR in any respect in regards to the points.

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