Consumer Protection PLUS

The Board of Directors has called several times to please replace the light bulb in the pole on lot 78 at EaglesNest Resident Inc.
This is a senior resident community, we need the light for protection.

Thank you,
Jessie Kohler

For over a year we’ve had a lot of issues that have not been fixed or addressed. I have gone down to the office on multiple occasions and expressed my concerns. We have had black mold and we complained about it continuously for months and when they finally came in to fix it, all they did was wipe over it and painted. We have had water damage for over a year and we did have code enforcement come in and all of these issues are now worse because we now have no walls. They keep telling us that they will be fixed, but it is in violation because the studs are showing, and there are nails that are coming through because my younger child was hurt several times. They put us up for eviction three days ago. I asked them before I paid my rent which is almost $2500 monthly. I also had asked them if I could have something in writing that these things would be fixed before I paid my rent and I was told no. Like I said, this has been going on for over a year and like I said, I was having no walls that has been since early November.

Complaint against Mr. Randall Martel Timeline of Events

September 7, 2022 – Mr. Nick Ekonomou executed a contract with licensed general contractor Randy Martel of Randall L. Martel General Contractor, LLC and his contractor Jaco Briones Pinto Sampaio (AKA Jaco Briones) of Sky Home Solutions, LLC.

September 12, 2022 – A $25,000 down payment Flagship bank cashier’s check was issued to Sky Home Solutions and it was subsequently deposited into the bank account of Sky Home Solutions.

February 2023 – 5 months after the contract was signed. After doing approximately $4,000 of work, the job was abandoned. The wooden trusses that I purchased for the project, at the request of the contractor, were left uncovered on site and have sustained water and mold damage. My pleas to both Mr.
Martel and Mr. Briones via emails and voicemails for them to resume work have been ignored.

It has recently come to my attention that Jaco Briones Pinto Sampaio (AKA Jaco
Briones) of Sky Home Solutions, LLC. obtained more than $55,000 in accounts receivable financing by using my contract for this project as collateral/basis to obtain said cash advance, although he had abandoned this project, and he knew there are no receivables for anybody to collect from this project. See attached accounts receivable financing collections letter from Park Avenue
Recovery.
Jaco Briones Pinto Sampaio (AKA Jaco
Briones) of Sky Home Solutions, LLC contact
info is:
Phone: (941) 413-8223
Email: [email protected]

March 10, 2023 – Mr. Nick Ekonomou sent a demand letter to Florida State Chapter 558, in a final attempt to resolve the construction contract disputes between us, before proceeding to litigation.

March 16, 2023 – We have received an email feedback from Mr. Jaco Briones saying that he is willing to return the money and leave it up to Nick to find someone else to finish the job.

April 10, 2023 – Mr. Ekonomou wrote a final demand letter for Randy L. Martel General Contractor

June 7, 2023 – Mr. Ekonomou filed a PCCLB Complaint Against Randy L. Martel General Contractor

June 21, 2023 – We have received a confirmation email from Eric Warfield, Investigator that the complaint against Randall L. Martel, (CGC56682), d/b/a Randy Martel General Contractor, LLC, has been received at our TAMPA Regional Office for further investigation.

October 18, 2023 – We have sent a follow up email with this subject “Follow up case status - State of Florida DBPR Case 2023032659 - Randall Martel”

October 18, 2023 – We have received a reply from Mr. Warfield stating that the case is currently under review with the DBPR Office of General Counsel and as result, information related to that case is PRIVATE and not available to the public at this time.

There is continuously people at this apartment outside doing drugs, lighting items on fire in parking lot causing fire department to show up, and other disorderly conduct. Not sure who to report this to but I've had a lady from this building bang on my door (I live in building next door) along with multiple other of my neighbors at 6 in the morning demanding to use my phone and calling me foul names when I said no. They're have been several people in my next door unit who have complained about the behavior.

There is a company called Clyde, Johnson, contracting and roofing living or running a business out of the new Haven clubhouse. They are located in Clewiston Florida. Their license number is CGC1523179 and CC 133-1431 they have been here for over a year. I would appreciate if someone would go there and check out what they are doing. We believe they are running a business out of the clubhouse. There is a traffic problem on our road with their trucks using it daily. We can’t even walk our dogs

Broken elavator for 3 weeks at 2452 Brazilia Dr

this gentlemen is forcing my son to move or sign a new lease. he gutted my son's apartment while he was in the hospital with my grand daughter while she had a skull fracture. there is also a leak in the roof and he is refusing to do anything else until the new lease is signed or he moves out. my son's lease is up in october.

Our apartment complex, Lake Maggiore Apartments, has changed the terms of all the residents lease without consent. They are enforcing an unfair policy where there can only be one car per apartment, meaning families, married couples, and roommates are limited to one car. They recommended to residents that we park downtown and walk, park in the street, or sell our cars. I literally have nowhere to keep my car at the complex I pay rent at. The lease we signed said we could each park our cars. In addition to this, the fire alarm in our building is faulty. It goes off in the middle of the night regularly. This has been going on for months now. In addition to the concerns I have over the safety and efficacy of our fire alarm, none of us are sleeping. The apartment complex is placing under undue duress and hardship, with no recourse. I want them to abide by the terms of the lease agreement we signed, and I want them to fix the fire alarm for the safety of all residents.

The lighting in our hallway has been out for over a week despite multiple requests for repairs. The lack of lighting has created unsafe conditions, leaving all three floors in complete darkness. I personally experienced difficulty navigating the stairs and nearly fell, and I am particularly concerned for residents with young children who are also at risk. This is a serious safety hazard, and I urge immediate action to resolve this matter.

house listed for sale says new plumbing in 2021 and new electrical in 2022 and I contacted the real estate agent listing this and asked some questions including about this becaue there are no permits shown as pulled on this property according to the pinellas county tax appraisers website since 1997 and was told by the real estate agent that "the owner was a contractor and had good help" so I looked up the owners name and he is not a general contractor according to the state of florida and I brought this permitting issue to the attention of the realtor Kathleen Williams of Roe Realty and she said in a text message that if this (legal permitting for electrical and plumbing) was a deal breaker then "maybe this not the property for me" and I have all the text messages to prove this. So this is both a bad real estate listing with a scam/ false information to an unsuspecting homebuyer but also the real estate agent is lying to people when they ask about it saying the permit isnt needed because the owner is a contractor which he is not and that's also not true as permits for "new" electrical and plumbing are required.

On Thur, 9/11, this Speedway charged $3.97 per gal of regular while every other gas station on my way home (heading North to the 49th St. N exit) were a dollar cheaper. While this is a $14.50 lesson for me, it isn't right that they charge so much more than other, local stations.