Residents at an apartment complex in upstate New York are claiming that mice are crawling out of their water heaters after a fire in January led to poor living conditions.
According to Town Supervisor Ciaran Hanna, the complaints are targeted at the Pines of Perinton complex that has been issued six appearance tickets for 26 code violations in six apartments.
Those violations include issues such as rodent infestation, water leaks, drywall damage, and kitchen, bathroom and repairs, according to local media.
Tim Seegler, president of the complex’s tenants association said the complex is fit to be condemned,
“I wouldn’t be surprised if the state condemned this place tomorrow. I found five boiled mice that came out of the water heater.”
Seegler said the issues with rodents started when one of the complex’s main water heaters exploded.
One resident said she moved away from the complex because of the alleged conditions,
“I always thought the water in here tasted a little off.”
The owners of Pines of Perinton, WinnCompanies, had until the end of July to bring the complex up to code. According to local media, only two of the eight current violations have been addressed.
WinnCompanies wrote a letter to Seegler saying the water was suitable to drink,
“Many of you were concerned with the water been contaminated…The Monroe County Public Health Department came out to test the water. We received the sampling results that indicated at the time of sampling, all parameters analyzed were found to be satisfactory.”
A spokesperson for the complex released a statement saying they are committed to resolving the issues,
“We have tried to address the maintenance issues in these six apartments multiple times in the last three weeks, but the residents have not cooperated with our maintenance teams or repair vendors,” the statement said. “In some cases, our teams and vendors have been met with hostile and abusive language, threats of harm and inappropriate conduct. In others, contractors have been repeatedly denied access to apartments on the scheduled day of work. These challenges have made it impossible for us to make repairs. We are committed to resolving these issues as soon as possible and hope the residents of these apartments cooperate with our efforts.”
