DAYTON -- Her lease was up, she had no where else to go so she saw a house on the 2700 block of Hoover Avenue. Although it needed some work she was assured itâd be ready to go by November first, but it wasnât.
âThis right here, I canât take, enough is enoughâ said Rose Christian, Dayton.
Rose Christian and her family moved into the home on Hoover Avenue, mid October. She dished out more than $1100 dollars.
Her landlord, Kenyan Nichols, promised her the house would be ready by November, her initial move-in date, but instead she walked into a mess.
âThere are wires hanging out the wall, and the ceilingâ said Christian.
The house is flooded with problems, from half working toilets, to electrical issues and most of allâ¦no heat.
âThis windowâs been plastic up so I can keep some kind of heat in hereâ said Christian.
Christianâs resorted to using the oven to keep her and the kids, all under the age of ten, warm at night.
The family sleeps in the living room because that is where most of the working plugs are for space heaters.
She has all her utilities turned on, but canât use most of them, and in the case of the broken furnace, turning it on could be fatal.
âThe inspector said the carbon monoxide [from the furnace] will kill me and my childrenâ said Christian.
Christian says sheâs tried to contact her landlord to fix the mounting problems, but heâs been unreachable for days.
ABC 22/Fox 45 News also tried to contact him several times, and after answering the phone briefly, he too hung up on us.
âAll Iâm asking is for the basic things to be fixed, so we can have the full use of the house for $1,175â said Christian.
Christian says she spent much of the Christmas money she saved for her kids to move into the home.
And with the sound of animals in the ceiling at night, broken doorknobs and wires everywhere, now she fears sheâll have to move elsewhere.
âI hate to say it, but weâre screwed, and it seems like all the hard work that I did to move to a better place, it all got thrown in my face. I was embarrassed to invite anybody over hereâ said Christian.
Christian is now considering taking Nichols to court to recoup some of her losses.
Our news team searched Kenyan Nicholsâ property records, which revealed there are no liens or anything else withstanding against him.
