3816 SMITH AVE STOREHOUSE MINI STORAGE 2019-07-08

STORHOUSE RENTALS P.O. Box 159 Everett,Washington 98206 425-252-4928 May 7,2018 Mr. Leroy McNulty 2930 Wetmore Avenue Everett,Washington 98201 Dear Mr. McNulty: RE: Your letter of April 2,2018 re:The Storehouse Mini Storage at 3816 Smith Ave. There are a number of items that are very alarming in your letter: 1. First of all,my philosophy for running my business has been from the very beginning, nearly 39 years ago,to treat good tenants like family and to get rid of bad ones as quickly as legally possible. 2. As far as Tony Patricelli's comments that he found many people living in the units to be greatly exaggerated. The 5x10 unit that the victim was in and the one next door had been rented for approximately two weeks and the tenants had been reprimanded and given written copies of published rules for use of the mini storage. This is the final step before formally terminating tenant's use. Both were terminated the next day and shortly thereafter. To say that there were many people was a great exaggeration. 3. Regarding your Fire Inspectors Armstrong and Alford. I watched them the whole time they were checking the units. At that time there were only two tenants on site(i.e. B-33 an C-Hj. All other units were locked and secured. So,there was no way for them to make any kind of observation of any other activities,other than these two rooms. Thus, residential use and a number of illicit activities is a gross exaggeration. 4. As far as the tenant who died in the fire,he was a meth addict and had jammed his unit with his father's furniture when he sold his house. The other fire in Unit C-I occurred in a room that had been used as band practice space,but at the time of the fire was used for furniture storage and had absolutely nothing to do with any band. As far as a space heater being the likely cause of the fire that is an unknown. I was at the fire and inspected the contents while and after the fire was extinguished. I saw no space heater and the room was not being used by any band or musician. It was simply a storage unit.