All Forum Posts by: Kelly M.

worn. Not women Lol 

bedrooms are perfect. Just the living room and hall leading to bedrooms and the dinning room. Very odd the dinning room is carpeted because this room leads to the deck and the back yard.. I've had throw carpets over it just to be sure it doesn't get more women than it was when I moved in.  I'm getting up the nerve to call later this afternoon. Don't know why I am so nervous. Feel like a child asking for a new bicycle lol

@Dawn Anastasi  I agree 100 percent. It's people like that, whom make it difficult for responsible pet owners. 

I was just reading another thread about a tenant allowing there pets to potty in the house.  I gagged.  The smell of amonia from the urine is almost impossible to get out of sub flooring especially OSB and partical board. They are so porous they soak any moisture up and retaine the odor. 

This was an issue for my x husband and I when we were flipping houses. 

My brother who use to be a landlord started, putting a coat of polyacrylic water based over sub flooring before adding the carpet or flooring to be installed. It was cheap and easy to do and it helped a lot with not having to replace subfloors after tenants with pets moved 

@Rich N.  Ma too cold for my bones haha  but thank you. LOL   I would need a house not an apartment.  A small house. 

Randy- great suggestion. FYI NC is on the top of my list.  However- who really would take a tenant with 130 lb dog? That's asking honestly. It's hard.  She is part of my family and even when her years are up. I would want another.  Awesome dogs. She is my 4th Mastiff 

Thank you all for your responses. I'm going to ask him to think about it, I think that's is the best way to go.

I understand everyone's thoughts on putting money into someone else's property. However, if I've spent 1500.00 in the 3 years that I've been here that is a high number. The two good things that came out of my marriage are my children, and skills I've learned from my x. He is a contractor so all the work that I have done has been with my own hands. Grout is cheap 15 dollars. Paint and stucco also cheap for stairs. Sand and stone very cheap. Fence a friend did for cost and the garage door opener was peace of mind for me- my kids lose keys. Now they punch a code and enter. I don't worry. Can't put a price tag on peace of mind. Shrubs were 35 a piece.  I live there. I am a clean person. I enjoy the work and I choose to live in a home that I am comfortable with.

I wish I could do a rent to own/ my kids are in HS. One a freshman one a senior. I do not wish to by a home in the current town I live in. The taxes alone I couldn't afford on one income.  I'm waiting out my children's school years and hopefully will be able to make an out of state move. NJ is not the most affordable place for a single mom to live.  I don't want to live paycheck to paycheck. Getting a mortgage these days is no easy task with one income and a bankruptcy under my belt either.  I'm trying to make the best of a situation is all. 

I feel my landlord took a risk on me when he had other applicants with a great credit score and mine was 480.  I am a public school teacher so my employment was secure and I did sort of plead my case . Considering the last two tenants he had, he barely received rent and had to have a court eviction.  Besides I showed up with 2 kids and 130 lb dog. Not exactly a landlords dream tenant . Btw my dog is fully trained and a docile mastiff. Maybe when I decide to relocate I will contact one of you for advice in one of your areas. I need warm weather.  Thank you again for all of your honest responses 

hoping this is appropriate, In the past my x husband and I flipped about 9 for closures. For the past 4 years I have been renting with my two teenage kids and one dog. The home I'm renting is a young home. Built in 92.  

My landlord took a risk with me, after my divorce I was forced to file bankruptcy. Not forced. But told it was the best option. Anyhow, he accepted me as his tenant and now 4 years later, I love this house. It has become my children's home. I pay my rent two weeks early every month and in June I pay. July and August up front. I take care of this as if it were my own. When my dishwasher broke I went and purchased a new one. I've had the bathrooms regrouted and I have paid and never would ask my landlord for things I wanted done. If it needed it I would ask.  I have installed garage door openers and he allows me to install a fence. I also paid for.  It was a want. The front shrubs died from the brutal winter. So I had them removed and replaced and the pavers resanded. And the foundation on the stairs painted because they were cracking. People tell me I'm crazy for putting money into a home that I don't own. However I live here I plan on it for a minimum of another 6 years.  I've called my land lord twice in 4 years once because my heat was broke. And another to find out if I had to have the gutters cleaned or him. Other than that I've never asked for a thing. I do all landscaping and snow removal. i also pay rent with a bank checkevery month. So now I need the carpet in the living room and Dinning room replaced and Down the Hall. I've had Stanley steamer every 4 months   The padding underneath is starting to to des inaugurate and it's coming free from the walls  it was not new when I moved in I believe it is original   My question is I was told by my brothers contractor that he could install laminate flooring for 2300  I am willing to pay for some. I'm unsure how to ask my landlord. I was going to ask for a months rent which is 1300 and I'll pay the remander.  Do you think this is inappropriate? Or how do I ask. ? He tells me all the time he wishes he had 10 tenants like me, and how great his house looks. But I don't want to seem greedy   He only raises my rent 10 dollars a year.  Should I ask? And how can I ask?  It's not a game changer I'm not going to move if I can't. But it does need to be done. Thanks in advance