All Forum Posts by: Lee L.

We have that first thing you posted, except that it was a professionally installed unit that was manufactured and it looks nicer than just open duct work as the area it is used in is a finished bedroom in the basement. It works well in the room, but it doesn't dehumidify anything but the 10 by 10 area it is in so we need to use a portable in the bathroom and the closet.

Just curious how you go about having the discussion with the landlords about using it for air bnb? Every lease I have ever seen has a clause that prohibits subleasing, and it seems like that is a situation whwere the landlord would be at risk, so how do you get them to agree to that?

I put the stakes in to keep anyone from driving over the septic tank area, it really doesn't require a fence, the stakes are plenty of notice that one should not drive any further. The issue wasn't that the stakes weren't sufficient, it was that she removed the stakes against my express directive to leave the stakes and that I didn't want a truck driving past a certain point. 

Septic tank and pipes are underground so really no way to determine by eyeballing exactly where they are and if they sustained damage except to get it inspected,  which is what the camera is for. I would not ever get it inspected but for her malfeasance. 

It doesn't matter what the septic company thinks is a reasonable amount to drive up to the septic as I have no idea how close the truck got or if the truck went over it. All I know is if my stakes had been respected and left in place I would have been certain that the truck didn't go over it or damage it, and that she removed the stakes for the express purpose of allowing the truck to drive into an area I told her not to drive on.

She is already gone, so I can't evict her. 

Tenant was shown prior to moving in the general area of the yard that she should avoid driving over because of the septic tank. Her moving truck shows up, rolls right on top of the tank. I had our maintenance company run a camera down the pipe and it had not broken, at a cost of 150 dollars.

Cut to last month, I went to the house because she was moving out and I wanted to put stakes in the ground to keep it from happening again. She was likely drunk and definitely belligerent because she didn't like where I put the stakes, she told me she was going to take them out and started advancing toward me with wild eyes and hands raised, I just kept backing up until she gave up because even if she hit me I would end up looking like the bad guy because she is 85 and I am sure that manipulative POS was trying to trap me. I told her if she took the stakes out in defiance of my express order to leave them be, that she would have to pay out of the security for me to have the tank inspected.

So I went to see the house after she left and it is very clear the stakes came out and were put back in, I took a picture when I placed them and they are in a different order now.

Does anyone see a problem with my using some of the security for this? I am wondering because it isn't technically to fix damage incurred, but I will have to pay not only for them to run the camera but also to have it pumped, when they ran the camera last year I had just had it pumped, and I would not have had it pumped again until next year.