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21 April 2024 | 14 replies
Set an expectation that no one leaves their dishes in the sink.
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18 April 2024 | 141 replies
So I take the best of those - small portions of rich food + wine from the French - fish, seaweed, and soy from the Japanese, and grain-based mostly vegetable dishes from the Lebanese.
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9 April 2024 | 4 replies
Be prepared for higher turnovers, dealing with parents and kids who have no idea how to live on their own (eg using dish soap in a dishwasher).
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4 April 2024 | 32 replies
@Bruce Woodruff had a dog house, I had a cat house...27 cats, the owner walked away to another house up the street, leaving dishes on the kitchen table and all furniture.
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3 April 2024 | 9 replies
That said, I spend about $80 on each turn re-stocking items like paper towels, dish soap, shampoo and the welcome basket I put out.
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1 April 2024 | 8 replies
That being said, people can definitely be messy and I find myself doing a good portion of the dishes.
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31 March 2024 | 61 replies
People dishing out crap advice or proposing ridiculous limitations are speaking from positions of fear.
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27 March 2024 | 17 replies
I would not allow tenant to do this as they could easily contaminate the petri dishes.
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20 March 2024 | 14 replies
If you want to "rig" something up from outside your windows and all then... again you'll have to verify what your housing owners allow or not (just like a satelite dish).
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20 March 2024 | 24 replies
Set an expectation that no one leaves their dishes in the sink.