-fixing up the property little by little to build up "pride of tenant ownership": if the property is updated and taken care of, tenants will be more reluctant to destroy/harm it.I was also thinking of installing a ANIMAL WASTE STATION with a sign, trash basket and plastic bags, however it's 300$, and we will not need it within a year.

But it's the rigid ones, with with rigid plastic hinge cutouts that are lasting the longest and always close.

(To quote Dave Ramsey) something about not sending in $500 a month for a chunk if metal and plastic that gets me from point A to B is liberating.

Ironically, a lot of architects like to design green pavement sections and then the engineers make them put plastic underneath...

The cheaper plastic opes are junk.

I want to know if the price is reasonable, and if I really need to use 2 coats of drylock paint.Concrete Block Walls - 1000 SQ FTTear off plastic and furring strips (only 500 sq ft)Scrape / Wire Brush the 2 coats of existing paint that are flaking offClean walls with concrete prep solutionClean up / Remove all scrapings, plastic, furring strips2 Coats of Drylock Paint, including taping off 4 glass block windows, painting around electrical box and other utility hookupsStairway Drywall Walls - 150 sq ftClean Walls2 Coats of paintFloor - 300 sq ftClean and prepare floors with concrete floor prep solution2 Coats of Concrete Floor Paint including taping off furnace, hot water tank, etc.Price with materials - $1800

Things started to go down hill and they simply took off on the sixth month, leaving behind what ended up being 42 bags of garbage, rotting food in the fridge, cat litter pans full of...well, you can guess.I ended up "raking" up the oldest daughters room to clean it up and was glad I was wearing gloves since, as I got down to the last layer it consisted of used tampon containers simple tossed on the floor instead of in the garbage (sorry if this is too much information).They took the "important" stuff (all the plastic flowers) but left behind all the "unimportant" papers including bank statements and both previous leases (I learned they pulled the same trick on at least two other local landlords) and the new lease...so filing against them was easy since they kindly provided me with their new address where they could be served.They also left behind new clothes with tags on them and I tried a few of the blouses on; they fit and I made sure I was wearing one of them when we went to court and I won my judgement against them.Gail

So thanks to all of you for your input thus far.I know this will be hard work but is it really rocket surgery?

I guess replacing the tub would be more like "plastic surgery" to play with the analogy a bit :)

The copper is being replaced with plastic ;)