The stuff works on ants and flour weevils, might work on spiders.It does not stain paint, or any flooring that I've put it on so far.

but then things got ugly with all the water stains and the cabinets.

I was always under the impression that deposits were to be held back only when other than normal wear and tear occured such as carpets being permanently stained or windows broken or sheetrock damage requiring more than a light paint touch up.What happens if a tenant challenges deposit withholding?

Dishes get broken (I know, I've done it in vacation rentals), sheets get stained, towels get lost.

Depending on the reinforcement, I have broken the slab further in to smaller slabs and grouted the joints with mortor mix and then used a simi transperant stain to color the slab.

Sanding, stain, poly is probably going to run you around 3-4 dollars a square foot.Bathroom: That pic is bad but here is what I do.I always change out the tub surround.

Look great, paints or stains and is a polymer, harder than the wood.

Wipe the dirt and 20 years of grime off the water heater and furnace,,,they LOOK newer and better.Buy new carpet if stains show.

I would just make sure to look real well for the source of the mold (water stains on the floors of other rooms, or high concentrations of mold on a ceiling where water was coming in from a leak in the roof).

It is very hard to establish at tribunal that the damage was done intentionally with malice and not just out of stupidity: case example; tenant brought motorbike into living room to change oil and severly damaged/stained carpet - judge ruled tenant had not set out intentionally to cause damage to the carpet -so this was not covered on the other hand, different tenant caused offensive graffitti to internal walls -this was ruled to have been done intentionally with malice -so covered However, this policy comes into its own mainly for rent default, of varrying amounts depending on the circumstances but in some cases upto 12weeks if the tenant does a runner.