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21 May 2016 | 13 replies
I like to provide things like a new shower curtain liner, a starter bottle of certain cleaners you may want them to use.
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2 August 2016 | 7 replies
If I was to ever (God forbid lol) have a roommate again, I'd hire a house cleaner and include the cost in the rent.
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16 June 2016 | 33 replies
I say, "Well, it gives you a place to stack boxes or store other things like mops or brooms or vacuum cleaners or whatever."
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7 April 2017 | 72 replies
If I am trying to go well this one time when (insert protected class) was in there was someone with a cleaner car and this other time there was some guy who was at his job 2 weeks longer.
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23 May 2021 | 87 replies
Maybe next time act promptly so you do not allow a tenant to get behind 2 months, offer an incentive to have the property left in reasonable shape and maybe negotiate a parting agreement that both can live with...where are you thinking someone without rent money is going to come up with 2 months back rent much less the penalty fee and cost to hire professional cleaners?
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12 January 2020 | 8 replies
Next course of action is to use some soot cleaner to see if we can show her that is the problem.
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29 April 2022 | 39 replies
Moreover I have come across many carpet cleaners which can totally get rid off the foul smell(safe carpet cleaners.
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11 September 2018 | 42 replies
@Erica Muller what has your experience been with a property manager/cleaner?
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22 June 2016 | 4 replies
In my market, refinishing hardwoods in a 1/1 would cost under $1000; so, you may want to shop around.Hardwoods hands down...look better, rent better, cleaner and hold up better (especially 1951 hardwood) than carpet.
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28 July 2017 | 7 replies
But it's great to have electricians, deep cleaners, steamers, landscapers, and a roofer.