After eviction for non-payment, I found the basement mess that needed bleaching of all walls.

Anything you do should consider both the deposit and retaining some of that for unpaid rent. 

If you retain it all trim needs to be plastic and I would add a privacy film. 

My  worked on wall street.

In those cases you have the training with your body to increase your odds of defending yourself along with common items in your surroundings you can use as weapons. ( Belt, keys, mop handle, walls, stairs etc. )Unless people have been attacked in real life they have no clue what it is like.

An online link to a known falsehood should be required to post to this topic.To allow known scammers to retain membership and posting rights is known as COMPLICITY.PLEASE take action to protect the BP name, public image and the membership as a whole!

The conclusion or writing on the wall seems to indicate foreclosure on this lien is eminent.  

That is typically worked out in your retainer agreement.

Can you reconfigure a wall to adjust the awkwardness of the bedroom?

Whether the title transfers before you begin work, or you retain interest in some other way, etc.Owner would need to move before the rehab starts.