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20 March 2013 | 5 replies
As a college student I started by buying a house with an owner hold that was close to being demolished.I then rented all the rooms out to fellow students.We all worked at replacing the roof, plumbing, & the bottom course of limestone block as the walls were all limestone.Salt damp was a problem in the area & houses such as this we're collapsing on the first course of wall support.
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1 April 2020 | 16 replies
All furniture, clothes, books, and that type of stuff was repairable.
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15 August 2019 | 17 replies
If you shut off the water and galvanized ends up empty (full of air) you will start getting rust and sediment as the air interacts with the damp and likely already rusty insides of the pipe.
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14 November 2014 | 5 replies
Appliances included in the rental of the premises, as notedin the rental agreement, such as a refrigerator, range, dishwasher, clothes washeror clothes dryer, belong to Landlord.
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27 August 2022 | 40 replies
I put all new flooring in the upper level of their unit, its a bi-level duplex, and the bedrooms are in the basement, which has carpeting, as did my side, but I tore my carpet out due to years of dog urine never cleaned out of it, which soaked into the cement and even after enzyme cleaning and layers of scent sealing paint and then vinyl plank flooring, I can still smell it in the damp weather.
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31 August 2022 | 3 replies
You can make minor adjustments based on the type of appliances (dishwasher, clothes washer and dryer, air conditioning, etc.) and the size of the rental.
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2 January 2023 | 11 replies
Despite the tenants noting they were going to clean the carpets and clear everything out they left by not even vacuuming the carpets, definitely didn't clean the carpets, left the fridge/freezer full, kids clothing and toys all over the place, and their bed and bed frame (king) still in the room since the screws were stripped and they couldn't take it apart.
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3 September 2018 | 19 replies
BTW one of my tenants is Mexican lady and this morning she said she’s definitely familiar with the specific style of clothing they wear, the cars they drive and their tats..I believe “cholo” was the term she used, or Mexican gangster when she was describing them to me.
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26 November 2019 | 96 replies
Remove your personal things like clothes, jewelry, toiletries, photographs, medications and such.
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2 January 2023 | 3 replies
You can make minor adjustments based on the type of appliances (dishwasher, clothes washer and dryer, air conditioning, etc.) and the size of the rental.