Renters... Blahh

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squatting dog

Remember when... thirty seemed so old.
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Arkansas, and also Florida
So, I mentioned I had a friend who just passed away last week. Well, he has a house that he had renters in up till 2 month's ago. They have been there for 2 years. Look at the before pictures and then the after photo's. (taken just this week). šŸ¤® šŸ¤® :mad:
My buddies dad wants me to repair this mess. I don't know.
What the heck is wrong with people?

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That's the problem, when people don't have to invest blood, sweat, and tears into something, they have little to no respect for it. No appreciation for the hard work, effort, and time that others invest in purchasing things such as homes.

Then there is also the crowd today that will never own anything, and in my opinion, they're bitter and full of resentment because of the fact, so why not trash other people's stuff as a form of contentment.

It's obvious to me the renters of this place were pigs, and I hope some form of legal recourse can be brought against them.
 
Gary O' said:
Not a good time to be a landlord
Hopefully there was a substantial deposit to recover at least some expenses
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I believe therein lies the problem.

My opinion, charge renters of homes $10,000 (or more) for a damage deposit. When people have to come up with a large sum of money with knowledge that their money is up for grabs, I believe more respect would be extended to the properties they rent.

But the old saying... "easy come - easy go" rings true on this one. When someone with zero respect or interest has no vested interest in such rental properties, they have nothing to lose.
 
Those former renters I'm sure will be long gone and never found. They know what they did and will not hang around.
 
Pepper said:
Why do you think the renters didn't report a leak, so that the landlord could fix it on his dime?
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Some landlords won't repair the stuff even if you report it. Some are slum lords and they just milk the properties for all they're worth. You should've seen the first apt I rented when I moved here. Roaches, bed bugs, a hole in the ceiling of the shower because the neighbor upstairs had a leaky tub pipe. They did the walk through with me with the light of the gals cellphone. Once the light of day hit I about died. But I couldn't drive an hr or more both ways in the winter weather. So I took it.
 
MarciKS said:
Some landlords won't repair the stuff even if you report it. Some are slum lords and they just milk the properties for all they're worth. You should've seen the first apt I rented when I moved here. Roaches, bed bugs, a hole in the ceiling of the shower because the neighbor upstairs had a leaky tub pipe. They did the walk through with me with the light of the gals cellphone. Once the light of day hit I about died. But I couldn't drive an hr or more both ways in the winter weather. So I took it.
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I would have circumnavigated the planet seven times over before accepting a roach and bedbug infested unit.
 
MarciKS said:
I know how to get rid of bugs. *Grins* Ain't nothin lives with me for long.
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I was thinking one of those cleaning steamers would work well.

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RadishRose said:
That doesn't even look like the same bathroom. Nothing to compare it to but the second one is horror.

It looks like there was a leak on the kitchen floor. Toilet leaked, too. UGH
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For some reason, they tore out the tiles, and painted the tub and stool grey. I'm sure the floor joists in the bathroom around that stool will be rotted, as well as the ones under the kitchen sink.
Yes, the underside of the kitchen sink is soaked with water and mold, as is the wall next to it.
Totally disgusting. :mad:

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Aunt Marg said:
I was thinking one of those cleaning steamers would work well.

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they steam cleaned the carpets but bedbugs require special treatment to be rid of them that's costly. i put bedbug proof covers on box spring, mattress and pillow. then i bought 1 of these for every room.
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they got rid of everything...in my apt. lol!
 
Jules said:
What pigs.

Thatā€™s going to be a major job if you need to take it on.

Are they going to sell the house now?

Was this used as a drug house that will need special remediation.
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I found no sign of drug use. The dad really doesn't know what to do at this stage. It would take major dollars even though I won't charge him anything for my time because his son was my friend. However, the materials alone will run into thousands.
No way to sell the house the way it sits, so, I guess it's the old "between a rock and a hard place". :(
 
I've had a couple rental properties over the years, pain in the neck! Neither rental was profitable, although renting them out did help pay the mortgage until they were sold. One was trashed several times by piggy tenants.
I learned some lessons in life as a landlord, one was: "No act of kindness goes unpunished."
 
I'm fortunate enough to have never been a tenant or a landlord. But I handled my parents' rental properties & was a process server for many years, serving mostly Unlawful Detainers. I can say that it works both ways.
As MarciKS said in post #12, many landlords only want to collect rent; not spend money on repairs. And, even when tenants take reasonable care of the property, landlords often find any excuse they can to avoid returning security deposits.
 
win231 said:
As MarciKS said in post #12, many landlords only want to collect rent; not spend money on repairs. And, even when tenants take reasonable care of the property, landlords often find any excuse they can to avoid returning security deposits.
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Very true. I've always rented, just never liked the thought of having to stay in one location longer than I might want to. I always left these places in great shape even going so far as to mow the yards, fill nail holes, and wash all the windows, because while I was there, it was my home and I loved it. I never got the whole deposit back but I understood the owners probably painted the interior and shampooed the carpets. But this one guy refunded me a check for $11.42 (out of $1000) attached to an itemized list, charging me ridiculous prices for every single nail and screw, every glove, sponge, and bottle of 409. He charged me over $100 for new drapes even though none of the windows had drapes on them when we moved in. Not one. The livingroom window did have an old Holly Hobby sheet hanging on it, though (which I replaced). Maybe he upgraded to a DC Comics one. Anyway, I sent the check back to him with a note that said "You forgot to overcharge me for the postage stamp."
 
I'm trying to imagine how a free home would look if this is the kind of damage done by those that have to give a security deposit to be able to rent.

The recent riots with looting give me a clue.
 
Murrmurr said:
Very true. I've always rented, just never liked the thought of having to stay in one location longer than I might want to. I always left these places in great shape even going so far as to mow the yards, fill nail holes, and wash all the windows, because while I was there, it was my home and I loved it. I never got the whole deposit back but I understood the owners probably painted the interior and shampooed the carpets. But this one guy refunded me a check for $11.42 (out of $1000) attached to an itemized list, charging me ridiculous prices for every single nail and screw, every glove, sponge, and bottle of 409. He charged me over $100 for new drapes even though none of the windows had drapes on them when we moved in. Not one. The livingroom window did have an old Holly Hobby sheet hanging on it, though (which I replaced). Maybe he upgraded to a DC Comics one. Anyway, I sent the check back to him with a note that said "You forgot to overcharge me for the postage stamp."
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Perhaps that landlord worked in a hospital billing department. šŸ˜Š
 
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