mortalfloater
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First off, let me explain my situation. My fiancé and I moved into a house in November '09. The house was not quite move-in ready as it had to be painted inside, so we had to wait a few days to actually move in, even though we were paying the full months rent. They did not prorate the rent because we had to move out of my previous apartment, so we had ALL of our stuff in the living room and slept in the one room that wasn't being painted.
After about a week, we were able to move our stuff to the other rooms and settle in. But the house still had lots of problems. There were a few urine stains on the 18 year old carpet from the kids that were there before and a few bleach stains also. The shower in the master bedroom was completely disassembled and not useable for about 5 months. (We did have a shower in the guest bathroom though.) There was a hole in the wall that wasn't fixed until about 3 months after moving in. A few lightbulbs were out so I replaced them with CFLs. There were other problems as well that were never fixed the whole time we were there.
The landlord kept apologizing for the state of the house. They had the attitude of "We'll fix everything, just give us some time." My fiancé and I thought they seem nice, and things were 'kind of' getting done so we didn't complain. But then they started saying that they were going to come over to fix things and would never show up or call, and nothing was getting done. For the last 6 months or so we only saw them when the rent was due or we contacted them. So after the lease was up we put in our 30 days and found a new house to move to.
Yesterday we did the first walkthrough after getting all of our stuff out and cleaning the house (except for shampooing the carpet). We have 2 small dogs do there were several urine stains from them inside and some poop was still in the back yard. (not a huge amount, maybe 10 piles that I haven't picked up while we moved things) The landlords said we had to use THEIR special carpet cleaning guy only. And if the stains wouldn't come out, we'd have to replace the carpet with our deposit money. We also "have to pay" to have the poop cleaned out of the backyard. And since I put in CFLs (all of the bulbs in the house match now) I'd have to pay to have the bulbs put back to incandescents because as they said, "Some people don't like the way fluorescent bulbs look."
I think they're being completely ridiculous.... The carpet is 18 years old and was stained before we moved in. I don't mind paying for shampooing it, but is it legal to make me use "their guy"? (Who by the way costs 4 times more than other carpet cleaning companies here.) Also I have to pay to put the house back to incandescent bulbs?! Seriously?! I changed some bulbs because the originals were burnt out and the rest were done so we would have a lower utility bill.
So, are they just being complete unreasonable pee pee heads? I don't see why I should have to pay for this stuff.
P.S. I hope my post makes sense. I was infuriated while writing it and I used my iPhone.
After about a week, we were able to move our stuff to the other rooms and settle in. But the house still had lots of problems. There were a few urine stains on the 18 year old carpet from the kids that were there before and a few bleach stains also. The shower in the master bedroom was completely disassembled and not useable for about 5 months. (We did have a shower in the guest bathroom though.) There was a hole in the wall that wasn't fixed until about 3 months after moving in. A few lightbulbs were out so I replaced them with CFLs. There were other problems as well that were never fixed the whole time we were there.
The landlord kept apologizing for the state of the house. They had the attitude of "We'll fix everything, just give us some time." My fiancé and I thought they seem nice, and things were 'kind of' getting done so we didn't complain. But then they started saying that they were going to come over to fix things and would never show up or call, and nothing was getting done. For the last 6 months or so we only saw them when the rent was due or we contacted them. So after the lease was up we put in our 30 days and found a new house to move to.
Yesterday we did the first walkthrough after getting all of our stuff out and cleaning the house (except for shampooing the carpet). We have 2 small dogs do there were several urine stains from them inside and some poop was still in the back yard. (not a huge amount, maybe 10 piles that I haven't picked up while we moved things) The landlords said we had to use THEIR special carpet cleaning guy only. And if the stains wouldn't come out, we'd have to replace the carpet with our deposit money. We also "have to pay" to have the poop cleaned out of the backyard. And since I put in CFLs (all of the bulbs in the house match now) I'd have to pay to have the bulbs put back to incandescents because as they said, "Some people don't like the way fluorescent bulbs look."
I think they're being completely ridiculous.... The carpet is 18 years old and was stained before we moved in. I don't mind paying for shampooing it, but is it legal to make me use "their guy"? (Who by the way costs 4 times more than other carpet cleaning companies here.) Also I have to pay to put the house back to incandescent bulbs?! Seriously?! I changed some bulbs because the originals were burnt out and the rest were done so we would have a lower utility bill.
So, are they just being complete unreasonable pee pee heads? I don't see why I should have to pay for this stuff.
P.S. I hope my post makes sense. I was infuriated while writing it and I used my iPhone.