Beekissed
Mountain Sage
What we see the most down here is people who literally trash their rentals...and I do mean TRASH. And landlords seem to think that's standard, so they just repaint and recarpet after hauling away all the trash, then exterminate.
And that's even the renters with good references and background checks.
For instance...this is a sweet old farmhouse I rented once upon a time on an acre of land, half of it in an old but wonderful orchard. I had built fences, repainted the trim and fences, refurbished the outbuildings and made little improvements here and there as money allowed~repainted the interior and porch, put down new carpeting, etc.~all without anything being taken off the rent.
When I left I removed the garden fence, replanted it to grass, as I did any other spots in the yard that had been planted or where the chickens had dusted. It looked much better than I had found it and I feel that's how everyone should leave a rental property.
Never got my deposit back, BTW. The landlord checked in once per year and pretty much ignored any problems with the house that was reported.
...then the next renters moved in and totally and thoroughly trashed the place. They still live there and it gets worse every years. Once they called the cops and they told them they had to remove some of the trash off the property but that did little to change it, it just came back worse than ever. As of right now, it's worse than in these pics and there's hardly a blade of grass on the place...they've overstocked it with small livestock and dogs so that it's down to the bare earth on most of the acre.
These pics show AFTER they had removed the bags and bags of trash piled against the house and across the property. As of today, it's about 10 times worse than you see it here.
Basically the house is probably a burn down now. When you walk up to the porch you can smell the house, it stinks that bad. The landlord pretty much deserves this as he's a neglectful landlord, but I see this a lot in this state and in these old farm houses.
And that's even the renters with good references and background checks.
For instance...this is a sweet old farmhouse I rented once upon a time on an acre of land, half of it in an old but wonderful orchard. I had built fences, repainted the trim and fences, refurbished the outbuildings and made little improvements here and there as money allowed~repainted the interior and porch, put down new carpeting, etc.~all without anything being taken off the rent.
When I left I removed the garden fence, replanted it to grass, as I did any other spots in the yard that had been planted or where the chickens had dusted. It looked much better than I had found it and I feel that's how everyone should leave a rental property.
Never got my deposit back, BTW. The landlord checked in once per year and pretty much ignored any problems with the house that was reported.
...then the next renters moved in and totally and thoroughly trashed the place. They still live there and it gets worse every years. Once they called the cops and they told them they had to remove some of the trash off the property but that did little to change it, it just came back worse than ever. As of right now, it's worse than in these pics and there's hardly a blade of grass on the place...they've overstocked it with small livestock and dogs so that it's down to the bare earth on most of the acre.
These pics show AFTER they had removed the bags and bags of trash piled against the house and across the property. As of today, it's about 10 times worse than you see it here.
Basically the house is probably a burn down now. When you walk up to the porch you can smell the house, it stinks that bad. The landlord pretty much deserves this as he's a neglectful landlord, but I see this a lot in this state and in these old farm houses.
