Saturday, January 26, 2013

the walk-through

we walked through the place with the maintenance supervisor and he was surprised at the condition of the place... surprised at things like every screen needs replacing... every window sill was dirty... one of the toilets was not cleaned and had a ring around the bowl and some sort of sediment at the bottom of the bowl... we have a list of other things as well like water damage in the living room ceiling and baseboard and nicotine stains bleeding through the bedroom wall paint (along with the nicotine smell)... this is sad even in an older economy level apartment community...

we shall inspect more tomorrow and monday and provide them with a list of the things we want them to repair or remedy... the nicotine smell might be the toughest as it takes serious wall cleaning and/or expensive oil-based primers and re-painting... the most surprising aspect is that there was no cleaning done for several weeks - that was obvious because of the prevalence of spider webs inside the window screens and in the apartment itself as well as the thick dust on the windowsills...

i suppose we shall see if the maintenance supervisor was genuinely surprised and unhappy with the prep done on the place by the reaction and actions taken... if they do not take satisfactory actions, i will negotiate permission to do some things myself like spakling the holes all over the place and possibly the repainting and get in writing that there will be no penalty for the outcome of my labor...

sigh... you get what you pay for... but otherwise, the space is bigger and more comfortable for living in than here... smaller bedroom closets, but bigger other closets and storage, bigger porch, external porch door, bigger storage room, much bigger kitchen (the biggest selling oint for us) with a shelved pantry, more cabinets, and more counterspace... all in all, it's like moving into a fixer-upper and a little work in the right places should make it a much more comfortable place than this one at a lower price, so overall, we are happy with the place...

wanna come over? :)

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