Apartment Drama!
I an sending out a general request for aid. I will get into the details below, but if anyone can stop by my old apartment tonight between 5:00 and 8:00 and help me clean some, it will be greatly appreciated.
So, here is what is happening.
First, we are paying for a half a month rent on an apartment that we are still under lease for but have not had access to since we moved out on July 30th. At least we don't have to pay late fees. Not having to pay all of August's rent is contingent on the lady )who is coming by tomorrow morning to inspect the place and move in) accepting the place as clean and signing the lease. If not, then they still don't have a subletter for our place and we will have to continue to pay rent on a place that isn't actually ours in any way other than legal document.
Second, they were going to hire cleaners to come in and deal with the place. Good thing they were lazy and have only gotten around to doing a brief wipe down of surfaces and picking up some things that got lost behind/under the refrigerator. Apparently, the place, having been supposedly locked up for over 2 weeks, managed to get dirty again. They made it sound like we didn't clean a damn thing. They said the stove wasn't clean, nor was the refrigerator. The floors looked like they hadn't been mopped. The kitchen drawers and cabinets needed to be wiped down again (no dust doesn't accumulate when a place has been locked up for a while). The bathroom just needed a full cleaning as the mirror, sink, toilet, bathtub and shower all appeared dirty. And this was after it was looked at yesterday rather than when we officially moved out.
To avoid the stupidity of paying professional cleaners to come in and do this, I am going to get my cleaning supplies and get over there and reclean the place. I know that the place getting leased is contingent on it being clean, so I am going to do it my self rather than rely on anyone else to try and ensure that. I am going to take pictures this time, though if anyone has a digital camera they would like to bring over and help take pictures, it would be greatly appreciated. I am also going to get them to look it over before we close it up to make sure they think it is clean. And, I am going to get a copy of the move out inspection report.
I want this place to be rented so I don't have to pay rent on it. We were told at the time of move out that they had a renter for it. Apparently that was a lie as well.
So, if anyone wants to help me out (as I am trying to allow my Wife some time to actually rest and take care of herself) I would greatly appreciate it, even if it is a bit of company. I will have from when I get into town and over there and get the place unlocked (as they have to let me in because the cleaners have my keys to the apartment so they have to use the master key) until they close up at 8:00.
Thank you all for listening.
So, here is what is happening.
First, we are paying for a half a month rent on an apartment that we are still under lease for but have not had access to since we moved out on July 30th. At least we don't have to pay late fees. Not having to pay all of August's rent is contingent on the lady )who is coming by tomorrow morning to inspect the place and move in) accepting the place as clean and signing the lease. If not, then they still don't have a subletter for our place and we will have to continue to pay rent on a place that isn't actually ours in any way other than legal document.
Second, they were going to hire cleaners to come in and deal with the place. Good thing they were lazy and have only gotten around to doing a brief wipe down of surfaces and picking up some things that got lost behind/under the refrigerator. Apparently, the place, having been supposedly locked up for over 2 weeks, managed to get dirty again. They made it sound like we didn't clean a damn thing. They said the stove wasn't clean, nor was the refrigerator. The floors looked like they hadn't been mopped. The kitchen drawers and cabinets needed to be wiped down again (no dust doesn't accumulate when a place has been locked up for a while). The bathroom just needed a full cleaning as the mirror, sink, toilet, bathtub and shower all appeared dirty. And this was after it was looked at yesterday rather than when we officially moved out.
To avoid the stupidity of paying professional cleaners to come in and do this, I am going to get my cleaning supplies and get over there and reclean the place. I know that the place getting leased is contingent on it being clean, so I am going to do it my self rather than rely on anyone else to try and ensure that. I am going to take pictures this time, though if anyone has a digital camera they would like to bring over and help take pictures, it would be greatly appreciated. I am also going to get them to look it over before we close it up to make sure they think it is clean. And, I am going to get a copy of the move out inspection report.
I want this place to be rented so I don't have to pay rent on it. We were told at the time of move out that they had a renter for it. Apparently that was a lie as well.
So, if anyone wants to help me out (as I am trying to allow my Wife some time to actually rest and take care of herself) I would greatly appreciate it, even if it is a bit of company. I will have from when I get into town and over there and get the place unlocked (as they have to let me in because the cleaners have my keys to the apartment so they have to use the master key) until they close up at 8:00.
Thank you all for listening.