Bucephalus
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ok, this is the 'Off Topic' part of the Forum(s), so here's where THIS topic goes!
The GOOD NEWS!-
I FINALLY found a new place to live!
:: Does my 'Happieh-dance' (picture Snoopy dancing, you'll get it)...::
I'll leave-out the many long, frustrating, nerve-wracking months its taken me to find another place to live/rent. That's not what this post is about.
'Filth'.
I don't care how goddamn POOR you might be?...
If you're letting your house, or the place you RENT, go to stinkin' filth?
You should never have been let-OUT of your own parents' sight, much-less permitted to destroy/befoul another person's property (that you are RENTING from).
I've seen this most of my life. Hell, my own FAMILY qualifies as this type of renter, and I despise them more'n I have the room/patience for, here.
Met an elderly lady, quite nice, who has a son/grandson living as next door neighbors, on the very edge of town. I HATE the idea of moving back into town, but two stinkin' years of roughing it, with two pets, has finally broken my resistance.
She doesn't care about my two pets. MAJOR bonus, that! She doesn't care about my destroyed credit history (you suffer multiple physical injuries over the course of your working life, and go from a 'Pre-approved-loan' ($250k) to buy a new house, to *ZIP*, when you lose your job, then medical benefits, and see how well YOUR credit score manages? There, that's outta the way.
She was going to pay someone else to clean the place up. I could tell from the walk-through, it needed some serious TLC/Elbow-grease, before 'I' would move-in. So, we struck a simple deal: I would clean the place up, she would waive the security deposit (equal to one month's rent, not small change).
Loading my cleaning gear into my truck, and then visiting hardware stores for faucet knobs/locks/paint/smoke detectors/etc. (prior tenants actually stole the ones that she'd installed, AND took every g-damned light bulb from every fixture, to!), I began my quest...
Holy. Shit...
I bet I swept-out/wiped-up, 1 solid cup of mouse turds, JUST in the kitchen cabinets. I was scouring the stove back-splash/wall/sides/counter/stove-top to such a degree, I was removing PAINT and the porcelain covering from the stove top, in an effort to remove the caked-on crap that the previous tenants simply didn't give a damn about.
My feet are both *STICKING* to the g-damn floor, AND *SLIPPING*, as I traverse the mobile home (all linoleum/hardwood, 'cept for the den, and THAT carpeting is being torn-out due to their two dogs/kid's damage). Where bits of soap/degreaser have hit the floor, it turns into a gooey slurry, until I finally reach the actual FLOOR, and then things straighten-out as they should.
The walls? Unbelievable. They HAD to have been smokers. One 12 pack of extra-duty 'Brawney' paper towels, and I haven't even made it halfway through the trailer! This doesn't include the ten or so shop towels I'm also using/rinsing-clean at the sink.
I'm just astounded at how filthy people will live due to sheer laziness/unconcern.
And it pisses me off when renters do this, because it makes MY FINDING A RENTAL that much harder, esp. since I happen to have pets!
I've left every rental I've ever had, in FAR better shape, than it was when I walked into it. Over 30 years of outstanding rental history, and damned proud of that fact.
You don't have to be rich, to keep a clean home.
Why the fuck don't more people take care of their abode?
Rant over.
I now return y'all to yer regularly-scheduled stuff!
B.
The GOOD NEWS!-
I FINALLY found a new place to live!
:: Does my 'Happieh-dance' (picture Snoopy dancing, you'll get it)...::
I'll leave-out the many long, frustrating, nerve-wracking months its taken me to find another place to live/rent. That's not what this post is about.
'Filth'.
I don't care how goddamn POOR you might be?...
If you're letting your house, or the place you RENT, go to stinkin' filth?
You should never have been let-OUT of your own parents' sight, much-less permitted to destroy/befoul another person's property (that you are RENTING from).
I've seen this most of my life. Hell, my own FAMILY qualifies as this type of renter, and I despise them more'n I have the room/patience for, here.
Met an elderly lady, quite nice, who has a son/grandson living as next door neighbors, on the very edge of town. I HATE the idea of moving back into town, but two stinkin' years of roughing it, with two pets, has finally broken my resistance.
She doesn't care about my two pets. MAJOR bonus, that! She doesn't care about my destroyed credit history (you suffer multiple physical injuries over the course of your working life, and go from a 'Pre-approved-loan' ($250k) to buy a new house, to *ZIP*, when you lose your job, then medical benefits, and see how well YOUR credit score manages? There, that's outta the way.
She was going to pay someone else to clean the place up. I could tell from the walk-through, it needed some serious TLC/Elbow-grease, before 'I' would move-in. So, we struck a simple deal: I would clean the place up, she would waive the security deposit (equal to one month's rent, not small change).
Loading my cleaning gear into my truck, and then visiting hardware stores for faucet knobs/locks/paint/smoke detectors/etc. (prior tenants actually stole the ones that she'd installed, AND took every g-damned light bulb from every fixture, to!), I began my quest...
Holy. Shit...
I bet I swept-out/wiped-up, 1 solid cup of mouse turds, JUST in the kitchen cabinets. I was scouring the stove back-splash/wall/sides/counter/stove-top to such a degree, I was removing PAINT and the porcelain covering from the stove top, in an effort to remove the caked-on crap that the previous tenants simply didn't give a damn about.
My feet are both *STICKING* to the g-damn floor, AND *SLIPPING*, as I traverse the mobile home (all linoleum/hardwood, 'cept for the den, and THAT carpeting is being torn-out due to their two dogs/kid's damage). Where bits of soap/degreaser have hit the floor, it turns into a gooey slurry, until I finally reach the actual FLOOR, and then things straighten-out as they should.
The walls? Unbelievable. They HAD to have been smokers. One 12 pack of extra-duty 'Brawney' paper towels, and I haven't even made it halfway through the trailer! This doesn't include the ten or so shop towels I'm also using/rinsing-clean at the sink.
I'm just astounded at how filthy people will live due to sheer laziness/unconcern.
And it pisses me off when renters do this, because it makes MY FINDING A RENTAL that much harder, esp. since I happen to have pets!
I've left every rental I've ever had, in FAR better shape, than it was when I walked into it. Over 30 years of outstanding rental history, and damned proud of that fact.
You don't have to be rich, to keep a clean home.
Why the fuck don't more people take care of their abode?
Rant over.
I now return y'all to yer regularly-scheduled stuff!
B.