rental: Rental Property From Hell: chapter 3, The Spaghetti Incident
- 07/17/17 06:13 AM
So I get a call from our cleaning person in tasked with cleaning the common areas of the Lindens. She was quite upset and frantically trying to explain what she has found in the bathroom.
She was convinced that somebody had been stabbed or shot due to the amount of what she thought was blood all over the floor and walls. She refused to clean the mess despite my assuring her that it was spaghetti sauce or chilli or something along those lines rather than anything biological.
I asked around to the tenants, pretty much knowing it was either Mr. 11 or Mr. 15, … (1 comments)
rental: Rental Property From Hell: chapter 2, Sleepyheads Abound
- 07/13/17 06:20 AM
In chapter 2, we find our favorite antagonist, Mr. 11, is having sleepovers. These aren't normal sleepovers though. No pillow fights and no ghost stories being told here. No siree Bob. These sleepover guests are homeless folks who are being let inside the property late at night to drink with Mr. 11 in his room and then not being able, or inclined, to find their way out of the house when the booze runs out. So imagine yourself, renting a room in a house with about 20 other people living there. Waking up in the morning and heading to the bathroom, or the kitchen and … (1 comments)
rental: Rental Property From Hell: chapter 1, Welcome to the Lindens
- 07/13/17 05:11 AM
This is going to be a multi-chapter story about what must be one of the worst rental properties to try to manage. The Lindens is located near the center of the city of Peterborough in England. The property is what is called an H.M.O. or House in Multiple Occupation. That simply means it is one house, or dwelling, but is rented out by the room and the kitchen, hallways and typically the bathrooms are common areas. One inherent characteristic of this type of property is that it attracts very low income, often no income, tenants. That fact, in and of itself, is not a … (1 comments)
So I get a call from our cleaning person in tasked with cleaning the common areas of the Lindens. She was quite upset and frantically trying to explain what she has found in the bathroom.
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