We decided to move from the old house about a week before we found out that it was being repoed from our landlord who is in chapter, (we would have found out Monday that we would have to be out by the 15th.) When we agreed to take the new place I told the couple that the carpets reeked of pet urine and would have to be cleaned/replaced they agreed. I also advised them that in ten years of doing remodeling work I've never seen carpets this smelly and dirty cleaned with any sucess so they would be better off replacing them rather than cleaning them only to have to replace them anyway. They being extremly penny wise and pound foolish choose to have them cleaned. Guess who was right? The carpets still stink, and now that I could see the carpets through the dirt I realized that there was extensive water damage in the room that ajoins the bath. Knowing what I would find and dreading it I pulled that corner of the carpet and found mold growing in great profusion. Then I found out that the jacklegs who they hired to fix the water damage had done a piss poor job (see comment about being penny wise and pound foolish) and there was mold in the bath wall, mold under the sink in the ajoinjng wall, mold everywhere.
So I get back with them, and make what I think is an amazingly fair and generous offer. If they will replace the carpet, I will repair the mold damage (this involves removing the kitchen cabinets, opening the drywall, replacing any rotten wood ect spraying for mold, re drywalling, and doing the same in the bath and the bedroom, something that I would (and have) charged around $4,000 for.) and in lieu of compensation they could lower our rent payment by $100 dollars for the remainder of our lease.
They acted like I was trying to rip them off. "But we just had the carpets cleaned and now you want us to replace them?!" "$1100 dollars! We could have the mold fixed for less than that we can't afford to rebuild the whole house for you" "The house was this way when, you walked through".
Then they pulled the "We have other people who will move into that place tomorrow as is" aparently not expecting me to respond immeaditly with, "Good, we are already packed and will move."
Suddenly it's all friendly again, "But we don't want you to go! What is the deal breaker, the carpets? Maybe we can contribute a three hundred if you want to have them replaced yourself, and we'll pay for the materials so you can repair the mold. (the materials for that job would be less than $100, it's all labor.) At this point in the conversation they could have offered to replace the carpet and cut our rent in half and I still would have walked. Thanks but I'd rather not pay you for the privalage of fixing your house so that the inhabitants won't die of flesh eating bacteria when the step out of the shower.
I might add that this place has a whopping total of 420 sq feet of carpet.
I also add they myraid cosmetic repairs that I had planned to do free gratis and for nothing just for our own pleasure. And many not so cosmetic either like remodeling the kitchen to make it functional, finishing the garage, repairing the storeroom roof outside.
Foolish people. Dumb dumb dumb. If this house sits empty for one month they will loose more outright than all this would have cost them, These "people who are ready to move in tomorrow" don't exist.
Bah.
It sucks for us. I liked living in this neighborhood, and I could have made this place pretty nice too. And now we have to try and find something else, not an easy prospect since I really need space to work.
Hmbug on the whole nonsense.
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