state of the slumlording

[rmd]

done (either by me or by clauclauclaudia):

• Cleared out catbox and used litter in downstairs bathroom
• Cleared everything (eg personal care products, etc) out of the downstairs bathroom except a blow drier (going to charity) and contents of the medicine cabinet (i need to see if there's stuff that needs special disposal)
• Cleaned downstairs bathroom sink, toilet, shower stall walls
• Cleared out some foodstuffs from pantry that were open or expired
• Washed downstairs bathroom floor
• Trashed candles, ashtray contents, etc.

next series of things to be done:

• Replace downstairs toilet seat
• Get contractor in to see about repairing subfloor in upstairs bathroom and replacing rotted bit of kitchen subfloor in the downstairs kitchen
• Scrub the everliving hell out of the tub. (perhaps i need some kind of scotchbright-covered drill attachment for this purpose)
• Bag up the usable foodstuffs and take them a food pantry
• Start stashing things in the truck to go to goodwill
• Put the tenant's couch on the street and put an ad for it on gbreuse and craigslist
• Put tenant's mattress/box-spring out Weds night for trash day Thursday
• Haul current collection of full trash bags out for the trash
• Clear downstairs fridge contents
• Clear downstairs freezer contents

Comments

[laurenpburka.livejournal.com]

Use white vinegar on the tub. And a scotchbright-covered drill attachment.

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

Ann has an older version of this B&D scrubber (the S500).

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001QS9WEU

(it looks like it should be delivered in a plain brown wrapper)

[rmd.livejournal.com]

wow. that does look like it should be sold by good vibrations or something.

[evwhore.livejournal.com]

I'd already decided that selling the CA house instead of renting it out was the correct decision, but thank you for reinforcing it :-)

(I know, like everything it has a cost/benefit analysis, but, I'm an inherently lazy person.)

[rmd.livejournal.com]

99% of the time, landlording is, basically, money for almost no work. that 1% is a total pain, tho.

rerenting

[sweetmmeblue.livejournal.com]

Are you looking to re-rent soon or is the SO of the deceased tenant going to stay?

Re: rerenting

[rmd.livejournal.com]

the SO was never on the lease. i am planning to rerent, and i've already got a couple of possibilities lined up, which is pretty cool.

[flit.livejournal.com]

Ack, that's a lot to do. :( You could maybe hire a cleaning service and take it out of the deposit, so you don't have to personally scrub out the tub?

[rmd.livejournal.com]

no deposit. (THANKS, SECTION 8 LEASE!)

i'll get a cleaning service in when i'm done, but this is just so the downstairs bathroom is usable by me and claudia while we do work on the upstairs bathroom. it didn't seem worth it to hire someone for the interim cleaning. i figure i'll be spending enough money on other stuff to get things done.