Home Improvements

[Sgt PSN]

How are the squirrels in this new neighborhood?

[Sgt PSN]

Also, Pergo floors are probably the cheapest and easiest way to go.  Is your landlord willing to pay or is this something you plan on doing out of pocket? 

[Diomedes]

Pergo sucks.

[Sgt PSN]

The brand Pergo itself may suck (I couldn't tell you one way or the other), but I'm talking laminate flooring in general. 

[Drunkmasterflex]

I wouldn't recommend putting any laminate on a basement floor.

[Sgt PSN]

I'm guessing because of the dampness/moisture?

[Sgt PSN]

Didn't really think of that when I suggested it.  I guess maybe the cheapest and easiest solution would be to measure the room (or at least the area of the room you want to cover if you don't plan on doing the whole thing), go to a discount carpet store, buy something cheap and just throw the carpet down without padding or tacking it down.  Depending on the size and shape of the basement you could also just buy a couple of cheap area rugs and set them down there. 

[Drunkmasterflex]

I'm guessing because of the dampness/moisture?

yup

[SD]

Didn't really think of that when I suggested it.  I guess maybe the cheapest and easiest solution would be to measure the room (or at least the area of the room you want to cover if you don't plan on doing the whole thing), go to a discount carpet store, buy something cheap and just throw the carpet down without padding or tacking it down.  Depending on the size and shape of the basement you could also just buy a couple of cheap area rugs and set them down there.

This is a good idea. I think my room mate found rubber mats on Amazon for relatively cheap. We're not even trying to do the whole basement because it's too big, just two areas.

[SD]

I'm going to rant here, nothing I'm writing is remotely interesting but I feel like writing it anyway. Don't bother reading this, you've been warned:

So my landlord [funhole] does a walk through last night. She was a terrible land lord, her mail still comes to our address and even after 2 1/2 years we still save it for her. My bathroom ceiling leaks every other month, the basement floods any time it rains, and she won't fix shtein. Our washer is leaking, I told her and she said she isn't fixing it [it's in our lease we're responsible for appliances] so my room mate and I said farg it...we threw some towels around the machine and did our laundry. So my bitch of a land lord complains about that then says the ceiling under neath in our garage is 'buckling'. It wasn't, it's sheet rock and it naturally bends. Then she says the window sill in my room is dirty, there was a spot on the wall, and our ceiling fan is dirty. She then tries telling me that the place was spic and span and white as can be when we moved in. First off, we still farging live here so shtein ain't gonna be white, second the place was a farging wreck when we moved in. I had to scrub my tub with bleach, throw a bunch of shtein out she didn't get rid of, get stains out of the carpet, fix the wall paper in my daughters room, and a bunch of other shtein.  She also told me to do whatever I want with the zesty curtains she has up [I tossed the ones in my daughters room because they were nasty].

She comes over last night and says she wants the curtains dry cleaned and wants the place white and clean. She was being a farging funhole about every minor thing. So I called my realtor today and told him if she doesn't drop the attitude I'm not allowing people to walk through my place so she can find a new renter. I'm out the 1st of May. Her and the realtor talked down to my room mate and I last night. So I told the realtor today to tell her she can go farg herself, I'll leave the place how I want to. She wants to keep my security deposit that's fine, I want to see receipts of what she spent the money on. If it's not accounted for I'm taking her to small claims court. I also told him I contacted my lawyer regarding this issue [I didn't]. The realtor actually agree with most of what I was saying. So I reiterated if she comes at me again with that attitude I'm going to lay into her.

To make a long story short I can't wait to farging move. farg that bitch.

[Sgt PSN]

Did you take pics of what needed to be cleaned when you moved in?  First place I lived in when I moved to Cali was a similar situation....house wasn't very clean, walls were pretty discolored, etc. But I was in a bind and needed a place quick and the landlady could accommodate that.  I didn't want to because I could tell from the get go that she would be a terrible landlady and would be difficult to work with, but like I said, I was in a bind.

So I took lots of pics when we moved in....walls, closets, etc. then me and squaw cleaned and painted (she did at least provide paint and rollers) and cleaned and painted some more until the house looked great.  Then we took pics of our handiwork. She also failed to make repairs during our year there and I had all of the emails I sent asking to get things taken care of along with her replies saying that she would and my follow up emails that went unanswered.  When we moved she tried withholding our deposit ($1700) Claiming damages and the place not being cleaned, etc.  She sent a list of the work that "needed" to be done along with the amount she spent to correct to problem. She claimed $500 just to fill in some holes in the wall left by little panelling nails that I hung pictures on and some other bs.  She gave me a check for $23. I contacted a lawyer on base, gave him the lease, pictures and her list of discrepancies. He contacted her lawyer, forwarded everything to him and 2 weeks later I got a check for $1500.  She claimed $200 to shampoo the carpets since we had a dog.

Bottom line is when renting take a lot of pics when you move in and when you move out. Put all maintenance requests in writing, preferably email and keep that shtein safe. It'll pay off in the end.

[SD]

We took a ton of pics when we moved in. She's still going to try to farg us because she's white trash. It's not even the security deposit I care much about it's her farging funholey attitude. I don't mind going to small claims court as I'm a bitter farg and know how to argue a case.

She actually tried to tell me we still have to pay Aprils rent [we paid 1st, last and security when we moved in]. I had to explain to her that you pay the month prior to live in a place and that the 'last' that we paid was for the last months rent. She actually referred to the realtor to make sure this was correct.

[Rome]

I would rip the curtains off the rod and toss 'em in a heap on the floor.  Then I'd go to Taco Bell & get a 12 pack of soft taco supremes and then wait until nature takes its course, and then bam, shtein all over those motherfargers.

[Sgt PSN]

We took a ton of pics when we moved in. She's still going to try to farg us because she's white trash. It's not even the security deposit I care much about it's her farging funholey attitude. I don't mind going to small claims court as I'm a bitter farg and know how to argue a case.

She actually tried to tell me we still have to pay Aprils rent [we paid 1st, last and security when we moved in]. I had to explain to her that you pay the month prior to live in a place and that the 'last' that we paid was for the last months rent. She actually referred to the realtor to make sure this was correct.

I think it might be the same lady....or maybe the same family. My white trash landlady has east coast roots.

[Sgt PSN]

Btw, the landlady I have now and have had for 2 yrs is farging great. Best I've ever had. And she's pretty nice to look at too.