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The second rodent den

Rainy day / city in rain photo by Rowan Heuvel via Unsplash

My time as an apartment caretaker is coming to an end, so it is time to vent.

The main lesson: people are disgusting.

filthy apartment

I wrote about these tenants before. The picture is just proof.

I saw another disgusting apartment today. The management company called and told me that one of the tenants bounced her rent check for July and failed to pay for August. The billing lady told me to key into the unit to see if the girl and her girlfriend skipped out.

…and yep. The tenants are gone. Sort of. The apartment is trashed and the bed, pets, and half of their stuff is gone. I think they might come back though because the fridge and pantry are full of food, liquor is everywhere, and there is an entire dresser of underwear left in the bedroom. Who leaves their underbritches!?

The biggest concern right now is that these tenants also left out pet food (rat food!) and I can see that the mice already found the pantry. The eviction process probably takes a few months so I can’t go in and chuck their food. In the meantime the mice will feast. Ugh.

I move out next week. Can I get a Ru-hah?

Oh, and in case you were wondering about the new place:

apartment diagram

The plan (so far) is to make the second apartment area into a suite. So living area #2 will be a bedroom and bedroom #3 becomes a lavish closet/workspace. More details later.

5 Comments

  • gina
    August 10, 2011 at 1:56 pm

    I’m looking for a place right now – and by all your photos, I think I live in your hood!

    Needless to say, I am beyond terrified of ending up in the building your’e about to evacuate. I’m probably going to DM you the address of anywhere I sign to ensure I don’t end up in the Rodent Motel.

    Reply
    • Jansen
      August 10, 2011 at 2:27 pm

      Ahaha. But it’s cheap!

      Reply
  • Leah
    August 10, 2011 at 9:33 pm

    Hey, the eviction process is super fast and takes nowhere near months. Email me if you like; I have worked in landlord tenant law since I was in law school. Happy to help.

    Reply
    • Jansen
      August 11, 2011 at 9:34 pm

      My landlord seems to think it takes months… I’m moving out next week so it’s really none of my business, plus he owns like 50 buildings, so I assume he knows what he’s doing?

      Reply
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