So, ever thought about renting out your home? DON'T DO IT!!!! We found our new house in October. We felt so good about it (and still do) so we bought it without selling our condo. We tried to sell it for 3 months with it empty, but with no bites. We decided to do what anyone with two mortgages would do- rent it. We have a really great real estate agent who went through a whole lot of applicants and found someone who checked out on all points. Non-smoker, no pets, clean, sparkling references, and financially stable. We were thrilled. So, we discovered about a month into the whole thing, that what looks good on paper isn't always good.
To make this story a shorter one, we fixed something in the house every two weeks to every month. No, I'm not talking about a dent in the wall or changing a light bulb, but things like putting the garbage disposal back in the sink (um...we don't know how that got out). Our renters called us two weeks ago telling us they had a family emergency and needed to move to SLC. Well, we of course have soft spots for things like babies being in hospitals, so we let them out of their 1 yr contract. They moved out yesterday and Mike went over today to check out the place and get the keys, etc. back from the woman. He entered to find an entire strip of our railing on our stairs totally gone, stains all over the carpet in every room, a missing light fixture (what?), a hole in the pantry door, our built in bread box destroyed, etc, etc. Not to mention how many light bulbs were out (what, did these people have- built in night vision?). Keep in mind he had been over there to fix other things no less than 3 weeks ago and none of these new problems existed. OH MY GOSH!
After all that, the woman asked when she would get her deposit back! She should have asked something more like, "When will I get my bill?". It's a good thing Mike handled it with her because I'm a big, fat pregnant woman right now and the Bertha in me would have been in her face.
Oh, and the excuse for knocking out a whole stair case railing- "It fell off when we took the laundry downstairs." Well, then I think you need a few less 200 pound shirts fighting on the stairs. And to the wise, well, I think you get the picture. You are, after all, more wise than us!
4 comments:
Man, that is awful! We had thought about renting our place out in Eagle Mountain, but I am so glad we didn't, just for things like this. I hope you can sell it soon or get really good renters.
Yeah, you and I both. Our real estate agent siad he hadn't seen renters this bad in a long time. We just hope we get someone good in there. We doubt we'll sell soon- there are about 4 others on the market in Turtle Creek. Just something we have to live with for awhile. Thanks for the sympathy!
That is crazy. I hope they didn't get their deposit back and it was enough to cover the damages. Yes the marathon is on Oct. 4th. My tentative plans are to be in Southern Utah for most of August, then on to California.
Oh man! That's horrible! I can't believe people would just leave a place trashed like that and then have the nerve to ask about their deposit... good luck!!
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