When I opened the front door to MY HOUSE a CAT came running out! I entered with caution...the cat had been in the house all day without a litter box. To my dismay I found that the house was TRASHED and still full of JUNK! I took some pictures for documentation and then called my agent. I told her how upset I was and she said that she would call the listing agent and tell him to tell his clients that we were going to hire a professional cleaning company at THEIR EXPENSE!
To make a long story short, the woman (who had been gone for several weeks...divorce) came to "clean" the house. Her version of clean is not like my version of clean. She took 2 truck loads of stuff out of the house and filled both the garbage can and the recycle can. We have a lot of work to do!
This is what the garage looked like
Stuff left in the house
Nasty Bathroom Floor
Nasty Bedroom Floor
Food still in the fridge and freezer!
Nasty Toilet!
More stuff left in the house
Big hole in the closet!
Taun repaired the hole!
Taun scraping the border off! This took several days to get it all!
More wall paper border...what a pain!
Wall Paper mess!
Benjamin helped me paint "yellow room" a.k.a Grandma's Room or the Guest RoomWe have spent every night at the house since then working our tail ends off (especially Taun) fixing up the place so that it is not inhabitable. We bought paint and paint supplies, sheetrock and supplies, a wall paper steamer, food from McDonalds, more paint supplies, more putty and knives, etc...
My brother, Todd and his family came up on Saturday to help for several hours. We were able to get most of the wall paper border off (thanks Tiffany) and the ceilings in the bedrooms painted and mopboards put up and the one bedroom primed (thanks Todd) The kids enjoyed playing with cousins and stayed out of the way (thanks Cooper, Meg and Roxy) Cooper (6 years old) helped with some of the sanding and Meg (5 years old), Roxy (3) and Benjamin (3) helped pick up the wallpaper shreads that Tiff and I managed to scrape off. It was quite a day and we could not have done as much without Todd and Tiff. Thank You! Thank YOU! THANK YOU!
We still have a lot of work to do but it will be great when we are finished. I will for sure post the after shots so you can see the house.
12 comments:
I feel your pain.
That was me (Aaron), not Cristy that left that last comment. I forgot that I was logged in to her account.
For safety sake, I changed my blog name to http://camboslife.blogspot.com/. Come find me still!
I know how you feel! we had 4-5 truck loads of dump stuff, wallpaper in every room, nasty, moly fungus growing floor and wall, etc. it took a while but it's worth it. keep up the good work, we'll have to come up and see it!
Ewwww! Seriously, that is how they clean? Ewww.
Oh my heck!? What a nightmare, that's the last thing you needed! Do you ever get a break?
This is really Cristy this time. :-)
Wow, it looks like a lot of work. I know you will have it looking great in no time! I am glad for you that so many people were willing to help out. I can't wait to see the after pictures!
OK - now I feel guilty that we couldn't help! I hope that the next time we come up, we can see your house!
I wish that people were more considerate when they are leaving a house! I can't believe that they just left stuff that way! At least you were able to get going on the painting and stuff. Can't wait to see the finished product :)
BTW: I made that casserole (the one that exploded) and my family LOVED IT!! Thanks for the new recipe!
Holy cow, I am so sorry. What a pain! I wish you were closer so I could come and help you every afternoon! It will look so nice when you are done. I can't wait to see the "after" pictures!
Oh my goodness. I know you don't know me, but I check your blog every once in a while.
When we moved to our first house, the woman who lived there left the house a mess, too. I took all the shelves out of the fridge and sat in it to clean it out. I found a big sweater button stuck on the wall inside - with tomato sauce.
I'd be embarrassed!
Wow! That is a ton of work! I bet it will look great once everything is clean! Too bad you're the one who has to do it!
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