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Well, I am finding myself trying to figure out what they should fix and what I should fix.
They were too busy to do the walk-through with me, so I had this event:
I walked up the stairs and the runners on the stairs (the anti-slick corrugated rubber) were missing or torn. There were splashes of dirt on the walls and the utility closet door looked scuffed and worn. There was a crumpled piece of paper on the walkway, apparently just for the added touch. I turned to my door, to find its surface dented and warped and that it failed to meet the jamb by about a quarter of an inch. It rattled in the frame, even when bolted. There was no door facing. The insulation around the edge of the door was ratty and chewed-up.
Inside, there were large scuff marks on one wall and a stain on another. Burn marks and dead roaches liberally littered the kitchen linoleum. A built-in cutting board was dirty and blackened. The light installed under the counter was filthy, the bulb almost entirely brown. The trim at the step-up in the bathroom was dirty and not flush against the step. The wall plate for the cable hookup was bent and partly pried away. All wall plates and all the kitchen cabinets looked to be painted one universal color, as were the walls and trim. I could find no smoke detector. I didn't look under the kitchen counter for a fire extinguisher.
The lighting included no proper overhead fixtures (indirect in the kitchen, along the cabinets; above the mirrors on the wall in the bathroom, bare bulb in the closets, nothing at all in bedroom and living room.) and was generally dingy and unappealing.
Some of this is legal, some of this is MY standards, some of this is thinking I was being sold a "nicer" place. I want another look at that model.
They were too busy to do the walk-through with me, so I had this event:
I walked up the stairs and the runners on the stairs (the anti-slick corrugated rubber) were missing or torn. There were splashes of dirt on the walls and the utility closet door looked scuffed and worn. There was a crumpled piece of paper on the walkway, apparently just for the added touch. I turned to my door, to find its surface dented and warped and that it failed to meet the jamb by about a quarter of an inch. It rattled in the frame, even when bolted. There was no door facing. The insulation around the edge of the door was ratty and chewed-up.
Inside, there were large scuff marks on one wall and a stain on another. Burn marks and dead roaches liberally littered the kitchen linoleum. A built-in cutting board was dirty and blackened. The light installed under the counter was filthy, the bulb almost entirely brown. The trim at the step-up in the bathroom was dirty and not flush against the step. The wall plate for the cable hookup was bent and partly pried away. All wall plates and all the kitchen cabinets looked to be painted one universal color, as were the walls and trim. I could find no smoke detector. I didn't look under the kitchen counter for a fire extinguisher.
The lighting included no proper overhead fixtures (indirect in the kitchen, along the cabinets; above the mirrors on the wall in the bathroom, bare bulb in the closets, nothing at all in bedroom and living room.) and was generally dingy and unappealing.
Some of this is legal, some of this is MY standards, some of this is thinking I was being sold a "nicer" place. I want another look at that model.
