Called LG yesterday to get quotes on replacing the cooktop & two refrigerator panels that are badly dented.

$822 for the Fridge including installation
$340 for the Stove
$2 for the curtain rod in the living room
$10 for the rods on the backdoor

I think I'm entirely entitled to getting both replaced. It looks like the tenant used the stove as a cutting board. That is just excessive.

I've had extensive conversations with the neighbors that basically the tenant just couldn't turn her back on her FOUR boys and that she was overwhelmed. The hubby deployed and the house was allowed to get like this.

I'm going to get estimates today on fixing the wood trim. I think replacing it in an unprofessional matter is just careless so I should be entitled to getting that done RIGHT as well.

I won't press the flooring. I used a rejuvenate product and although you can still see its faded if you are looking for it, its not nearly as noticeable.

I'm more concerned with the paint on the siding. If that doesn't come off with pressure washing I'm going to charge her for that too.

The plumbers are working on the house this week to get it re-piped. I'm VERY pleased with them. I've been working with the owner (small business) and he has been wonderful. They are meticulous and careful about one's possessions.

HE was actually the one to tip me off about the property's condition when I called about the estimate. So I'm extremely grateful for that and think I'll use him for future work. Obviously he has standards too if he felt obliged to tell me about my property's condition vs just giving me a quote over the phone & leaving.

I toured the house yesterday after he left, they locked up, put down plastic over the floor to make sure it didn't get messed up while they were working on it, they left a mat on the floor with their stuff on it (cause they'll be there all week). So they cleaned up after they left regardless of how much they did today and were very careful about our floors.

Today I have to go back out to the house to meet the contractor the property manager referred me to. They'll be replacing the fascia boards on the house that rotted over time and wood trim on our garage door (Basic home maintenance).

As for the property manager, I let her know that the tenant's defense to the property's condition is that PM didn't inspect the property. Or as the tenant said "These things wouldn't be a problem if the PM had done her regular inspections"

She had also told the neighbors the PM was part of the problem. So I told the PM that and she was floored. She stated she had gone to the property several times and the house was not in that condition, she's responded timely to the tenant, and has documentation proving it. She was floored that the tenant was trying to say that its the PM's fault that the house had those damages when the tenant should have been fulfilling her contract.

The PM told me that she never ONCE received a reference check for the tenant's new place of residence which means that new landlord is in for a BIG surprise. A bigger house doesn't change habits like liking your 3 year old pour syrup on the floors, falling out the living room window, or the mother forgetting her three year old on the trampoline in the rain or leaving candles burning when you leave to go on vacation (all stories from BOTH neighbors).

So I told the neighbors that when I leave I'll give them my info and the PM's info and if there are ANY problems, to let me know.

Hopefully this never happens again. I'm sure the tenant will contact me when she finds out she is not getting her deposit back & possibly a bill. But she'll be lucky if I don't send her to small claims court. She'll probably turn to JAG but I know I have my bases covered with tons of pictures and copies of their move-in inspection.