packing
The moving company is coming tomorrow. So today is a frantic rush to pile everything into “move to new country” and “put into storage” bundles. After nearly four years living in our current abode, I’m excited about the prospect of an empty house with all our belongings en route to our new life or in storage. Not that empty houses don’t come with their own list of chores. Empty houses need cleaning and then painting to make them ready for renting. Which brings me to the subject of tenants. I am familiar with the state some tenants leave properties in after they move out having had to help clean up after them and it never ceases to amaze me how people can rent a property and move into its pristine, freshly painted niceness and move out leaving filthy kitchens, bathrooms, wardrobes etc. It is so ignorant, I also think, these people have no shame, as I have never done anything other than scrub every wardrobe, kitchen surface and bathroom surface and left it squeaky clean when I have moved out of rented accomodation. The reason why - I wouldn’t want anyone to think of me as a filthy pig. A “rateyourtenant” website would be an excellent idea. Most landlords have their tenants RSI numbers and names, which would make it very easy to create a “rateyourtenant” website so you can post references of tenants and check RSI numbers for filty pig ratings. SK and I are hoping to find tenants of our ilk for the property we are vacating. i.e. ones who won’t trash the place and ones who will clean up their filth when they leave. That said, neither of us forsee coming back to live here, it is just two steppy a property for a small baby or toddler. But, it’s a great property for a couple or a family with slightly older children. With unbelievably low heating bills.
