Oh Lord, so much has happened since the movers showed up on Saturday morning. Let's start with them - said they would arrive between 8 and 10 am. Showed up at 9:45 am - within the window, yes, but still... Took them until 3:30 pm to load the truck - when they showed up the lead guy said they would be finished by 1 pm. No nap for Kate - and HELLO, have you tried to entertain a toddler in a semi-empty house with the moving men there? We finally get on the road to Tallahassee at 4 pm - we arrived at the new house at 10:30 pm to drop the cats off so we can stay at the hotel. The movers are supposed to deliver between 9 and 11 am on Sunday morning. Sunday morning - no phone calls and no movers. They showed up at the house at 1 pm. Thankfully the cleaning lady was there to call us and let us know. The driver had forgotten to bring our cell numbers with him. What, really???
Now, the cleaning lady - there is the best part of this story. When we arrived the house was FILTHY! They were supposed to have cleaned it during the week and had it 'ready to move in' when we arrived. From what I've heard, the tenants before us had 4 or 5 bulldogs in the house/yard plus they smoked. The house reaked of smoke and had roaches too. First thing Sunday morning, we pull out the yellow pages and started calling cleaning services. Finally found someone who could come the same day. She spent six hours on Sunday cleaning and that was only part of the house. We had another cleaning service in (2 people) for another 6 hours today. There is a small amount of cleaning left at this point. We are finally going to really move in tomorrow. We've been staying at the hotel.
We are having issues with our long-distance landlord. He doesn't want to spend the money to completely repaint the house and of course, we paid for the cleaning services out of our pocket. What choice did we have? We left our home in Palm Harbor and Todd started his job today. The moving van was coming - what were we supposed to do? He is asking us to split the cost of painting the inside of the house. They have already treated the walls with a product called Kiln, which is to permanently seal off the smoke smell. The floors are all tile so no issues there. I just don't think that is right - I don't feel we should have to pay for any of this. Not sure if we can do anything about it.
More update later... must get some sleep now.
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15 years ago
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ARE YOU KIDDING!!!???!???!!! What the crack!
So 2 cleaning crews for one house?? Did he not check the place out after the last people moved? Wouldn't that be part of their deposit? Can't the moving people radio the office and get your number... am I asking too many questions or what? No seriously, that really is crap. I have to say, I am very very proud of you. Most people would not handle that with such grace.
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