@Pandora: Yes, it is common when you rent through an agency. We have inspections every 3 months, too.
@Jaycee: I'm exactly the same as you and always have it SPOTLESS! Until the last inspection...For some (strange) reason I was CONVINCED we were having the inspection on a wednesday. So there I was sitting in my untidy, uncleaned (alright it wasn't that bad) house on Tuesday morning when our agent knocked on the door. I was in SHOCK!! I thought I'd still have sooo much time to clean up, but nope, there she was and wanted to come in (*gulp*). I walked her through the house, head hung in shame. OMG I was sooo embarrassed!!!! It wasn't dirty, just REALLy untidy. The bed wasn't made, I had paperwork all over the desk and the floor (I was working on a huuuge assignment for uni) there was laundry hanging EVERYWHERE around the house (we usually do all our clothes on one massive washing day and it was rainy outside) and I mean EVERYWHERE. There were socks hanging on the doorknobs , pants over the curtain rails (all to dry cause it was wet outside and we didn't have 'hanging space') and so on. Did I mention I was super embarrassed? At the end she thanked me and said (because I kept apologising) "I'm very pleased with the way you keep the house" (WTF?!? ) "This is what you call dirty?" and smiled at me.... So she was happy and despite my worries apparently the inspection "went very well". I think I was just so annoyed, because my house normally is very tidy and clean and she saw it on the WORST day imaginable. So I guess what I'm saying is don't worry about your place!!! If the agent is happy with my place in that state, she'll be thrilled with yours! One of my friends is an agent too and said it's amazing what feral houses they get to see. So your place will be absolutely fine! Yours is clean and tidy, so you've got nothing to worry about. I hope my story gave you a bit peace of mind. I am *normally* always soo pedantic when it comes to cleanliness and what other people think of my house. Put apparently I care waaayyyy more than the agents do
Hope you feel better now!
Last edited by Raupe; October 13th, 2010 at 02:39 PM.
I was in SHOCK!! I thought I'd still have sooo much time to clean up, but nope, there she was and wanted to come in (*gulp*). I walked her through the house, head hung in shame. OMG I was sooo embarrassed!!!! It wasn't dirty, just REALLy untidy. The bed wasn't made, I had paperwork all over the desk and the floor
(I was working on a huuuge assignment for uni) there was laundry hanging EVERYWHERE around the house (we usually do all our clothes on one massive washing day and it was rainy outside) and I mean EVERYWHERE. There were socks hanging on the doorknobs
, pants over the curtain rails (all to dry cause it was wet outside and we didn't have 'hanging space') and so on. Did I mention I was super embarrassed? At the end she thanked me and said (because I kept apologising) "I'm very pleased with the way you keep the house" (WTF?!?
) "This is what you call dirty?" and smiled at me.... So she was happy and despite my worries apparently the inspection "went very well". I think I was just so annoyed, because my house normally is very tidy and clean and she saw it on the WORST day imaginable. So I guess what I'm saying is don't worry about your place!!! If the agent is happy with my place in that state, she'll be thrilled with yours! One of my friends is an agent too and said it's amazing what feral houses they get to see. So your place will be absolutely fine! Yours is clean and tidy, so you've got nothing to worry about. I hope my story gave you a bit peace of mind. I am *normally* always soo pedantic when it comes to cleanliness and what other people think of my house. Put apparently I care waaayyyy more than the agents do
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