Nah I've recently asked for a screen door on the front, coz DS keeps escaping (can unlock the wooden one too easily) & they said something about getting someone in to trim down the bushes out the back (which makes me worry someone nearby owns the house! ), so I'm just guessing they want to check it all out. Might be a good time to bring up the expense of replacing light bulbs constantly at the back end of the house... Since both bathrooms, my room & the kitchen don't seem to like light... Hmm.
The RE has given me a bit of extra warning so I have time to deal with all the little jobs (any drawing on walls I've missed, etc) So I'm greatful for that.
I'm a bit scared of putting a face to the name though. I like not knowing if my owner is a local or not. Being a tiny town I'm worried they live just down the road & drive past the house every day! Coz I'm not the bestest lawn mower at the moment!
You can always not be there.
As for the light bulbs, do you use energy savers? They last sooo much longer than old-school bulbs.
Personally, if I had a property I hadn't seen for 2 years I would want to check it out too - especially if there were some bigger issues like the door and tree trimming that had been requested, I would need to see if there was anything else to be done etc.
Good on the RE for giving you some warning too! So many of them would jut not have bothered. Sounds like you have a good one there.
I was going to suggest not being there as well. The owner is possibly just as happy for you not to know who they are, either.
If its an old place, and thats happening a lot, I'd be asking about haing the wiring checked out, unless they have a cert. of electrical safety showing its already been done recent;y (in the past few years)
We rented an awesome place, landlord lived next door but it was a farm, so next door was close enough to see, but far enough not to hear, plus he had his farms hands do all the garden and general maintenance. If it wasnt for the gigantic spiders we might still be there.
I'm going to ask about the wiring. Its not normal lights blowing, its with in a few days of the bulb going in. & they are those silly down lights? I dunno, thats what the RE called them, but DH reckons they are only down light look alikes... what ever that means! They are still up in the ceiling!
I figured it was just a long term tennant thing. Not looking at the place for 2 or more years might be too much for them. I don't mind. Just panicking that something will go wrong & the place will be a pig sty! lol
Well. It was all about a rent increase
Another $15 a week that I can't afford with everything else going on right now. But I have to, because its a small town & if I don't I'll have to move away. Which would mean changing kids schools. With all the kids stuff & having to start weekly OT therapy for DD2 & possibly DS, which means petrol to get to town once or twice every week. I can only just afford petrol as it is
time to look at cheaper car insurance places, drop my internet allowance & cut back my hot water I guess. We couldn't afford any luxuries anyway, now there's no chance
), so I'm just guessing they want to check it all out. Might be a good time to bring up the expense of replacing light bulbs constantly at the back end of the house... Since both bathrooms, my room & the kitchen don't seem to like light... Hmm.
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