Post # 1
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Sugar bee
and well we didnt get the notice to say she was coming!! we have some horrible kids in our neighbourhood who like to steal mail.
Anyway so apparently she rocked up today… and well, lets just say for the first time in a very long time, the house was pretty messy. I didnt get a chance to do the dishes this morning. The bathroom and laundry were clean. The study and bedroom were a mess because Ive been packing wedding things in boxes and taking them to my mums and I had gotten half way through packing and thought just leave that stuff for tomorrow. I had brought clothes in from the clothes line in the morning and had sorted them in piles on the bed, leaving the bedroom pretty messy.
I had stripped the guest bed of its sheets and well … im very house proud and my ego was bruised today… I got a phonecall at work, from the rent inspector saying that had asked if we were expecting her today.. and I was like no, I didnt get anything in the mail. Well she said and I quote ‘ I know you keep your place very tidy usually and ill let it slide, but i will come reinpect it next thursday, and if the place was in the state it was today.. I will kick your arse’ Hows that for ettiquite!!
oh well, glad we were let off the hook but I was feeling pretty guilty tonight but I promise the house will be spotless before she comes around next.
Shows that I should just never let the house keeping slide! What a day!!
Post # 3
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Bee Keeper
Wait, you have to keep your place tidy? I’ve never heard of that! That’s so crazy. I mean, I’d clean up if I knew our landlord was coming just out of self-respect, but we’d never get in trouble if it was a mess unless it was something that was damaging the apartment itself, like cat puke not picked up or something.
Post # 4
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2889 posts
Sugar bee
Can they enter your house when you are not home? That would not be okay with me. Also, can they kick you out for not having a tidy house? I’ve never been in a place where anyone had permission to enter when we were not home, that does not sit wll with me.
Post # 5
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Honey Beekeeper
Why do they come to inspect YOUR place????
Post # 6
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3219 posts
Sugar bee
Ya thats a little much. Who cares if u did the dishes or had sheets on the bed! You dont have stains on the carpet, holes in the walls she needs to get over it.
Post # 7
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3539 posts
Sugar bee
yup. In australia rent inspectors have a bit of a grading system, they write down the condition of the room. I.e marks on the walls if there is any, state of laundry and general condition of the house. That kind of thing. FH and I always score excellents and well today she didnt leave a sheet, otherwise we would have got ‘poor’ and you can get a breach on your lease, meaning they can kick you out if you get too many.
Bit like school really. lol
Post # 8
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Bumble bee
You can get in trouble for having a messy house?! SERIOUSLY? I mean, we own, so I don’t know who we’d get in trouble with…but when we rented….we would have been on constant probation. I like to keep it clean, but I’ve got other stuff to do! That stinks!
Post # 9
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Bumble bee
Totally understand about being house proud. I learned that from my mom too. I think they should have called you to let you know your place was being inspected, not mailed. IMO if they have no confirmation from you that you’re aware they’re coming in, then that’s like invasion of privacy. Knowing that your mail sometimes gets stolen, you should seriously talk to your rent inspector and ask for a personal phone call before they visit from now on. If they have any sense of professionalism, they will honor your request.
Post # 10
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Busy bee
- Wedding: May 2010 - Philippe Park
Wow, that’s nuts! Our maintenance people can’t enter our apartments without prior authorization from the tennants, and they definitely have no grounds to fault us on the state of our apartment. I would not be okay with that! What if you were in the shower? Or walking around your house naked?! No one should be able to invade your space like that without permission! I would be on the phone bitching them out so fast!!!
Post # 11
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3539 posts
Sugar bee
yes they can enter your house if they provide two weeks notice in written writing. Anyway, well we missed the notice so she came in thinking that we had got it but we hadnt. Anyway she was a bit suprised.
But yeah you have to keep it clean. Like in our contract the gardens have to be ‘neat and tidy’ and generally mowed.
Post # 12
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14186 posts
Honey Beekeeper
Oh holy hell that is ridiculous. I’d have ALWAYS been in the red zone back when I was in college =]
Post # 13
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Sugar bee
WOW!! I wouls STAY in trouble then. My house is clean but I have a pre-teen who is definitely going through her junky phase. We would STAY in trouble.
Post # 14
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3539 posts
Sugar bee
ejs4y8: because the lady is the property manager for our rental property, she takes care of the maintenance side of things. But we get an inspection every three months and she reports back to the owner the condition of the house and if there are any repairs to be made she organises for them to be repaired.
Sorry for the jumbled replies, I get typing post something and realised 6 or 7 people have replied since!
Post # 15
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18644 posts
Honey Beekeeper
That’s crazy! In the US, no one cares how dirty your place is until you are moving out and then they take it out of your deposit if it’s gross.
Post # 16
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10851 posts
Sugar Beekeeper
Holy cow! That’s shocking!! I mean I could see if you were a hoarder and had garbage every where or 27 cats, that would be an issue. But laundry on the bed?! Jeez louise I’d get failing grades across the board with my wedding chaos going on!
