For the first time in 2 1/2 years, I am glad this place only has a few windows.
We are cleaning the house ourselves, and the moveout inspection list is pretty lengthy. Thankfully we've had terrific weather, so the outdoor stuff has actually been somewhat enjoyable. All the downstairs windows and screens got finished today, as well as the doors. Jason is through with the back yard too, and we cleaned all the light fixtures in the house.
The fee for having the housing office clean for us is $430. Whether the work we've been doing is worth more or less than that, I do not know. But it's just the principle of the thing. I am not paying over $400 for them to clean our house! Instead, we've been working on it a little at a time, and we bought Jason's mom a plane ticket to come out and join us for the final few days of our time here. She'll be able to help keep the kids busy and give me a hand with whatever cleaning is left. A much better use of our money, if you ask me!
We cleaned our house too and they are really TOUGH. When you finish the tubs, spray a VERY LIGHT mist of Pledge orange oil and rub it in. That way there is NO residue of any sort. Use Brasso to polish all and any silver anywhere in the house. Pull the door to the stove completely off. Use metal "sandpaper" to scrub the wire racks inside the oven. And don't forget the utility closet that has the water heater. The head inspector tried to get behind my water heater to gig me but got angry with me because I was/am neurotic enough to clean behind that thing. So in all total, the only they could charge us was $17.50 for burned in nail polish on the concrete out in our back yard. I did NOT know it was nail polish and after trying every chemical known to man, we just gave up. Had I known it was nail polish, I would have used nail polish remover. But I gladly paid the $17.50 versus the $430. Good luck!!! Theresa
ReplyDeleteDo you really think Grammy can handle that job without Pops? LYT!
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