Cleaning the Rental

It's hard to see something you own, not taken care of.  It's even harder to see your "home" not taken care of.  Granted, it's not the biggest, fanciest home, but it served us well for 4 years (the longest we've lived anywhere.)  I haven't been in the house since we left 2 1/2 years ago.  Ben has been in it once.

The house wasn't ruined.  It wasn't like some of the horror stories you hear about.  It was just dirty, and smelled like cat pee.  We kept some of the deposit and I (and a friend) cleaned and did minor repairs for 24 hours.  It still has work that could be done, ie: more painting inside, paint the whole outside.  I'll probably head over again next week to do some more stuff if it doesn't rent out this weekend.

I'm wondering if they really thought we wouldn't notice that they chopped out a piece of chairrail and then put it back.  I'm still wondering why they chopped out a piece in the first place.

William was not the best helper...that's mulch he's gotten all over himself.