Landlords

So yesterday was the first day of classes, but before that I had a noon appointment with Tom and Heather to drop off keys and get the damage inspection from Patrice, our old landlord. For those who do not klnow, Patrice Vrsansky and her husband Tony run quite few apartments in the campus area and she manages them. She is a legalistic nagging irritating b$#@$ sometimes. Especially when it comes to moving out and moving in. Anyways, lived there two years and the first one was with Jon and Berens but this is the 2 year inspection so everything they messed up, Tom and Heather and I have to pay for too. Anyways I get there at 12:03 since I have not figured out the optimal time to leave Bexley yet. Apparently I wasn't worth waiting for as Patrice is already through the kitchen and most of the dining area. I'll save most of the details, but here are the highlights.

1. Why is there dirt in this refrigerator? Have you guys cleaned it? (Heather spent an hour and a half making it look like the best refrigerator I've ever seen)
2. A plastic piece broke off a glass light fixture in the kitchen and she wanted to replace the whole fixture, but apparently Tom told her to just replace the plastic piece and hopefully she will listen since the glass light cover is in perfect condition.
3. Have you guys cleaned the windowsills (after finding the only 2 we did not wipe down)?
4. Light bulbs...she's replacing about 10 of them that Tom and Heather did not replace or we did not replace in the common areas at 2 dollars apiece...better be damn good light bulbs.
5. Batteries...I replaced the batteries in the main floor and basement smoke detectors because I knew she would check and she did and found a dead battery in the upstairs one...sigh.
6. A window screen Jon took out of his bedroom window two years ago I tried to put back in but it was a pain in the ass and there was a wasp nest I did not want to disturb in the top of the screen setting. So I set the screen next to the window. Patrice comes in and says what's going on here...and pushes down on the screen which causes one side to bend violetly. "Oh this screen is bent, have to be replaced." Nice work b^%#$.
7. Who cleaned this bathroom (the upstairs one of Tom and Heather's)? Oh this plunger and toliet brush and outside floor mat are yours, I'll have to throw them away if you don't take them (since apparently the new tenants must provide their own plunger...so much for being nice). Oh the top of the bathroom faucet falls off, going to have to charge you for that. To which I reply I don't think so and pull out the lengthy list of broken stuff from 2 years agow hen we moved in and what do you know...that's on there.
8. This ceiling fan and light were brand new when you moved in and now the chain to turn the fan on and off is missing (probably cheaply pulled out by Jon or Berens in the first couple weeks we lived there and forgotten). Might have to replace the whole fixture. To which I respond, you better not even think about replacing the fixture for that chain.
9. She tries the outside light and finds it is burnt out, which of course like a few other fixtures in this apartment burns out light bulbs amazingly quickly. I tell her to have fun putting a fresh one in that since it will burn out in two days. She says well if the fixture is broken...I say oh no it's not, you cannot charge us for it since it will work when you put the bulb in, but the wiring will burn the bulb out and that is your problem.
10. And the king of them all, since the unclean oven (about 50 dollars) and all that other stuff including the last water bill might come out to $250...this carpet on the main floor is a mess. It will have to be totally replaced. It was new when you moved in, and this is not normal wear and tear. I completely disagree and think a steam cleaner would get out everything except for the oil stain in the dining room area which happened when Kelley and Tom and Heather and I had a fondue disaster this summer. Since this all was decided befor eI got there, Iw as asking questions to clarify what she was replacing and asked if she would replace the dining room only since the living room was fine. She says there are stains in the living room and it will have to be replaced too. I did not see the stains and think she is full of shit. Tom asks for an estimate on cost and she says something vague like "it cost thousands of dollars to carpet all these apartments 2 years ago..." I tell her what a piece of garbage the carpet has been in 2 years and recommend she tries a different brand, and she gets all defensive and says why would I attack her since the carpet is lower quality than residential and replacing it will be to our benefit since it is not really expensive high grade stuff. That has nothing to do with the fact that your carpet is crap...and she told us because we did not vacuum it every day that we were responsible for the crappiness. Whoever told her they vacuum the carpets every day is either OCD (obsessive compulsive) or lieing.

We had to go out for Applebee's lunch and a drink after that. So much for the deposit...now I just hope we don't have a bill for her precious new carpet. What a b%#$, but there's nothing I can do about it now. Patrice Vrsansky is not a good person to rent from, so BEWARE.

First day of classes was alright. Shipman is the usual, Samansky looks like he could be a real dick, and Lee seems awesome. Today I get to see Mesher for Patent law. Woot.