Would a 'f*ck off?' be appropriate or should I just go there and clean over night?
Straight to the cliffs:
1. Our lease expired 2 months ago and he agreed to go month to month, since we were waiting to close (not as a favor to us - property values in that neighborhood plummeted, he'll need to rent out for less now)
2. we paid for this full month
3. we closed on the 18th and moved this weekend
4. Our house is a mess because we felt like we had 13 days to clean up, but now he wants to start showing ASAP
We only care about the mess because we are owed a deposit. There were structural problems that were the result of shitty construction (banister fell off because it wasn't screwed onto studs, etc) that we were going to just fix because we didn't want to argue over a deposit, but coming over tomorrow he'll see these defects and argue over the costs, for sure.
I expressed that it wouldn't be in there best interest to show it tomorrow, and offered clean up thoroughly Friday into Saturday for a Saturday evening showing, but he said he *Must* show it tomorrow...
Edit: I must add, he knew for 3 months that we were buying a home and we offered to show it anytime during this period. This is the first time he asked to show it, and now he's insisting to show it with very little notice and after a weekend he knew we'd be moving/cleaning/etc. If he asked to show say the first few weeks of this month it would have been totally fine, especially since we were still living in the building.
update The landlord stopped by the place last night and, while he was annoyed we didn't tell him early (we were busy closing), admitted that the install wasn't done correctly. I offered to patch up the walls and just screw it on temporarily, which he appreciated. He also said that he didn't see any damage beyond regular wear and tear, but would do a full walk through when we were done cleaning.The wife and I spent over 10 hours (I haven't slept yet, she called out sick because she feels like vomiting because she stayed up late), doing it right and not just a rush job. We steam cleaned the carpets, painted over scuff marks, moved some of the remaining gear, pulled down all wires and filled the patches, prepped wall for the banister (still drying), and basically left the place looking like new... I'm a bit pissed at the whole experience - if they just would have given us a partial heads up we could have hired help for the extra move (vs. many trips in a hatchback) or made sure we spent a little time last weekend cleaning, or at least putting boxes against the wall... Ugh..
Straight to the cliffs:
1. Our lease expired 2 months ago and he agreed to go month to month, since we were waiting to close (not as a favor to us - property values in that neighborhood plummeted, he'll need to rent out for less now)
2. we paid for this full month
3. we closed on the 18th and moved this weekend
4. Our house is a mess because we felt like we had 13 days to clean up, but now he wants to start showing ASAP
We only care about the mess because we are owed a deposit. There were structural problems that were the result of shitty construction (banister fell off because it wasn't screwed onto studs, etc) that we were going to just fix because we didn't want to argue over a deposit, but coming over tomorrow he'll see these defects and argue over the costs, for sure.
I expressed that it wouldn't be in there best interest to show it tomorrow, and offered clean up thoroughly Friday into Saturday for a Saturday evening showing, but he said he *Must* show it tomorrow...
Edit: I must add, he knew for 3 months that we were buying a home and we offered to show it anytime during this period. This is the first time he asked to show it, and now he's insisting to show it with very little notice and after a weekend he knew we'd be moving/cleaning/etc. If he asked to show say the first few weeks of this month it would have been totally fine, especially since we were still living in the building.
update The landlord stopped by the place last night and, while he was annoyed we didn't tell him early (we were busy closing), admitted that the install wasn't done correctly. I offered to patch up the walls and just screw it on temporarily, which he appreciated. He also said that he didn't see any damage beyond regular wear and tear, but would do a full walk through when we were done cleaning.The wife and I spent over 10 hours (I haven't slept yet, she called out sick because she feels like vomiting because she stayed up late), doing it right and not just a rush job. We steam cleaned the carpets, painted over scuff marks, moved some of the remaining gear, pulled down all wires and filled the patches, prepped wall for the banister (still drying), and basically left the place looking like new... I'm a bit pissed at the whole experience - if they just would have given us a partial heads up we could have hired help for the extra move (vs. many trips in a hatchback) or made sure we spent a little time last weekend cleaning, or at least putting boxes against the wall... Ugh..