Clean Day (11 April)

O.....M.....G.....what a frick'n nightmare. What should have been a fairly easy day turned into such a drama show.

"Clean Day" should entail....cleaning (as the name gives away) and then as a renter (shoot me now, may I never rent again) the "march out" where the property manager should come in and make sure we have left the house better than we found it (We did) and give us our deposit back. Then bata bing bata boom we head to the boarder and go home.

No. That is not how it went at all. AT ALL. To start I should just let you know that our Home owners were/are very nice. BUT that is not who we have had to deal with while renting. Property Managers.....words of advice if you own property.....get references for who you have manage it.

Long story short....we drove away 3 hours later than anticipated and no returned deposit cheque in our pockets. We left that house in better condition than when we took it on. $600 worth of cleaning (Carpets & Merry Maids) and the property manager is refusing to give us our deposit back because "we weren't ready" for them to do the walk through. The carpets were still wet. Ummm.....well....excuse me, but they were just cleaned that morning...on their advice. Of course they aren't dry....sweet baby jesus. Oh, and there were weeds in the yard/garden (yes....spring finally arrived and in the last two weeks some weeds have said "hello"). Give me a break. (There is a lot more that didn't pass their greedy assessment...but if you want the full story you best come for a visit and we will pour you a glass of wine.)

So we missed the hours at the boarder office that we needed to get to so we could clear our car back into Canada. That will now have to be done at a boarder crossing in Ontario at some point so we can licence our car. The whole thing was basically a messy mess. It's still not settled, but we do now have the home owners involved, as well as some amazing neighbours/friends who have stepped in to represent on our behalf now that we have left.

So we leave the USA behind with a bitter taste in our mouths. But thankfully it is only towards Property Managers.  Lesson learned: be very detailed on your initial walk though when renting property. Take thorough note AND photo's of EVERYTHING.

OK.....that rant is over....my telling doesn't do it justice....but let me tell you.....it was one of the shittiest days that we have experience to date. Oh....and it was Shawn's Birthday. Happy Birthday Babe.