Last month, we had to evict the tenants that were living in our other house. It turned out they were hiding a lot from us and did not treat our home very well. They stopped paying rent in June. After we evicted them, we found out they had 11 children living in the home. We also found out their father had been put in jail the day we evicted them for beating his wife in front of 16 children...all in our home. The fight also resulted in a few holes punched into the walls of our home. We found out later that they also weren't good neighbors to have because one of the neighbors came up and told us how happy they were that the family was gone. It is unfortunate that so many children are kids of such irresponsible parents. I hope and pray that they will be taken care of in the future.
These are the before and after pictures.
Before....
After...--it's amazing what turning on sprinklers will do for your lawn.
Before...entry tile was very dirty and broken by the tenants.
After...I re-tiled the entryway.
Before...Very dirty, chipped paint, nasty stained carpet.
After...New paint, new carpet, new baseboards.
Before...holes in walls, nasty stained carpet, mice droppings everywhere.
After...Clean, sanitary, no holes in walls.
Our jaws just dropped when we saw this room. The tenants seemed to think it was OK to write with permanent marker, crayon, paint, and toothpaste all over the door, walls, window sills, and ceiling in this room. We thought it was just the kids, but evidence showed that the parents were also writing on the walls.
After several coats of primer and paint and a very extensive washing, the room turned out nice in the end.
More of the "graffiti room."
After.
Before. There were mice living in the internet box shown in this picture.
After.
Before.
After.
Before. This used to be AnaBelle's room. It was the least nasty room in the house, yet still nasty so we re-did everything.
After.
Before.
After.
Master bath before.
After.
Master Bedroom before.
After.
Master bedroom. Notice the garbage and clothing everywhere. There were mice droppings all over because the tenants were so disgusting.
After.
The kitchen was the nastiest. There was food stuck to EVERYTHING. The cabinets all had mice droppings in them. There were cabinets that were rotted out with maggots in them because they wouldn't clean up spills. The floor was caked with sticky goo. The fridge had juice coming out of the ice/water dispenser and all of the compartments had never been cleaned and were broken.
Before. Broken cabinets because of kids climbing and hanging on them.
After.
The pantry. Garbage was stuffed in all of the heat registers. Mice were lovin' it down there. We ended up getting the vents and ducts professionally cleaned.
After.
Laundry before.
After.
Back deck before.
After.
When we evicted them, they left their belongings in the back yard. We were the lucky ones who inherited this junk and had to sell some of it, but most of it ended up at the dump.
After.
None of this cleanup and remodel would have been possible without the countless hours of donated time and effort from my family. My brother-in-law helped us out a TON with all of the miscellaneous fixes. My mom and dad also were a great help. You name it, the tenants ruined it. I am very thankful for supportive family that took a lot of their time to help us clean up this mess and get the home in order again.
Fortunately, we signed a new lease with tenants we can trust. The previous tenants have a judgment against them for over $6,000 of which I am sure we will never see. The good news is that the home is now in better condition than it ever has been, at least on the inside. And we hope to keep it that way.
The other good that came out of this experience was all of the time our family spent together working on it. I am so grateful to have them around and am humbled that they were willing to take so much time to help without any form of compensation except for the occasional meal provided in between hours of hard work.
Thanks again to my family and friends who helped save us from this mess! We couldn't have done it without you!
4 comments:
I have to comment...that is HORRIBLE! We have had to evict tenants before but nothing like that! I'm amazed at the after shots...good work
Whoa. That is horrific. I can't believe people would think it's okay to leave a kitchen like that and write all over the walls!!!! I've been watching a lot of the t.v. show "Hoarders" lately, reminds me of that.
oh wow, I can't believe that people can just get away like that, tenants like them should be banned from renting..its disgusting, i'm glad that the house is back to normal and looking great..I hope that the new tenants will treat it well and keep it immaculate..
That is so horrible! We are so sorry to hear that your family had to experience that. Thank goodness for family and it is great you have been able to survive and see the positive from this awful situation. The house looks amazing now!
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