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I guess I have it lucky. I have a house that is in a decent area, is about 1500 sq. ft. (750 sq.ft. upstairs 750 sq.ft. downstairs) and is a 4 bedroom 2 bath house with a small garage. It's not the nicest house. The owners have kinda skimped on the cabinetry, the hardwood floors have been sanded once too many times and some idiot carpenter (If you can actually call him that) closed up stairs in the back in the kitchen and put in (uneven) stairs in the formal living room area in front (basically destroying the formal living room area). He also must've put in some of the walls downstairs too 'cause I'm certain that the studs are not even close to 16"-on-center (which has been a standard for the last 20 years in construction and remodeling). It seems that studs were just placed wherever the carpenter (and I use that term loosely) felt like it.
Setting all that aside though. I'm renting for $650 a month with water, sewer and trash paid. So I can't really complain. And the landlady said that, within reason, I can upgrade the house and take it out of the rent. So I can sand, paint, and repair. I can landscape, fix plumbing and electrical issues etc. As long as the repair is under $100...no issues. If it's over I need to check with her but she's usually good about things. Oh and when the furnace motor seized up she had the furnace replaced the next day.
Sorry about the stupid Cow TTaz. I've been on one of those walking tours when we were looking for apartments. I have to think that even though we brought our kids we were courteous and polite and were not EWs like that stupid lady. Oh and wi-fi tends to be blocked more by earth (when you're in a basement or "below grade level" apartment) and trees. Cinderblock by itself doesn't generally block the signal. Dense brick and morter, rebar-reinforced concrete, or metal (or both concrete and metal wire mesh as in stucco) all around the apartment would tend to kill signal REALLY fast. My sister-in-law lived in a well-insulated, all cement house with stucco and a metal roof. You were lucky if you could even get a cell phone signal inside, let alone wi-fi throughout the house.
Setting all that aside though. I'm renting for $650 a month with water, sewer and trash paid. So I can't really complain. And the landlady said that, within reason, I can upgrade the house and take it out of the rent. So I can sand, paint, and repair. I can landscape, fix plumbing and electrical issues etc. As long as the repair is under $100...no issues. If it's over I need to check with her but she's usually good about things. Oh and when the furnace motor seized up she had the furnace replaced the next day.
Sorry about the stupid Cow TTaz. I've been on one of those walking tours when we were looking for apartments. I have to think that even though we brought our kids we were courteous and polite and were not EWs like that stupid lady. Oh and wi-fi tends to be blocked more by earth (when you're in a basement or "below grade level" apartment) and trees. Cinderblock by itself doesn't generally block the signal. Dense brick and morter, rebar-reinforced concrete, or metal (or both concrete and metal wire mesh as in stucco) all around the apartment would tend to kill signal REALLY fast. My sister-in-law lived in a well-insulated, all cement house with stucco and a metal roof. You were lucky if you could even get a cell phone signal inside, let alone wi-fi throughout the house.
And our heating bill for our uber 'efficient' apartment during the winter.... $150 a month, and thats just turning on the heat in the kids rooms. And they say that next year they will up it to $1269. shoot me now. I need to move to Idaho or somewhere cheap.
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