It has been to long since seeing as how I really wanted to post every week. So over the last two months the third floor of house #2 has been vacant. I, along with many good friends have cleaned the apartment top to bottom. I would say that it’s cleaner now than ever. Two of the carpets were steam cleaned and one was replaced.
Two comments regarding the carpets:
1. Don’t rent a rug cleaner from home depot. The ones they rent do not work well and the one I rented leaked tons of water.
2. If you are installing a new carpet in Rhode Island call John the rug guy at 401-480-9943. John does an amazing job at an even better price.
You can check out the video’s of the apartment cleaning’s on YouTube which show just how dirty the apartment was and how clean it became.
It took around 3 weekends and a few weeknights to get the place up and going to the condition I wanted. The apartment was vacant for two months, which was not bad considering it was winter, and there are more rentals then people. I also had to drop my asking price from $650 to $625 which resulted in many more calls and me renting the apartment. The drop in price is not a huge factor for me as I really just wanted to get some well qualified, well behaved tenants, which I think I found. Because of the apartment being vacant I have not installed a new washer and dryer but do have all the hook ups there, which are ready to go. This coming weekend I’m going to purchase a washer and dryer, and get it over with. One big problem with house #2 is the rear parking has a large section that is still dirt and is making a huge mess. With the snow thawing and the rain the driveway area is turning into a mud pit (which I usually won’t mind ;) I’m thinking around $200.00 or $300.00 for the prep and paving of the drive area.
In the next edition I will be changing over the washer and dryer and also showing the updated electrical at Greeley St.
Until then, invest!