All Forum Posts by: Angelique Kelly

@Jim K.

Thank you so much.  I think I will just have to eat it and be angry inside for a little bit.

Unfortunately I live out of town and every time I would schedule someone to do maintenance, bug service or any type of inspection she would find some excuse not to be available or wouldn't  be present because she "forgot".   As far as I know she only had the rabbits the last year (that's around the time she was avoiding anyone entering the house) and the one time I saw them they were in a cage.   I have defiantly learned my lesson, going forward I will not make the mistake of trusting another person to take care of my house as well as I would.  I should probably just let it go but I hate the thought of her getting away with it.

I used limeaway which helped a little but ended up spray painting the metal part of the fireplace and replacing the tile.

Urine exposure can actually "burn" the dyes in grout, it was obvious she let the urine sit there for awhile.

My last tenant had three pet rabbits that she let run free through out the house.  It wasn't until we had hired a house inspector to do a routine evaluation that we realized how much damage her pets had done.  The base molding was chewed on in every room and the tile flooring and laminate flooring were damaged by rabbit urine.  The carpet in the bedrooms were so bad we had to immediately pull it out along with the padding and floor tacks.  We also had to replace the fireplace tile and grout because we couldn't get the urine stains off.  I only asked her to pay for the replacement of the flooring in the bedrooms and the tile in the bathroom but she refused saying I should replace the flooring anyways because of the age.  I understand if it was just normal wear and tear but this was beyond nasty and the carpet was in excellent condition before she moved in 5 years ago.  I'm ready to take her to small claims court but I'm worried the judge might side with her.