Anguille
Bane of the Urbane
- Mar 8, 2008
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We had smokers in one of our apts and had to wash the yellow build up on the walls, the wallpaper was too new and expensive to paint over. We cleaned the carpeted areas but the worst part was cleaning the scum off the windows and the mini blinds. We ended up just replaving most. Our next tenants assured us they didn't smoke but it turns out they were stinky candle freaks. LOL Almost as much scum plus melted wax everywhere. We still alow pets though.I was an apartment manager at one time and all you have to do is basically paint and clean the carpet to get the smoke smell out. It's really not much different because we did that when any tenent moved out. I guess if you don't do that, then it would be a pain. Our most common problems were families with small kids that usually left stains on the carpets. So maybe we should have had a no kid clause in our leases.