More Winter Housework

As previously mentioned, today we had a professional cleaning company (the word now underlined instead of in quotations) come over and clean the Unsellable Condo in Vinings.  They did a great job, but the problem with a good cleaning is that now one can see the additional damage done by the former tenants.

• There's a level of baked on/burned on grease on the stove top that's almost impossible to scrub off.  I don't know if they ever cleaned it.  We'll have to order a replacement.


• The top to the tank on the toilet bowl is broken - at least three pieces -  and it appears that when it fell/was knocked off, it broke the toilet paper holder off the wall as it descended.  More replacement parts.


• There's a mantle over the fireplace, and it looks like not only did they let candle wax drip all over it, but some things (I can't even guess what) appear to have melted up there and left weird plastic residues.  We're hoping paint could just cover it up.


• Kitchen linoleum floor is shot.  Need to replace (tile?).


• Looks like they somehow managed to break the handle on the dishwasher (new unit I had to buy for them after the old one somehow died).  I didn't have the heart to even try it to see if it still works or not - one can only take so much disappointment in a single day.

I already have a prospective tenant lined up (he hasn't seen the place yet) and may be able to foist off some of the damages without a repair, but despite all the effort I put into the unit before the last tenants moved in (remodeled bathroom, new hardwood floors), the UCV is probably now less ready for the market (should it come to that) than before.