Unfortunately, we can't find a better place or house to rent. It's more than a month now that we are looking for a nice house, clean (not messy), preferably the carpet is steam-cleaned or shampooed and if the owner or tenants before leased it for a year or two and had pets such as dogs or cats should fumigate the house first before letting somebody to lease the house first. Or might as well replace worn-out carpet with new carpet. Count the mark of stains and burnt spots if its too many stains, time to replace the carpet. Before move-in the owner should also do the paint job, painting the walls if deemed necessary and they might as well repair walls with holes even if the holes are holes from nails from wall frames. You cannot let tenants suffer the consequences of unclean, unkempt house (kitchen, cupboards, appliances, bathrooms should be properly cleaned!) know why? Health hazards can be tremendous cause for lawsuit.
Yes, there are many houses for rent and for sale but not all of these houses are properly inspected for health hazardous substance presence in the air such as airborne germs whatever that mean to you, asbestos, carbon monoxide and other soot from fireplaces. What else? What to look at? Do the house has fire exit or back door? Bathrooms and toilets have exhaust fan and small windows at least.
Are the appliances working properly, outdated and need replacement? Kitchen has exhaust fan up from the stove, and there's presence of at least one window.
Water. Is the water clean and drinkable in that area? How old is the water tank?
Do you like to hear flushing of toilets from above the house (second floor) while you cook downstairs as if the toilet bowl will fall below? The toilet drainage pipe is connected down through the walls where your stove is located? Who the hell is the architect of that house? Well, folks there are houses built like that. Maybe one or two years you wont smell the stench but you know you can't make a gas from it do you? Sometimes it's too late for the renters or whoever will suffer for so many years if the innocent buyer will buy such house. What more if the house has leaking roof? Worse?
However, don't make too much demand such as asking for brand new appliances when machines in the rental house are working properly or in good working condition. Just one to 4 small dings on the wall is not a huge problem to be demanding especially if your rent is only $850/month for two bedrooms with 2 bathrooms. That's already considered a luxury compared with other rental units.
TENANTS have RIGHTS too just like owners of the house. Do not take advantage of people who just want to have a better home for their family. LANDLORDS may have more rights and privilege when tenants are into illegal drugs, illegal dumping, illegal noodling, spying, treason, hacking, and other scam and fraud they committed while being a tenant of such rental property.
