Renting a Home in Upstate NY

HI - Nice to see you again. Have you sent any greeting cards recently?

WOW – it’s really hard to find a good house to rent in upstate NY.   I have had my brother and brother in law looking at houses for us over the past month in upstate NY.  The first house was a HUGE joke.  The guy wanted $800/mo. for it and it had moldy sheetrock and the windows had bullet holes in them.   Yes…you read that right…BULLET HOLES!!!  Apparently he ticked off the wrong person.  The house had been sitting empty for quite a while and developed moldy walls.  Then, he tells us that one upstairs loft is a “master bedroom with kitchenette and bath”.  OMG…here is a picture of the “kitchenette”.   I have to confess, this is the very first stove/sink that I’ve ever seen or even heard of.

NEWSFLASH – sticking a stove / sink in the corner of the bedroom does NOT MAKE IT A KITCHENETTE!!!!!!!

Now I’ll bet you’re wondering – “Where is the master bath?”, right?

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I’ll show you where the master bath is.

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Where else would it be?

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Right behind the “kitchenette”.  LOL

Notice the slant of the ceiling RIGHT ABOVE THE TOILET!!!  Oh, by the way, the toilet stuck behind the stove/sink IS the “master bath”.  I guess they figured since there’s a sink in with the stove, you don’t need anything else in the “master bath”.

The worst part is, these pics were NOT sent by my brother, they were sent by the owner of the house.  HELLO?????  Take a broom or a piece of paper towel or a shoe and knock down the cobwebs before you broadcast your kitchenette photos.

And don’t even get me started on the gas tank strapping that’s holding the spiral staircase in place.  The spiral staircase goes up to an “open bridge walkway” that runs between the lofts.  The open bridge walkway is plywood laid across two beams!!!!!!!!

Then, to top it all off, in his first email he asked for security deposit and first month’s rent.  That’s normal and expected.  However, he then emails me to say:

Any Questions, please ask. Basically it will require a month deposit to hold the place, that will turn into the last months rent. Prior to move in it will require Security deposit and first months rent, + current LP gas in tank.  The whole building will be available and rented.

Guess what?  I’m NOT ASKING!!!

The guy thought he’d make a fast buck by giving someone a story about how wonderful the place is.  I’m glad I had my brother go look at the place or I never would have known about the moldy walls and bullet holes.  I just may have rented it for the kitchenette and master bath.  LOL.

Tomorrow I’ll tell you about another place that we were contemplating.  Stay tuned……..

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