FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHY CAN'T RENTERS CHANGE A FURNACE FILTER?!
And this one is so simple. Floor level in the hallway by the back entry. Flip 2 levers to open the grate, take out the old filter, throw it away, and replace it with one from the box full of filters in the garage. Close up the grate and flip the 2 levers back.
For that matter, HOW DO YOU BREAK A SINK DRAIN!? They turned the power off so the ice in the icemaker was defrosting. Luckily I caught this, pooled up the drippings and chucked the melting ice in the kitchen sink. Then, luckily, I checked the cabinet under the sink. Because SOMEHOW the drain was irreparably disconnected.
HOW DID 90% OF THE CURTAIN RODS DISAPPEAR?! Where is the overflow drain cover for the bathtub? How can adults manage to fuck up essentially maintenance free things so severely?
Somehow the basketball hoop is down. The gas meter is right next to the narrow driveway so I stacked concrete pavers around it to keep it from getting hit. They moved them all away. There's a drop-off from the parking area into the neighbors' yard so I put pavers along that to keep anyone from driving off it. They moved all them too. The dog chewed up a bunch of trim. I can actually understand that though. But I can't understand the idiotic shit renters manage to do.
I shouldn't complain too much. It could've been in much worse shape. But just... WHY DO YOU BUY A BUNCH OF PATIO FURNITURE AND THEN NOT PAY YOUR RENT?! IF YOU DON'T HAVE A YARD, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT YOUR PATIO FURNITURE?!