We loaded our moving van the day before graduation and it was the fastest/easiest load we've had so far. I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that I had been packing for the last several weeks and most of our stuff was stacked in our dining room and ready to go!
It was a really LONG drive to our new apartment after spending all night the night before cleaning, waking up and cleaning some more, and then hitting the road after graduation. The girls and I got really tired of being in the car. Poor Kadie cried the last hour about how she wanted to "go home." We made it in one piece at 9:30 that night and with the help of friends were able to have the moving truck unloaded in less than an hour. Unfortunately, our landlord had called while we were driving and apologized that he had been out of town and had not checked the apartment and it was not as clean as he was lead to believe that it was. We think that was a bit of an understatement!An example of what the walls look like in some places:
We had to wash all the windows...look at the dust! And we even had to replace some of the blinds that had been broken. Not to mention washing all the upper valence curtains that haven't been washed in years!
Bless Lee's heart...He took care of cleaning the stove:
ESPECIALLY UNDERNEATH IT! YUCK!
Top view of cupboards:
Example of interior of some of the cupboards:
Once again...YUCK! Under the fridge:
While it certainly isn't fun to clean our own apartment, move, and then do it all again (However...mine wasn't this bad to clean!!!), we are almost finished. Lee doesn't start his teaching job until Monday so we have spent the days cleaning and putting our stuff away. After it's all clean, I actually really love the space we have in our new apartment and all we have left to do is wash down walls!
6 comments:
Even when you told me about it, I didn't picture it to be so bad! Yuck, nothing like someone else's mess.
Wow...that stinks! I hope you get the other's renters cleaning deposit!! It's never fun to clean up someone else's mess. Although, as mom's that's what we're good at!!
I am so sorry! I can't believe that people would leave a house without cleaning it first. I have been frustrated many times with our moving that previous tenants don't understand the concept of clean. But maybe i am slightly OCD about it.
Yuck, that is terrible! Moving is stressful enough, then having to clean that!
Holy cow that really stinks! I had to do that when we moved to Missouri... not fun... no not fun at all.....
Oh man that is soooo gross!! This almost made me throw up. So gross!
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