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byrddogs · Joined: 19 Jun 2009 Location: Shanghai

Why is it that every time I have changed apartments over the years here that the person that lived there before me was a complete slob and never cleaned?

Don't people know that grease build-up all around the kitchen and black mold in the bathroom are dangerous?

My rant is over.

tenchu77491 · Joined: 16 Mar 2009

I can't stand the whole bathroom mold. I never seen the stuff until I moved to Korea. It's these damn all-in-one bathrooms that don't know how to handle moisture that do it. I don't even close my bathroom door, ever, not even when I shower. It has been the only way to deal with the moisture and keep it mold free and smell free.

My only horror story about cleaning the apartment was-- the refrigerator and the floor. Seems like the fridge exploded and massive mold, and the floor? Was like people just stopped taking their shoes off and decided to run around dragging dirt.

UknowsI · Joined: 16 Apr 2009

I lived in a dorm for 2 months which I'm pretty sure had not been cleaned in 10 years. It was a thick layer a mm thick or so of sticky dust in the corners. Apperently dust becomes a bit like glue when you let it stay long enough. I did the mistake of washing off a stain on the wall, but afterwards there was just one bright spot on a grey wall, so I had to clean the whole wall.

Ilsanman · Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Location: Bucheon, Korea

It's not required.

Remember that when you move out. Piss all over the toilet seat at the very least.

tfunk · Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Location: Dublin, Ireland

I'm doing my best to clean my apartment at the moment (taking a break). It's tough.

polarbear119 · Joined: 31 Aug 2009

mc_jc · Joined: 13 Aug 2009 Location: C4B- Cp Red Cloud, Area-I

The landlord is required to replace the flooring and the wallpaper when a person moves out. So if you are told to move into a place, don't until they clean it, especially if you are renting it.

ThingsComeAround · Joined: 07 Nov 2008

Goku · Joined: 10 Dec 2008

I hear you, the previous of my place left a puddle of instant noodle (I suspect SHIN ramen) in the cracks of the cabinets leading down from the stove.

Well *BLEEP* them I say.

Draz · Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Location: Land of Morning Clam

gakduki · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:43 pm Post subject:

Dirty pigs! My personal favorite is leaving one in the top deck! But mold in the bathroom? a little is okay if your a bachelor, but ive seen some terrible washrooms, which make me prefer a squatter anyday.

Ilsanman · Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Location: Bucheon, Korea

Then you are nice. But every place I have moved into has been filthy. We surely leave it that way when we move out.

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

Been here 7 years, and with the exception of a brand new apartment (which doesn't count), I have YET to find a landlord willing to change the flooring or wallpaper. They always say, "If you expect us to do that, we won't rent to you."

In Korea, this law is not enforced. What are you going to do if they say no? Go to the police? Do you really want a landlord who you just called the police on? (or the gu office/housing authority?) Sounds like hell.

My university offered to change the paper in my old place, but that was it.

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

The previous rentor in my wife's old apartment lived there a year and NEVER cleaned the restroom... EVER (it was a new place when she moved in). It was some divorced woman who had lived there. It was filthy. She agreed to have it cleaned, but when we went in, the bathroom hadn't been cleaned, despite her paying for a cleaning ajumma. Apparently, the ajumma REFUSED to touch it, it was so bad. So guess what? We had to clean it.

byrddogs · Joined: 19 Jun 2009 Location: Shanghai