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Topic: Mold or soap scum? Tenant or Mgmt Responsibility?

Karen Mattis's Avatar Topic Author
Karen Mattis
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Would LOVE your opinion!!

Mold or soap scum?

Tenant or Mgmt Responsibility?

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Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Erica Stethem's Avatar
Erica Stethem
Ew they need to clean there shower!!!!
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Eric Rivera's Avatar
Eric Rivera
Tenant
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Alana Cawood's Avatar
Alana Cawood
That does not look like mold to me it looks like they need to clean
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Shere'e Robinson's Avatar
Shere'e Robinson
Tenant but yuck!!!!
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Elizabeth Douglas Stryker
Tenant!!
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William Butterfield's Avatar
William Butterfield
If you work where there are oil field workers, you would see far worse on a daily basis
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Lena Ramo's Avatar
Lena Ramo
Get thee a can of Scrubbing Bubbles!
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Anonymous
"Honey, you need to clean that."
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Jay Michelle Wilson
Not mold, mold needs a organic surface to grow on and into. Fiberglass is not organic. Either mildew or soap scum. Or just nasty dirt. Falls under house keeping, resident responsibility. .
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Chelsea Alise Spivey's Avatar
Chelsea Alise Spivey
Ain't nothing a little bar keepers friend and elbow work cant fix.
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Anonymous
Well now that is moisture related filth, of course the “I have toxic black mold” is what they are going to say. I have many families claiming this and then a few try to tell me they had mold in their toilets, and bad water because their tub had this gray water residue left. ????‍♀️
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Debbie Turner Gallogly
Tenant must clean up after themselves. Did the management turn on the water in that shower? No. The tenant did.
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Alisha Dawn Godbey
Get them some soft scrub with bleach and a wrap a bow around it !
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Karen Mattis's Avatar Topic Author
Karen Mattis
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Thanks all, I thought the same thing but then started questioning myself.
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Anonymous
In either case, cleaning it regularly would prevent it.
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Debra Leazenby's Avatar
Debra Leazenby
It.looks.like there might be a leak.
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Keri Parker Clark's Avatar
Keri Parker Clark
Lysol toilet bowl cleaner works very well on this. Just don't let it touch the chrome faucet
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Carolyn Lamb Steele
A good cleaning will work miracles!
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Stephen P Cory
Nasty needs a good cleaning
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Shannon Burcham's Avatar
Shannon Burcham
Nasty resident who doesn’t clean. That’s not mold that FILTH coming off their body!
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Rebecca S. Mills's Avatar
Rebecca S. Mills
fiberglass is difficult would be hard to say
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Heather Ott Jansen
Soap scum. Seriously needs cleaned!!!
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Robin Rapert-Quick
Looks like filth to me.
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Jim Paddock
Not mold
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Julie Curtis's Avatar
Julie Curtis
Dirty butt resident needs to bleach the tub
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Jaime N Jennifer Villegas's Avatar
Jaime N Jennifer Villegas
Tenants responsibility- unit was not turned over in that condition to them and if it was they wouldn't accept it
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Marianne King
Depends...Was there a service call for repairs? Looks like soap scum under the razor to the left. Not sure what would make the dark runs under the faucet. Also missing a hair strainer or flip it depending on what you use.
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Morgan Brock-McKean
Both probably. Resident definitely should clean regularly but it looks to have some unsealed areas causing them to have heavy mildew. I don’t know that I would say mold but mgt should investigate and seal where they can.
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Shaun Michael
That is Tenant grime!
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Melissa Gardner's Avatar
Melissa Gardner
Its shower mildew. They need to use a daily shower spray that They keep in the shower and spray tub with and doesn't require to be rinsed off. They also need to clean the tub once a week and use the bathroom exhaust fan when showering, and after showering leave the bathroom door open and pull back shower curtain to increase air circulation. They need ventilation!!!!

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Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Celena Montantes - Mayo
Looks like a cleaning issue. As a PM I would explain to the resident that is is not a maintenance issue and is a housekeeping issue. Then explain preventive measures to avoid for the future. We always have to remember every tenant is different and doesn't always know what to do.
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Diana Pittro's Avatar
Diana Pittro
Resident housekeeping
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Jill Styx Hall
Dude, tell those people to get some scrubbing bubbles up in there!!
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Tammy 'Ayler' Short's Avatar
Tammy 'Ayler' Short
Soap and hair products. No mold. I clean apartments every day. At least, rinse your shower folks!
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Martha Navarro's Avatar
Martha Navarro
Looks like laziness then get you a damn scrub
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Annie Hamblin's Avatar
Annie Hamblin
No caulking.
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Rob Attinger
In either instance, it’s the residents responsibility. There wouldn’t be an issue with either of they cleaned regularly.
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Kathleen Silver
Fix it once, (clearly there are areas that need to be sealed) then if it happens again, tenant needs to clean better.
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Melanie Gladson-Danklefs
It's such an easy clean. Might require some elbow grease, but it's not that big of a deal. Fiberglass bathtubs always get dirty fast. Tenant responsibility 100%.
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Tei Stclair
Looks like it needs sealed better with caulk then CLEANED!
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Mel Survivor
Super cheap tub not installed correctly needs to be sealed properly. This is exactly why I ask to see the apt before I lease anything.
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Myra Defoe
Scum/ mildew from a resident not cleaning ...Tenant responsible for cleaning within a set time or management will have to take care of it so it doesn't turn into mold but tenant would be charged if mgmt takes care of it
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Nate Borne Pretty
Pretty sure that’s called CLEAN YA OWN DAMN APARTMENT.
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Bethany Brown Carter
Disgusting from not cleaning up after ones self!!!!!
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Lisa Marler Swem's Avatar
Lisa Marler Swem
Resident responsible to keep clean for sure!!!!!
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Kay Dee's Avatar
Kay Dee
Filth - housekeeping issue notice
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Jackie Ramstedt
Absolutely tenant. Management didn’t bath in the tub! They know better! ????
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Carlos Alberto Mdz
Tenants 100%
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Anonymous
It isn't even soap scum. It is literally dirty hands
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Tina Marie Pellerin Crane
Gift resident with$1
Pumice stick to clean it right up
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Brittaney Savannah Corder
Resident should maintain the same clean tub you gave them at move in. If cleaners aren’t removing the issue then management can run a kit to test for deeper concerns
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Sharon Martin-Reynolds
DEFINITELY resident responsibility. Housekeeping issue
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Alexis Diaz's Avatar
Alexis Diaz
Even if it’s moisture built up it the residents responsibility to clean their own tub.
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Christina Mahoney
Tenant needs to clean it then look for "mold"
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John Beale
Absolutely a housekeeping issue. That’s why we have mold/mildew addendums. Send them a lease violation notice and have your staff address it and bill the resident if they don’t take care of it.
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Garland Debra
Resident responsibility for sure. Don’t show the toilet, if they can’t clean their tub, then the rest of the bathroom must be dirty as well.
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Chelsea Spivey's Avatar
Chelsea Spivey
Nothing a little BFK can't fix! Resident responsibility for sure!
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Anonymous
Hello,

This is the resident's responsibility to clean. However, it's management's responsibility to address this issue based on the lease agreement.

Thank you
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Denis Grieve
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^^^^^ Perfect Answer
Posted 4 years 3 months ago
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Jake smith
A landlord is not a maid or housekeeper. Tennant responsible for maintaining cleanliness
Posted 8 months 2 weeks ago
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Bill Nonya
Jake Smith I gotta ask, why comment on a 3+ going on 4 year old post? Genuinely curious lol.
Posted 7 months 2 days ago
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