Before you wave the white flag of surrender after those nightmare college students wrecked that two-bedroom apartment, don’t throw in the towel just yet.
It may look like an epic battle took place in unit number three. From all appearances, the mayhem eventually spread to unit number six on the floor above. Then, the party finally ended in spectacular fashion, as one bright scholar got the brilliant idea to throw a huge dog into a small tub located on a third floor.
Yes, the carpet’s also soaked in beer following that epic party. And it just gets worse. The kitchen floor is a sticky mess, and someone left a lit stogie on the kitchen countertop as the finishing touch to a night of mayhem.
If you’re managing a large apartment complex near a higher institution of learning, such mishaps come along with the territory. Young adults don’t always live up to the ‘adult’ label. Even people in their twenties still have a measure of foolishness they have yet to have worked out of their system.
But there is a bright side. For apartments near campuses, the whole place empties out during school breaks. That gives landlords an opportune time to hire an expert cleaning crew to refurbish apartments from top to bottom, while units are vacated. That means those empty apartments can be renovated in record time.
No, we don’t have the ability to put some sense into those college freshmen. And the first person who figures that out may end up richer than Bill Gates! But we can renovate those apartments in record time!