Just wondering...those of you who rent a house or rent to others...are your homes kept "on par" and maintained to a level that matches the others in the neighborhood?
The house next door to mine is a rental. Quite frankly, it looks like shit. I live in a decent, middle-class subdivision, and this house (next door) is not maintained well at all. (There are probably 5 or 6 other houses in the 220-house subdivision that also aren't maintained well, but this one bothers me because it's next door to mine.) The roof should have been replaced years ago (I'm surprised any insurance company will cover it), the wooden posts are rotting, the lawn is far more weeds than grass (and the weeds overflow into our lawn, no matter what we do).
What's the proper protocol/action for a concerned neighbor to take? Call the city? Call the landlord? (BTW, the house wasn't all that well maintained when the landlords were living in it.)
Is is just normal for rental houses to look a lot shittier than those around them?