When I moved into my new rental home, I was actually gleeful for being able to get my own space away from my family.
I desperately needed to get that sense of independence and freedom.
I was only 20 years old, and I had never been out on my own. Unfortunately, this came with some lack of experience. For example, I wish someone would have told me to take pictures of every area of my heating and a/c before I started renting. I knew that it was my job to change out the air filters whenever a single in use got too dirty. I was also sent a video from my landlord on how to unclog the drain pan should that ever be an issue. However, despite me doing all these things, there seemed to be some major problems with my heating and A/C system that I don’t assume I should have been responsible for. For a single thing, right then and there came a point in the summertime when the air conditioner was blowing and blowing and it wasn’t getting any cooler. I told the landlord and she sent out an actual heating and A/C worker to take a look. There were extensive repairs that needed to be done, and the landlord basically scolded me for not taking care of it sooner. She seemed to be of the opinion that it was absolutely my fault, however she only ever instructed me to change out the air filters and pour a solution into a pipe to wash a single part. Then I found out that the heating and A/C system was entirely actually old! I should have taken pictures to show that the heating and A/C system was in a poor state long before I ever got there!