Who owns the house? Who rented it from who before?
All I know is “Palin” “neighbor” and “McGinness” Why is “neighbor” making renovations at Palins request? Is neighbor renting from Palin? And neighbor is subletting out to McGinness? Confusing and interesting.
The neighbor owns the house. The Palins rented it last year but were unable for some reason to make arrangements this year.
Presumably because McGinness had already done so.