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People Wonder Why Rents And Security Deposits Are So High, So This Landlord Shares Some Pics
Remember, there are two sides to every story. Even in stories about landlords and tenants! I know, I know, it sounds like something straight out of an upside-down fairytale, but there are genuinely nice landlords out there (while some renters are more akin to evil stepmothers).
Case in point, Jerry Ciro Ucci uploaded photos as evidence as to why rent and security deposits can sometimes be sky-high. The pics are… shocking, to say the least and perfectly illustrate what absolute pigs some people can be. Scratch that, pigs are cleaner.
Jerry’s post went viral as some people saw the landlords’ and property managers’ side of things for the very first time. Scroll down and feast your eyes. You’ll cringe. You’ll wonder how these tenants could live like this. You might even gasp. Be sure to let us know if you’ve ever seen people trashing homes like this in the comments below, dear Readers.
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At the time of writing, Jerry’s post got over 25k likes on Facebook and was reshared 49k times. Some internet users even shared the story with law enforcement and suggested that the family be brought to justice.
Bigger Pockets has some simple but to-the-point advice for fresh-faced landlords. Even if you believe in the inherent goodness of mankind, you can’t deny that there are some rotten apples out there. Apples that could spread the rot to your property. So it’s important to screen out potential problem-causers.
Two things that you should look at are the tenants’ incomes and credit scores. A poor credit score is more closely linked to risky behavior than a high credit score. Of course, there are always exceptions. But you want to do business with individuals who pay their rent on time, not those who always make excuses.
“Couldn’t pay rent but could always afford butts”
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“The living room/trash bin”
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“Bathroom #1. Where all the rabbits were living”
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Puking off the balcony on to the downstairs businesses trash cans”
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Got trash?”
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“Soiled diapers lay where ever the kid was changed!”
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“Petrified mix of poop, right next to where they slept!”
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“Trail of trash continued”
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“Destroyed 100 year old floors with layers of urine and poop”
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“The shower, also a trash bin/litter box”
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“Sink that looks to be a great ashtray as well”
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“Hardened poop in the kitchen”
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“Mix of poop, food and who the hell knows what in kitchen drawers…”
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“Windowsill with some sort of jellied something?”
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“Freezer snacks!”
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“Not sure what we have here?”
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“Ahh yes the room the dog was locked in! The black spots are a mix of diarrhea, and urine!”
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“Rabbit toilet!”
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“Actual toilet”
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“More extremely dirty diapers”
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“Another poop filled diaper….. let’s just toss that under the sink! Out of sight out of mind rite?”
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“Tampons and more dirty diapers. Mmmmm”
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“I found one hiding filled with poop stuck behind a dresser…”
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“This folks is a broken drug pipe of some sort”
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“Bahhh just dump that soda on the wall. Don’t worry the property manager will clean that up in 6-7months”
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“Anything goes with playdoe apparently?”
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“Yummo. Hairy toothpaste balls! My fav”
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“Someone practicing their addition”
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“The flies are also our pets! The more the better!”
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“More up and coming artistry”
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“Is that poop on your hands, best thing to do is wipe it off on the trim!”
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Everyone should be given a chance to redeem themselves. After all, we all have the potential to make serious mistakes in life due to desperation or factors outside of our control. However, landlords also have the right to look through tenants’ criminal records and refuse to rent to them.
Also, keep in mind that just because a person has incredibly positive landlord references doesn’t make them a good tenant. They don’t reflect the whole truth and can be faked, so they should be taken with a pinch of salt. Did I say a pinch? I meant a cartload.
Landlords should also check whether potential tenants got back their previous security deposits. And why. Previous behavior is an indication of future behavior. Keep that in mind. Because you wouldn’t want to have the same thing that happened to Jerry happen to you now, would you?
Here’s what people thought when they saw Jerry’s photos
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I’m Foxxy and I know it 😉 4 years ago
HOW can people live like that?? I may not be the tidiest person but seriously how can they not smell their disgusting mess. Just gross. I feel for the children and the animals, I hope they get some sort of help. They don't deserve to live in the filth their parent/s put up with.
Ellen 4 years ago
I think addiction is so gripping that it takes away a person's ability to see the destruction they're causing-even in front of their own eyes. Ergo, they were living in filth but so ravaged by the disease of addiction that they couldn't function or live by societal standards due to the drugs' grip. What's so tragic is that the parents addiction had a tragic effect on helpless creatures (the kids and animals) and to me, that is what is more disturbing than the filth itself: the fact that those creatures will be forever damaged from this experience
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jip 879 4 years ago
This article should be about the children who were raised in this mess. The landlord should have called social services asap.
Victoria Yaste 4 years ago
Not to mention the f*****g animals.. like, they just left them all behind and locked them in? The could've starve to death. It must've been beyond horrible.
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Pittsburgh rare 4 years ago
Those tenants were clearly some crackheads, and there should be a way to make them pay for the damage. HOWEVER, the vast majority of us renting face abusive conditions from our landlords. Like a 7-month deposit PLUS a bank certification (illegal in my country), or a 40% price raise without having made any refurbishment whatsoever
Łukasz Markuszewski 4 years ago
In Poland once media informed about the group on facebook, where landlords advising other landlords how to drag the money from tenants for fake damages, to reduce the deposit. It is a big problem in Poland, so tenants usually treat deposit as a money they will not get back.
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Carol Emory 4 years ago (edited)
First..this looks like a single house, not multiple houses. Second, in the whole time you rented this place, you never once conducted an inspection just to make sure the appliances and hvac were being maintained. Apparently you didn't have enough need to protect your investment. As long as you give them 24 hour notice that you are entering the property, you have the right to inspect the place. And if they are making it a cesspool like this, you have the right to have the health department called to give you the ability to evict them. That's what our apartment complex does. I've had two neighbors get evicted. One for hoarding and the other for leaving piles of old cigarette butts on their balcony and letting their dog chew everything to bits.
RitaGG 4 years ago
Where I live a landlord is not allowed to inspect unless there is due cause such as non-payment of rent. (Even with 24 hours notice). Otherwise, you have to cross your fingers and hope for the best until the term of their lease is up.
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Human #1,232,867 4 years ago
Suddenly, my home look super clean!, Thanks for make me feel better.
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago
I'm watching Hoarders right now. Makes me want to clean my clean house!
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Dwayne Dixon 4 years ago (edited)
I love all these reactions and comments. As a former building manager of 2 three story walk ups, I can say from years of experience that this happens more often than not. People have NO respect for themselves or their environment when they don't own it. It has nothing to do with alcohol or addiction, just people being disrespectful to themselves and property owners.
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago
Sometimes it has to do with addiction. They found a meth pipe near children. This is more than being disrespectful and dirty. Maybe they were dirty people anyway, but since there is drug paraphernalia drugs are definitely part of their situation. The pipe wasn't there by accident.
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Jeff Requier 4 years ago
Thats a bull s**t excuse for jacking rent, Ive been renting since 97 and have always cleaned my places before moving and have always been screwed over on getting my deposit back. If someone leaves you place dirty you take it out of their deposit and than charge more through the court system to fix it.
Terry Rex 8 months ago (edited)
That is just landlords in general. Doesn't matter how clean you leave it they never WANT to give you money back. Period. You have to fight to get the deposit back. Or just expect it to be kept at the end of the lease. That is why I don't bother cleaning the place up before I move other than just a cursory cleaning. I seldom do more than pick up the trash and sweep never mind scrubbing anything
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Yael Gillette 4 years ago
My one and only concern is the kid(s) that were living here. Please provide all info and pics to authorities. The kid(s) need to be removed away from these adults immediately. It's clear that adults in here have a substance abuse problem and possibly some mental health. They will need help, if they want it. But the kiddos and animals do not to be or should ever be exposed to this level of abuse.
Elina Kuusisto 4 years ago
I really hope someone is following up on the abuse those poor animals are suffering, too. Absolutely horrendous
Beachy 4 years ago
I'll never understand why drug users keep animals?! Like, yes you can get pregnant by accident which explains the babies but why animals? And why animals like bunnies?
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Id row 4 years ago
I have a two family rental and we let a woman with her kid rent the downstairs because she seemed like she was struggling and really needed it and seemed like all she wanted to do was provide a good home for her child. My husband felt bad for her and let her rent it. Well, she ended up moving her convict bf in without notifying us. She turned it into a meth house and ended up getting her child taken away by CPS. They'd get high, fight and trash the place. They ripped off French doors, put glitter nail polish all over the wood floors and destroyed so much more before we were able to get them out. It took a solid three months to get it back to being livable again. We're selling the place now and are officially sick of people, they suck. Oh, and the dumb b*tch even asked about getting her deposit back. Unbelievable.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Yep. Punished for having low rent. Just like every landlord. And then these people have the nerve to complain to us.
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giovanna 4 years ago
There are infants living with these people. Please someone call the authorities.
Jennifer Timmons 4 years ago
You are assuming they can be found. Even if they did call the cops, you assume the people could be found of they had skipped out of town.
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Alyshia McDonald 4 years ago
I mean I'm not the best housekeeper by far, but as a human adult, how can you let yourself live in these conditions? And as an adult, that's supposed to be better than animals, how can you let animals and kids that depend on you, live in those conditions. I can't comment on walls, because I'm arguing with 2 of my kids why we can't draw or put random stuff on the walls (easily washable and paintable) But who wants to smell like p**s and s**t?
Sivi 4 years ago
I rented an apartment when I was going to school. 2nd year I didn't need to send much deposits like the first year. Why? I left the apartment spotless without a single speck of dust. Thanks to mom who thought us to clean up after ourself when we rented cabins or apartment during vacation.
staygoldponyboy 4 years ago
The people who rented, and were supposed to be buying, our house when we moved out of state did almost $30K of damage. Not only was the house nasty, they knocked holes in the roof, stole the siding, and even took the shower heads! Our renter insurance paid a whopping $916.64.
chi-wei shen 4 years ago
Landlords have to protect themselves against such morons among their tenants. As a consequence, security deposits are high for everyone. However, there are still greedy landlords who use this as an excuse to demand unreasonably high deposits and sometimes they even try to cheat their tenants when the lease ends.
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago
Yeah I'm going to assume most land lords have been screwed over before. So maybe they think they deserve more than they really do when it comes to all tenants, even the good ones.
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david lloyd 4 years ago
I regularly deal with properties left in this condition or worse for landlords , I have shocking pictures and videos from houses I've taken on , some people are animals the way they live
Paula Russell 4 years ago
OMG The poor kids who lived it that. The scum bags who felt it ok to bring children up in this should be charged and jailed for Child Abuse and Child Neglect. And they probably called themselves parents.
Bright Newday 4 years ago
I'm a landlord and this disgusting behavior is all too common, I've experienced worse. A small deposit doesn't cover this kind of damage. I found holes in walls by fists fighting, cut with saws, human and animal feces, just about everything found at the dump. Sometimes its smells so bad it makes us sick without heavy duty air filter masks. I once got a bad lung infection from entering a mess like that after someone left a similar mess. Freaked of urine.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Same. People do weird s**t with their poop.
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Kiss Army 4 years ago
We inherited a house that belonged to my husband's parents that we have not decided whether or not to sell yet as my son will be needing a house in a few years. Since it is sitting empty and we pay insurance, taxes, gas & electric and water every month plus go in regularly to clean it, people keep telling us to rent it. Stories like this are the reason we don't...
Kim Lee 4 years ago
Yep. Just kicked out my tenant who I was renting to while I still lived on the property. He didn't bother to pay the last month of utilities and promptly left a nasty trail of trash (used bandaids, filth, wet clothes, gross food) behind for me to clean. And get this: Reaching out to his parents, they defended this kid, saying they were attorneys and knew better. Wow! Would not be shocked if he worked his way up to this level of nasty as he gets older, knowing mommy and daddy will always defend him.
Karen Lund 4 years ago
Compare to my tenants this is nothing! My tenants left a full house and a full garage of garbage cost me $1700 to dump them. She and her adult daughter left every sink clogged, filled with filth, a dead mice rotten in the kitchen sink so rotten it's skin came off. SHE is a NURSE! I can hardly imagine some patients are being cared by her what would they feel if they saw how she lives......
Carolyne Favregros 4 years ago
These poor dog(s) and rabbit(s), what the hell... These people shouldn't be in charge of pets or kids ever again. They shouldn't be in charge of anything at all, actually. I have depression and I understand letting the mess accumulate to something that shouldn't exist but THIS is beyonsd ANYTHING I have ever seen. Some of these things I can't even comprehend, like the toothpaste? It's not just laziness, it's done on purpose. I just don't get why you'd smear toothpaste on the bathroom sink on purpose.
Falcon 4 years ago
Preschoolers sometimes smear toothpaste accidentally when they are learning how to use the toothpaste. Normally you would clean it up after them though...
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similarly 4 years ago
My Dad had rental houses, and I remember spending a couple weekends cleaning one up. The renters hadn't paid rent in ages, but my Dad had a lot of trouble removing them. Finally, they disappeared, and we went in to clean up. They never took out their garbage, just threw it into the garage. There were holes in the walls, and doors torn off hinges, broken screens, broken cabinets. They'd had dogs, and the dogs tore up the yard and the fences. There were feces all over the house and the garage, stains everywhere, and even with masks and all the windows open, we couldn't stay inside for long at a time. I think we threw our work clothes away when it was over because we couldn't get the smell out. The garage was full of syringes. Go figure.
OWLbystarlight 4 years ago
I don't mind paying a deposit for this reason, but rental costs have gone up far too much. It needs to be capped.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
No, you guys need better salaries. Don’t blame your landlords, blame your bosses.
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Cold Contagious 4 years ago
It's sorry and sad to think that, as a landlord, you're not allowed to discuss or forward the true nature and the behaviors/ damages that a former tenant has made to your property, when giving a reference about these people (if it affects their ability to acquire a place to live) , and to think that it's a law protecting these horrible tenants and keeping their disgusting behaviors a secret is complete and total lunacy! It is everyone else who should be protected from people like them instead.
Cold Contagious 4 years ago
Prior landlords should be able to provide, not slander or bias, but all fact based info regarding the individuals that lived in the residence, and and had negative, damaging effects there. Such as documentation, police reports, photos, and video, should all be available to future landlords. So that only the offenders pay the price for their disgusting behaviors.
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Katinka Min 4 years ago
The children and the animals need to be pulled away from these people asap.
Sandra Kennedy-Heausler 4 years ago
Good heavens. This is disgusting. Call Social services for the kids. Scrape off as much as you can (wear heavy gloves) and don't wet anything! I have to say, that rabbit urine has ruined everything it touched. The acid content ate through the shellac into the wood. Call the police, take photos and take them to court. Keep track of how many hours and the cleaning supplies used. Have receipts handy for new floors. You should be reimbursed for that, too.
Ridge Runner 4 years ago
We've had rentals for 12 years now. In that time I've had 2 of my tenants that were female, clean and well groomed leave, (after being evicted) only to discover after they left that they were absolute slobs! I've dealt with dead rats, stolen appliances, baseboards saturated and destroyed by dog urine, holes in walls, kicked in doors, leaking water that was never addressed that ruined an upstairs sub-flooring, carpet, adjoining walls up to waist height, bathroom cabinets and the garage ceiling below. Door trim chewed away buy dogs locked in rooms, yards full of cigarette butts, dog c**p and trash, etc., etc.. I used to offer reasonable rent but it attracted low income people that seem to think the landlord is rich and they can behave that way. Now I charge top dollar and I seem to get good tenants. Go figure ....
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Same. People expect you to get f****d over and they call you greedy while they do it. So gross. And young women are by far the most unsanitary tenants. By a long shot.
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Erin 4 years ago
Apartment complexes and private landlords have different rights. When you are a landlord (apartment or otherwise), you cannot dictate a standard of conduct/hygiene to your tenants. That is the law. I cannot tell someone how they must keep house no more than I can tell someone what religion they may practice while they are renting my home. What I can do is run a thorough background check, including credit score, ask for references from past landlords, insist on a rental bond and renters insurance, and write certain stipulations into my contract. For instance, if you are to rent one of my homes, there will be no cats (don't jump on me cat people. I love cats, but I won't have them in my properties), no dog over 25 pounds, you will not smoke indoors or within 15 feet of an entrance to the home. If you can't meet those standards, keep looking elsewhere.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Agreed and I am a cat lover. Although I’d rather have cats than kids in my properties.
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NQ L 4 years ago
This is why I absolutely refuse to be a landlord. I just keep my money in the bank and not invest in rental properties. People are dirty and nasty because it's not their own house.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Alternatively, AirBnB is a good way to make money off investment properties without having it trashed like this.
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If you are thinking about renting out your property to make some extra money, don't. Even if you hire a realtor. The realtors will do nothing.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Obviously. A realtor has nothing to do with maintaining the property. And if you think they do, that’s why you’re not a landlord. You don’t get how it works.
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Wren Hansen 4 years ago
Landlord here - do you vet your tenants? Seriously, asking for referrals, doing a credit check or people search are all easy ways to avoid getting crappy tenants - or how about no smoking and no pets... If you just take money from the first person who comes along and don't bother to actually monitor your rental than you're not being a responsible property owner hence your getting irresponsible tenants - shocker.
Jennifer Timmons 4 years ago
Wow, a bit sanctimonious aren't we? Even vetting a person does not provide guarantees. I did. Went through a rental agency even. And still got left high and dry.
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Jason Doakes 4 years ago
Well this is, of course, disgusting and scary, they have children? Still doesn't mean that everyone else has to suffer for it. It's funny this comes out a few weeks after it was widely reported that landlords make a lot of c**p up to keep your deposit, no matter how good a condition you leave the apartment in. Should we assume that every landlord is a POS? How about doing a better job of evaluating the tenants, next time. The checks he did were obviously c**p. Andalso,take some risks, the tenants take risks too, they risk having a******s as landlords and neighbors. Just because a fraction of tenants are filthy, you cannot terrorize all tenants with untenable costs and irrational regulation. Just because some car owners drives like a crazy guy, you wouldn't want to increase all car insurance policies by 700%. Just because one girl betrayed you, you wouldn't just give up on relationships. Seems it's once again an exclusive USA-problem, where the consumer has no rights.
Michał Jastrzębski 4 years ago
How about forcing a s****y tenant to face full, immediate consequences for destroying landlord's property? Like being evicted and forced to pay 100% of damages?
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Tamara Horyza 4 years ago
ok they have to ve substance abusers cause normal people do not live like that.
Wottermehlon Doge 4 years ago
I thought my room was bad... I really cannot believe that people live that disgustingly! The worse thing is. Even if the kids get taken away and put into a better family. They will still learn from their parents and always have a little bit of that horror in them! this is awful
Liz Perry 4 years ago
For every one tenant that's this extreme there are 1,000 people paying $500+ a month to live with four other people in shabby, one bathroom apartments with mold, insulation, and decay problems. There are literally Facebook groups created by landlords for landlords to try and find loopholes to keep security deposits that have been exposed. What the hell is the deal with this article, BP? Who do you think it is that's contributing to and clicking on your site?
Becky Mann 4 years ago
My husband and I are landlords. I've seen this and worse. We had some young tenants put a ladder up to the roof to use the roof as a "party platform". They took the shelves out of the refrigerator to use as a grill. We evicted them, which takes weeks. The weeks you have to wait, going thru the red tap of eviction, just gives them more time to destroy things. Trying to go after them for back rent, damages, etc. cost more money and they have nothing to give/take. The few tenants we have followed thru with (and got a judgment against them) filed Bankruptcy - so we spent more money to get nothing else. I can certainly relate to what you're going thru. I don't rent to students. The tenants we evict NEVER give us a forwarding address - so it makes it hard to report them for child/animal abuse.
Rani Johnson 4 years ago (edited)
If a family never was raised to be clean, they certainly won't teach thier kids to be. Viscous circle. I rented a room in a house in MO, one roommate had cigarette butts & burns & melted candle wax all over the carpet. His car was a literal garbage dump on wheels. I'm also a housekeeper & have seen some nasty stuff. People just take important stuff when they move out& leave garbage everywhere.
Jennifer Brown 4 years ago
It's harder than you think to get tenants out. I've rented for almost all my life and currently I'm in a situation with an upstairs neighbor who is a selfish b***h. She has clearly NEVER lived in an apartment setting before. She plays loud booming death metal with a deafening bass at 2-3 in the morning and I have been calling the police, the security and the management on her for 9 months!! They can't evict her! The law is on her side. They can't even opt to not renew her lease in June....they HAVE to renew it. Again, the law is on her side . The only thing I can hope for is to make her life so annoyingly uncomfortable that she decides to not renew.
Lise Archambault 4 years ago
Take the kids away from these hog pen people. Outright disgusting !!!
Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago
After the downstairs neighbors moved out (who we always thought were really nice & friendly) the property manager came knocking on my door. I'm a neat freak and she loved me for it (after 9 years I got %100 of my damage deposit back, she said it was cleaner than when I moved in). She says " You have got to come see this". I could not believe my eyes. The new carpet was absolutely black, there were holes punched in the walls, you couldn't discern the color or pattern of the kitchen floor, grease and God knows what was running down the counters and cupboards, there were cockroaches & flies EVERYWHERE (which totally freaked me out, but she assured me the exterminators were on the way). All of the appliances were so disgustingly bad they decided to just replace them. The sinks, bathtub and both toilets also had to be replaced. I have never seen such filth.
Irene Walton 4 years ago
I rented my basement suite once. To a very nice young man who worked full time. I said no smoking, no pets. He drank, cranked the music, had kittens, friends etc.....never ever again
Randy Roberts 4 years ago
I was gagging looking at this article and not much bothers me but this, this is beyond comprehension, where did they sleep? I don't even like my hands to be dirty I cant imagine the level of filth. Please for the love of god call child protective services, show these pics, arrest the parents for endangerment, holy hell and I thought Owning a rental might be a good idea for me....ugh....not after this, I'd have to write a very specific contract.
Nick McPherran 4 years ago
Its also a pattern of behavior. My building recently has rented to a couple of families. they pay rent, deposit and then nothing for 3-4 months. They move before they are evicted...usually month 5-6. Getting 3 or 4 months free rent, to start all over again. The Apts have all been trashed, very similar to the photos above. I just don't get it. People are pigs.
fainasKeturatis 4 years ago
TBH before seeing this, I lacked the imagination to do this on purpose if I wanted. I guess you learn something new every day.
Anna Harding 4 years ago
My parents rented out a house to someone who said they had one cat. After the guy moved out they learned he had four cats, one ferret ( dead) and ZERO litter boxes. The smell never came out out of the wooden floors and that was after the carpets were thrown out. This guy managed a fast food restaurant 🤢 We also had a cousin who’s entire house looked like these pics. Her husband kept three puppies in the bathroom for months and she never cleaned it up after he moved out with the dogs. I had wanted to buy the house from her as she was losing it to the bank but when I saw the condition I didn’t offer.
Treessimontrees 4 years ago
I hope they were reported to CPS and the suitable animal cruelty hotlines.
Dre Mosley 4 years ago
One of my aunts was a landlord, and there were several times where she damn near had to remodel the place after a tenant moved out.
Jace 4 years ago
I also wonder if this is what my neighbor’s house looks like inside. He’s a chain smoker, constant beer drinker, who sits around watching TV all day long. His yards have litter in them (cigarette debris mostly, but his car port out back is full of various types of trash, food, waste, etc, and it’s spreading all over the alleyway). His cigarette stench oozes into my house (rowhouses SUCK), and stench pours out of his windows at all hours.
KombatBunni 4 years ago
Yeah let's not forget that landlords still treat tenants like c**p. I'm facing eviction myself just because I wouldn't pay up for the cost of a fumigation my housemate got after she saw A spider in her room. I said I didn't have to pay anything because I didn't want it, nor did I order it and because of that the b***h that owns this place is kicking me out. With nowhere to go mind you. She never performed inspections, or got rid of the black mould in the kitchen and I just bet she will try and keep my security deposit just because she thinks she can..
Bogdan Boogie 4 years ago
We rented once house in Thailand for Thai people. Was looking quite similar to this when they moved out. My wife cried when she saw the pictures. However you can't judge all people and put very high rent. I'm currently living in Ireland and I can't afford to rent 1 bed apartment because prices are very high.
Unicornstar 4 years ago
I am so grateful that my parents were strict on two accounts. 1 clean up after yourself your mother's not your maid and 2 pay as you go. If you can't pay don't go. I was given a lot of pocket money as a kid but I had to earn at least 2/3 of it. This taught me to work for my obey and save if I wanted anything. Also I was taught the importance of keeping a clean and tidy house. These lessons stood me well for when I was renting anywhere. I always kept the place spotless and I always payed my rent on time. Because of that I have never had any landlord issues.
Christina D 4 years ago
I think CPS and the local humane society or ASPCA should be called. I empathize with the destroyed apartment but the children and animals are the ones that really need help.
Rosemari Ferreira Gebbran 4 years ago
I really feel for the kids. They poor babies. Floor can be cleaned, house can be cleaned, but the kids... Omg. I feel so much for them.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Kids can be cleaned easier than a hardwood floor.
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Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
This is shocking, but too normalized by the televising of Hoarders and shows of that ilk. This landlord is of course justified. My daughter rented a condo just above COCC in Bend, Ore. We made sure it was clean, then had to hire a specific company to clean, as mandated by the rental agreement. We still ended up pay about $400 in fees, including one for the removal of a very nice lamp we didn't want to throw out, but wouldn't fit in the van. Some landlords/rental agents are nightmares.
Geoffrey Holland 4 years ago
This is just honestly awful, but what are these landlords thinking not doing a monthly inspection? I'm betting these were absentee landlords who didn't have the sense to have anyone check on the place.
Jeffrey Teston 4 years ago
I understand where this landlord is coming from but I feel like if you provide a couple (2 or 3) legit rental references that can attest to you not being a horrible garbage person then they could lower the deposits a little.
SirPatTheCat 4 years ago
Everyone is talking about saving the kids but don't forget the poor dogs and rabbits!!!
Susan Gardner 4 years ago
Obviously the drugs have taken over their lives, but I seriously question how they could have lived like that for six months without anyone noticing, i.e. neighbors etc. The odor must have been horrific. Also, not only save the children, but the animals too. Dog and rabbits locked in rooms? Please update us that the children and animals have been rescued.
Karen Johnston 4 years ago
Surely these must be anomalies? I just can't believe that that many people live like this.
Nyree Williams 4 years ago
Unbelievable that people this nasty managed to even rent the place in the first place. This goes beyond not possessing basic survival skills. This is a purposeful lack of respect for self, family, community, and responsibilities. I agree this should have been reported to authorities as those children were not safe. Feces everywhere, left in sleeping spaces, human and animal alike is just one factor in removing from the home. It's easy to be judgmental based on these pictures, but they also made it easy by being so objectively nasty.
Terry Rex 8 months ago (edited)
My dad had something similar happen to him when he rented out our old house after he and his wife moved. They claimed to be a good Christian couple but let their children and dogs run wild in the house. And left it pretty damn trashy he spent I don't know how much cleaning it up after he finally got rid of them and they left owing about 6 months of rent. They kept their dogs locked up in my old. Bedroom with zero food or water s**t was everywhere
Trish Deaca 3 years ago
Sad to see these photos. Is there any use in starting litigation against these renters? https://ohiocondolaw.com/litigation/
miss louisa 4 years ago (edited)
I've lived in rentals most of my life as a kid and adult and have never left a place like this. We did have one place that was filthy before we moved in. Roaches and dirty diapers in the heating vents. Another neighbor left their house filled with trash when they left. Some landlords are just as bad though.
Kitsune Fox Girl 4 years ago
They should not be allowed to have pets. That dog with diarrhea was obviously sick and stressed. The rabbits were living in their own poop. They should be arrested.
Fulsome Kitten 4 years ago
Sadly these pictures are a little too much like how my dad lived. He would let his rabbits run wild around the house pissing and s******g everywhere, chewing on wires. This was during my adulthood so no children were harmed but I mean, come on! Depression and alcoholism can make people oblivious to their living conditions. I hope these kids and animals have been rescued from that filth!
Sharon Kenty 4 years ago
As a Landlord I look at their vehicles. (inside and out) That's a pretty good indication of how they'll treat their apartment.
GenXandEarnedItAll 4 years ago
Those poor kids! I would have called CPS the minute I walked in the door and saw that. Where I work if we even have a teeny, tiny inkling something is off we are required to report it. It should be the same policy with landlords.
Prowess Property Management 4 years ago
I suggest better have a contract signed with the renter, damages should be paid and such loitering should be taken action. they should take care of their property as their own.
Jan Virtue 4 years ago
It's the landlord's fault. All of it. Here's why: When you're renting out your property to strangers, you basically have to check in on them, go inside and make sure everything is okay (it protects you and them). When you have rental properties, you have to be close by and keep an eye on your tenants. Even if, you have to have other neighbors, tenants watch them. IF, he was checking on them and on his property, HE WOULD HAVE SEEN AND SMELLED THE FILTH THAT WAS TAKING OVER HIS RENTALS. Obviously, he's used to this type of behavior from these types of people. It seems so strange, he doesn't put anything in writing or legally enforce it with IMMEDIATE REMOVAL of PEOPLE & PERSONAL BELONGINGS, IF VIOLATED. He must love cleaning up other people's filth. He seems to enjoy it.
Katherine Gilleland 4 years ago
Other times you have landlords like ours where they will do ANYTHING to get more money out of you, including billing everyone in the building for the full amount of a bed bug inspection one tenant had.
sharron lynn parsons 4 years ago
Perhaps this happens mostly, when drugs or other addictions are the issues, otherwise I doubt that many people live like that, I know some people can live poorly, no concern if it is a rent, or their own home and live in filth, sad but true !!!
Noemie Houtekie-N'Da 4 years ago
What is up with these parents? Have they no dignity? Have they no brain? If it were me, I would run right out of the apartment and cry myself to sleep.
Christina Uhlir 4 years ago
First of all, formal landlords (and employers, for that matter) do not like to give bad reviews out of fear of retaliation. - Second, landlords have the right to inspect the property in the presence of the tenant, and even with at least 24 hr in advance, mandatory notification prior to the inspection, this mess could not be cleaned. Why to wait till urine seeps through the ceiling???? It wouldn't be difficult to evict these "people'. The whole story seems unrealistic.
Paul Jordan 4 years ago
So I wanna know, why didn't you do property inspections after they went in? 6 months of this? Holy Cr*p! You need to join mrlandlord.com
Carol Roeder 4 years ago
My daughter and I cleaned many homes like this for a real estate agent that handled the rentals for people. Yes, there are very sick people out there that really do leave the place like this and worse when they go. You can't even call them a human being. They are more like sewer rats than people.
Sharon Sterner 4 years ago
BACK GROUND CHECKS! It's a beautiful things!!! Check in on your tenants once in awhile. I hope these people had their children taken away.
it's me again 4 years ago
This is no exaggeration. My husband & I used to visit foreclosed houses to shut off water, facilities etc & would OFTEN see the dwellings in this state. Unbelievable. It was more the rule that the exception sadly. :P
Ronnie Saunders 4 years ago
I'm really not sure what country this is? but don't real estate agency's have a 6 monthly house Inspection inside and out? I would report these people to the RSPCA and Social Services, children or animals should not live in this filthy disgusting home.... I feel so sorry for the landlords... WHATEVER COUNTRY THIS IS, INSPECTIONS ARE A MUST, PLUS DRIVE BYS ARE A HUGE GIVE AWAY..... IF THEY HAVE TRASH OUT THE FRONT, GARDEN OR LAWN NOT MAINTAINED, IT'S A HUGE GIVE AWAY OF THE HOUSE LOOKS LIKE INSIDE.... If this is in Austra.ia I'd be gob smacked 🤔
Jennifer Brekke 4 years ago
Since I became a homeowner 17 years ago, I've had roommates or been a landlord. I ALWAYS told my renters, my goal is to give you 100% of your deposit back, because I don't have time to fix/clean/etc. whatever you broke/soiled/etc. Here's how that can happen...and yet I rarely could give 100% of a deposit back. People were a******s. A couple gems (you know who you are, Heather ♡) were angels. As a renter, my advice is DOCUMENT EVERYTHING, & stand up for yourself. I respected the space I rented, and I *rarely* received less than my full deposit back.
Asper Rated 4 years ago
I can tell the landlord NEVER visited the property after these animals moved in. A visit after the 1st month and finding this telling them to clean up or move would've helped. This is meth addiction. At the least the landlord shouldv'e discovered this and called child welfare.
Annie 4 years ago
Wow! Seeing those vile photos made my eyes water from the stench. I feel badly for the owner. But even worse for those poor kids and animals who had to exist in that nightmare of a "home." I do hope they are ok. And others have said, judging by the condition of the apartment, their parents most likely are addicts.
Lavendar rose 4 years ago
Not all renters are like this, we rent and would never live like that! I'm more concerned for the children who had to live in this filth and the pets who were/are clearly abused.
Cheryl Fontaine 4 years ago
Back in the day when I was a renter the only thing landlords were interested in when checking "references" was whether or not I paid my rent. I used to wonder why they didn't also require references regarding how people left the place and/or respected the property and other renters. I guess they thought requiring a huge deposit would cover everything. That's just stupid. And no, some people are filthy slobs because mom was a filthy slob too. This kind of behavior does not necessarily indicate crackheads or any other kind of drug abuser - many people are slobs because they got away with it their entire childhood. On the other hand, there are also trash landlords - ALWAYS go through a place before renting it taking photographs of every mark, every chip, every other thing they will try to blame YOU for when you move out. and NOTE: if they demand a large deposit you can be sure they are going to try to keep it.
Cheryl Fontaine 4 years ago
Back in the day when I was a renter the only thing landlords were interested in when checking "references" was whether or not I paid my rent. I used to wonder why they didn't also require references regarding how people left the place and/or respected the property and other renters. I guess they thought requiring a huge deposit would cover everything. That's just stupid. And no, some people are filthy slobs usually because mom was a filthy slob too. This kind of behavior does not necessarily indicate crackheads or any other kind of drug abuser - many people are slobs because they got away with it their entire childhood. On the other hand, there are also trash landlords - ALWAYS go through a place before renting it taking photographs of every mark, every chip, every other thing they will try to blame YOU for when you move out. and NOTE: if they demand a large deposit you can be sure they are going to try to keep it.
Valerie Lessard 4 years ago
so? why should everyone else suffer because of one tenant's filth?seems to me it's a nice excuse to hike up prices. nice try
Falcon 4 years ago
To have that 15k available for situations like these obviously.
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Living_Shadow 4 years ago
TELL ME SOMEONE CALLED CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES AND ANIMAL PROTECTION SERVICES WHAT THE ACTUAL F**K I CAN'T BELIEVE HUMAN BEINGS COULD ACTUALLY BE SO DISGUSTING
Naomi Wayker 4 years ago
That is disgusting living in those circumstances like what's so hard about cleaning just let them go homeless and then take the children to the authorities
Jace 4 years ago
This looks like drugs. I experienced extreme behavior changes via prescribed drugs (used correctly). An SSRI/SSNRI “antidepressant” can reduce inhibitions in the extreme (documented; look it up). SSRI + years of psychological abuse/trauma resulted in me wrecking my OWN house. I hate(d) the place, hate(d) my neighbors (harassed me; + stalkers, employers, etc); I hate(d) being alive. After forcibly “resigned” by my employer (sociopath boss, callous/hostile employer, and my own SSNRI-fueled reactions), I was trapped in the place. Curiosity about what was above the drop ceiling? Found illegal wiring. Put holes in it in rage, then pulled it (& drywall) out to expose the s**t left hidden by prior owners/property flippers. I also put holes in plaster walls, “decorated” walls with various extreme artistic expressions, and there were days where floors needed to be literally scooped of debris. Getting off psych drugs saved me. House was rehabbed. Better than it was. Still trapped, here.
Isaac B 4 years ago
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one thinking "holy c**p! There were kids living in this nightmare? Tell me someone called child protective services!" Also, I have zero sympathy for landlords, having been a responsible tenant and forced out of the home where my wife and I started our family because of a 40% increase in rent when the property was sold to new landlords. They bought it, hiked up everyone's rent, which forced everyone out (we were one of the last to go). When they were gone, they gutted the units down to the studs, and completely rebuilt them, presumably so they could charge even more. Yes, this is horrible, but landlords are hardly without sin themselves.
Azure Adams 4 years ago
Easy. Start charging more rent for the number and ages of people living there. Kids make the biggest messes and destruction so make up an age rent or charge, like pet rent, only more. BTW animals cause way LESS damage than children so pet rent is a f*****g joke!
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Unfortunately it’s illegal to charge extra for kids, as logical as it may seem.
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Carol Lewis 4 years ago
I was an apartment manager and have had to clean some nasty stuff. But I would have known if any apartment was this nasty. CPS would have been my first call. As a manager or an owner you have the right to inspect with notice. You have a responsibility to other tenants and neighbors.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Did you quit that job early or something? Cool you check and inform CPS. Now what, Carol? The tenants still don’t get immediately thrown out. “Would have known,” doesn’t mean s**t.
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jule malone 4 years ago
so sorry you went thru this! just disgusting! to think innocent children and precious animals had to survive this
Jennifer Timmons 4 years ago
Having been a landlord and a renter, it is frustrating from both sides. And for those of you who ask about inspections...it is not always that cut and dry. Even though it is your property, the owner cannot just waltz in and demand to go through the house. You have to give notice and have reasonable cause. Which unfortunately, you may not actually see what the reality is until the leave you with a trashed home and owing rent. And as far as calling the police goes, good luck finding them even if you do. It is not that hard for someone to disappear, even this day and age.
Christina Bell 4 years ago
It depends on location. Here they can enter if they give a 48 hour notice and we end up having many inspections in the apartments we currently live in. Our apartments also love to do inspections during holidays which just adds more stress for me. In 2019 they did inspection day before Thanksgiving, on Halloween, and day before Christmas.
Load More Replies... Pretty Pangolin 4 years ago
Oh, Jerry! No one should have to deal with that. One of the rabbit-poop pictures also had what looked like maggots. On the Plus side, the tampon photo appears to only show applicators, not used tampons - it's disgraceful that that's the up side! This is definitely a case for a hazmat cleaning service with proper protective gear, not a DIY job.
Douglas Campbell 4 years ago
1. Yes, the renters are beyond disgusting. 2. The apartment looks like it was disgusting BEFORE the renters moved in. -rotting floors (in the bathroom and kitchen!!!). -ancient plumbing. -ancient toilet and sink, and one sink that costs about $23 at Home Depot. - 3. No, this isn't the reason that many landlords engage in predatory behavior regarding deposits (logical fallacy).
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
How do you know what it looked like before?
Load More Replies... LoL.alpaca 4 years ago
omg i want to throw up just LOOKING at it I cant imagine what it mustve smelled like or anything. feel sooooo bad for that guy
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
The price you pay when your rent goes up 🥰
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Colleen Garland 4 years ago
Drugs can only excuse so much. NOTHING can explain 99.98 percent of this. They will make great prison bunkies.
Terence 4 years ago
Okay Jonas, let's completely ignore the fact that landlords are scumbags who add no real value to the economy except being a fall-guy and also benefeciary of big banking's disgusting credit practices. Nevermind the fact that a basic necessity like housing is ONLY seen as an investment vehicle in the US. Because the scumbags in the landlord and government classes worship this system, they are willing to effectively wreck local economies with NIMBYism and property values based on speculation. Let's also forget about the rise of corporate landlords and how they makeup a majority of residential property ownership in some urban neighborhoods in LA and SF. Local governments are the direct beneficiaries of these cultural programs that sell-out locals to the highest bidder. REITs are just a small portion of the problem, Jerry is an even smaller proportion. The title of your article is clearly adolescent clickbait that one should expect from a propogandier like yourself.
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 4 years ago
Sorry, but as disgusting as this is, it doesn't give you the right to screw all your other tenants.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
You mean “renting from someone doesn’t give you the right to screw them over.” Don’t be a victim blamer, Daniel.
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Russian Otaku 4 years ago
I'd call out for animal and less importantly child abuse as well as charge them for damages
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Of course they did. They checked and it was nasty. What do you think they do next, Zophra? Immediately throw them on the street? Think for once.
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Lana Houston 4 years ago
This is horrific. BUT, its ONE TENANT, ONE TIME. Landlords are in the business of making money. Tent more than covers mortgage. Deposits exist for exactly this. Its just stupid thinking everyone is clean. Fir them to whine and jack EVERYONE because an occasional tennant isnt only a gold mine, and he doesnt get to keep every dime of his egregious rent. Is laughable at best. Landlords these days are looking for a free ride to the bank this is the risk involved in thus business. All they do is sit on their a*s while it rolls in and then complain when one Tennant throws them a left hook qnd some actual work .
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Except that it’s many tenants many times. You don’t understand what free means. Free doesn’t mean putting your money and effort into a place and getting screwed over by tenants. Don’t be disgusting.
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AndersM 4 years ago
Why did he not call the social service??? There are kids involved! If all this landlord was loss of money, he's a selfish prick.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
What makes you think they didn’t? Stop blaming the victim. It’s trashy.
Load More Replies... Bill 4 years ago
Im calling BS on this landlord. A cheap coat of paint, and ancient fixtures are a sign of a slumlord. Another reason to not do section 8 (public rent assistance) because you can't be selective of Tennants
M O'Connell 4 years ago
No. Just no. I was a landlord for 8 years. I personally lived in that house for 7 years prior to that. Every nice thing I did, every perfectly cut-in paint job, every hardwood floor, and the carpet in the living room were all TRASHED. I didn't put the wear and tear in 7 years, that those people did in a couple of months. My first renters were a married couple, a college professor and a telco worker. They wrecked it. The second renters were also a married couple with respectable jobs, they wrecked things too. Your JOB as a renter is to leave the place how you found it. If it was a sty when you moved-in, fine, otherwise do your JOB. Exactly what "ancient fixtures" are you referring to? The one mildly stylistically out-of-date faucet? I actually love that steel vanity lavatory cabinet! I'd have it in my house right now.
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Sean Harrison 4 years ago
So his reasoning is to judge all people by the actions of a few. That's not how things are supposed to work.
Falcon 4 years ago
It is when he has to make the money to pay for all of that.
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Mingi Football 4 years ago
If I had rentals I would have a clause stating once a week landlord visits.
SAF saf 4 years ago
This isn't normal, these people basically caused substantial damage to your property and deserve to be taken to court. Using these extremely s****y' tenants to justify crazy deposits on folks with positive references is BS.
M O'Connell 4 years ago
I've rented to people with "positive references" who 'forgot' to tell me the water heater was leaking for two weeks. It's not like they were out of town, they just didn't feel there was anything that could be done about the water running across the floor and into the crawlspace.
Load More Replies... Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
It’s obvious you’re either a child or never owned a thing.
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Falcon 4 years ago
Are you kidding? Urine soaked into and through the flooring into the ceiling below.
Load More Replies... I’m Foxxy and I know it 😉 4 years ago
HOW can people live like that?? I may not be the tidiest person but seriously how can they not smell their disgusting mess. Just gross. I feel for the children and the animals, I hope they get some sort of help. They don't deserve to live in the filth their parent/s put up with.
Ellen 4 years ago
I think addiction is so gripping that it takes away a person's ability to see the destruction they're causing-even in front of their own eyes. Ergo, they were living in filth but so ravaged by the disease of addiction that they couldn't function or live by societal standards due to the drugs' grip. What's so tragic is that the parents addiction had a tragic effect on helpless creatures (the kids and animals) and to me, that is what is more disturbing than the filth itself: the fact that those creatures will be forever damaged from this experience
Load More Replies... jip 879 4 years ago
This article should be about the children who were raised in this mess. The landlord should have called social services asap.
Victoria Yaste 4 years ago
Not to mention the f*****g animals.. like, they just left them all behind and locked them in? The could've starve to death. It must've been beyond horrible.
Load More Replies... Pittsburgh rare 4 years ago
Those tenants were clearly some crackheads, and there should be a way to make them pay for the damage. HOWEVER, the vast majority of us renting face abusive conditions from our landlords. Like a 7-month deposit PLUS a bank certification (illegal in my country), or a 40% price raise without having made any refurbishment whatsoever
Łukasz Markuszewski 4 years ago
In Poland once media informed about the group on facebook, where landlords advising other landlords how to drag the money from tenants for fake damages, to reduce the deposit. It is a big problem in Poland, so tenants usually treat deposit as a money they will not get back.
Load More Replies... Carol Emory 4 years ago (edited)
First..this looks like a single house, not multiple houses. Second, in the whole time you rented this place, you never once conducted an inspection just to make sure the appliances and hvac were being maintained. Apparently you didn't have enough need to protect your investment. As long as you give them 24 hour notice that you are entering the property, you have the right to inspect the place. And if they are making it a cesspool like this, you have the right to have the health department called to give you the ability to evict them. That's what our apartment complex does. I've had two neighbors get evicted. One for hoarding and the other for leaving piles of old cigarette butts on their balcony and letting their dog chew everything to bits.
RitaGG 4 years ago
Where I live a landlord is not allowed to inspect unless there is due cause such as non-payment of rent. (Even with 24 hours notice). Otherwise, you have to cross your fingers and hope for the best until the term of their lease is up.
Load More Replies... Human #1,232,867 4 years ago
Suddenly, my home look super clean!, Thanks for make me feel better.
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago
I'm watching Hoarders right now. Makes me want to clean my clean house!
Load More Replies... Dwayne Dixon 4 years ago (edited)
I love all these reactions and comments. As a former building manager of 2 three story walk ups, I can say from years of experience that this happens more often than not. People have NO respect for themselves or their environment when they don't own it. It has nothing to do with alcohol or addiction, just people being disrespectful to themselves and property owners.
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago
Sometimes it has to do with addiction. They found a meth pipe near children. This is more than being disrespectful and dirty. Maybe they were dirty people anyway, but since there is drug paraphernalia drugs are definitely part of their situation. The pipe wasn't there by accident.
Load More Replies... Jeff Requier 4 years ago
Thats a bull s**t excuse for jacking rent, Ive been renting since 97 and have always cleaned my places before moving and have always been screwed over on getting my deposit back. If someone leaves you place dirty you take it out of their deposit and than charge more through the court system to fix it.
Terry Rex 8 months ago (edited)
That is just landlords in general. Doesn't matter how clean you leave it they never WANT to give you money back. Period. You have to fight to get the deposit back. Or just expect it to be kept at the end of the lease. That is why I don't bother cleaning the place up before I move other than just a cursory cleaning. I seldom do more than pick up the trash and sweep never mind scrubbing anything
Load More Replies... Yael Gillette 4 years ago
My one and only concern is the kid(s) that were living here. Please provide all info and pics to authorities. The kid(s) need to be removed away from these adults immediately. It's clear that adults in here have a substance abuse problem and possibly some mental health. They will need help, if they want it. But the kiddos and animals do not to be or should ever be exposed to this level of abuse.
Elina Kuusisto 4 years ago
I really hope someone is following up on the abuse those poor animals are suffering, too. Absolutely horrendous
Beachy 4 years ago
I'll never understand why drug users keep animals?! Like, yes you can get pregnant by accident which explains the babies but why animals? And why animals like bunnies?
Load More Replies... Id row 4 years ago
I have a two family rental and we let a woman with her kid rent the downstairs because she seemed like she was struggling and really needed it and seemed like all she wanted to do was provide a good home for her child. My husband felt bad for her and let her rent it. Well, she ended up moving her convict bf in without notifying us. She turned it into a meth house and ended up getting her child taken away by CPS. They'd get high, fight and trash the place. They ripped off French doors, put glitter nail polish all over the wood floors and destroyed so much more before we were able to get them out. It took a solid three months to get it back to being livable again. We're selling the place now and are officially sick of people, they suck. Oh, and the dumb b*tch even asked about getting her deposit back. Unbelievable.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Yep. Punished for having low rent. Just like every landlord. And then these people have the nerve to complain to us.
Load More Replies... giovanna 4 years ago
There are infants living with these people. Please someone call the authorities.
Jennifer Timmons 4 years ago
You are assuming they can be found. Even if they did call the cops, you assume the people could be found of they had skipped out of town.
Load More Replies... Alyshia McDonald 4 years ago
I mean I'm not the best housekeeper by far, but as a human adult, how can you let yourself live in these conditions? And as an adult, that's supposed to be better than animals, how can you let animals and kids that depend on you, live in those conditions. I can't comment on walls, because I'm arguing with 2 of my kids why we can't draw or put random stuff on the walls (easily washable and paintable) But who wants to smell like p**s and s**t?
Sivi 4 years ago
I rented an apartment when I was going to school. 2nd year I didn't need to send much deposits like the first year. Why? I left the apartment spotless without a single speck of dust. Thanks to mom who thought us to clean up after ourself when we rented cabins or apartment during vacation.
staygoldponyboy 4 years ago
The people who rented, and were supposed to be buying, our house when we moved out of state did almost $30K of damage. Not only was the house nasty, they knocked holes in the roof, stole the siding, and even took the shower heads! Our renter insurance paid a whopping $916.64.
chi-wei shen 4 years ago
Landlords have to protect themselves against such morons among their tenants. As a consequence, security deposits are high for everyone. However, there are still greedy landlords who use this as an excuse to demand unreasonably high deposits and sometimes they even try to cheat their tenants when the lease ends.
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago
Yeah I'm going to assume most land lords have been screwed over before. So maybe they think they deserve more than they really do when it comes to all tenants, even the good ones.
Load More Replies... david lloyd 4 years ago
I regularly deal with properties left in this condition or worse for landlords , I have shocking pictures and videos from houses I've taken on , some people are animals the way they live
Paula Russell 4 years ago
OMG The poor kids who lived it that. The scum bags who felt it ok to bring children up in this should be charged and jailed for Child Abuse and Child Neglect. And they probably called themselves parents.
Bright Newday 4 years ago
I'm a landlord and this disgusting behavior is all too common, I've experienced worse. A small deposit doesn't cover this kind of damage. I found holes in walls by fists fighting, cut with saws, human and animal feces, just about everything found at the dump. Sometimes its smells so bad it makes us sick without heavy duty air filter masks. I once got a bad lung infection from entering a mess like that after someone left a similar mess. Freaked of urine.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Same. People do weird s**t with their poop.
Load More Replies... Kiss Army 4 years ago
We inherited a house that belonged to my husband's parents that we have not decided whether or not to sell yet as my son will be needing a house in a few years. Since it is sitting empty and we pay insurance, taxes, gas & electric and water every month plus go in regularly to clean it, people keep telling us to rent it. Stories like this are the reason we don't...
Kim Lee 4 years ago
Yep. Just kicked out my tenant who I was renting to while I still lived on the property. He didn't bother to pay the last month of utilities and promptly left a nasty trail of trash (used bandaids, filth, wet clothes, gross food) behind for me to clean. And get this: Reaching out to his parents, they defended this kid, saying they were attorneys and knew better. Wow! Would not be shocked if he worked his way up to this level of nasty as he gets older, knowing mommy and daddy will always defend him.
Karen Lund 4 years ago
Compare to my tenants this is nothing! My tenants left a full house and a full garage of garbage cost me $1700 to dump them. She and her adult daughter left every sink clogged, filled with filth, a dead mice rotten in the kitchen sink so rotten it's skin came off. SHE is a NURSE! I can hardly imagine some patients are being cared by her what would they feel if they saw how she lives......
Carolyne Favregros 4 years ago
These poor dog(s) and rabbit(s), what the hell... These people shouldn't be in charge of pets or kids ever again. They shouldn't be in charge of anything at all, actually. I have depression and I understand letting the mess accumulate to something that shouldn't exist but THIS is beyonsd ANYTHING I have ever seen. Some of these things I can't even comprehend, like the toothpaste? It's not just laziness, it's done on purpose. I just don't get why you'd smear toothpaste on the bathroom sink on purpose.
Falcon 4 years ago
Preschoolers sometimes smear toothpaste accidentally when they are learning how to use the toothpaste. Normally you would clean it up after them though...
Load More Replies... similarly 4 years ago
My Dad had rental houses, and I remember spending a couple weekends cleaning one up. The renters hadn't paid rent in ages, but my Dad had a lot of trouble removing them. Finally, they disappeared, and we went in to clean up. They never took out their garbage, just threw it into the garage. There were holes in the walls, and doors torn off hinges, broken screens, broken cabinets. They'd had dogs, and the dogs tore up the yard and the fences. There were feces all over the house and the garage, stains everywhere, and even with masks and all the windows open, we couldn't stay inside for long at a time. I think we threw our work clothes away when it was over because we couldn't get the smell out. The garage was full of syringes. Go figure.
OWLbystarlight 4 years ago
I don't mind paying a deposit for this reason, but rental costs have gone up far too much. It needs to be capped.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
No, you guys need better salaries. Don’t blame your landlords, blame your bosses.
Load More Replies... Cold Contagious 4 years ago
It's sorry and sad to think that, as a landlord, you're not allowed to discuss or forward the true nature and the behaviors/ damages that a former tenant has made to your property, when giving a reference about these people (if it affects their ability to acquire a place to live) , and to think that it's a law protecting these horrible tenants and keeping their disgusting behaviors a secret is complete and total lunacy! It is everyone else who should be protected from people like them instead.
Cold Contagious 4 years ago
Prior landlords should be able to provide, not slander or bias, but all fact based info regarding the individuals that lived in the residence, and and had negative, damaging effects there. Such as documentation, police reports, photos, and video, should all be available to future landlords. So that only the offenders pay the price for their disgusting behaviors.
Load More Replies... Katinka Min 4 years ago
The children and the animals need to be pulled away from these people asap.
Sandra Kennedy-Heausler 4 years ago
Good heavens. This is disgusting. Call Social services for the kids. Scrape off as much as you can (wear heavy gloves) and don't wet anything! I have to say, that rabbit urine has ruined everything it touched. The acid content ate through the shellac into the wood. Call the police, take photos and take them to court. Keep track of how many hours and the cleaning supplies used. Have receipts handy for new floors. You should be reimbursed for that, too.
Ridge Runner 4 years ago
We've had rentals for 12 years now. In that time I've had 2 of my tenants that were female, clean and well groomed leave, (after being evicted) only to discover after they left that they were absolute slobs! I've dealt with dead rats, stolen appliances, baseboards saturated and destroyed by dog urine, holes in walls, kicked in doors, leaking water that was never addressed that ruined an upstairs sub-flooring, carpet, adjoining walls up to waist height, bathroom cabinets and the garage ceiling below. Door trim chewed away buy dogs locked in rooms, yards full of cigarette butts, dog c**p and trash, etc., etc.. I used to offer reasonable rent but it attracted low income people that seem to think the landlord is rich and they can behave that way. Now I charge top dollar and I seem to get good tenants. Go figure ....
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Same. People expect you to get f****d over and they call you greedy while they do it. So gross. And young women are by far the most unsanitary tenants. By a long shot.
Load More Replies... Erin 4 years ago
Apartment complexes and private landlords have different rights. When you are a landlord (apartment or otherwise), you cannot dictate a standard of conduct/hygiene to your tenants. That is the law. I cannot tell someone how they must keep house no more than I can tell someone what religion they may practice while they are renting my home. What I can do is run a thorough background check, including credit score, ask for references from past landlords, insist on a rental bond and renters insurance, and write certain stipulations into my contract. For instance, if you are to rent one of my homes, there will be no cats (don't jump on me cat people. I love cats, but I won't have them in my properties), no dog over 25 pounds, you will not smoke indoors or within 15 feet of an entrance to the home. If you can't meet those standards, keep looking elsewhere.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Agreed and I am a cat lover. Although I’d rather have cats than kids in my properties.
Load More Replies... NQ L 4 years ago
This is why I absolutely refuse to be a landlord. I just keep my money in the bank and not invest in rental properties. People are dirty and nasty because it's not their own house.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Alternatively, AirBnB is a good way to make money off investment properties without having it trashed like this.
Load More Replies... EV AVANGEL 4 years ago
If you are thinking about renting out your property to make some extra money, don't. Even if you hire a realtor. The realtors will do nothing.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Obviously. A realtor has nothing to do with maintaining the property. And if you think they do, that’s why you’re not a landlord. You don’t get how it works.
Load More Replies... Wren Hansen 4 years ago
Landlord here - do you vet your tenants? Seriously, asking for referrals, doing a credit check or people search are all easy ways to avoid getting crappy tenants - or how about no smoking and no pets... If you just take money from the first person who comes along and don't bother to actually monitor your rental than you're not being a responsible property owner hence your getting irresponsible tenants - shocker.
Jennifer Timmons 4 years ago
Wow, a bit sanctimonious aren't we? Even vetting a person does not provide guarantees. I did. Went through a rental agency even. And still got left high and dry.
Load More Replies... Jason Doakes 4 years ago
Well this is, of course, disgusting and scary, they have children? Still doesn't mean that everyone else has to suffer for it. It's funny this comes out a few weeks after it was widely reported that landlords make a lot of c**p up to keep your deposit, no matter how good a condition you leave the apartment in. Should we assume that every landlord is a POS? How about doing a better job of evaluating the tenants, next time. The checks he did were obviously c**p. Andalso,take some risks, the tenants take risks too, they risk having a******s as landlords and neighbors. Just because a fraction of tenants are filthy, you cannot terrorize all tenants with untenable costs and irrational regulation. Just because some car owners drives like a crazy guy, you wouldn't want to increase all car insurance policies by 700%. Just because one girl betrayed you, you wouldn't just give up on relationships. Seems it's once again an exclusive USA-problem, where the consumer has no rights.
Michał Jastrzębski 4 years ago
How about forcing a s****y tenant to face full, immediate consequences for destroying landlord's property? Like being evicted and forced to pay 100% of damages?
Load More Replies... Tamara Horyza 4 years ago
ok they have to ve substance abusers cause normal people do not live like that.
Wottermehlon Doge 4 years ago
I thought my room was bad... I really cannot believe that people live that disgustingly! The worse thing is. Even if the kids get taken away and put into a better family. They will still learn from their parents and always have a little bit of that horror in them! this is awful
Liz Perry 4 years ago
For every one tenant that's this extreme there are 1,000 people paying $500+ a month to live with four other people in shabby, one bathroom apartments with mold, insulation, and decay problems. There are literally Facebook groups created by landlords for landlords to try and find loopholes to keep security deposits that have been exposed. What the hell is the deal with this article, BP? Who do you think it is that's contributing to and clicking on your site?
Becky Mann 4 years ago
My husband and I are landlords. I've seen this and worse. We had some young tenants put a ladder up to the roof to use the roof as a "party platform". They took the shelves out of the refrigerator to use as a grill. We evicted them, which takes weeks. The weeks you have to wait, going thru the red tap of eviction, just gives them more time to destroy things. Trying to go after them for back rent, damages, etc. cost more money and they have nothing to give/take. The few tenants we have followed thru with (and got a judgment against them) filed Bankruptcy - so we spent more money to get nothing else. I can certainly relate to what you're going thru. I don't rent to students. The tenants we evict NEVER give us a forwarding address - so it makes it hard to report them for child/animal abuse.
Rani Johnson 4 years ago (edited)
If a family never was raised to be clean, they certainly won't teach thier kids to be. Viscous circle. I rented a room in a house in MO, one roommate had cigarette butts & burns & melted candle wax all over the carpet. His car was a literal garbage dump on wheels. I'm also a housekeeper & have seen some nasty stuff. People just take important stuff when they move out& leave garbage everywhere.
Jennifer Brown 4 years ago
It's harder than you think to get tenants out. I've rented for almost all my life and currently I'm in a situation with an upstairs neighbor who is a selfish b***h. She has clearly NEVER lived in an apartment setting before. She plays loud booming death metal with a deafening bass at 2-3 in the morning and I have been calling the police, the security and the management on her for 9 months!! They can't evict her! The law is on her side. They can't even opt to not renew her lease in June....they HAVE to renew it. Again, the law is on her side . The only thing I can hope for is to make her life so annoyingly uncomfortable that she decides to not renew.
Lise Archambault 4 years ago
Take the kids away from these hog pen people. Outright disgusting !!!
Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago
After the downstairs neighbors moved out (who we always thought were really nice & friendly) the property manager came knocking on my door. I'm a neat freak and she loved me for it (after 9 years I got %100 of my damage deposit back, she said it was cleaner than when I moved in). She says " You have got to come see this". I could not believe my eyes. The new carpet was absolutely black, there were holes punched in the walls, you couldn't discern the color or pattern of the kitchen floor, grease and God knows what was running down the counters and cupboards, there were cockroaches & flies EVERYWHERE (which totally freaked me out, but she assured me the exterminators were on the way). All of the appliances were so disgustingly bad they decided to just replace them. The sinks, bathtub and both toilets also had to be replaced. I have never seen such filth.
Irene Walton 4 years ago
I rented my basement suite once. To a very nice young man who worked full time. I said no smoking, no pets. He drank, cranked the music, had kittens, friends etc.....never ever again
Randy Roberts 4 years ago
I was gagging looking at this article and not much bothers me but this, this is beyond comprehension, where did they sleep? I don't even like my hands to be dirty I cant imagine the level of filth. Please for the love of god call child protective services, show these pics, arrest the parents for endangerment, holy hell and I thought Owning a rental might be a good idea for me....ugh....not after this, I'd have to write a very specific contract.
Nick McPherran 4 years ago
Its also a pattern of behavior. My building recently has rented to a couple of families. they pay rent, deposit and then nothing for 3-4 months. They move before they are evicted...usually month 5-6. Getting 3 or 4 months free rent, to start all over again. The Apts have all been trashed, very similar to the photos above. I just don't get it. People are pigs.
fainasKeturatis 4 years ago
TBH before seeing this, I lacked the imagination to do this on purpose if I wanted. I guess you learn something new every day.
Anna Harding 4 years ago
My parents rented out a house to someone who said they had one cat. After the guy moved out they learned he had four cats, one ferret ( dead) and ZERO litter boxes. The smell never came out out of the wooden floors and that was after the carpets were thrown out. This guy managed a fast food restaurant 🤢 We also had a cousin who’s entire house looked like these pics. Her husband kept three puppies in the bathroom for months and she never cleaned it up after he moved out with the dogs. I had wanted to buy the house from her as she was losing it to the bank but when I saw the condition I didn’t offer.
Treessimontrees 4 years ago
I hope they were reported to CPS and the suitable animal cruelty hotlines.
Dre Mosley 4 years ago
One of my aunts was a landlord, and there were several times where she damn near had to remodel the place after a tenant moved out.
Jace 4 years ago
I also wonder if this is what my neighbor’s house looks like inside. He’s a chain smoker, constant beer drinker, who sits around watching TV all day long. His yards have litter in them (cigarette debris mostly, but his car port out back is full of various types of trash, food, waste, etc, and it’s spreading all over the alleyway). His cigarette stench oozes into my house (rowhouses SUCK), and stench pours out of his windows at all hours.
KombatBunni 4 years ago
Yeah let's not forget that landlords still treat tenants like c**p. I'm facing eviction myself just because I wouldn't pay up for the cost of a fumigation my housemate got after she saw A spider in her room. I said I didn't have to pay anything because I didn't want it, nor did I order it and because of that the b***h that owns this place is kicking me out. With nowhere to go mind you. She never performed inspections, or got rid of the black mould in the kitchen and I just bet she will try and keep my security deposit just because she thinks she can..
Bogdan Boogie 4 years ago
We rented once house in Thailand for Thai people. Was looking quite similar to this when they moved out. My wife cried when she saw the pictures. However you can't judge all people and put very high rent. I'm currently living in Ireland and I can't afford to rent 1 bed apartment because prices are very high.
Unicornstar 4 years ago
I am so grateful that my parents were strict on two accounts. 1 clean up after yourself your mother's not your maid and 2 pay as you go. If you can't pay don't go. I was given a lot of pocket money as a kid but I had to earn at least 2/3 of it. This taught me to work for my obey and save if I wanted anything. Also I was taught the importance of keeping a clean and tidy house. These lessons stood me well for when I was renting anywhere. I always kept the place spotless and I always payed my rent on time. Because of that I have never had any landlord issues.
Christina D 4 years ago
I think CPS and the local humane society or ASPCA should be called. I empathize with the destroyed apartment but the children and animals are the ones that really need help.
Rosemari Ferreira Gebbran 4 years ago
I really feel for the kids. They poor babies. Floor can be cleaned, house can be cleaned, but the kids... Omg. I feel so much for them.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Kids can be cleaned easier than a hardwood floor.
Load More Replies... Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
This is shocking, but too normalized by the televising of Hoarders and shows of that ilk. This landlord is of course justified. My daughter rented a condo just above COCC in Bend, Ore. We made sure it was clean, then had to hire a specific company to clean, as mandated by the rental agreement. We still ended up pay about $400 in fees, including one for the removal of a very nice lamp we didn't want to throw out, but wouldn't fit in the van. Some landlords/rental agents are nightmares.
Geoffrey Holland 4 years ago
This is just honestly awful, but what are these landlords thinking not doing a monthly inspection? I'm betting these were absentee landlords who didn't have the sense to have anyone check on the place.
Jeffrey Teston 4 years ago
I understand where this landlord is coming from but I feel like if you provide a couple (2 or 3) legit rental references that can attest to you not being a horrible garbage person then they could lower the deposits a little.
SirPatTheCat 4 years ago
Everyone is talking about saving the kids but don't forget the poor dogs and rabbits!!!
Susan Gardner 4 years ago
Obviously the drugs have taken over their lives, but I seriously question how they could have lived like that for six months without anyone noticing, i.e. neighbors etc. The odor must have been horrific. Also, not only save the children, but the animals too. Dog and rabbits locked in rooms? Please update us that the children and animals have been rescued.
Karen Johnston 4 years ago
Surely these must be anomalies? I just can't believe that that many people live like this.
Nyree Williams 4 years ago
Unbelievable that people this nasty managed to even rent the place in the first place. This goes beyond not possessing basic survival skills. This is a purposeful lack of respect for self, family, community, and responsibilities. I agree this should have been reported to authorities as those children were not safe. Feces everywhere, left in sleeping spaces, human and animal alike is just one factor in removing from the home. It's easy to be judgmental based on these pictures, but they also made it easy by being so objectively nasty.
Terry Rex 8 months ago (edited)
My dad had something similar happen to him when he rented out our old house after he and his wife moved. They claimed to be a good Christian couple but let their children and dogs run wild in the house. And left it pretty damn trashy he spent I don't know how much cleaning it up after he finally got rid of them and they left owing about 6 months of rent. They kept their dogs locked up in my old. Bedroom with zero food or water s**t was everywhere
Trish Deaca 3 years ago
Sad to see these photos. Is there any use in starting litigation against these renters? https://ohiocondolaw.com/litigation/
miss louisa 4 years ago (edited)
I've lived in rentals most of my life as a kid and adult and have never left a place like this. We did have one place that was filthy before we moved in. Roaches and dirty diapers in the heating vents. Another neighbor left their house filled with trash when they left. Some landlords are just as bad though.
Kitsune Fox Girl 4 years ago
They should not be allowed to have pets. That dog with diarrhea was obviously sick and stressed. The rabbits were living in their own poop. They should be arrested.
Fulsome Kitten 4 years ago
Sadly these pictures are a little too much like how my dad lived. He would let his rabbits run wild around the house pissing and s******g everywhere, chewing on wires. This was during my adulthood so no children were harmed but I mean, come on! Depression and alcoholism can make people oblivious to their living conditions. I hope these kids and animals have been rescued from that filth!
Sharon Kenty 4 years ago
As a Landlord I look at their vehicles. (inside and out) That's a pretty good indication of how they'll treat their apartment.
GenXandEarnedItAll 4 years ago
Those poor kids! I would have called CPS the minute I walked in the door and saw that. Where I work if we even have a teeny, tiny inkling something is off we are required to report it. It should be the same policy with landlords.
Prowess Property Management 4 years ago
I suggest better have a contract signed with the renter, damages should be paid and such loitering should be taken action. they should take care of their property as their own.
Jan Virtue 4 years ago
It's the landlord's fault. All of it. Here's why: When you're renting out your property to strangers, you basically have to check in on them, go inside and make sure everything is okay (it protects you and them). When you have rental properties, you have to be close by and keep an eye on your tenants. Even if, you have to have other neighbors, tenants watch them. IF, he was checking on them and on his property, HE WOULD HAVE SEEN AND SMELLED THE FILTH THAT WAS TAKING OVER HIS RENTALS. Obviously, he's used to this type of behavior from these types of people. It seems so strange, he doesn't put anything in writing or legally enforce it with IMMEDIATE REMOVAL of PEOPLE & PERSONAL BELONGINGS, IF VIOLATED. He must love cleaning up other people's filth. He seems to enjoy it.
Katherine Gilleland 4 years ago
Other times you have landlords like ours where they will do ANYTHING to get more money out of you, including billing everyone in the building for the full amount of a bed bug inspection one tenant had.
sharron lynn parsons 4 years ago
Perhaps this happens mostly, when drugs or other addictions are the issues, otherwise I doubt that many people live like that, I know some people can live poorly, no concern if it is a rent, or their own home and live in filth, sad but true !!!
Noemie Houtekie-N'Da 4 years ago
What is up with these parents? Have they no dignity? Have they no brain? If it were me, I would run right out of the apartment and cry myself to sleep.
Christina Uhlir 4 years ago
First of all, formal landlords (and employers, for that matter) do not like to give bad reviews out of fear of retaliation. - Second, landlords have the right to inspect the property in the presence of the tenant, and even with at least 24 hr in advance, mandatory notification prior to the inspection, this mess could not be cleaned. Why to wait till urine seeps through the ceiling???? It wouldn't be difficult to evict these "people'. The whole story seems unrealistic.
Paul Jordan 4 years ago
So I wanna know, why didn't you do property inspections after they went in? 6 months of this? Holy Cr*p! You need to join mrlandlord.com
Carol Roeder 4 years ago
My daughter and I cleaned many homes like this for a real estate agent that handled the rentals for people. Yes, there are very sick people out there that really do leave the place like this and worse when they go. You can't even call them a human being. They are more like sewer rats than people.
Sharon Sterner 4 years ago
BACK GROUND CHECKS! It's a beautiful things!!! Check in on your tenants once in awhile. I hope these people had their children taken away.
it's me again 4 years ago
This is no exaggeration. My husband & I used to visit foreclosed houses to shut off water, facilities etc & would OFTEN see the dwellings in this state. Unbelievable. It was more the rule that the exception sadly. :P
Ronnie Saunders 4 years ago
I'm really not sure what country this is? but don't real estate agency's have a 6 monthly house Inspection inside and out? I would report these people to the RSPCA and Social Services, children or animals should not live in this filthy disgusting home.... I feel so sorry for the landlords... WHATEVER COUNTRY THIS IS, INSPECTIONS ARE A MUST, PLUS DRIVE BYS ARE A HUGE GIVE AWAY..... IF THEY HAVE TRASH OUT THE FRONT, GARDEN OR LAWN NOT MAINTAINED, IT'S A HUGE GIVE AWAY OF THE HOUSE LOOKS LIKE INSIDE.... If this is in Austra.ia I'd be gob smacked 🤔
Jennifer Brekke 4 years ago
Since I became a homeowner 17 years ago, I've had roommates or been a landlord. I ALWAYS told my renters, my goal is to give you 100% of your deposit back, because I don't have time to fix/clean/etc. whatever you broke/soiled/etc. Here's how that can happen...and yet I rarely could give 100% of a deposit back. People were a******s. A couple gems (you know who you are, Heather ♡) were angels. As a renter, my advice is DOCUMENT EVERYTHING, & stand up for yourself. I respected the space I rented, and I *rarely* received less than my full deposit back.
Asper Rated 4 years ago
I can tell the landlord NEVER visited the property after these animals moved in. A visit after the 1st month and finding this telling them to clean up or move would've helped. This is meth addiction. At the least the landlord shouldv'e discovered this and called child welfare.
Annie 4 years ago
Wow! Seeing those vile photos made my eyes water from the stench. I feel badly for the owner. But even worse for those poor kids and animals who had to exist in that nightmare of a "home." I do hope they are ok. And others have said, judging by the condition of the apartment, their parents most likely are addicts.
Lavendar rose 4 years ago
Not all renters are like this, we rent and would never live like that! I'm more concerned for the children who had to live in this filth and the pets who were/are clearly abused.
Cheryl Fontaine 4 years ago
Back in the day when I was a renter the only thing landlords were interested in when checking "references" was whether or not I paid my rent. I used to wonder why they didn't also require references regarding how people left the place and/or respected the property and other renters. I guess they thought requiring a huge deposit would cover everything. That's just stupid. And no, some people are filthy slobs because mom was a filthy slob too. This kind of behavior does not necessarily indicate crackheads or any other kind of drug abuser - many people are slobs because they got away with it their entire childhood. On the other hand, there are also trash landlords - ALWAYS go through a place before renting it taking photographs of every mark, every chip, every other thing they will try to blame YOU for when you move out. and NOTE: if they demand a large deposit you can be sure they are going to try to keep it.
Cheryl Fontaine 4 years ago
Back in the day when I was a renter the only thing landlords were interested in when checking "references" was whether or not I paid my rent. I used to wonder why they didn't also require references regarding how people left the place and/or respected the property and other renters. I guess they thought requiring a huge deposit would cover everything. That's just stupid. And no, some people are filthy slobs usually because mom was a filthy slob too. This kind of behavior does not necessarily indicate crackheads or any other kind of drug abuser - many people are slobs because they got away with it their entire childhood. On the other hand, there are also trash landlords - ALWAYS go through a place before renting it taking photographs of every mark, every chip, every other thing they will try to blame YOU for when you move out. and NOTE: if they demand a large deposit you can be sure they are going to try to keep it.
Valerie Lessard 4 years ago
so? why should everyone else suffer because of one tenant's filth?seems to me it's a nice excuse to hike up prices. nice try
Falcon 4 years ago
To have that 15k available for situations like these obviously.
Load More Replies... Living_Shadow 4 years ago
TELL ME SOMEONE CALLED CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES AND ANIMAL PROTECTION SERVICES WHAT THE ACTUAL F**K I CAN'T BELIEVE HUMAN BEINGS COULD ACTUALLY BE SO DISGUSTING
Naomi Wayker 4 years ago
That is disgusting living in those circumstances like what's so hard about cleaning just let them go homeless and then take the children to the authorities
Jace 4 years ago
This looks like drugs. I experienced extreme behavior changes via prescribed drugs (used correctly). An SSRI/SSNRI “antidepressant” can reduce inhibitions in the extreme (documented; look it up). SSRI + years of psychological abuse/trauma resulted in me wrecking my OWN house. I hate(d) the place, hate(d) my neighbors (harassed me; + stalkers, employers, etc); I hate(d) being alive. After forcibly “resigned” by my employer (sociopath boss, callous/hostile employer, and my own SSNRI-fueled reactions), I was trapped in the place. Curiosity about what was above the drop ceiling? Found illegal wiring. Put holes in it in rage, then pulled it (& drywall) out to expose the s**t left hidden by prior owners/property flippers. I also put holes in plaster walls, “decorated” walls with various extreme artistic expressions, and there were days where floors needed to be literally scooped of debris. Getting off psych drugs saved me. House was rehabbed. Better than it was. Still trapped, here.
Isaac B 4 years ago
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one thinking "holy c**p! There were kids living in this nightmare? Tell me someone called child protective services!" Also, I have zero sympathy for landlords, having been a responsible tenant and forced out of the home where my wife and I started our family because of a 40% increase in rent when the property was sold to new landlords. They bought it, hiked up everyone's rent, which forced everyone out (we were one of the last to go). When they were gone, they gutted the units down to the studs, and completely rebuilt them, presumably so they could charge even more. Yes, this is horrible, but landlords are hardly without sin themselves.
Azure Adams 4 years ago
Easy. Start charging more rent for the number and ages of people living there. Kids make the biggest messes and destruction so make up an age rent or charge, like pet rent, only more. BTW animals cause way LESS damage than children so pet rent is a f*****g joke!
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Unfortunately it’s illegal to charge extra for kids, as logical as it may seem.
Load More Replies... Carol Lewis 4 years ago
I was an apartment manager and have had to clean some nasty stuff. But I would have known if any apartment was this nasty. CPS would have been my first call. As a manager or an owner you have the right to inspect with notice. You have a responsibility to other tenants and neighbors.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Did you quit that job early or something? Cool you check and inform CPS. Now what, Carol? The tenants still don’t get immediately thrown out. “Would have known,” doesn’t mean s**t.
Load More Replies... jule malone 4 years ago
so sorry you went thru this! just disgusting! to think innocent children and precious animals had to survive this
Jennifer Timmons 4 years ago
Having been a landlord and a renter, it is frustrating from both sides. And for those of you who ask about inspections...it is not always that cut and dry. Even though it is your property, the owner cannot just waltz in and demand to go through the house. You have to give notice and have reasonable cause. Which unfortunately, you may not actually see what the reality is until the leave you with a trashed home and owing rent. And as far as calling the police goes, good luck finding them even if you do. It is not that hard for someone to disappear, even this day and age.
Christina Bell 4 years ago
It depends on location. Here they can enter if they give a 48 hour notice and we end up having many inspections in the apartments we currently live in. Our apartments also love to do inspections during holidays which just adds more stress for me. In 2019 they did inspection day before Thanksgiving, on Halloween, and day before Christmas.
Load More Replies... Pretty Pangolin 4 years ago
Oh, Jerry! No one should have to deal with that. One of the rabbit-poop pictures also had what looked like maggots. On the Plus side, the tampon photo appears to only show applicators, not used tampons - it's disgraceful that that's the up side! This is definitely a case for a hazmat cleaning service with proper protective gear, not a DIY job.
Douglas Campbell 4 years ago
1. Yes, the renters are beyond disgusting. 2. The apartment looks like it was disgusting BEFORE the renters moved in. -rotting floors (in the bathroom and kitchen!!!). -ancient plumbing. -ancient toilet and sink, and one sink that costs about $23 at Home Depot. - 3. No, this isn't the reason that many landlords engage in predatory behavior regarding deposits (logical fallacy).
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
How do you know what it looked like before?
Load More Replies... LoL.alpaca 4 years ago
omg i want to throw up just LOOKING at it I cant imagine what it mustve smelled like or anything. feel sooooo bad for that guy
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
The price you pay when your rent goes up 🥰
Load More Replies... Colleen Garland 4 years ago
Drugs can only excuse so much. NOTHING can explain 99.98 percent of this. They will make great prison bunkies.
Terence 4 years ago
Okay Jonas, let's completely ignore the fact that landlords are scumbags who add no real value to the economy except being a fall-guy and also benefeciary of big banking's disgusting credit practices. Nevermind the fact that a basic necessity like housing is ONLY seen as an investment vehicle in the US. Because the scumbags in the landlord and government classes worship this system, they are willing to effectively wreck local economies with NIMBYism and property values based on speculation. Let's also forget about the rise of corporate landlords and how they makeup a majority of residential property ownership in some urban neighborhoods in LA and SF. Local governments are the direct beneficiaries of these cultural programs that sell-out locals to the highest bidder. REITs are just a small portion of the problem, Jerry is an even smaller proportion. The title of your article is clearly adolescent clickbait that one should expect from a propogandier like yourself.
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 4 years ago
Sorry, but as disgusting as this is, it doesn't give you the right to screw all your other tenants.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
You mean “renting from someone doesn’t give you the right to screw them over.” Don’t be a victim blamer, Daniel.
Load More Replies... Russian Otaku 4 years ago
I'd call out for animal and less importantly child abuse as well as charge them for damages
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Of course they did. They checked and it was nasty. What do you think they do next, Zophra? Immediately throw them on the street? Think for once.
Load More Replies... Lana Houston 4 years ago
This is horrific. BUT, its ONE TENANT, ONE TIME. Landlords are in the business of making money. Tent more than covers mortgage. Deposits exist for exactly this. Its just stupid thinking everyone is clean. Fir them to whine and jack EVERYONE because an occasional tennant isnt only a gold mine, and he doesnt get to keep every dime of his egregious rent. Is laughable at best. Landlords these days are looking for a free ride to the bank this is the risk involved in thus business. All they do is sit on their a*s while it rolls in and then complain when one Tennant throws them a left hook qnd some actual work .
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Except that it’s many tenants many times. You don’t understand what free means. Free doesn’t mean putting your money and effort into a place and getting screwed over by tenants. Don’t be disgusting.
Load More Replies... AndersM 4 years ago
Why did he not call the social service??? There are kids involved! If all this landlord was loss of money, he's a selfish prick.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
What makes you think they didn’t? Stop blaming the victim. It’s trashy.
Load More Replies... Bill 4 years ago
Im calling BS on this landlord. A cheap coat of paint, and ancient fixtures are a sign of a slumlord. Another reason to not do section 8 (public rent assistance) because you can't be selective of Tennants
M O'Connell 4 years ago
No. Just no. I was a landlord for 8 years. I personally lived in that house for 7 years prior to that. Every nice thing I did, every perfectly cut-in paint job, every hardwood floor, and the carpet in the living room were all TRASHED. I didn't put the wear and tear in 7 years, that those people did in a couple of months. My first renters were a married couple, a college professor and a telco worker. They wrecked it. The second renters were also a married couple with respectable jobs, they wrecked things too. Your JOB as a renter is to leave the place how you found it. If it was a sty when you moved-in, fine, otherwise do your JOB. Exactly what "ancient fixtures" are you referring to? The one mildly stylistically out-of-date faucet? I actually love that steel vanity lavatory cabinet! I'd have it in my house right now.
Load More Replies... Sean Harrison 4 years ago
So his reasoning is to judge all people by the actions of a few. That's not how things are supposed to work.
Falcon 4 years ago
It is when he has to make the money to pay for all of that.
Load More Replies... Mingi Football 4 years ago
If I had rentals I would have a clause stating once a week landlord visits.
SAF saf 4 years ago
This isn't normal, these people basically caused substantial damage to your property and deserve to be taken to court. Using these extremely s****y' tenants to justify crazy deposits on folks with positive references is BS.
M O'Connell 4 years ago
I've rented to people with "positive references" who 'forgot' to tell me the water heater was leaking for two weeks. It's not like they were out of town, they just didn't feel there was anything that could be done about the water running across the floor and into the crawlspace.
Load More Replies... Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
It’s obvious you’re either a child or never owned a thing.
Load More Replies... Falcon 4 years ago
Are you kidding? Urine soaked into and through the flooring into the ceiling below.
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