I cant' even read that article till the end. This is simply too infuriating. I am fuming, I need to hit a landlord with a heavy chair.

I guess there is no point waiting for a post about tenants from hell (and that could be a very very long one).

Rental system in UK is an absolute joke. I am currently paying more money in rent than I would do for a mortgage. I can't save for a deposit because my income goes on rent. All my friends who have a mortgage have been given deposits by family members, mine and my husband's family are not in a position to do this and neither do we expect them to. It's just such a frustrating situation!

I know everyone just loves to hate landlords, but there’s all bad tenants. People who just deliberately don’t pay rent, or have like 10 extra people living there, who went they move out leave behind three dumpsters worth of garbage including used diapers? There’s scummy landlords, and scummy tenants. Unfortunately it never works out that a bad landlord gets a bad tenant.

I had a landlord once who acted like we were SO lucky he was willing to replace the furnace when it quit on us in the middle of winter. Dude. This is literally why we pay you. If you don't enjoy fixing/ replacing things when they break down, then you should probably be selling houses instead of renting them.

Not sure if people are aware of this, but I own a house for less a month then when I rented property. I am completely serious. I think I put off buying a home for so long because I thought that I couldn't afford to own. If you can pay rent, you can own a house. Plus, you actually get a return on your investment, don't have to deal with neighbors, and you can customize your abode without consulting someone else. Paying rent is permanently throwing money into a hole. I'm sure someone people will be triggered by this, but my intent is to inform people that home ownership is more affordable then many people think.

My boyfriend has a house he rents out. He pays a mortgage on it. He got it a few years ago and he rented to the same family since he got it. They just moved out two months ago. They trashed the house. There are several things broken and the back yard is a small fenced in yard they kept their two Huskys back there all the time there is no grass left and the entire yard is covered in holes of different sizes. They had a small child and it looks like the wall was stabbed in multiple places with something sharp. There is also crayon on nearly every wall on the bottom. A couple appliances are broken in some way and need to be replaced. A door needs to be replaced. Two windows need to be fixed. Their deposit was $1,000 my boyfriend returned $800. That 200 doesn't cover the repairs needed. But he felt bad for them so he only kept a small amount.

The vulnerability of tenants is unjustified and undignified. I am ever more grateful for the wonderful landlord I have!

All of these make me shudder. I’ve just bought my first home with my husband & our 5 children after YEARS of renting & it was the cheapest of cheap. You have to move out as soon as they don’t like something or want more money & you can’t afford it. I made a vow NEVER to buy a another property to rent out. There’s a shortage of decent homes for families world over ‘cause greedy ppl buy em up & rent them out to the poorer people.

My landlord refuses to pay for anything even when I offer to meet half way. Told him when we first moved in that the vanity needed replaced cuz previous tenant let the pipes leak and it was caved in, turns out it ruined subfloor, then the pipes burst in shower ruined quite a bit of dry wall downstairs. Had to cut into the wall of my kids room to reach shower pipes (and buy access panel to cover it up). Decided to buy a new toilet cuz old one didn’t work found out subfloor under toilet was ruined. Landlord bought a new vanity for $100 but it was smaller than first so walls needed painted. I asked him to pay for the stuff needed to fix shower pipes, the sub floor and the drywall downstairs. I would cover the toilet cuz that was my choice, the flooring for bathroom and the paint. He said he wouldn’t pay for any of it cuz it was cosmetic. Told me he won’t pay for any repairs over $100. My neighbor hasn’t had heat all winter. Bought a used furnace to replace the oil furnace.

This post really opened my eyes. I am looking to sell my house because it isn't working for my business anymore. I was looking at a property that included 3 rental units. It seemed like a good way to earn extra money. But I had no idea that landlords were viewed so negatively. Or that people would be so angry that they have to pay their rent. My grandfather spent so much time at his apartments, and had such a positive experience with it. (He was a fabulous gardener, could fix anything, and had a heart of gold.) I guess I have an idealized version of the experience. He took care of those people.

I have lived in the same apartment for almost 8 years now. I live in California and each year our summer gets hotter and hotter. Our apartment did not come with air conditioning, but when I moved here it was an emergency situation that I leave my previous residents. After the first year I had asked if I could install an air conditioner and was told no because it required a permit by the fire dept, which is not true. 5 years later I watched my neighbors installing window units in all of their windows, which was annoying after asking if I could stall one of a 5 year period. Finally they gave the ok two years ago. I am sure it is not the fact that our temperatures are reaching 110 degrees each summer but I have a feeling they had already told the neighbors they could and then couldnt prevent me from doing the same.

S**t! I'm a landlord myself (adding 250 euros at my writer / editor salary), I rent a small (50 sq.m.) apartment in my house to French or Italian students studying Medicine in my hometown, but they are not tenants, they are friends! We play guitar together, we visit one another for a beer, I even invited one of 'em to sing (very good Sade-like voice) with my band at one of our gigs - and each time one of these friends finishes the 6 years at the University gives the key to a younger mate, to live here. It's like an open house, with friends all around. They also enjoy the fact I speak their languages and I can help 'em a lot, also with the autorities here. F*uc*k the landlords shown in this entry!

I usually finish bored panda articles to the end, this one disgusts me so much I only got to 25

I had one who was a convicted slumlord. In the 16 months or so we lived there, there were at least 4 managers and several months with none. The building was falling apart and infested with bugs. It got worse near the end of our tenancy. We lived in one of 3 penthouses located behind the actual building. All utilities were included but we'd often find the water shut off all day with no warning. She drilled out the locks on the doors leading to the penthouses, effectively allowing anyone to access our balconies and homes if the door was unlocked. She tried to cut the phone line into our apartments claiming the building inspector said she had to as it was a hazard. I called him and he told me that if she did, he was going to have her arrested because he absolutely did NOT say that (not to mention it would have rendered the units illegal because rentals are required to have working phone jacks). We ended up getting almost $500 each as part of a class action settlement against her and I believe the city took the building.