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30 Times Tenants Realized Just How Egotistical Their Landlord Really Was (New Pics)
When you're a tenant, the future is shrouded by mystery. Will the owner of the property fix that leaking pipe? Or will they decide to sell it and force you to move out with little notice?
To help each other prepare for what's to come, members of the subreddit r/Renters are regularly sharing their experiences of living under another person's roof. And while some of them are positive, a fair number aren't.
So, to show you what landlords are capable of, we put together a list of the most infuriating ones.
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#2
Owner Is Tearing Out Our Gardens And Putting In Grass And River Gravel
We chose this building because we were allowed to garden there. Have been here for 10 years. I am chronically ill and unable to work so we are low income. I have $25/month to spend on myself and for the past 8 years have spent most of it on plants.
4 days ago we got a notice on our doors that the owner has decided he wants a more uniform look, and will be replacing everything with grass and gravel. I just wanted to share my garden with someone before it is gone.
#3
Landlord Taped All Building Fire Alarm Pull Stations Closed
My building has been undergoing preparations for painting over the past week. Day 1 involved meticulously taping all the fire alarm pull stations.
This is against some sort of code… right?
Beth Wheeler 4 days ago
Against fire code and very illegal to do. You can only do each one right before you paint if using a paint sprayer.
#4
My Landlord Entered My Apartment Without Notice (Illegal) To Tell Me To Clean My Lint Trap
#5
Our Landlord Keeps Saying There's Nothing Wrong With Our Shower
#6
Is This Legal? (CA)
My landlord posted this in the hallway that connects all of our units. He can’t deny us A/C?!?!! And our lease said nothing about that. Where can I report him? He’s usually never here and we have long time tenants. But he’s being very unreasonable.
matthew telyndru 4 days ago
A/C is usually not provided. It’s not a necessity. My A/C went out in the summer in Atlanta once. My 8 month pregnant wife was miserable. It took 3 weeks to get fixed because there were more important issues ahead of ours. They have to provide a stove, they have to provide heat. But they don’t have to provide A/C.
#7
Landlord Suggests We Move Instead Of Repairing Leaky Ceilings
#8
Landlord Keeps Entering My Apartment Without Notice
#9
Landlord Kicked In My Door When I Was Out Of Town
Moved my stuff into my sublease and then had to go out of town and came back to find out that the landlord had kicked in my front door, not notified me about it and left it completely unlocked with all my stuff in the room. I’m at a loss.
David 4 days ago
There might be more to this story. Most landlords retain a key. If tenant changed lock without permission, that's on them. Landlord may have posted the 3 day notification of entry that is required (WA state anyway). Landlord may have had an urgent reason to enter. When I was a landlord, one time a tenant went away for about 10 days and left a chunk of meat (pot roast or something) rotting in his room. The decomp smell was gagging out the other tenants just walking past his room. Another time (same tenant), I entered fearing a medical emergency. Both his TV and his radio were playing full blast (in a small single room studio) and annoying the neighbors. Repeated loud/hard banging on door - no answer. I finally opened the door, he is motionless on the bed. Me - yelling his name with increasing volume - he FINALLY wakes up. He was just dead drunk. But he was also a diabetic so it could have been a diabetic coma. TLDR: Not enough info to say if bad landlord or bad tenant.
#10
LOL My Landking Told Me “I Just Had Bought A Brand New Dryer For Your Unit The Week Before You Moved In” I Beg To Differ Sir 😭
#11
Ceiling Caved In After A Year Of Telling Our Landlord That The Ceiling Has Been Sagging
#12
How Much Do You Tip Your Landlord?
#14
I Found A Camera, That A Landlord Tried Hiding In The Laundry Room Of A Rental, That Faces A Mirror In My Entryway That I Sometimes Change Clothes In Front Of
#15
Minneapolis MN, Landlord Painted Over Window In Kitchen, Is This A Safety Violation?
My landlord painted white over a ton of my apartment right before I moved in, and as a result I can’t open like half of the cabinet space nor can I open a window in the kitchen that I’m almost certain is supposed to be there for ventilation, especially since smoke/heat tends to build up in there very quickly because it’s small/congested. I’m wondering if anyone knows if this could be considered a safety violation or where I could look to find out - I’m pretty new to renting
#16
As A Former Landlord These Types Are The Problem In The Renter World
The greediness. Rest of his post says he still making money too, not losing any. People ask for this then regret the decision once they allow someone to live and not pay rent on time or even have the amount they’re asking. Some people don’t realize how easy they got it till it gone.
LilliVB 4 days ago (edited)
This is just plain stupid. I've even had a landlord who agreed to lower our rent a little when we had financial struggles just because we were good tenants that always paid on time. He told me that it was better having a little bit less of rent but someone that never gave him problems than finding someone new that he couldn't be sure about (EDIT: spelling)
#17
I Came Back From Thanksgiving To Find That My Landlord Had Revarnished/Painted The Stairs Up To My Apartment. They Are Still Wet, I Was Given No Notice, And There Is Only One Staircase
#18
Update: No Hot Water In Kitchen
So I guess I’m going to contact a lawyer or something to see if there is anything I can do about this? The deposit includes the last months rent and I’ve paid for the first month. Only here 4 months total because it’s so close to school. I guess I’m going to pay for this next month and see what I can do legally. Will be doing my dishes in the shower from now on 😄 Thank you for everyone who validated me thinking this is not okay. Also yes it is pre furnished and this was not the first surprise I’ve had in the month since moving in. Issue is that the landlord lives in the room across from me (has its own kitchen and stuff) so it complicates things. Also really don’t time to focus this as a student who just moved down for this semester.
David 4 days ago (edited)
If total rental time is 4 months they were likely better off not paying a lawyer. They can still wash dishes in the dishwasher. Most dishwashers have an internal heater. It's used if you use the heated dry option, but it apparently also heats up the water during the wash cycle. I learned that about my very cheap crappy dishwasher when my water heater was down and I only had cold water for a bit. Ran a cycle in the dish washer and was surprised to find the water hot and steamy when I opened it up to check something. EDIT: Robert is right. Dishwasher tapping into the cold water supply is standard. So for those ones, you are not using the hot water from your hot water heater even if it was working.
#19
My Landlord Installed A Second Doorknob. You Can’t Open The Door Without Turning Both Of Them
#20
My Rent Has Gone From $1500-$2000-$2500 In The Last 3 Years
David 4 days ago
Our (WA state) AG has recently sued Realpage over the same stuff. Their software uses the rent information from the various landlords using their software to suggest the highest rent possible for a unit. It also has roadblocks to discourage landlords from overriding the suggested rent price by forcing them to explain why they are charging a lower rent and so on. It's basically coordinated price fixing.
#21
Being Told It’s A $100 Fee To Apply, And When I Say I’d Be Happy To Pay That After Touring, She Says The Fee Is Required To Even See The Place
#22
Inflation Is Tough! $2800 To $4500 For A 750sqft Apartment In The North End Of Boston (MA)
Thorsten Massow 4 days ago (edited)
Okay, I just compared the prices to our rent prices in Germany: in Munich, the most expensive city, an equally sized apartment would cost around €1200 - €1500.
#23
Apartment A/C Went Out During Recent Texas Heat Wave And Management Doesn’t Want To Fix It
About 3 days ago our apartments air conditioning stopped working and we put in a maintenance request for it to be fixed. For the past days every day we have put in a request to fix it but they say our air conditioning system is working. We have tried to let them know that the apartment feels really hot and the system will work for 30 after they work on it and then will completely stop working.
Yesterday our property manager let us know that they will not be coming out unless our thermostat shows that the temperature is at 90 degrees inside despite us telling them that the thermostat is not accurate. I have a pregnant wife and 2 other kids and the apartment has become inhospitable to the point where we needed to go stay elsewhere with family so that my wife and kids don’t have to deal with these conditions. The manager says air conditioning is not something that it’s important or an emergency to fix in Texas. I have a thermal imaging thermometer and it shows that the apartment is at 95 degrees indoors with our kids room being the hottest at 97 degrees.
#24
Absolutely Floored At The Income Requirement (Ca)
Received this after viewing a unit. Absolutely sickening.
Laura Bennett 4 days ago
For a guarantor 5x’s the monthly rent is fairly common. Most lessee’ are 3x the monthly rent. And I live in Ohio!
#25
My Landlord Refuses To Get Over Here And Turn Down My Water Heater
David 4 days ago
That's scary hot. For comparison - Recommended temp to avoid scalding (especially if little kids / elderly) is 120F. 140F kills legionella bacteria but comes with higher risk of scalding. Most Temp/pressure relief valves on water heaters start relieving at 210F. I recently replaced the gas valve on my water heater. My hot water is currently coming out at 140F and I'm considering lowering it because it's easy to burn my hands.
#26
Landlord Hired A Guy To Power Wash The Stairs
#27
My Landlord Is Keeping All Of My Deposit Over One Broken Tile That His Maintenance Guy Broke Moving A Dishwasher
Aidan Pite 4 days ago
S**t like this is why, when the contractors who took 6 weeks to fix my leaky shower drilled a hole into my linoleum, I sent my LL a photo with 'I don't want this repaired, I just want it on file that I did not cause this damage'
#28
Landlord’s Outrageous Requests
My landlord sent this last night at 8 pm. Is this even allowed? I am getting back into town Thursday after being gone for months and I am essentially moving back in with how much I have. Not to mention there’s no time specified and I have a virtual interview that day. I am fuming, especially since they didn’t even clean it well before we moved in & now expect us to clean for them ??
#29
My Landlord Didn’t Pay The City Water Bill, Now My Complex Doesn’t Have Water
Beth Wheeler 4 days ago
Turn them in to the city. If it wasn't so late I would call my friend that works for the city and get the number.
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BookFanatic 4 days ago
A landlady pulled a bait-and-switch on me. Showed me a gorgeous apt and said $900/mo. Got down to talking leases and security deposits when she said "Oh, the one I showed you is $1800/mo. We do have similar properties available in your price range." I ended up getting that gorgeous apt for $900, at the expense of having her breathing down my neck for every little infraction and ignoring my complaints and requests.
Littlemiss 4 days ago
Our landlords don't clean or have their properties cleaned in between tenants. They just repaint the place.
BookFanatic 4 days ago
A landlady pulled a bait-and-switch on me. Showed me a gorgeous apt and said $900/mo. Got down to talking leases and security deposits when she said "Oh, the one I showed you is $1800/mo. We do have similar properties available in your price range." I ended up getting that gorgeous apt for $900, at the expense of having her breathing down my neck for every little infraction and ignoring my complaints and requests.
Littlemiss 4 days ago
Our landlords don't clean or have their properties cleaned in between tenants. They just repaint the place.
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