64 Rental Nightmares Where Landlords Tried To Cut Corners And Got Exposed

I work as a social worker assisting formerly homeless clients, and I found this lease addendum on a lease from back in 2014. Please tell me I’m not the only one who thinks a landlord requiring 5-minute or less showers is ridiculous.

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 gr and gravel. I just wanted to share my garden with someone before it is gone.

I also recorded a video of the inspector showing up 30 minutes late, cursing to himself when he realized I wasn't obligated to be available all day long.

My landlord is very hands-off and recently hired property management, which has been nothing but a nightmare. They came to check the smoke detectors today, and I got this message 30 minutes after they left from the property manager (not the owner, she’s alright and pretty fair, so I’ll call her in the morning to explain the situation).

Anyway, he wants me to get rid of my washing machine, and now has decided the countertop dishwasher I bought with MY MONEY is considered an upgrade and now belongs to the unit. LOL!!

On-site laundry has been non-functional for months, btw, and costs 2.50 to wash and 1.50 to “dry” (if the dryer decides it likes you that day. And it’s hateful, so almost never.)

Helped my buddy move into her apartment, and the kitchen cabinet had a screwdriver instead of a hinge pin, with a little landlord flair. Painted over in goopy white paint.

The apartment was a nightmare. Vibrating floors. Neighbours blasting music at 330AM. Roaches and mice are coming up into my unit from the Cobs Bread downstairs. This realtor, Hanibal Mehari, brought a group to my apartment, and they trashed the place.

My rear door was left unlocked. They opened all the windows (it was raining). They picked up one of the cockroach glue traps and stuck it to my bag for some reason. They put a hole in my door and filled my toilet, and didn't flush. They were only in there for 10 minutes. Hanibal was in front of the entire time, walking around in circles in my half-empty living room, kicking my shelves. They also went through all of my cupboards and were touching my food for some reason?

This is due to wear and tear only, I believe. The landlord also took $700 security deposit from me. I moved out nov1st and he did not even do the inspection at that time. I waited, but he did not show up. Today he mailed me these pictures and told me these damages are worth $6000, which I think is a joke

He'll threaten to evict you if you make steamed rice, yet he'll cook fish all the time. He makes all of us feel like we're walking on eggshells, can't stand living with this person, but it's the only place I can afford.

Based in England, and wondering if they’re allowed to do this? The advert was on the right move and nowhere does it state it’s reserved for migrants, refugees, or any kind of positive discrimination situation.

The message is from the agent who’s communicating with the landlord to me, and they said it’s not discriminatory and that’s just a “personal requirement” from the landlord, but everyone else around me is saying it is.

I’m just very confused and wondering if this is worth reporting, and if so, to whom do I report this?

This is now the 2nd time I’ve come home to no water at my apartment. The water is shut off to the whole building, not individual units. There was no notice the 1st time, and this note was left at my door the 2nd time (today). The first time, it was only off for a few hours. This time it has been off since the time stamp in the email (10.5 hrs so far), and it is off indefinitely.

Dude’s house is literally splitting in two, with large cracks forming in every room of his house and growing daily (no exaggeration), and yet he claims it is normal settling due to the clay beneath the foundation.

He also added, “You aren’t a homeowner, so you wouldn’t know.”

Asked my landlord, who has a strange sentimental attachment to my apartment and tends to linger around the property finding “projects” to complete, if she’d like to check my work before I submit my move-out checklist and turn in my keys. Figured it’d be nice to have an idea of how much of my deposit I can expect back and re-clean anything I might have missed in my deep clean.

She shows up with a flashlight and a roll of painters' tape and flags any evidence with a piece of tape and tells me I must properly clean to not be charged… Told myself that security deposit is a lost cause and turned in my keys…