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If you've ever lived in a rented apartment, you know the drill. Mold is sneaking out from the corner of your bedroom? Call the landlord. Your only hot water source for the past week has been a kettle? Call the proprietor. But often, it sounds easier said than done.
Not only are landladies and landlords notorious offenders in not picking up the phone when you need them the most, they are also sometimes known for “look at all these property problems, I don’t give a damn.” Spoilers: zero damns given.
So no wonder many tenants are taking photo evidence as their last resort in a fight to make their houses somewhat more livable. And the corner of Reddit called LandlordLove [sarcasm detected] documents the most troubling cases of "leeching landlords" in hopes to "abolish the archaic practice of landlording where housing is not considered a right but a privilege to be paid for."
Of course, troublesome tenant and landlord dynamics don’t end there. Sometimes, the former are not innocent either when refusing to pay rent or subletting their couch to some random dude at uni. And although we may never find the truth, we can at least take a glimpse into what it takes.
Psst! More examples of how some landlords neglect their tenants can be find in our previous post right here.
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As if the communication between landlords and tenants wasn’t hard enough already, the worldwide pandemic has put an extra strain on it. In a previous in-depth interview with Bored Panda, Joshua Browder, the CEO of DoNotPay, which is the world’s first robot lawyer, explained more about the current situation in the US.
“Landlords are straining their relationship because they are desperate. Across the world, there are laws in place that prevent evictions and allow tenants to get an extension on their rent.” According to Joshua, “landlords are using extraordinary tactics, including even checking a tenant's tax refund with the IRS, to get a payment.”
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My Landlord Pretended To Do Work The Flat But Ended Up Installing This 360° WiFi Surveillance Camera Which Also Records Audio Without Telling Me About It
In addition to common property problems that don’t always get sorted with one phone call, many tenants are feeling pressured to pay up during quarantine. However, Joshua suggested that tenants ignore the pressure since “There is nothing the landlord can do and they are best by not responding.”
“If the landlord keeps messaging or visiting the tenant, then they should document these actions and may even have the basis for a harassment claim.”
With the pandemic putting our lives as we knew them before to the test, Josh believes that changes will stay in the rented property market too.
“Over the past two years, landlords have had the upper hand. They have treated tenants as disposable customers that they could charge incredibly high prices. In the future, not only will landlords be much more reasonable about prices, but also focus on retaining tenants by treating them with much more respect and leniency,” he said.
Josh expects landlords to be much more compliant in order to “keep the tenant for the longer term.” This may change some of their common tactics like charging a late fee if the tenant was unable to pay their rent on time. However, these are just forecasts and the overall dynamics may well stay just as problematic.
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Left The House This Morning With A Small Leak Dripping From The Ceiling. I Informed My Landlord And He Said He Would Take A Look At It Today. I Came Home At Night To This
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Landlord Left A Note Saying That We Need To Be Prepared For Tours From 8:00am-8:00pm For Two Weeks
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Landlord Decided To Turn Down The Heat Today In My Mn Apartment As It Reached -40°. But The Idiot Must Have Forgotten He Pays My Electric And Doesn't Realize That I Value My Comfort Over Safety Or Energy Conservation
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Landlords Response To Coronavirus. Had A Fever, Sore Throat, Cough, All The Symptoms And He Simply Disregards
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Joined A Facebook Group Looking To Rent A Place That Turned Out To Be 95% Landlords, Here's A Nice Comment One Left On A Post
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A Rodent Died Under Our Sunroom This Winter And Stunk Up The House. This Was My Landlord's Answer To Fixing The Smell
The challenges faced by renters are manifold, and the emergence of platforms like Airbnb has not entirely alleviated these issues. Despite the allure of flexibility and unique accommodations, unexpected situations can arise.
In fact, some renters have found themselves in precarious positions, echoing the experience of young women who were evicted after being shortchanged by an Airbnb host. As renters continue to navigate these murky waters, awareness remains key.
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When I Told My Landlord My Shower Head Was Leaking, He Said He Was Going To Hook Me Up. This Is What I Came Home To
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Alternative Title: "How I Stole £10m From Societies Most Vulnerable People." One Of Britain's Biggest Landlords Reveals His Trade Secret: He's A C**t
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This Makes Me Livid. This Greedy Landlord Cheaply And Illegally Installed A Jury Rigged Gas Line And Killed Two People
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This Is My Landlords Response To A Simple Text. No Previous Convo Nothing What You See Is What You Get
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Landlord Says The Damp/Mould Isn't An Issue And I'm Imagining It. Asthma Has Entered The Chat
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Here Is A Landlord Evicting A Paramedic In The Middle Of A Global Pandemic Literally Because He Works In The Nhs
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Hah! I Took Advantage Of A Woman In The Middle Of A Divorce By Overcharging For A Human Right Even More Exorbitantly Than I Usually Do
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Shout Out To Our Landlord For Never Fixing The Water Damage Caused By Our Upstairs Neighbor's Ac Unit 2 Months Ago
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Found On The Door To My Block Of Flats Today. No Mention Of Pandemic At All. So Easy To Get Rid Of Your Pets Immediately In The Current Crisis - Oh, And Please Snitch On Any And All Neighbours
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The Tenant Asked The Landlord To Make It So They Could Take A Shower And Not Just A Bath. He Complied. Supported Only By 1/2” Copper Lines
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So I Come Home Early From Work And Find The Landlord Did This To Save On Electricity. (Utilities Are Included In Rent)
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Landlords Made Me Empty Draining Water From An Open Hole Over My Bed For 5 Months, Then Blamed Warped Flooring On Me For Allowing The One Bucket They Gave Me To Overflow While I Slept
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What You’re Told You’ll Get vs. What You Actually Get. Same Price & Sq Ft And No Tours Right Now. Top Pic Is Front Picture To Their Sites, Had To Dig For The Second Picture. No Wonder I’ve Had 3 Different Upstairs Neighbors In The Past 8 Months
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Hurr Durr Can I Trick My Tenant Into Leaving And Then Steal Her Deposit Despite Making A Legally Binding Promise In Writing To Return It
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I Got Locked Out Of My Apartment And My Landlord Charged Me $50 For The Inconvenience Of Walking Across The Street And Opening My Door. Is This Passive Aggressive Enough? Or Should I Put Glitter In The Envelope?
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Moved Into A New Apartment. I'm Positive My Landlord Hired A 6-Year-Old To Make My Kitchen Cabinets
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Made The Mistake Of Checking Out R/Landlords To See If It’s As Bad As I Expected. It’s Worse
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Lettings Agent Still Wants To Send A Photographer Into My Home Despite Being Bubbled With My 70 Year Old Mum
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Random Anon 5 years ago
I'm probably going to get flak posting as a landlord. I would rather return the security deposit if possible than running serious repairs, changing locks, doing major cleaning and stuff. But a lot of the tenants I had are simply not that courteous. So far only one lady kept the house such a good condition, I did not need to do anything besides hiring a cleaning crew after moving day. I've had people breaking pipes, furniture, doors even the floor tiles. One idiot even jerry rigged some wiring dangerously.
Random Anon 5 years ago
I'm probably going to get flak posting as a landlord. I would rather return the security deposit if possible than running serious repairs, changing locks, doing major cleaning and stuff. But a lot of the tenants I had are simply not that courteous. So far only one lady kept the house such a good condition, I did not need to do anything besides hiring a cleaning crew after moving day. I've had people breaking pipes, furniture, doors even the floor tiles. One idiot even jerry rigged some wiring dangerously.
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