Tenant-caused property damage that cannot be recouped

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Crumbs and stickiness are definitely not an issue. Just get a good cleaner

Yes clean and give the filthy tenants the bill after taking the deposit

[Anonymous]

This is hilarious. I expected damage from a meth lab or something. Sticky stuff inside an oven… you’re not cut out for this. Perhaps invest in index funds.

[Anonymous]

I own my home, and I’m sure I’ve spilled or dropped things behind appliances where I can’t clean. Seems like a thing that happens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is hilarious. I expected damage from a meth lab or something. Sticky stuff inside an oven… you’re not cut out for this. Perhaps invest in index funds.

I also laughed. Landlord should rxpevt.t9 be sued if she's withholding a security deposit over a sticky oven or something spilled in the fridge. JFC.

[Anonymous]

So the "property damage that cannot be recouped" consists of "sticky spills" behind appliances, food crumbs behind and inside appliances, "sticky liquid" inside the refrigerator, and some dead roaches?

Get over yourself, OP. This is all normal wear and tear that the tenant can't be expected to clean for you. Familiarize yourself with the concept of "broom clean" and get used to the idea that as a landlord, you're going to have to do some deep cleaning between tenants.

If I were your former tenant and you tried to withhold my deposit over this, I'd take you to small claims court. And I'd win.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just an FYI for those of you considering becoming landlords around here, and for filthy tenants.

I just had a family move out of one of my properties due to lease non-renewal. I had seen enough damage done to the property while they lived there that it wasn’t worth the rental income. I do quarterly walkthroughs.

I pulled all of the appliances out of the kitchen and found multiple sticky spills that were never cleaned and some type of food crumbs behind and inside of all of the appliances. The oven was such a mess that I had to throw it out. The sticky liquid and crumbs had fallen where they could not be cleaned safely. The interior of the refrigerator was filled with a sticky liquid that they had tried to clean but it had already seeped into the seams of the shelves so they had to be thrown out.

I also found dead roaches in these areas. The property had been treated which is why they were dead.

Tenants- your filth is your problem, not your property manager’s. This place is more disgusting than a frat house.

I'm a landlord, too, and you've got to be kidding me.

Some crumbs??

Sticky spots (that they even tried to clean?!?)

A few roaches behind appliances??

How old was the stove you had to throw away in the first place?

How on earth did you not recoup your money from their deposit?

You definitely aren't cut out to be a landlord.

This sounds like troll bait to me and if it's not, you should get out of the landlord business and get into AirBnB's.

Short term rentals are far more appropriate for someone with such ridiculously high expectations and overwhelming control issues.

BTW, don't bring this to court, the judge will laugh you out of the courtroom.

Signed,
Landlord of 18 years.

Nah. There’s no way in hail I’m staying in an Airbnb with roaches

So, you struggle with reading comprehension?

The roaches were a BEHIND the appliances, how the he|| would you know they were there?

And OP said they were from the tenant, so wouldn't you think they'd fix the issue before renting it out again?

How do people like you get by without hurting yourself?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't get past "quarterly walk-throughs." I rented for years and no landlord ever required this. If you need that level of control, you're not cut out to be a landlord.

Same. If a landlord asked to walk-through my apartment ever three months, I'd tell them to F off.

Most landlords don't but your lease might allow it. It could also be to your benefit because the landlord might know about problems in the property that show signs of re-emerging and save your the bother of having to move out if an icemaker line breaks and floods the apartment or a recurring electrical issue. If something occurs and you would not allow the landlord the property, the insurance carriers may put the blame on you for not following the lease. BTDT

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

[Anonymous]

I was expecting something more interesting.

[Anonymous]

I have literally been greeted by five neighbors who thanked me for getting these tenants out of this place. They don’t miss Roachfest either. I’m not exactly sure why, but I can imagine…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have had Section 8 tenants (all of them) who are cleaner than this, and that is because in order to receive government housing assistance, they agree to regular visits with a social worker (or similar) as well as a property inspector funded by the local jurisdiction who visits unannounced regularly.

Op said they were inspecting quarterly...

Something about this doesn't add up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have had Section 8 tenants (all of them) who are cleaner than this, and that is because in order to receive government housing assistance, they agree to regular visits with a social worker (or similar) as well as a property inspector funded by the local jurisdiction who visits unannounced regularly.

Op said they were inspecting quarterly...

Something about this doesn't add up

You really like this thread, don’t you?

The roaches are gone. I had the exterminator back after I had the cleaning crew back to clean behind the appliances.

Place is still not able to be rented. I’m waiting on delivery of replacement parts for breakages.

That’s life with crappy tenants. These pigs were the fifth ones in this particular property and the only ones to leave it uninhabitable. Without government oversight, it’s a risk. Up goes the security deposit and the rent for the next time it goes up for rental.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have had Section 8 tenants (all of them) who are cleaner than this, and that is because in order to receive government housing assistance, they agree to regular visits with a social worker (or similar) as well as a property inspector funded by the local jurisdiction who visits unannounced regularly.

Op said they were inspecting quarterly...

Something about this doesn't add up

You really like this thread, don’t you?

The roaches are gone. I had the exterminator back after I had the cleaning crew back to clean behind the appliances.

Place is still not able to be rented. I’m waiting on delivery of replacement parts for breakages.

That’s life with crappy tenants. These pigs were the fifth ones in this particular property and the only ones to leave it uninhabitable. Without government oversight, it’s a risk. Up goes the security deposit and the rent for the next time it goes up for rental.

Ok, and if the market will bear it, you’ll get your increased rent and security deposit. Congrats!

[Anonymous]

I have one for you OP. I'm renting a TH that seems to have a lot of deferred maintence issues. It's managed by a property company. The washer died on us (it was very old, trust me) and it took a week (that's five days of not being able to do laundry with a family of four) to get owner approval to buy a new washer and schedule to have it installed. I spent my afternoons (and lots of quarters) at the local laundromat.

The latest one that I'm still dealing with is a clogged pipe somewhere in the TH so that whenever we flushed a toilet, dirty shit water came up through a drain hole in the basement and flooded it. We literally had three inches of fecal water. It's taken six days to get owner permission to get a plumber out to find the clog (because we are not owners we could not schedule our own plumber) and fix it. That's six days of not being able to flush a toilet (or deal with shit water in the basement), take a shower (again, the water came into the basement), do laundry, wash dishes, or do laundry. We have tried out best to clean the water mess but it's disgusting.

So not all tenants are bad -- we were homeowners so we had the shop vac and snake to try to figure out the plumbing on our own but it was beyond our expertise.

There are some really awful landlords as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have one for you OP. I'm renting a TH that seems to have a lot of deferred maintence issues. It's managed by a property company. The washer died on us (it was very old, trust me) and it took a week (that's five days of not being able to do laundry with a family of four) to get owner approval to buy a new washer and schedule to have it installed. I spent my afternoons (and lots of quarters) at the local laundromat.

The latest one that I'm still dealing with is a clogged pipe somewhere in the TH so that whenever we flushed a toilet, dirty shit water came up through a drain hole in the basement and flooded it. We literally had three inches of fecal water. It's taken six days to get owner permission to get a plumber out to find the clog (because we are not owners we could not schedule our own plumber) and fix it. That's six days of not being able to flush a toilet (or deal with shit water in the basement), take a shower (again, the water came into the basement), do laundry, wash dishes, or do laundry. We have tried out best to clean the water mess but it's disgusting.

So not all tenants are bad -- we were homeowners so we had the shop vac and snake to try to figure out the plumbing on our own but it was beyond our expertise.

There are some really awful landlords as well.

True. Most tenants do report plumbing issues and follow their leases in my experience. I’ve managed about 50 homes in my career. I don’t own them all. The management company should have arranged the repairs as quickly as possible. Depending on where you live, it can take a few days to get a plumber to come out. I’m glad your repairs were made. We managers do try to spot obvious problems during inspections but it’s tough to notice everything on walk through esp. when prior tenants lie or don’t disclose damage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have had Section 8 tenants (all of them) who are cleaner than this, and that is because in order to receive government housing assistance, they agree to regular visits with a social worker (or similar) as well as a property inspector funded by the local jurisdiction who visits unannounced regularly.

Op said they were inspecting quarterly...

Something about this doesn't add up

You really like this thread, don’t you?

The roaches are gone. I had the exterminator back after I had the cleaning crew back to clean behind the appliances.

Place is still not able to be rented. I’m waiting on delivery of replacement parts for breakages.

That’s life with crappy tenants. These pigs were the fifth ones in this particular property and the only ones to leave it uninhabitable. Without government oversight, it’s a risk. Up goes the security deposit and the rent for the next time it goes up for rental.

That was literally my only comment in this whole thread, you overreactive, hotheaded freak!

Congratulations on your 4 other just-fine tenants. Surprisingly good odds for a neurotic slumlord. And what's with the continually shifting information? You wrote a whole post whinging about how the place was left dirty. Now you're "waiting on replacement parts for breakages"?

I think you're rather disgusting yourself, pig. You're in the wrong business, and I'm sad for anyone who rents from your micromanaging (but not actually property-managing) ass.