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This Online Group Is Dedicated To Shaming Greedy And Delusional Landlords, And Here Are Their 40 Best Posts
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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Be Aware Of Your Rights, Everybody
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.”
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
Landlord Would Like Picture Proof The Hot Water Isn’t Working
what kind of photo did you expect? One where you can feel what temperature it is through the screen?
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.”
Landlords Are Among The Worst People Ever To Exist
Get that f ing landlord look at those little boys in the face and tell them what he did to their daddy!!
Imagine Paying For Someone’s Negligence
Mask Off
My Landlord Told Me He’d Pressure Wash My Deck
Wall Of Shame
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.
Landlords Don't Deserve Rights
Won’t Anybody Think Of The Poor, Unfortunate L A N D L O R D S ?!
Why is being a landlord not a job? You have to maintain the property, collect rent, advertise vacancies, field inquiries and tenant issues, etc. I've never heard someone say that being a landlord isn't a job, but apparently this is a common thought. My WWII vet grandfather owned a few apartments. You better believe he treated that as a job.
Are You Sure?
In the US, you pay for a mold expert to come in, then they bill your landlord for their services after notifying the state licensing/etc. people that the properties are unsafe. There are mold expderts who will not charge *you* at all. I found one once.
This Is How The Landlord Fixed The Leaky Ceiling
My Landlord Is Super Serious About Fire Safety
In What Reality Is This Normal?
It's not .... mass rent refusal, then boycott and protest to stop others being snagged in the same trap !!
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.
I'm Pretty Sure This Is Illegal
It’s Almost Like What’s Bad For Landlords Is Good For Everyone Else
"Landlords Provide A Service, You Should Feel Lucky!"
Landlord Commits A Federal Crime To Try And Get Rent
When Landlords Can't Legally Evict, They'll Do Whatever They Can To Get You To Self-Evict
Christians Love Abandoning Their Morals When It Comes To C A P I T A L
People don't seem to understand, that even though they got out of paying rent for X amount of months, the landlord still has to pay the mortgage to the bank, otherwise the property will be foreclosed on. The landlord then loses the property, and the tenant still ends up out on the street. And generally that rental income is what is paying the mortgage.
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
NYC Landlords Like
Paint Job
Most Leeches Are Morally Bankrupt But Trump Really Takes The Cake
we all know that Trump has no regard for anyone else. Glad that he is no longer president and I am not American.
Landlord Left A Note Saying That We Need To Be Prepared For Tours From 8:00am-8:00pm For Two Weeks
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
Its -40 and he's turning the heating DOWN? that's not even being a d**k, that's being borderline criminal.
Landlords Response To Coronavirus. Had A Fever, Sore Throat, Cough, All The Symptoms And He Simply Disregards
Even Though His Tenants Didn't Pay Rent, This Generous Landlord Helped Them Move Out
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
Any Tips On Making A Couple Homeless Before Christmas
Landlords Grow Rich In Their Sleep
he did't have more money... the value of his property has increase... so his TAXES as well... i understand this one to be angry but he need to understand the economics. if my house value raise so do my taxes for my house. yeah i could make more money IF i sell it but for now, the same house cost me more money to live in.
A Rodent Died Under Our Sunroom This Winter And Stunk Up The House. This Was My Landlord's Answer To Fixing The Smell
That's One Way To Install It
Room Temperature Is A Privilege
Landlord Brings Jesus Into The Conversation
“To the Levites I have given every tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service that they do, their service in the tent of meeting" Not very Christian of the landlord.
How My Landlord Handled A Nest Of Spiders In The Closet Of The Apartment I Used To Rent
It's Rape, Dont Call It Anything Else
For those defending the trash: Sex requires informed and willing consent. By having the option of being homeless or sleeping with your landlord, though you are making an informed decision to not be homeless, you are being coerced into doing the act, and thus not willing, which withdraws the consent, making it rape.
Petty
Our Landlord Just Parked This Out Front... Time To Start Apartment Hunting
But Without Landlords How Will You Get Your Shelter?
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
Landlord Put This Up Cuz The Neighborhoods Won't Stop Selling Meth
When Your Landlord Insists On Showing Your Unit Without Warning During A Global Pandemic
At A Stoplight Near Denver
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
Just Found Out About Landlords… That Sucks
This Makes Me Livid. This Greedy Landlord Cheaply And Illegally Installed A Jury Rigged Gas Line And Killed Two People
Landlord Said Neighbors Are Quiet
This Is My Landlords Response To A Simple Text. No Previous Convo Nothing What You See Is What You Get
Gotta Love Landlords, Am I Right?
Landlord Doesn't Take Onlyfans Money, How Noble
Sympathy Seeking Landlord Is Def The A-Hole
I think context is needed here. "AITA for giving a negative reference to a tenant who trashed my home, refused to pay rent for 7 months and smeared sh1t up the wall as she was finally evicted?". Or "AITA for giving a negative reference to a perfectly lovely tenant who always paid her rent on time, but I wanted to increase my income so she's looking for somewhere else to stay and I'm bitter about the dent to my wallet".
His Hands Are Like Gelatin Desserts
Being a landlord is work. Often a full time job. If you own rental units and don't want to bothered, you can hire someone to manage it for you. You will have to pay them, because of the multitude of tasks required to provide legal housing. Ya know, the stuff you complained about on this post. Fix plumbing problems TODAY, is just one example. Years ago my ex and I owned rental property. We were living almost paycheck to paycheck. Just two months without receiving rent would take every penny we had. Three months, we would lose the property. Then what? If rent can't be paid, someone will get the financial hit. No evictions --- it is the landlord, not all of them are rich.
Landlord Values Their Tenant's Safety
Big Brain Moment. "Without Landlords, Houses And Homes Wouldn't Exist!!1"
Landlord Says The Damp/Mould Isn't An Issue And I'm Imagining It. Asthma Has Entered The Chat
Here Is A Landlord Evicting A Paramedic In The Middle Of A Global Pandemic Literally Because He Works In The Nhs
Who Needs A Warm Dry House When You Can Rent An Outside Porch In Wellington For 130 A Week
How Insanely Illegal... Hope He Faces Consequences
This Landlord Got Their Money
Please Blind React To This Leech Moment
Get A Real Job
"Ok. Then im tearing down the building, and selling the land :) Have fun." Now what?
Gulag For 1000 Years
And you'd probably find you scored lower than the benchmark you set.
Fab Dude
It’s The Little Things
The Landlord Writes A Cutesy Speech, We Won’t Pay Rent You Leech
Landlords are crafty, Landlord are mean, When things need fixing, They are unseen. They take your money, but think they own you too. I hope they die lonely, cold and on the latrine.
Landlord Wants You To Pay Rent And Fix The House All On Your Dime
So My Landlord Fixed The Leak In The Roof
A Worldwide Pandemic The Likes Of Which We Have Not Seen In A Century: Business As Usual
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
Decided To Check My Carbon Monoxide Detector Today
Found This Note In My Mailbox From My Landlord Today. Too Awesome Not To Share!
It's A Big Tent
It doesn't mean that the bill is theirs and they wrote on it. Money is always in circulation. It was probably used and owned by dozens of people before it ended up in the landlord's hands. Landlord is just dumb here
Moved Into A New House. Landlord Said Water The Lawn, We Left You A Hose
Happy Holidays
Landlord Allows Tenant To Steal From Recently Evicted Neighbour
On The Post Regarding A Mother With Two Infants Getting Evicted
The Landlords Have Officially Lost Their Minds
Gee, Maybe If There Weren't Landlords Hoarding Houses They Can't Afford
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My Landlord Encouraged Me To Look Into My Tenant Rights, So I Did!
How does it work in Ontario when a tenant wrecks the place? Does it have to go to small-claims court every time?
Homeless Right Before Christmas! What Do You Make Of That?
Landlord Shares Update On Building Maintenance And Thoughts On Morning Sex
If the landlord has these sensibilities they should have specified them in the tenancy agreement before the tenant moved in. The tenant has a right to a private life in their own home without interference from the landlord.
Just Moved Into A New Home And Found Where The Landlord Patched The Carpet
I had a tenant move in, and demand that the carpet be replaced because "it smelled" Whatever. I had it done because it was on the older side and the installation wasn't that great. They proceeded to live there one year and absolutely ruin the new carpet in several places. If there wasn't money in their security deposit to replace it, I probably would have done this too.
Perhaps You Should Spend Less Money On Lattes And Avocado Toast
Shout Out To Our Landlord For Never Fixing The Water Damage Caused By Our Upstairs Neighbor's Ac Unit 2 Months Ago
I'm not trying to defend the landlord, but my experience with 12x12 glue-up ceiling tiles tells me that they do not want to open that massive can of worms.
I Was Forced To Charge You More Because Everyone Else Is Doing It
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
Landlord Replaced The Air Filter Today
That's definitely their problem, because the risk is damage to the equipment that they own...
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
Wut?! That will just flood the bathroom floor and make worse problems for all. Ridiculously short sighted.
“We Don’t Get Unemployment” Yes You Do That’s Just Called Rent
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Landlord Loves To Burn His Trash ,it's Within 25 Feet Of His House
Where Would People Live If I Didn't Own Their Homes?
So I Come Home Early From Work And Find The Landlord Did This To Save On Electricity. (Utilities Are Included In Rent)
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
Hahaha (Breath) Ahahahahha
No, pretty sure the Roman Empire collapsed due to being sacked by goths.
My Previous Landlord Complaining About The Price Of A Stamp She Doesn’t Need To Buy
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
Hannibal Fighting Rent-Control And Telling People To Donate To A Landlord's Association
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
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?
Moved Into A New Apartment. I'm Positive My Landlord Hired A 6-Year-Old To Make My Kitchen Cabinets
Made The Mistake Of Checking Out R/Landlords To See If It’s As Bad As I Expected. It’s Worse
Must Have Worn Your Heels To The Bone Working So Hard
Blaming A Politician For The Tenants He's Evicted And Plans To Evict
Blindsided Right Before Christmas To End Our 2020
Unfortunately that's how it works. When a building is sold, the new owner has the OPTION to honor existing leases. I don't really think that's right, but the law is the law.
So Our Landlord Hired A 5-Year-Old To Paint Our Windows
The Porch My Landlord Put Off Fixing For Two Months
Lettings Agent Still Wants To Send A Photographer Into My Home Despite Being Bubbled With My 70 Year Old Mum
I Had To Finish My Landlords Job
We Know These Are Hard Times... So We’ll Incentivize Those Who Aren’t Struggling
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.
The worst part is knowing that in most cases the police or court will do nothing to protect the tenants. We live in a roten society.
Load More Replies...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.
Oh no, that doesn't sound good. In my country (Finland) it is rare for the tenant to damage anything, unless they are addicts etc. Even the house deep cleaning is done by the tenant when moving out!
Load More Replies...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.
The worst part is knowing that in most cases the police or court will do nothing to protect the tenants. We live in a roten society.
Load More Replies...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.
Oh no, that doesn't sound good. In my country (Finland) it is rare for the tenant to damage anything, unless they are addicts etc. Even the house deep cleaning is done by the tenant when moving out!
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