So, you’re leaving in a couple of months and I have to find someone to replace you. Would it kill you to make the place look good so I can have someone to rent out to when you leave?! When the place is a cluttered mess, potential tenants are turned off and will likely not take it. I’ve told you before I even brought the first person in to look at it to clean it up. All you did was wash a couple of counters and sweep and mop. I was so ashamed to bring people in this week. You had bags of books sitting in the hallway, empty boxes and reusable grocery bags in the corner of the kitchen, and the fridge was full of messy shit. Your bathroom was clean but you had hair and makeup products taking up the entire vanity. I don’t want to hear your excuses—I don’t give a fuck that the place is too small to store all your reusable bags and books and boxes you say you’ll lose later. Don’t bitch to me about there not being a decent closet. I don’t care what you do, get rid of this shit… leave it at a friend’s or something, whatever, just keep it outta here! I warned you of my dissatisfaction with the state you’re keeping the place in, so fix it up. But hey, what the fuck do you care? It’s not YOUR responsibility to get a replacement for yourself… it’s someone else’s. But you know what, judging by your lousy housekeeping abilities you won’t be getting your damage deposit back! — Embarrassed Landlord Running Outta Patience
This article appears in Jun 9-15, 2011.
Thats why renting sucks, douchebag landlords that threaten to withhold damage deposits for illegitimate reasons. If I knew you were going to withold my damage deposit because my place wasn’t ‘tidy’ I’d make sure you had a legit reason for fucking me out of it before I left.
You can’t withhold someone’s damage deposit simply because you do not like their (lack of) housekeeping skills. To withhold a damage deposit you have to prove there was DAMAGE that was caused by NEGLIGENCE. Normal everyday wear and tear does not constitute negligent damage.
Dear OP.
You are a fucking dick!
It is the tenants right to keep their apartment anyway they want as long as it does not violate health and safety standards. Clutter is not dirt, make up on a counter “Get fucking serious”.
Yeah I’m sure the tenant is regularly cleaning the areas under their clutter. If I went to look at an apartment and there was clutter and crap everywhere, I wouldn’t take it. The fact that someone can’t be bothered to keep their place clean says a lot about them. I bet they’ve never owned any kind of cleaning product. I had to live with a slob of a brother for the majority of my life, there is no way I would pay to live in some place where the previous tenant couldn’t be bothered to do anything.
OMFG, OP, you are a weeping herpes sore.
If your tenant wants to keep clutter in their apartment, they can do so. They pay you money to live there, not to dictate how they live their lives.
Your bitch is the biggest piece of shit I’ve ever read and you are the biggest piece of shit who’s ever written a bitch. You can’t withold their damage deposit either if they leave the apartment in decent shape.
I wasn’t aware my landlord could come into my apartment and tell me whether or not I can put my hair and make up products on my vanity in my bathroom. Oh wait! I wasn’t aware of it because THEY CAN’T DO IT. Pretty sure that’s the same as harrassment which is kinda against the residential tenancies act, you used asswipe.
I had to get a window pane replaced in my bedroom because of a pressure crack and when they came to look at the window, I had just gotten home from a trip and my suitcases looked like they had vomited all over my room and guess what? My super said NOTHING about it because HAY, it’s none of his business because HAY I wasn’t damaging anything! Cluttered? Yes. Damaged room? No.
Whomever above (I’m too lazy to scroll up) said that if they knew their landlord was going to take their damage deposit for absolutely no reason would give them a reason to before they left… well me too — i wouldn’t bother going to small claims to get it back (because I could, you know!), I’d buy NGF an XXL donair with extra onions and then get him to take a big dump on the carpet over in the corner and get someone with a scat fetish to rub it in to the carpet.
But not before I’d smash some light fixtures, bathroom tiles and put a few holes in the kitchen cabinets and walls.
And you’d deserve all of it.
Do the world a favor and either impale your ass on a big pointy stick or at the very least, get out of the landlord business and go back to the gutter you came from.
You flaming piece of excrement.
Not only should your tenant get their deposit back. Under the tennancies act they are supposed to get it back with interest. Stay classy landlord.
good grief miss kitty. feeling better? http://www.dangerousminds.net/images/uploa…
LOL, sorry miss bread lady. This bitch really REALLY pissed me off.
The OP is nothing more than a used piece of ass wipe and reminds me of the landlord a friend of a friend had who used to turn the utilities off when he felt they were using too much of them. Hay, maybe it’s the same asshat!
as is the case too often o.p., having fucking pigs living in your units. where i am, it’s fairly neat and tidy, and clean. i like it that way. sre it gets messy every so often, but nothing that 15 minutes won’t take care of.
I might be in the minority here, but I think this is a mostly valid bitch. If the landlord is showing the apartment to potential tenants, then the current tenant should make an effort to make the place look neat & tidy. I think withholding the damage deposit is a bit much, but I agree with the general sentiment.
i have to agree with OSC, there is a general understanding that when you are moving out of an apt, you generally keep the place in a much cleaner/neater state than you might otherwise so the landlord can show the place. yeah it may be an inconvenience for some people, but that’s part of the renting process… if you were trying to sell your house you would do the same thing.
Personally i keep my place immaculate, ive been told by dates that my apt looked like it was out of a magazine and they seemed genuinely disconcerted by the neatness (not OCD lol) of the place and the lack of shoes and clothes and junk spread around.
I agree with you too b195. The subject of the bitch deserves a bit of wrath too, PK. There’s no reason that the apartment should be kept in such a state of untidy and uncleanliness as to prevent the landlord from renting it.
You can’t hold onto a damage deposit for it being messy, but you can if he needs to do a lot of work to have it cleaned/fixed up because a tenant moved out and made it disgusting.
Anyway. OP needed to vent and this is certainly the place for it!
i wanted to use that picture pk, it looks like our cat
Fuck off OP. You’re out of line of this one. If I was your tenant we probably would have had a physical altercation. A couple of boxes and plastic bags? A box of books sitting in the hallway? THEY’RE MOVING YOU FUCKWAD! And I can see why! I wouldn’t want to live in a building with a douche bag landlord either, maybe the potential tenants just don’t like you, I mean, you are an asshole.
They swept and mopped, and they are storing their possessions in their home. If there is nowhere else to put their shit they are going to put it wherever they want because they pay you for the privilege to do so.
You would’ve had to call the police on me. I wish to fuck a landlord would say some shit like that to me. I fucking wish.
I see assumptions happening here.
Fact is even if you pay for it it doesn’t give you the right to dump on it. Sorry.
Wow.
A bag of books!! SO MESSY!! They often harbour bacteria. Seriously dude, pay for her to put her stuff in storage if you have an issue – she is paying for the apartment to keep stuff there!! Get a grip!!
Agree with the OB. In my line of work, I have been to too many pig sties. As for the Damage Deposit, I doubt it will cover the cost of getting the unit clean and ready for the next tenant. A tenant cannot live “anyway they choose”.
Here is the relevant part of the Tanancy Act:
4. Obligation of the Tenant – The tenant is responsible for the ordinary cleanliness of the interior of the premises and for the repair of damage caused by wilful or negligent act of the tenant or of any person whom the tenant permits on the premises.
So keep your sties clean.
No Donk, no assumptions here, we’re drawing directly from the OP’s bitch. I’m sure if the place were that dirty he would have more to complain about than a box of books in hallway and some boxes and reusable bags in the kitchen. He even says “You cleaned the bathroom but left your hair and make up products everywhere” I’m sorry but the court of TommyJules902 finds OP guilty of being a little pansy ass bitch.
OP can file an appeal.
Bro Tim –
Cleanliness and clutter are two different things.
“I’m sorry but the court of TommyJules902…” … Y U so dramatic!
http://wtfcontent.com/img/130200461011.jpg
Heh heh heh
Because if I was the subject of this bitch I’d be heated. OP got a lot of nerve. I’m sure he doesn’t mind taking their rent every month, now he wants to get mad over some boxes.
I can’t see what you posted 🙁 lol the court thing was a joke it was supposed to make you lol! I’ll try harder next time. I’m gonna work on some new material over the weekend 😛
OB is a retard. Clutter is not the same as unsanitary conditions. As it’s been said, they are moving, there’s some clutter to be expected. Maybe the unit is just not that desirable in the first place. I know when I go too look at apartments I don’t pay a shred of attention to the current tenants belongings/mess.
Also, tommy jules, did you go to CATAC. If so, this is mike from your class.
hahahah what’s up Mike buddy how ya been?
well this is neat. what’s catac tommy?
Ok I wait for new material, lulz.
& it was a dramatic cat gazing into the distance.
lol I’ll try not to disappoint you next time.
the boy looked into that school and put the kibosh on it. guess he made the right choice
And one more thing. He looked in their fridge? That motherfucker wouldn’t have made it to the bathroom if it was my apartment. What a nosy POS. You better hope I never rent from you OP. I’d give you an attitude adjustment with the SWIFTNESS… can I get a witness. lol I like rhyming
Yeah PG, those places are all yes yes yes until they get your money and it’s all no no no no no. They started breaching our contract on the FIRST day of class. That should have been the warning sign. 2 years and 20 g’s later I wished I would have gone with my gut. At least I met some cool people. If your son is interested in making a living in the recording, film, post production or animation industries, tell him to look outside of the Maritimes, or invest the money in the computers and gear himself. A piece of paper means very little to a studio owner and that’s coming from my teacher, who is also a successful producer/engineer and co owns Sonic Temple, which won an ECMA a couple years ago for best studio.
It seems like a really great program but they don’t care about anything but money. I could have learned a lot more for a lot less money.
Jesus Christ, chill the fuck out people.
Yeah the landlord looked in the fridge – probably because prospective tenants asked to see it or maybe he just wanted to show it. It doesn’t matter, it’s technically his (landlord’s) property and how much space/layout of a fridge is important to some people.
Still, OB can’t withhold the damage deposit for this but it’s common courtesy to tidy the place up if the landlord’s showing it.
It sounds like the tenant cleaned the place but just didn’t remove the clutter. Guess the OB should have specifically asked if the tenant could move the clutter temporarily.
Really irritating to have to spell it out to current tenant, but c’est la vie. Some people have different opinions on what “clean” means.
Like I said, if it was THAT dirty, OP would have more to complain about than what they mentioned in this bitch. If the bathroom and kitchen were really grimy I’d be on his side but they swept, mopped and cleaned the bathroom, wtf more do they want? Fuck you OP
I have NEVER gone into a place to view it and had it be as clean as I keep my place. It’s ALWAYS dirty, and I ALWAYS leave it cleaner than I found it. Sucks, but I’ve gotten used to the fact that a good majority of the people don’t like to be as clean as me.
Clutter and cleanliness are different, and if there is no room to put anything in a tiny apartment, wtf is the tenant supposed to do? The option to bring their belongings to a friend’s house is ridiculous. Put it in storage boxes? If you’re complaining about grocery bags on the floor, my guess is that boxes would piss you off too.
From your standpoint- I DO understand the frustration of trying to get your job done. It would indeed be nice if people made more of an effort, just out of consideration… but it’s not a requirement, so if it’s that bothersome, perhaps it isn’t the line of work for you.
I once owned a house in Yarmouth that I rented, and later needed to kick the guy out. He had animals crapping in the house, the lawn was covered in dog shit bags, and the back deck had probably twenty bags of garbage. It stunk. It was REALLLLLLY frustrating trying to show the place like that. So I feel your pain. But there’s not much that you can do about it.
My boyfriend and I went to view an apartment a few months ago and when the landlord knocked on the door you could hear all kinds of scrambling going on, well we went in and it was DISGUSTING looked like something out of boarders grime and crap and loose garbage moldy dishes overturned ashtrays napkins fast roof bags and cups EVERYWHERE we had to kick a path through it, I gagged the only clean spot was the bath tub because the filthy MF probably never used it. Turned out he was hiding in the bedroom closet. We didn’t take it 😉 also that was the first time we’d ever been shown an apartment with the tenant still there and yes most places are dirty when you move in anyway our flat had buckets of mold growing in the windows…
Hoarders*
OP if I were your tenant and you tried withholding my DD I would have no qualms roughing you up with your own walking stick a little bit. Or a sack of oranges as they’d leave no mark.
You better watch out landlord or they may take you to the tenancy board!!!’ for being mean and offensive!!
Just evict them. The place sounds unfit based on what the tenant has done to it. Throw their fucking ass on the street.
OP: Lame.
Your tenant(s) has fulfilled their obligations by staying until the end of their lease. They do not “owe” you a renewal, or anything else for that matter. I’d be seriously annoyed if I had to deal with strange people being paraded through the place that I lived for *months*, disrupting my life & plans. They are paying to live there, and they are paying for their stuff to be there. Some bags, a stack of books and a messy fridge is hardly something to withhold a damage deposit over.
Wow.
Clutter in the bathroom? That means there’s not enough storage to put the shit away. And, on a side note, if your tenants are reading this, the best way to get your damage deposit back is to pay only 1/2 month’s rent on the last month of your lease.
Ah the classic Halifax landlord “spiteful” damage deposit theft.
“the best way to get your damage deposit back is to pay only 1/2 month’s rent on the last month of your lease.”
I guess you’re not interested in the interest accumulated.
I get landlord wants to show the place and whats to show it in its best light.
What landlord also need to take into consideration is when packing the contents of one’s apartment up to move it often becomes a bigger mess while the tenant tries to organize and pack. I just recently moved. My place looked like a tornado whipped through it while I was trying to pack. The place was clean otherwise, I just had stuff everywhere trying to get the contents of my life into suitcases and boxes.
Also, if you’re noticing the place is clean but there is a lot of stuff “lying around” you may want to consider adding additional storage to the unit to give tenants more room to store the clutter.
*whats = wants.
Its early. I’m not caffeinated yet.
I agree with the sentiment here, don’t get me wrong — whenever my apartment was being showen to new tenants I’ve always made sure the place was spotless (my apartment’s clean to begin with — I might be a clean freak, but I’d rather that than live in a dirty hole). All I’ve ever really had to do was tidy up a bit and make sure all the dishes were in the dishwasher and the laundry was put away. And when there was moving box clutter the first time around we explained and the new tenants said they didn’t mind because their place looked like that at the moment too (i.e.: in the middle of moving HELL).
But, it’s the attitude of the landlord here that has me branding him a piece of used toilet paper.
They CAN take the cost of a professional cleaning out of your damage deposit (just like they can hold some back for carpet cleaning if you have a pet) — most will put this into their lease agreement, which is fine, but the state of the apartment when the tenant lives there and when they vacate can be two completely different things.
And, IIRC: don’t you have to give 24 hours notice to enter a tenant’s apartment? I remember when we were in the process of moving and our super wanted to show our place they always asked our permission when people would ‘drop in.’ We were accommodating and they always thanked us because we didn’t HAVE to let them in, I’m pretty sure.
Finally, sometimes people have a lot of stuff for a variety of reasons and their apartment is too small for it not to look cluttered. OP states that the tenants aren’t renewing their lease: probably because the apartment is too small. When my parents went from a decent sized house to an apartment they had to get rid of A LOT of stuff and even then had to move WAY too much stuff in here while sifting through and paring down their stuff and when they moved into my apartment while waiting for their three bedroom unit, my apartment looked like a scene from hoarders (not really, but uncluttered ol’ me felt like she was living in an episode of it).
And the very fact that OP’s all “bathroom was clean but there was too many hair products on the counter!!!” just sealed the deal for me. Cock sucking piece of used ass wipe.
All you fuckers should know the landlord reserves the right to who they rent to. And we do talk. So keep it up we’ll all rent to seniors and blacklist the lot of you entitled whiney little fuckers! Don’t you have a riot you should be starting or some naked bike ride to attend?