30 Upsetting Times When Tenants Had To Deal With The Horrible Conditions Their Landlords Left Them In Will Leave You Speechless
It's simply different when you own the property, as you can ensure it is in great condition and isn't dangerous to reside in.
Some landlords turn a simple rental into a daily headache, and the people living there are the ones left dealing with the mess. From broken showers to mold, pests, and ceilings that look ready to cave in, these stories show just how bad a home can get when nobody steps up.
The examples below come from tenants and guests who kept running into the same problem, a landlord who would not fix what clearly needed attention. In some cases, the complaints were ignored, and in others, the conditions got worse before anyone finally paid attention.
By the end, it is hard not to wonder how many of these places were ever fit to live in at all.
1. Landlord didn't like how he was spoken to
mirandalang2. And my landlord will say that there's nothing wrong with the shower
Cheddar183. When your landlord refuses to handle bathroom dampness properly
Renegade_Phylosopher
That shower issue clearly was not going away on its own.
4. The struggles of a tenant
RhysRHarper
5. A $1950/month shower falls apart, and calls to maintenance proved abortive
severelyhersublime
6. A rat eating through a fridge
dinorwicport
That is the kind of problem nobody wants to discover at home.
7. My first experience using an Airbnb
Decyoo
8. Landlord denies our maintenance request
clichecuddlefish
9. Now check this one out
TheBatChef
10. You can imagine this scenario
ShartiTheClown
11. What the heck!
AndyKCoates
12. My Airbnb has a mushroom growing on the bathroom door
sipicup
That bathroom had clearly crossed into nightmare territory.
And if you think the shower and dampness were bad, check out the AITA case where a landlord-tenant asked friends to leave, and they ended up homeless.
13. Where can I vent my frustrations, please?
mapperry
14. What I have to do to get things fixed
RentingLondon
15. Purchased bed bug homes from an Airbnb stay
luffykintail
16. Who do we lay complaints to?
MisterABK
17. These landlords are just going beyond extreme
Culture_Katy
18. We really need help
CaliforniaJen1
19. The landlord gave us the cleaner on the right after we complained about the dirty sponge on the left
ProblemSelect222
That replacement did not exactly inspire confidence.
20. The current state of my ceiling
Mikey_W_Cat
21. Just take a look at the pitiable state of this house
kardashoon
22. My door lock for the past 3 nights
SaaS_ERP_HCM
23. These landlords are daredevils
davidowenauthor
24. My Airbnb has this toilet seat
Herbert9000
25. The state of my room
francescaa_96
26. We live in nature's domain
llamasareright
27. Take a look at this private terrace
_mattswildlife
28. Another quality student let
sam_t97
29. Fixed it after I moved out
siandocksey
30. Google that for me
ljwaltje
These issues ought to be fixed by the landlord, regardless of whether they aren't legally required to, as it's their property. It would be unfair to place that burden on the tenant since they won't reside there forever. Besides, tenants often pay a significant amount to be able to live there, so it is reasonable to expect that money should be used to make their homes comfortable.
Still steaming about landlord excuses? See a tenant refusing to split luxury-apartment rent equally after flatmates upgraded.
