27 Terrible Times Landlords Tried And Failed Woefully In Their Attempts To "Fix" A House

For some people, it’s difficult to escape the fact that they have to rent a place to reside in. Tragically, finding an apartment to live in means having to deal with a landlord.

Sure, there are many landlords who are nice, helpful, and conscious of your protection and privacy. On the other hand, there are landlords whose bad actions tend to give the rest a terrible name. 

You can imagine renting an apartment only to find out that the air vent was actually attached to a wall. Or imagine waking up one beautiful morning only to discover that the paint on your apartment window sill is peeling, and it turns out to be marble that they whitewashed. 

Okay, how about I tell you that all these scenarios are actually what people have experienced at the hands of their respective landlords? Yup, I’m just as shocked as you are.

But then again, I’m sure some of you won’t be one bit surprised because you’ve gone through one or two of these situations. Well, people online have come out to show what their respective landlords did to their apartments in the guise of "fixing" things.

We’ve gathered some of these replies, so keep scrolling and get ready to be surprised. 

1. This not "exact" replacement tile

Nemesis9007

2. "Vent done, boss"

Antibiotik5

3. My landlord told me he’d pressure wash my deck...

TimeIsAnEllipsis

4. Landlord hung the microwave; this is as far as it opens before hitting the wall

etchasketch4u

5. "Please, do not cover your bathroom counter in cement. This has homeowner written all over it."

starvetheplatypus

6. "Just moved into my new apartment and saw this"

anderscandor

7. The landlord who slathered paint all over a light switch

reddit.com

8. "Just moved into a new home and found where the landlord patched the carpet."

bzzzimabee

9. "Landlord fixed my wobbly clothes rail; no handyman needed here"

p00pingp00ches

10. The landlord who leech paints over a roach

Hater-Bot

11. The landlord who installed a new cabinet

digital-lemonade

12. Why cut the door when you can cut the carpet instead? (Found in the new house basement.)

mattrowskayaks

13. "Our toilet seat broke, so the landlady sent us a new one and ignored our request for it to be square"

Cwawaf

14. The landlord who painted over a penny

LicenseToKill

15. "The paint on my apartment window sill is peeling. Turns out it's marble that they whitewashed"

Grabatreetron

16. My landlord gave us a new oven.

pleep-plop-pathetic

17. When your landlord has your safety as their number one priority

Twitter: @safrazie

18. The landlord who painted over a stained glass window

himneska

19. The landlord said the screws weren’t holding

blu3str

20. The landlord who decided to paint over tape

Doodleseatingdoodles

21. The landlord who chose to paint over a dang breaker

DYMAXIONman

22. "I like to consider myself a handyman. Gotta do what you gotta do to pass university dorm inspections."

9D6Official

23. "Seems like something a landlord would do (just saw it on IG; I don't know if it's real)"

devilsraspberries

24. "Landlords finally came through after three years and installed an extractor fan in our kitchen. Bonus! It extracts straight into the attic."

oom

25. "Somebody at the gym threw a medicine ball into the drywall. They fixed it by putting a vent grate over it."

oui-zzer

26. This is how the landlord fixed the leaky ceiling.

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27. The landlord who decided to give that spider a nice painting

MorganHarvester

There are certain landlords who don’t seem to stop amazing people with their so-called fixes. These pictures are the types that can make someone go check out their apartment all over again just to be sure that they didn’t miss anything.

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