If you own your own home, then consider yourself beyond lucky, beacuse millions of us have to deal with landlords who are constantly looking to skirt responsibility and cut corners whenever possible.
If you own your own home, then consider yourself beyond lucky, beacuse millions of us have to deal with landlords who are constantly looking to skirt responsibility and cut corners whenever possible.
Landlords, rightfully, take a lot of heat online (and in the real world) for their lack of helpfulness and an overwhelming sense of entitlement. Have you ever lived in an apartment where the landlord clearly didn't clean the walls before painting them? That's what we call the "landlord special."
And this collection of people living in rental purgatory know the struggle well. So be thankful that you own your own home beacuse when things go wrong you only have yourself to blame.
1
“Found this camera in my vacation rental.”
2
“Multiple outlets in the new house I’m renting don’t let you plug anything in.”
3
“I want a refund for this rental.”
4
“I tried opening the vent for some a/c at the rental I’m staying at on vacation. It seems that the wife and I are victims of the good ol’ landlord special.”
5
“The 6 air ‘fresheners’ I was able to find in our rental. I know there’s more I can’t find. When I opened the door the smell almost gagged me.”
6
“None of the kitchen cabinets in our rental fully close.”
7
“The iron at my rental I just checked into. Have to leave for a wedding in 45 minutes, so will probably be wrinkly.”
8
“The ‘mattress’ at my rental apartment.”
9
“The third bedroom at our rental apartment, that’s selling for $700K. ‘This bedroom has an oven in it!’”
10
“The bathroom in my rental in Helsinki, Finland. On the bright side, I could potentially brush my teeth, shower, and drop a number 2 at the same time.”
11
“Electricity plugs at the house I rented”
12
“The floor in my bathroom of our rental house came up within 4 days of living there.”
13
“The toilet paper at our $3,000-per-week rented place”
14
“The mirror at this rental house is placed too low to see myself without hunching.”
15
“Camping site rent house. How can you think this would be good placement? Bonked my head 3 times last night.”
16
“A friend just send this picture to me saying, “Rent advertisements in Berlin be like ‘build-in kitchen.’”
17
“My landlord took away the bed and mattress that were provided in the ‘furnished’ rental and replaced it with this thing which is really hard to sleep on.”
18
“Actual grass growing through the carpet in my bedroom. Rental property, so not much I can do except pluck it when it grows.”
19
“This rental apartment’s kitchen”
20
“You’ve heard of the landlord special, but have you seen a painted bathtub?”
21
“I came back from Thanksgiving to find that my landlord had revarnished the stairs up to my apartment. They are still wet, I was given no notice, and there is only one staircase.”
22
“Old toilet seat broke from wear and tear, so the landlord replaced it with this.”
23
“My wife and I rented a cabin. We arrived to find a trash bag for a window.”
24
“My landlord assured me they have a ‘very safe’ baby gate.”
