I’ve had someone rent my apartment, stopped paying rent after a few months and then rented one of the rooms.
This went on for about 3 years until I was finally able to legally remove the person from there.
3years of losses + all the legal fees for about 3 or 4 months of rent. Plus I had to fix the walls.
Not all renters are like this of course.
I agree that some landlords are absolutely predatory and that the rise of Airbnbs is killing communities while increasing rent prices (at least where I’m from).
However, people complain about it but have never been on the other side.
I do my part by not being an ass and taking good care of my renters. They need something? I’ll fix it ASAP.
Also, taking into consideration their job situation, family and such. Sometimes they can’t fully pay rent, that’s fine. Pay me back next month or dilute it slowly over the next couple of months.
For instance, while rents have increased high as fuck, I haven’t increased his rent since 2019. I will probably increase it a bit this year but about 20€ at most.
Yep, my deal with my landlord is if there’s anything that needs fixing I’ll fix it myself and if I spend any money I’ll just forward him the invoice and he’ll deduct it from my rent. Although others don’t have the same situation as myself, I think there’s a place for landlords to exist.
I’ve done that with my renter as well (don’t know the English word lol).
Whatever he asks for in the end, I just deduct from the next couple of rent(s).
If it’s something he’s not comfortable doing I’ll hire a professional.
Yeah, damn those tenants who use their legal rights to actually get their landlords to maintain their own damn property. They’re just mean. If only all tenants just did free labour for their landlords, the world would be a better place.
Yep. I’ve had something similar happen to me.
I’ve had someone rent my apartment, stopped paying rent after a few months and then rented one of the rooms. This went on for about 3 years until I was finally able to legally remove the person from there. 3years of losses + all the legal fees for about 3 or 4 months of rent. Plus I had to fix the walls.
Not all renters are like this of course.
I agree that some landlords are absolutely predatory and that the rise of Airbnbs is killing communities while increasing rent prices (at least where I’m from). However, people complain about it but have never been on the other side.
I do my part by not being an ass and taking good care of my renters. They need something? I’ll fix it ASAP. Also, taking into consideration their job situation, family and such. Sometimes they can’t fully pay rent, that’s fine. Pay me back next month or dilute it slowly over the next couple of months. For instance, while rents have increased high as fuck, I haven’t increased his rent since 2019. I will probably increase it a bit this year but about 20€ at most.
Yep, my deal with my landlord is if there’s anything that needs fixing I’ll fix it myself and if I spend any money I’ll just forward him the invoice and he’ll deduct it from my rent. Although others don’t have the same situation as myself, I think there’s a place for landlords to exist.
I’ve done that with my renter as well (don’t know the English word lol). Whatever he asks for in the end, I just deduct from the next couple of rent(s).
If it’s something he’s not comfortable doing I’ll hire a professional.
Yeah, damn those tenants who use their legal rights to actually get their landlords to maintain their own damn property. They’re just mean. If only all tenants just did free labour for their landlords, the world would be a better place.
What a fucking joke.
Dude, if you get to rent a place for half the market price, just try to be a decent person okay?