Today, after spending two weeks renovating my room and $1000 on paint and a new floor, my landlord told me that he's sold the house. Also, he was kind enough to inform me that unless I paint the walls back to white, I won't be getting my $500 deposit back. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I started packing up the flat I have been renting. As I took a picture off the wall I also ripped half the wallpaper. That's my deposit gone. FML
Today, I bought my first house, blowing nearly all my savings on the deposit. I had left myself enough for just a couple of necessary bits of furniture. It turns out the previous owner completely stripped the house when he left, taking the oven and even the toilet with him, amongst other things. FML
Today, I was excited by the thought of the bathroom in my rental being replaced after the plumber advised that the leak can't be easily fixed. Instead, the owner has decided to fully renovate and is kicking me out. FML
Today, I'm still not living in the house I fought so hard to buy three months ago. As I was fixing a hole in the wall, I found black mold covering the back side of my drywall. On every wall. I can't afford to fix it. FML
Today, my landlady decided to fix the leak in my room. Her solution was repainting the ceiling. Now not only is my room still wet but it now reeks of paint thinner. FML
Today, after my housemate handed in his notice to vacate without telling me beforehand, I had few days whilst working to make a decision to stay or vacate. In a panic, I chose vacate. On my day off I sat down with my finances and discovered I can't afford elsewhere. I asked to stay, my landlord put up rent by 50%. I might now become homeless. FML
Today, a week after spending most of my paycheck on a down-payment and rent on a new apartment, I found out the "landlord" I paid was a scammer. Turns out the real owner was away on vacation, and he'd stolen most of her stuff before showing me the place. FML
Today, I was finally starting to relax after a stressful and expensive move, where I had to give up half my belongings and furniture, as well as my cat. All the stress came rushing back as my new landlord told me that he's selling the building and I've got 30 days to vacate. FML
Today, my girlfriend broke up with me after my check cleared for my half of the $1000 deposit on our new apartment. FML
Today, my landlord increase my rent because of the "increased value of the flat". Why has the value increased? Because I decorated and replaced the broken fixtures. FML
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LoveINKs 0
why would you spend that money replace you rent anyways YDI
Xquisite1 28
ydi, for making changes to a place that inlt yours
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iheartglasses 0
You definitely should have given the landlord a heads up before throwing away that much money! But the landlord should have also given you a heads up they were trying to sell the house..
Cos_fml 0
If your landlord sells the house, you still got the right to live there according to Dutch laws. In Dutch: (Koop breekt geen huur, dus hij kan je er niet uitzetten;) )
PaedoInASpeedo 0
Or, Huur gaat voor Koop. Basically the landlord has to sell the house with the lease agreement unless he goes insolvent and there was a mortgage on the property prior to the tenant living there. Furthermore, you, as a tenant, do have a claim against the landlord for improvements made even if you didn't ask. And this is Dutch law not American law where you guys sue for everything. So, FML because the landlord is being a douche.
LilaBear 2
I guess I can't really say for Dutch laws, but my understanding is that in most countries, they only have the right to stay there if their contract hasn't expired. If their contract expires and the landlord refuses to renew it because he's selling the house, well then normally they'd have to get out.
DangerousGirl91 2
well then tell him to keep the deposit.
alyssasuro 1
dude, it'll cost more than 500$ to in renovate it. tell him to keep it.
HBubble 3
YDI for decorating someone else's property.
wwerulez14 6
This happened to my Dad with our first house. We kept the house in great shape, greatly improved the lawn, put a tire swing on the tree in the front yard, and basically, made the house much more valuable. So guess what Mr. Landlord did? "I'm selling the house; scram!" My dad will never trust a landlord ever again.... lol
LilaBear 2
pretty sure keeping the yard in good nick and putting a tyre swing in doesn't make a house THAT much more valuable.
whiterabbit420 4
Curb appeal is more valuable than u realize.
Euroguy20 0
I would throw paint all over the new floors and walls and tell him to keep his deposit hahahahaha
bongomanacome 0
Hi! Did you read the name of this website? iIt's pretty clear you ****** yourself through a combination of stupidity and naïveté, especially after you dropped a $1000 fixing up a place you RENT. Good luck in this life! You'll need it. It's a lot harder when you're stupid.
birds_fml 7
Why would you spend money to fix up a place you don't even own? I can see something like new curtains or whatever, things you can take with you. Maybe even a coat of paint if you're willing to paint it back when you leave. But new floors? $1000?! What are you, retarded?
starberries 0
It should say, "Today, after I spent two weeks..." The way it is now, it says that the landlord is the one who did the renovations, which obviously isn't the intention.