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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Black Friday
70% off something you didn't need, a stampede and a cart that crashes at checkout. Thanks, Black Friday.
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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Top comments
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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Comments (105)
jojobeanz 0
why would u spend that much money renovating a room in a house you don't even own. u deserved that one big time
franwins0827 7
YDI for spending that much money renovating a place that is not yours.
faenyx 0
you're an idiot. YOU ARE A TENANT. I can understand painting, but it was a dumb move on replacing the floor, when you don't own the place. also, never make changes without running it by the landlord first. if you have $1000 to throw away. save your money on a downpayment for a house.
angel55033 12
you shoulda asked permission first if you didn't but usually that's the way it is wherever ya go ya have to have it look the way it did upon arrival
nana2255 0
#38 i would soooo do that also!!
FMT 0
As my parents are landlords, asking you to put it back the way it was seems fair enough to me, you're lucky you get to leave the floor. If you asked permission first (which you defiantly should have done) then it is a bit mean of your landlord not to warn you.
LilaBear 2
*definitely
rpie 0
You totally should have asked. Standard rule in rented places that you're not allowed to do anything, certainly not without asking!
Natsumi_Ryuu 4
Aside from you being pretty dumb for renovating a rented space, I think the bigger FML here is that you now have to find a new place on short notice.
Driveshaft 5
...ok ydi for one thing, but then again I have always wanted to put a personalized plate on the bus.
Moemoemoe_fml 0
Let me get this straight? You did a bunch of expensive (and according to the landlord, potentially ugly/stupid) modifications WITHOUT getting the permission of the person who actually owns the place? There's no way this is anything but an YDI. It would only have been an FML if you had permission and he changed his mind. Rebuilding/repainting anything that doesn't belongs to you is always dumb, unless you have permission and it's not an ugly/unwelcome modification. My dad's renters repainted the walls black... guess what, we didn't like it either.