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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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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Comments (105)
LilaBear 2
You're an idiot for painting and renovating in a house that didn't belong to you. Everyone knows tenants don't modify the house unless there has been explicit permission to do so. Why would you want to spend that much money on a house that's not yours anyway??
pandora4037 0
That sucks. But why would you renovate a place you don't own.
poppetsauce 4
uhm okay this is just ******* stupid. It does not matter what country you live in. You DO NOT paint or renovate a place you are RENTING without asking the owners permission first! This is UNIVERSAL! And if you have $1k to waste on a place you rent month to month, you can obviously spare the $500 deposit. STFU.
ChaChaNiceGuy 0
No it's NOT UNIVERAL! It DOES matter what country you're in! In Germany for example you can paint your walls in whatever color you want without the landlords approval! You're just expected to paint it back to white before you move out.
Marcelb 17
Which is universal. That is the entire point of this FML. She needs to paint it back to the original state, if she doesn't she doesn't get her deposit back.
mrbrown2195 0
If you want protection from your landlord selling the property, bring your lease to the Recorder's office and record it! Also, you're a moron for renovating rental property.
aarontheawesome 0
Use the force. Choke him until he coughs up $1500.
k9obsessed 5
YDI. If you don't own the property, you have no right to renovate. Next time don't paint the place if it isn't yours to paint. Dumbass.
WldTaliban 0
It is sad that over 13,000 people agree with your fml. The only thing you should be upgrading in a rental is burnt out lightbulbs. You moron.
Mpower121 2
why the **** would you do that without asking the landlord first?
usnwife 18
We're renting, and we plan on being here for about 3 years. I sure as hell am going to paint, but do plan on painting it back. Floors? I add rugs, and if any major damage happened if replace it to the same thing (I'd be charged to have it done -more expensively- when we moved out anyway). But someone did mention earlier that where op is from it can sometimes be bare cement floors - that I would most certainly put some carpet down on!
cmwimpy 0
You can sue him for the money you spent renovating.