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
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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, 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
Today, it's been months since I inherited a nice house, only to discover it overrun with squatters. I had to legally evict them, costing thousands. When they were ordered to vacate, they set the house on fire. Now I have a blackened ruin and depleted savings. FML
Today, my great aunt left me her house in her will. She probably thought she was doing something nice, but unfortunately she has no head for practical matters and ownership included both her mortgages, so by the time I sold her house and paid the mortgages, I’m now £140,000 in the hole. FML
Today, and over the years, my wife has methodically destroyed our house, insisting she is good at DIY. Our house is either in bits, half-finished or falling apart. I had it confirmed by a realtor, who assessed the house as worth 100 grand less than we paid for it. It’s a building site with a roof. FML
Today, I bought a home at a bargain. It will need 5 grand in repairs to fix plumbing and electric, but it's mine. When I pulled up the listing to show pictures to my friends, there was a new listing that was in the same neighborhood, and a larger, nicer house that is move in ready. Same price. 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, after moving into my new house, my partner's father came to give us his old sofa. Now, an hour before he has to leave, he's half-completed 3 DIY jobs we didn't want done in the first place, and smashed my water inlet pipe. I have no water and a destroyed kitchen. FML
Today, my husband and I were finally about to put our house on market because we have killed our savings on moving and two mortgages for the past couple of months. Then the pipes burst. Awesome. FML
Today, I got a pay bonus and spend it on paying for 12 months of car registration up-front for the first time in my life, filled the tank, and got it professionally washed. After all that, I accidentally reversed into my own house, causing major damage. I have to borrow the money for the insurance excess. FML
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TheGewt 7
You didn't look at it first?
JiggaJayZ 16
I hope you have enough money to buy a shovel, because you might have to shit in a hole for a while
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Comments (178)
chujel1302 1
Didn't you have a walk through before closing? It's illegal to remove the stove in the US Dumbass
Scotticus117 11
He lives in New Zealand. You would know that if you could read, dumbass.
babyshaft408 8
So u just bought the house without going inside or at least ask if the appliances r staying
apc0243 7
100% your realtors fault for not telling you or stipulating that appliances be left. Take it up with his/her agency and you should be able to deduct it from their pay
AshBash2211 14
1) always leave yourself 3 months bills worth of money when buying a house 2) always state what is staying in a purchase agreement I just bought a house and everything down to the curtains was in the agreement. If anything was missing it would have been a breach of contract which is punishable by law.
CAJustise 9
Assuming this is real and that you didn't just watch Moving with Richard Prior, this is considered real property and is illegal to strip and take without explicit agreement in the sale. So you can take the man to court and get your money for those items.
theboy13 13
That's like buying a car offline workout ever seeing it... You deserved it...
mireaux 7
If you can't cook, you won't eat, and therefore you won't need a toilet. I don't see the problem here.
pnutbutternjelly 15
I know that is complete shit, BUT I still have to say ydi considering try made the biggest purchase you can make completely blindly.
killerofbabies 4
Why the hell wouldn't you do a walk through of the home before purchasing? Would you buy a car without a test ride, retard?
Cupcake040 17
Talk to your agent that you work with when you bought the house if it wasn't excluded from the contract it comes with the house!!!!so if it wasn't mentioned that the previous owner wanted the oven/ toilet etc then you have a breach of contract and it rightfully would have come with the sale