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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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)
Sw33tFML 0
landlords can be meanies!
seanders 10
And that's why you don't Reno a rental property.
2fknreaL 0
YDI for spending your $ to re-do a property that is not even yours.
TheRealFamilyGuy 5
$1000 on paint for a room? was the paint liquid gold or something
TheRealFamilyGuy 5
ops my bad "and floor", well YDI for having a $1000 to spend
FuckTheMods2 0
Mods: **** YOU and your censorship of comments! Take this down. NOW, BITCHES! Oh, and I ORDER YOU to ban this account and this IP address. I'll be back, *******.
Bees_fml 0
The OP said it was the landlord who spent the money and did the renovations. She probably just has bad grammar, though.
EffinAhole 0
55 uh no
Bees_fml 0
Uh, yes. I presume that's not what she meant to say. But that's what she *said.*
iampunk 0
Bees, you're an idiot.
memiimariee 0
83- hawt(:
Marcelb 17
No, she didn't. Saying someone else might "have bad grammar", while it is very clear that it is in fact you who sucks at it. FAIL. "after spending two weeks renovating my room and $1000 on paint and a new floor"
LoveINKs 0
why would you spend that money replace you rent anyways YDI
that1guyyy 12
agreed
angeljewlz 7
Definately agree with #2 you could have saved that money for a new place!
abbttmc 12
Yeah, because a new place is only $1000. /sarcasm
Xquisite1 28
ydi, for making changes to a place that inlt yours
friedblueoyster 0
exactly, never make improvements to a place you don't own.
ydi_4_suking 20
Dang that freakin sucks. But yea why would you pay for all that instead of telling the landlord to do it. Especially on new floors
boomstick 0
Why would you do anything without running it by the landlord first?
tmarie21 0
yup agreed, ydi!!!
mrahhhhh 21
You gave that ****** new floors and he still makes you paint the wall back? Granted it was unauthorized, but you think the landlord would be a bit nicer. You know, give you a bit extra on deposit or something.
sallen0046 4
It says OP put new flooring in only her room. Now owner is going to have to spend time and money to make the flooring in that room match the rest of the flooring in the house. She should count herself lucky the owner is offering to return any of her deposit.
Lucidium 0
Well, the amount of paint used etc, $500 wouldn't be worth it.
AtoZnumbersand_ 1
It doesn't say anywhere it was unauthorised.
free2speak 14
if it was authorized, owner wouldn't be asking her to paint the walls white to get the deposit back. And on that note, it doesn't say anywhere that it was authorized.
untoward 0
I think you'll come out better letting the landlord paint it
Syrael 0
YDI for renovate rented Stuff, but still sucks tho
Lisa89 3
it's cheaper/less effort not to get your deposit back. and don't renovate rented stuff!!!!!
artisticninja713 13
YDI for renovating rented space, especially because it sounds like you didn't ask first.