Reddit is a great site for general discussions on random topics. People share their thoughts and experiences on a whole range of things, which often makes for entertaining reading. How it works is simple: one user asks a question and then waits for other users to post their answer in the thread. In this example, a user asked for ‘tenants from hell’ stories. There were more than 500 responses, but some of the best were as follows:
Tenant DIY
One landlord complained that a tenant removed a kitchen island and took it outside to act as an outdoor serving area next to the pool.
Another tenant shoved marbles down a drain because his sink was clogged and he figured the marbles would push the blockage out. It worked in the sense that it pushed the blockage into the drainage system servicing an entire block of flats.
On a similar theme, a different tenant pushed plumber’s putty into the sink and bath drains, and then left the water running. The resultant flood was epic.
Fishy Story
Other horror stories included the guy who cut out holes in the drywall and left fish inside to rot; it took the landlord several weeks to figure out where the stench was coming from. Then there were the tenants who introduced bed bugs into their property.
Arachnophobia!
And finally, the worst ever story (from my perspective) was the tenant who called the landlord out to kill a spider. He refused, but agreed to go to unblock her sink. The spider turned out to be as large as a man’s hand…
Let us know your tenant horror stories in the comments!
