Apartment hunting in big cities like Mumbai, Bengaluru and Pune can be quite a pain. Different landlords and housing societies have different qualifications they are looking for in a tenant. While some don’t allow bachelors and single women, others don’t allow friends to come over to the apartment and stay over.
You may have come across people sharing bizarre questions they were asked by potential landlords. Some landlords even ask for a tenant’s LinkedIn profile to see if they went to IIT or IIM or work for a reputed MNC. But mostly, we have heard or read about a tenant’s perspective. Not a landlord’s.
However, a landlord from Bengaluru took to Reddit’s r/bangalore subreddit to share a shocking incident that’s every landlord’s worst nightmare come true. The landlord revealed that he had rented out his 2 BHK flat to an “educated bachelor” who worked for a “large MNC”. After paying rent for 3-4 months, the tenant disappeared and later called to say that he needed to vacate the flat and wanted the security deposit back.
However, he was hesitant to hand over the flat properly. After the landlord became suspicious, the went to visit the flat and was in for probably the biggest shock of his life. The entire place was filled with empty liquor bottles. The windows were open, which led to pigeons coming in and defecating everywhere. The kitchen and toilet were in a big mess. There was a dirty mattress lying in the middle of the living room.
Here’s a look at some of the pictures that he shared:
The condition of the flat was disgusting.
“Rented my 2bhk flat in Marathahalli to a well educated bachelor working in a large MNC in outer ring road. Rent was 17k with deposit of 85k, guy paid rent for 3-4 months and disappearred for few months. He called me randomly to say he needs to vacate because he is in dire emergency and he needs deposit back asap. I decided to waive off some portion of the unpaid rent and return some portion of the security deposit, but he was hesitant to give handover properly. Something was very suspicious and decided to visit the flat and I see this condition, he left for his “home town” without even closing the windows. None of the people in the society noticed anything suspicious, but noted he had plenty of visitors but they would wind down music and party by 10. I’m obviously not returning the security deposit and I have his details to the local police. He’s blocked my number, but occasionally unblocks to abuse me (sic),” the landlord wrote on Reddit.
Have a look at his full post here:
Why landlords don’t rent to Bachelors and take security deposit.
by u/dulcoflex in bangalore
While some people thought that the landlord shouldn’t generalise because of one bad incident, many others supported him. Some even shared similar stories of tenants ruining their apartments after they were rented out. Have a look:
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How can anybody live like this?