Return to the sender
By topffer
@topffer (42156)
France
June 9, 2018 12:00pm CST
After 14 months of unpaid rent for an apartment, a man managed to get an order of eviction and received the keys by mail from the tenants 3 weeks later. They were not only bad payers but also hoarders
. They had abandoned everything, including food in the fridge. After all the furniture and the food had been given by charities...
The landlord posted a few photos of the disaster on Facebook, found the new address of his tenants and decided to return them their mess this week
. Here the video of the delivery.
Personally I have had over time two tenants doing a moonlight flit and leaving some furniture. The presence of furniture created a lot of troubles and costed money (bailiff’s reports, court decision...). By chance, they were not hoarders. I understand perfectly this man and I wish good luck to the new landlord of this family
. Enjoy the video.
. They had abandoned everything, including food in the fridge. After all the furniture and the food had been given by charities... The landlord posted a few photos of the disaster on Facebook, found the new address of his tenants and decided to return them their mess this week. Here the video of the delivery.
Personally I have had over time two tenants doing a moonlight flit and leaving some furniture. The presence of furniture created a lot of troubles and costed money (bailiff’s reports, court decision...). By chance, they were not hoarders. I understand perfectly this man and I wish good luck to the new landlord of this family. Enjoy the video.
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11 responses
@sabtraversa (13057)
• Italy
9 Jun 18
Being a landlord is no easy task, but when you're into 'avenging', it can be fun. 
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
9 Jun 18
That was funny
but won't the dump truck driver not get sued for illegal dumping? Looks like it was dumped in front of other people's apartments.
but won't the dump truck driver not get sued for illegal dumping? Looks like it was dumped in front of other people's apartments.3 people like this
@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Jun 18
@JudyEv We had 4 millions people living on social welfare last year. When Macron removed 5 Euros/month on the part paid by the state for their rent, it created quite a revolution, some even twitted that they would starve with these 5 Euros lacking
. I am not against helping people going temporarily through hard times, it is good to show solidarity, but for some of them it is their way of life since decades. Macron wants to reduce some of these helps that have been given through the years to get votes, I wish him good luck.
. I am not against helping people going temporarily through hard times, it is good to show solidarity, but for some of them it is their way of life since decades. Macron wants to reduce some of these helps that have been given through the years to get votes, I wish him good luck.2 people like this
@topffer (42156)
• France
10 Jun 18
It is never very legal to dump something near a street. But we perhaps can tell that he did it here to help his previous tenant who had not the time to move all these useful items. It is a move graciously offered up to the door, and the tenant will store these furniture like he wants, it is his problem now.
. But we perhaps can tell that he did it here to help his previous tenant who had not the time to move all these useful items. It is a move graciously offered up to the door, and the tenant will store these furniture like he wants, it is his problem now.2 people like this
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
16 Jun 18
If I could not pay the rent I would say so and find somewhere else to go as this kind of thing happens and here they have upped the rents in a scandalous way and lots of people are without a new home to be able to go to right away and nothing is being done.
Its affecting all ages and mostly those with a very low income.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
16 Jun 18
@topffer
That in the end will work against them instead of for them.
They had only to say that they had problems but like you say some play on it and they would be forever and a day playing the same violin and wallowing in self pity.
Hope you did not have any like that in that sense.
Here one of them took the Landlord to Court when he was the guilty one and the Laws in this Country are indeed truly bonkers.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
16 Jun 18
@lovinangelsinstead21 I have had tenants not paying but none were hoarders like these ones. I pity their new landlord.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
16 Jun 18
The state pays up to 80% of rents for people with low income, but these ones "forgot" to pay the remaining. Our system protects the tenant, you need months to evict a tenant, some people are playing on that. I am quite sure it was the case here.
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@much2say (53944)
• Los Angeles, California
5 Jul 18
How considerate of him to return what they left ! Not this bad, but we have seen "stuff" left by tenants from the crazy house next door. When the owner piled the "stuff" close to the street, we knew that to be a signal that soon there would be new crazy tenants to fill up that house 
. There was one family of tenants - they were in the construction business I guess - but the men would bring home all kinds of heavy construction odds and ends . . . they filled up the garage and yard. They were eventually evicted and I know they were angry tenants . . . they took some of their mess, but left the rest for the owner to take care of!1 person likes this
@much2say (53944)
• Los Angeles, California
6 Jul 18
@topffer I think some tenants (especially the bad ones) simply do not care. Especially when the owner has done them wrong (at least our neighbor was that way . . . he was a scam artist and as sleezy as they come) - leaving their cr** is only one way of "revenge". But yah, sometimes they go too far . . . the stuff in that video is just way too much!
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. A tenant like this one is a disaster and I pity the new landlord, I am sure that the same mess will happen soon.
@allknowing (130206)
• India
16 Jun 18
I have space if I want to have tenants. But I will not. No tenant is worth the money they may pay.
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@allknowing (130206)
• India
16 Jun 18
@topffer It is a risk one has to take and we are not prepared for it.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
11 Jun 18
Uhm... was the old landlord arrested for doing that? He would have been arrested and jailed here.
Yes, I can understand his frustration completely. But I would also understand when the police arrested him for dumping a mess like that on a public sidewalk/street and private steps. He also blocked the entryway for who knows how many people. SMH!
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@topffer (42156)
• France
11 Jun 18
He blocked the entry way of 1 individual house where are living his previous tenants. Yes, it is not legal to do this, but technically it is not his trash but their trash. We do not arrest people for this, but the fine can be very high in this case, as it is supposed to be 1 ticket/item dumped. I do not think the commune fined him, or I did not read anything about it.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
14 Jun 18
@DaddyEvil It has a bit improved. Until 2 years ago we had to go to court to evict squatters when they were in a place since more than 3 days, and it could last long. 2 years ago an old woman found her home squatted when she was coming back from holidays, it created a buzz, and our politicians finally voted a law authorizing the police to evict squatters at any moment.
For tenants on social welfare the state guarantees the payment of the rents during 3 years since last year, but not the damages... Without this guarantee many people on social welfare could not find an apartment/house to rent in the private sector and had often to wait years for an apartment in the public sector.
. 2 years ago an old woman found her home squatted when she was coming back from holidays, it created a buzz, and our politicians finally voted a law authorizing the police to evict squatters at any moment.
For tenants on social welfare the state guarantees the payment of the rents during 3 years since last year, but not the damages... Without this guarantee many people on social welfare could not find an apartment/house to rent in the private sector and had often to wait years for an apartment in the public sector.1 person likes this
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
15 Jun 18
@topffer I see... That is an improvement, at least.
Some improvements take a long time to actually help those it was meant to help.
Several years ago the landlord who owns our house was fighting to get the rent owed him by the people across the street from us. They lived there for free (not paying rent or utilities) because they had a baby in the house so he couldn't evict them and the utility companies couldn't shut off the utilities.
When the child had his second birthday, the court took action. Just in time, too. The wife was pregnant and expecting a new baby.
When the couple tried to find a new place to live, nobody would rent to them. I don't know where they went, but they aren't here anymore.
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