Crime Scene Cleaning Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Just out of curiosity, what is the worst thing that a tenant has left behind for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grampa Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Well I have a landlord with 4 properties who had a 5th one that he tried to manage himself and asked me to sort it out and evict the tenant who was a little old Irish lady of about 75. When we got the eviction through and entered the property we found it had been left in good order except for a largish pile of human waste right in the centre on the lounge carpet. That made me chuckle as she went to the effect of cleaning the rest of the property. I guess it was her leaving card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave A Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Bet you couldn't stomach my son's bedroom. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crime Scene Cleaning Posted March 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Hahaha, Trust me Dave, after doing this for a living, I fear no teenage boys bedroom ................ wow - that could be taken out of context Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richlist Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 just out of curiosity, what is the worst thing that a tenant has left behind for you 1. A hole in the bath. 2. A pile of dutch porno mags. 3. A large decorating bill. 4. Burn't worktops after 6 months (after a kitchen refurb immediately before they moved in). 5. A major window sill pigeon problem ......because they had been feeding them. 6. Serious damage to an electric heater & bay window where tenant had been drying clothes. 7. Serious black mould in an airing cupboard because tenant had been drying wet clothes in it. 8. Unpaid rent / no forwarding address.. Been letting residential property since 1999 .....so not a long list for almost 15 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortitia Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Well, Grampa's pile of pooh is a tough one to follow. Worst thing I have found is a flat full of syringes and drug paraphanalia after being called there by the police. Body of tenant still in situ with needle in arm - it was Boxing Day many years ago. It makes me shudder to re-think of this. Even after the initial clean had taken place we the deocrator found tiny blood spatters on ceilings near windows - power had been cut off and tenant had been using natural light to fix up we supposed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crime Scene Cleaning Posted March 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Yeah unfortunately Mortitia - this is pretty commonplace for my team, makes you wonder why so many people turn to drugs in the first place..... There is also a very large amount of people that think it is perfectly acceptable to decorate their walls etc in either human, dog or cat poop - I guess Dulux doesn't make a brown that looks "pooey" enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richlist Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Blood, drugs, needles, human waste, death & destruction ? Never heard anything like it......I must have led a very quiet landlording existance......and long may that be the case. Here's a tip: Try to avoid these types of people, they aren't particularly difficult to recognise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave A Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Many, many, many years ago I did my work experience (project trident, remember that) at a housing association office. I went out with a housing officer to a property that had been "vacated". I had no idea what a dirty protest was until then. The strange thing was that there was a Jensen Interceptor left in the garage. Hence these days when some people say "chalk and cheese", I think "faeces and Jensen". Obviously I've cleaned that up a bit. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortitia Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 The Jensen Interceptor - that takes me back - Sheffield 1976 - the scrap dealer's car of choice - red or blue............ didn't marry either of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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