A property investor has been slammed after complaining about her tenants leaving behind a trail of destruction at her house.
The woman was left horrified by the disgusting state her south-east Melbourne property was left in by her tenants after their lease ended after seven years.
The young landlord shared several TikTok videos on Saturday with footage showing damaged walls, trashed furniture, piles of dust, and a dirty bathroom.
‘Obviously they completely all quarterly checks as required,’ the woman said, taking aim at her real estate agent.
However, many commenters were quick to dismiss the landlord’s frustrations and questioned why she didn’t use her bond to pay for cleaning and damages.
‘That’s not a quarter check problem, it’s a bond clean problem and as long as they didn’t move in with similar conditions money can be taken from their bond to clean it,’ one wrote.
‘It really doesn’t look that bad,’ another said.
‘Bond and the fact you’ve had continual tenancy and rent for seven years should pay for it, nothing’s damaged,’ another wrote.
A Melbourne homeowner showed the damage left at her investment property after renting it for seven years
Some even took the side of the renters and said the landlord shouldn’t complain as her tenants had effectively been paying her mortgage for the past seven years.
‘Sounds like investments come with risks hey? This one was entirely avoidable if you weren’t a landlord,’ one wrote.
‘How much rent did your tenant of 7 years pay off your mortgage? And your capital gain on the property in that time? Boofknhoo,’ another added.
Others were more sympathetic and called out the tenants for leaving the home in such a state.
‘It’s sad to me when this happens. I’m a renter and would never leave a property like this,’ one said.
‘It’s so difficult to find nice rentals, most of them are run down and still cost heaps. This doesn’t help.’
Another wrote: ‘I’m sorry this happened to you no one deserves this and the previous tenants should be ashamed.
‘I would get the property checked for mould because some of the pics look like there could be growth.’
‘Anyone saying this is an easy clean up and at least you have the bond and (hopefully LL insurance) don’t understand how much this clean up actually cost and the time and effort that now has to go,’ a third added.
‘Oh my gosh I’m so sorry! As a tenant I don’t understand these type of people,’ another wrote.
‘It kills me that there’s some of us local who would love to rent a property like that and others ruin it,’ another said.
Other property investors shared their own advice to the landlord with one suggesting she change real estate agents.
‘Seems like the boutique agencies care more bc they have less properties to manage,’ one wrote.
‘This is why we do airbnb, we inspect the properties every stay,’ another said.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted the landlord and real estate agency for comment.
