We’ve all heard plenty of stories about shady landlords, but what about when the tables are turned? It’s hard to remember that there are some landlords out there that are just regular people and that there are some tenants out there who are to blame for ridiculous living situations. Sure, sometimes it’s the landlord who ignores a tenant’s pleas to fix a serious roach infestation or to solve a roof leakage issue (yes, these are all things that happened to yours truly).
However, every so often, there’s a crazy tenant who causes all the drama on their own. Some of these stories range from bringing bed bugs into the apartment, causing other infestations that never existed prior to the tenant’s move-in, and structural damage to the building as a result of reckless “interior designing.” Keep scrolling below for this collection of tenant horror stories from the landlords of Reddit, compiled from this r/AskReddit thread. For more stories like this, here are some of the top hot takes and bold pickup lines this week!