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Folks, if you’ve ever had the misfortune of dealing with a landlord who wasn’t exactly a straight shooter, I have a feeling that this story is going to bring a huge smile to your face!

Because, although it doesn’t happen often, when a shady landlord gets what’s coming to them, it’s time for all of us to rejoice!

The guy who wrote this story had enough of his landlord’s shenanigans and he took some action.

Read on and see what he did!

Landlord refused to fix appliances, so I sold them.

“Several years ago we rented a nice house in a nice neighborhood.

It came with a laundry room complete with a very premium washer and a gas-dryer. After about a month, the dryer burned a load of laundry…

Whoa!

It actually singed and charred the clothes.

I immediately took pictures and emailed the landlord to try and recoup the cost of our clothes ($300?) and have the dryer fixed.

He responded:

“The lease is clear and does not include a washer or dryer. If those appliances are present, they were left from a previous tenant and are not mine. I am not responsible for anything I do not provide which would be documented in the lease.”

I was mad and I paid out of pocket for the repairs and to replace the clothes.

About three months later, we met a few former tenants and started talking about the house.

This guy was clearly a creep…

They actually did quite a few improvements to the home and left the home in better condition than when they moved in, and the landlord still refused to refund their deposit.

A neighbor confirmed that he hasn’t returned a single deposit and suggested we read the lease to the letter, because the guy was a jerk about everything. Apparently, it was a nice house because of the tenants, not the landlord.

Well, fast forward 10 months to the end of our lease, and I read that thing carefully.

This is great!

I then listed and sold the washer and dryer!

Not even 2 hours after we turned the keys in, I got an angry voicemail demanding we return his overpriced washer and dryer.

My response was a simple reply to his email declining his ownership of the appliances:

“I received your voicemail and I’m not sure which appliances you are referring to. As you stated, the lease clearly states there was not a washer/dryer included and you confirm that below. The lease also states, “Tenant is responsible for all reasonable costs incurred by Landlord to remove, haul, store, or dispose of property left behind.”

He still refused to give us our deposit, for a plethora of other negligible things.

But, I still came out ahead because I pocketed about the same as our deposit, the repair costs, the burnt clothes, and maybe $100 for my troubles.”

Check out what folks had to say about this on Reddit.

This person weighed in.

Another individual shared their thoughts.

This Reddit user had a lot to say.

This individual spoke up.

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And another reader shared their thoughts.

This was great!

And I’d personally like to tip my hat to the fella who wrote this story.

Bravo!

This landlord messed around…and he found out!