To have accidentally left out a box of breast pads?

[ChristmasStocckings]

Disclaimer: I am not living in the UK.

So I have been having some landlord drama of late. They are currently selling the property we rent. I have been keeping the place neat and tidy for them to do this which has been hard with a 3 month old baby and because we are packing to move out.

Yesterday I accidentally left a box of breast pads near the bathroom sink. They are normally in the bathroom cupboard but I had put them to onside as I wanted to donate the box as I never used them.
In the rush to clean up and move our packing boxes to one side I just forgot about them.

After the open house the agent mentioned that it was inappropriate to leave those on the bathroom counter. It might have made some potential buyers feel uncomfortable. AIBU to think that this surely isn't a big deal?

I would be so tempted to go to town with the decorations before the next viewing. I'm thinking tampon hanging decorations, breast pad bunting and streamers made from sanitary pad wrappings. You could offer the sanitary pads themselves as stick-on face masks.

Make sure to buy some massive Bridget Jones pants to hang on the airer before he comes round again. Twat.

ffs tell them to leave you alone

ChristmasStocckings, you probably know this already:

In NSW, a landlord must give you at least 14 days written notice before the first inspection for the sale of the property.

The landlord must give two days notice of subsequent viewings/inspections which are limited to no more than two per week.

A tenant can refuse open house inspections.

They can only enter between 8am and 8pm, Monday through Saturday and cannot stay any longer than necessary.

You cannot be required to leave during an inspection.

A tenant can end a tenancy agreement with 14 days notice in writing if the landlord puts the property up for sale during the tenancy agreement and the tenant was not aware of this before signing the tenancy agreement.

A tenant must agree to ‘for sale’ advertising being placed on the property.

A tenant is not responsible for fair wear and tear to the property.

A tenant is not required to have the carpets professionally cleaned at the end of the tenancy in NSW. Even if there is clause in your contract stating that you must! It is not enforceable in NSW.

Those are all fun filled facts picked up in course of dealing with crappy estate agents..

OP, who is your estate agent? The NCAT tracked complaints and when I last dealt with them, LJH topped the list.

He was lucky the toilet was flushed, there wasn't a poo-y nappy on the kitchen table and the cat hadn't thrown up right by the front door.

Not your house, not your problem - you live there and as you're still presumably paying rent you have the right to leave your breast pads wherever you like!

A tenant must agree to ‘for sale’ advertising being placed on the property.

My writing is ambiguous. It should say that ‘a tenant may refuse to provide consent to such advertising’

People leave all sorts of things out when viewers are in viewing a house. If a box of unused, unopened breast pads makes people uncomfortable then I despair for humanity. Leave a collection of sex toys out the next time and watch their reaction.

You’re not even under any obligation to keep the place tidy for viewers!

Honestly I’d send a complaint email to the agency manager.

An enormous pair of skiddy pants next to the loo next time then!

Have you commented back yet.
If not, sorry, but if it offended you, you could have put them in the bathroom cupboard.

Just for that comment by agent I would accidently leave some other things about!!!!(Not sure what though)

Imagine being that pathetic you're offended by breast pads.

@mouse70

Just for that comment by agent I would accidently leave some other things about!!!!(Not sure what though)

Haha that's what I thought. Make a game of it.

Is the agent a man?

After comments like that I’d fully sympathise if you....

Cooked fish pie.

Forget cat litter trays.

Scattered sanitary products around.

Mended a motorbike in the front room.

All the best

I possibly half get where the agent might be coming from, when you've got would-be buyers coming round to look at a house it's not uncommon to all sorts of 'artificial' things like having fresh flowers round the place, etc.

In response to OP's question, though, leaving the BP's out absolutely wasn't "a big deal", far from it.

when you've got would-be buyers coming round to look at a house it's not uncommon to all sorts of 'artificial' things like having fresh flowers round the place, etc.

That's for the agent to sort out, not to expect the tenant to do.

@mouse70

Just for that comment by agent I would accidently leave some other things about!!!!(Not sure what though)

Absolutely, if he complains then tell him that one extra thing will be left out each time he moans about something.

If I loved a property a box of breast pads wouldn't suddenly change my mind!!
Equally if I wasn't sure I don't think breast pads would make me think 'WHAT? WELL that does it. NO WAY would I live here!!'

Well, the agent can fuck off! YANBU

Omg @SavoyCabbage that is absolutely horrific. I can't believe that people get away with that kind of deplorable behaviour these days! Sorry you experienced that.

@Wingedharpy

I doubt anyone would be so "uncomfortable" that it would put them off buying a property.

If it makes you feel any better OP, DH's new boss once called on us at home, unexpectedly and in the course of the visit, used the bathroom. Wasn't until after he'd gone and I went to loo myself that I realised I'd left a pair of period damaged knickers soaking in the sink!😲😲😲

God knows how he washed his hands.

Oh Christ, I just died inside on your behalf!