To keep their deposit!!

[LivFG]

DH and I have a couple of properties we rent out. We have been renting to a young couple who always seemed like good tenants. We gave them notice a couple of months ago as we are going to start renting on AirBnB instead as DH thinks we will get more money (don't get me started).

Anyway, they moved out on Saturday and everything seemed fine. Today I went to get everything cleaned and I found (what I think to be) weed residue next to the sink. I'm Furious. I feel completely violated and uncomfortable being inside the property. I'm sick with worry that they have been using illegal drugs in my home and what the legal ramifications could be!!

Obviously we have their deposit. I was planning to refund it this week. After my discovery today, I now feel incredibly reluctant to make any sort of refund. The idea of supporting/funding their lifestyle makes me very uncomfortable. And they never would have been given permission to abuse my property in this way.

DH seems to think none of this is a problem and seems to completely miss the point - it isn't about cleaning it up - it's about the abuse of our trust.

AIBU?

No sex out of wedlock? Strictly separate beds for unmarried couples…

No more than 14 units of alcohol per week, per person…

Lights out by 10

I refuse to believe this can be real 😂but if it is I really hope it makes the papers.

I don’t agree that by renting it becomes theirhome

Please please please never rent a property again.

It’s your property but it’s their home. They aren’t your kids and you have no right to set rules.

Thankfully the law disagrees with you.

If you buy a seat on a plane, you don’t start claiming you have a right to the aircraft!

Aisde from the fact this is a TERRIBLE analogy, if you buy a seat on the plane the airline CEO doesn’t have a right to boss you around just because it’s ‘her’ plane.

Oh god your poor AirBnb folk. I HATE bossy signs when I book accommodation.

I hope they all snort cocaine off your stupid rules

Of course the OP and her husband haven’t got their certificates and checks in order. Crooks never do

I’ve had a shit day and this thread has cheered me up.
Can we nominate for classics?

Rarely am I glad when someone gets a pasting on Mumsnet. In fact, I think this is the first time. You very much deserve it. You have acted in the very worst manner as a landlord and as a person - you sound like you think renters are peasants but you're happy to take their money, until it doesn't suit of course. You're not cut out for it if you're so sensitive and don't abide by the law yourself.

I'm still waiting for the OP to say she's had it confirmed it WAS cannabis. After all, she started off saying she thought it was, and is now talking about laws being broken (irony, much?!) but if it ISNT weed, then the tenants have broken no laws. She, on the other hand.............

Im sure you're a Tory front bencher from the past or present.

OP how would you know what "weed residue" looks like if you're such a moral upstanding citizen?

I agree that the airBnB plan is questionable. I have had words with DH about it again today and have told him numerous times before that I have doubts. I was persuaded by the potentially higher returns

And in this comment, your greed just shines through

I am a very good landlord...

No, @LivFG, you are the antithesis of a very good landlord - if this is actually real - as evidenced by the very nature of your opening post.

You're clueless, love! 😅😂

It is you who has broken the law though. It's illegal not to put the deposit in the scheme

Two months notice...just terrible

This might be the most insane thing I’ve ever read on here. And I’ve been here a while. Insane, hypocritical, lacking in self-awareness and hilarious.

I caught a sniff of weed outside Dunelm earlier and had a little giggle thinking of this thread again 😂

OP you are greedy and obviously stinking rich if you can have a property sitting doing nothing. You think a good landlord is one who breaks the law which makes me wonder what you think a BAD landlord looks like

Oh please do Airbnb! This has been one of the most entertaining threads I''ve read for ages and I can't wait for your first Airbnb post.

Very genuinely - what ramifications do you think you might face ??? I can’t think of any!

it was your tenants engaged in illegal behaviour (if they were). Not you.

FgS
Abuse of trust?? You rented them a property. Get over it. You will end up repaying the deposit back as you have no legal reason to keep it.

God help anyone who rents from you pair of clowns…

Honest didn't think this would get better from this morning. But it has. Had a crap day at work so the batshitery has cheered me up. Op you are either a twat or a wind up merchant!

You are very lucky that you don't get into trouble for not protecting the deposit. I hope you have declared the money you earnt to the inland revenue.

"Weed residue" to be added to the list of things like "elderly Korean lady" and "penis beaker" that people quote to prove they are long-time mumsnetters and not trolls

They probably didn’t get round to it. They are busy doing 101 other things like crying about herbal tea

There has been a concerted attempt to derail this thread and to turn it into an attack on me. I am absolutely shocked that illegal drug taking is apparently so accepted. I’ve held up my hands and have refunded the deposit (how many more times?). I do think it’s disgraceful that the law is apparently on the side of people who take illegal substances.

Of course I am concerned and sick with worry. For all I know, they’ve been taking illegal drug deliveries and the address will now be on the radar of drug dealers. How do I know the property won’t be raided by the police or be the target of vandals? Drug dealers hardly have a reputation as upstanding members of the community!!

I really wish this was a ’wind up’ thread because the last 24 hours have been hell.