To keep their deposit!!

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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?

I think I need to be after reading this. OP where is your property - maybe I can inhale some of that weed residue

But you have. You're legally required to put the deposit in a scheme.

Are you older or very conservative op? I can't understand this hysteria over one weed. Or why you'd need to sterilise the property,as if weed is catching.

Oh dear God! They can still go after you for 3 x the deposit because you broke the law!! Pull your g-string out of your arse and realise they have done nothing wrong. As you asked them to leave I don't think they are escaping drug gangs trying to track them down....

Oh and I hope the Daily Mail or SM picks this up so your tenants see this and come after you, you nasty judgemental woman.

There is no way this thread is real 😂😂

Return their deposit, it sounds like they were perfectly good tenants.

You need to give the money back it should be I'm a TDS. I hope nobody goes to your air b and b you sound like a money grabber and all round nightmare to rent from.

Can't quite get your angle. Residue of weed? are you sure it wasn't just cleaning not wiped - either way, if you are looking for a decent reason that would be burnt carpet, gouges in the wall broken beds etc not something you made up that causes no damage. Moving from still making money (hopefully with morality) providing homes to being part of the bigger problem hmmm

For all I know, they’ve been taking illegal drug deliveries and the address will now be on the radar of drug dealers.

Oh that will make it nice and handier for the Airbnb guests then 🤣

Your posts are infuriating, OP. If you rent a property to someone it’s legally theirs to live their lives in.

You’ve been a negligent landlord by not protecting the deposit and you’ve the cheek to question THEM? Laughable.

You sound pompous and ridiculous. What are these “ramifications” that you’re deluding yourself about? You think anyone will care if your ex tenants smoked some drugs? 🤣

I hope they take you for everything they can and you sell up to someone that can actually manage a property.

You think the police are going to arrest someone for smoking weed?
The police don’t even come out for burglaries anymore.

I’m so amused at the way these alleged potential major players in the drug trade looked after the property so well an extra wipe around the sink is all that would be needed.

So different the ones that skip paying rent, cause trouble with the neighbours, trash the place, grow in the attic, rig the electricity meters etc.

The OP had herself some very considerate and polite king pins in the drug world!

I'm helpless 😂

A ‘threat of prosecution’ 🤣

OP, there is no right to private prosecution in this country. You can threaten it til the cows come home but you have no power to do it. And believe me, if people are coming to your AirBnB with a plan to do drugs, you leaving a note telling them not to is hardly going to deter them if they actual law doesn’t…

Please start an Airbnb blog for our enjoyment.

This thread has given me joy. Thank you OP. Really fancy a joint now.

you can't keep their deposit because you don't agree with their lifestyle? What next, you don't agree they eat pies and they might spend it nefariously? Give them their deposit back and stop making excuses

I actually can't believe the state you have gotten yourself into over a bit of weed.

You sound lilke you're making every excuse under the sun to keep their deposit. Dick move.

They've been great tenants until you decided you wanted to evict them to rinse money from people via Air BnB.

Is the house ok? No damage? Keep your moral judgements to yourself, give them back the deposit and clean the house from top to bottom like you should be doing anyway.

You are most definetly the asshole here for multiple reasons. Kicking good tenants out of thier home for profit (yeah yeah its your house but even still, dick move), you found some coriander under the sink and think you can steal thier deposit?

I can't wait to see your wake up call when you're dealing with Air BnB people that literally dont give a shit about your house from the weekend they will be partying in it.

Edited to say you might wanna calm the hell down over a bit of (not even verified) weed lol.

Wait until it's an air bnb and it could be used for filming adult movies, a dealing site, party house and worse. Then you'll be clutching your pearls...

Amazing