It's hard to tell if the owner encounters a "rental tyrant".
The owner of Kai Tak Tianhuan, Ms. Yang, rented out the unit to a couple at a monthly rent of 15,000 yuan in June last year. She said that because she has pets, she also allows the tenant to keep a dog. Unexpectedly, since February, the tenant has not only owed Rent, every time I patted the door, I only heard the dog barking but no one answered the door. It was not until the end of last month that the Lands Tribunal issued a "Repossession Order" and the door was successfully opened. Only then did I find that the tenant had quietly moved out of the unit, but all their own Almost all the furniture left behind was reimbursed. The sofa was bitten to the point where the cotton was scattered, and the wooden frame was exposed. The TV base cabinet, wall and door frame had bite marks and damage marks. The unit that had been in for only about three years was changed from the new building when it was rented out. "Ruins", and the tenants also disappeared.
Ms. Yang, who is not in Hong Kong because of her work relationship, said that she had asked a friend to call the police for help. She also pointed out that this is her first time renting out, "I'm so heartbroken, to tell the truth, I saw my new house turned into a mess, and I immediately wanted to sell it!"
7.5 million bought and lived in for one year, left Hong Kong for work and rented out due to the epidemic
In 2017, Ms. Yang purchased an uncompleted unit of about 330 square feet in Tianhuan, No. 1 Muning Street, Kai Tak for 7.5 million yuan. The building was occupied in 2019, and she lived in it for about a year after renovation.
She said that due to the outbreak of the epidemic in 2020, she moved to Shenzhen due to work needs. After the unit was empty for eight months, she rented it to a male tenant surnamed Guo for a monthly rent of 15,000 yuan in June 2021, and offered the other party a one-year lease. For free internet, a one-year life and one-year death contract was signed, and the tenant also paid a deposit equivalent to two months' rent.
Tenants claim that MTR employees have not paid rent since February
The tenant, Mr. Kwok, reported to her that he was a MTR maintenance mechanic, lived with his girlfriend, and raised a dog.
Ms. Yang said that she did not want to rent to tenants with pets at first, "but I have cats and dogs, and I rented them when I saw they were normal and clean." She said that the tenants were reluctant to apply for automatic transfer, until the In January of this year, he said that he would pay rent late because of the "outrageous incident", and even asked for a deposit to cover the rent. After February, he did not pay the rent again, and he did not answer the owner's phone calls.
I knocked on the door and heard the dog barking, but no one answered the door, no answer
Because Ms. Yang was in the Mainland, she could only ask a friend to go to the Lands Tribunal to deal with the repossession. However, the fifth wave of the epidemic was delayed until April 28 to obtain the "Repossession Order".
She said that she had asked friends to knock on the door before, but she only heard "dog barking" and no one answered the door. Until recently, she found that there was no sound in the unit, but it was the beginning of a nightmare, and the exquisite home became "ruins".
Reimbursement for multiple pieces of furniture being bitten by the indoor sofa
A reporter from "Hong Kong 01" came to Miss Yang's unit a few days ago. After entering the house, he saw a mess. There were a lot of suspected dog hair on the ground. There were signs of being bitten and scratched on the door frame. There were several large holes in some walls, showing gray. concrete.
The sofa in the living room has changed beyond recognition, the outer skin has been severely torn, the cotton is exposed, and some cotton is placed behind the card, and the wooden frame is exposed.
In addition, the walls of the room were also scratched with large holes one after another. There were also bite marks and claw marks everywhere on the TV base cabinet, door frame and balcony railing, just like a "fight scene". Miss Yang even described her new home as "ruin". .
The lower layer of the refrigerator has been cleaned by Miss Yang's friends, and there are still ice cream and snacks in the refrigerator.
(Photo by He Ruifen)
Quietly moved out after four months without paying rent, still lived in vain for two months after deducting the deposit
Ms. Yang revealed that after her friend opened the refrigerator, she found leftover cakes and food. It was unknown how many days it had been in storage, and the brand-name carpets worth 3,000 yuan were also missing.
She said that the tenant surnamed Guo has not paid the rent since February, because the tenancy is due to May, that is, four months in arrears.
The owner sighs that there is no way to recover the tenant's contact address is a fake address and has called the police for help
After the tenant surnamed Kwok moved to the unit, she disappeared from the scene. Ms. Yang checked the contact address on the contract and found that the address was fake. She then called the MTR to inquire, and the other party responded that there was no such employee.
She believes that the tenants have damaged and stolen components, so she has called the police for help. She also said that the maintenance and redecoration costs have not been assessed yet, and she does not know how to recover.
To be honest, when I saw my new house turned into a house, I wanted to sell it... At that time, I was kind, I knew it was hard to rent a new house and let you raise a dog. If the mosquitoes (renting) were considered flat, I would pay for it. He used Wi-Fi for a year, and stayed with so many people. He bought Zuo 80,000 mosquitoes for a single mattress, which is so chilling.
The owner, Miss Yang
Netizens tell tenants that they are in debt
She sighed that this was the first time she had rented out, but she didn't expect it to turn into a nightmare, and she admitted that she bought the unit and planned to live in it, "I wouldn't rent it at all because of the epidemic, and I bought the pretty furniture (furniture) for my own use, I'll tell you the truth. When I came to my new house, I wanted to sell it immediately."
She also posted the incident and photos on the social platform, and immediately a financial company staff contacted him, saying that she was also chasing the other party's debt, owed more than 100,000 yuan, and there were financial disputes in other places; some netizens also informed Miss Yang , The man surnamed Guo put new game consoles on the second-hand platform earlier, but Miss Yang was unable to find the other party.
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