Chinese landlord shocked as ‘well-groomed’ millennial renters leave flat looking like a pigsty
Tenants smashed furniture and television and left without paying all their bills
A flat owner was shocked after his “well-groomed” millennial tenants left his newly furnished flat in north China in a shambolic condition, filled with broken furniture and rotten food, and then disappeared without paying all their bills, according to local media.
Photos and video shared by the owner showed the condition that flat in Dalian in Liaoning province had been left in after less than a year – including piles of rubbish, a cracked granite table and walls stained with soup and sauces – and contrasted them with images of the place in a pristine condition before he started renting it out.
The renters also left about 700 yuan (US$102) of utility bills unpaid and then cut their contact with the flat owner, Peninsula Morning Post reported on Saturday.
The flat owner, identified only by his surname Wang, told the newspaper that it may cost about 6,000 yuan to tidy the place and repair the furniture.
“They only paid 3,200 yuan as deposit, which is not enough to cover the loss,” said Wang.
Last year Wang leased his flat to two young women and thought they would take good care of the property, the report said.
“They were in their twenties and they dressed up very nicely,” said Wang.
Later one of the women moved out and the other’s boyfriend moved in.