We all know that renting a house comes with a lot of rules and restrictions that you have to abide by, but it's not without reason. Imagine buying a house and renovating it to perfection, hoping to rent it out and generate some income. Now imagine someone moving in and doing terrible things to it...
Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened in this story. But it wasn't the end of the story, because this man decided not to be taken advantage of. These tenants had picked the wrong landlord to mess with, and he was determined to seek revenge.
New TenantsThomas Ravaux had meticulously renovated his house and was ready to take on some respectable tenants. The landlord's search led him to a young couple with three children. Ravaux knew that the protocol for renting a property was fairly simple.
All he had to do was draw up a contract and allow the new tenants to move in. He was quite pleased with the tenants he had found. The couple seemed nice, and the children were clearly well-behaved. So far, everything seemed fine.
Preparing for the New TenantsLike any good landlord, Thomas Ravaux didn't compromise when it came to the condition of his house. From plumbing to wall paint, he took care of everything before the tenants moved in.
The landlord personally had the hardwood floors polished, repainted the walls, and repaired the plumbing. After all these preparations, the apartment was finally ready for its brand new tenants. Ravaux had full confidence that the young family would consider it their home.
Before and AfterThe landlord was someone who clearly paid attention to details. If you were to look at the other apartments he had for sale, you could safely say that he was a perfectionist. Many landlords are not willing to renovate their spaces before someone moves in, but Ravaux was different.
He spent a lot of time on all the renovations before putting the apartment up for rent. Like any other landlord, he hoped that the tenants would cherish it and keep it in top condition, just like him. He would soon find out how wrong he was.
Not the First TimeThomas Ravaux had a lot of experience renting out his apartment, and this certainly wasn't his first time. Before this apartment, he had bought, renovated, and rented out another one. Previously, all his tenants had been decent people who didn't give him much trouble.
The landlord always saw himself as a very shrewd man, and when he saw the seemingly normal couple for the first time, nothing about them seemed alarming. However, he didn't know that the new tenants would turn his life into a nightmare.
After his tenants caused significant damage to his apartment, the landlord couldn't help but share the incredible photos of his destroyed apartment on the internet. People reacted with outrage, and everyone was shocked to see the previously pristine home in such a state.
Perhaps the landlord should have immediately evicted them when they refused to pay rent for fourteen months. Maybe he was a patient man, as he waited a whole year before visiting the apartment himself, but what he saw there changed everything.
Perfect IllusionEverything was going smoothly until the date for the first rent payment arrived. It seemed as if the family had completely forgotten to pay the rent. Ravaux, being an understanding landlord, brushed off their mistake and decided to wait a little longer.
Weeks turned into months, and the rent still hadn't been paid. At that point, the landlord began to worry about the family and their unwillingness to pay rent. To confirm his suspicions, he called the bank and was told that no payments had been made by the family in the past four months.
Contacting the TenantsNaturally, Ravaux was furious and decided to confront the tenants by calling them. However, the tenants seemed to have disappeared completely. The landlord kept calling, but all his attempts were in vain.
When he finally realized that the tenants were avoiding his calls, he knew it was an intentional plan, not a mistake. Throughout those fourteen months, the landlord had repeatedly tried to reach the tenants, but without success.
Visiting the ApartmentAfter having been patient for so long, the landlord decided to take action and confront the tenants in person. He drove to the apartment to talk to them and ultimately evict them if they refused to cooperate.
But just like his phone calls had gone unanswered, he wasn't listened to. After knocking for a while, he realized that the apartment was empty. He used his spare key to open the apartment and stepped inside. One glance at the apartment was enough to know that something was terribly wrong.
The Cryptic NoteBefore the landlord had decided to use his spare key, he noticed a small handwritten note. The note instructed the reader to "ring the doorbell." Confused and now a bit scared, Ravaux looked for the doorbell.
He wondered why the couple had written such a strange note. Couldn't they hear his knocking? Eventually, he decided to try that approach as well since knocking didn't seem to work. But he was startled by what he found instead of the doorbell.
The Destroyed DoorbellWhile the lack of response from the tenants was unusual, it wasn't strange enough to deter the landlord. That all changed when he looked at the doorbell. The "doorbell" had deliberately been unplugged, as if someone had attempted to rewire it.
This was definitely not a good sign, and Ravaux didn't know what to make of it. He even considered calling the police but decided to follow the handwritten instructions. When he pressed the destroyed doorbell, a shocking sound rang in his ears.
The doorbell had a very disturbing and loud sound. If the family had been present, they would have surely heard it. At that moment, Ravaux was ready to use his spare key and enter the apartment. He believed that the doorbell had only been a distraction.
He decided to play it safe and opened the door to his apartment. He stepped inside cautiously, expecting to find an empty apartment at worst. But the sight of his once perfectly kept apartment shocked him.
The Empty ApartmentThough he knew the family was no longer present in the apartment, the traces they left behind were impossible to ignore. It looked as if a hurricane had torn through the apartment, leaving everything in disarray.
The apartment resembled a landfill, with trash spilling out from every nook and cranny. Bags of garbage, children's toys, and dirty dishes were strewn everywhere. The furniture he had provided was also in poor condition. The worst part of it all was the horrendous stench emanating from rotting food and waste.
Apartment or landfill?The landlord could hardly believe his eyes. How could a family with three young children live like cave dwellers? The apartment was filled with garbage as far as the eye could see. If it wasn't trash, it was smelly dishes and broken objects scattered around.
As he continued to explore the house, he discovered that the family even had a dog. He found a leash and feces on the floor. It was a nightmare for him (as it would be for any landlord) to see his precious apartment in such a pitiful state.
A Nightmare Became RealityAs if the garbage wasn't horrific enough, the walls of the apartment were also in poor condition. On his way to the bathroom, the landlord noticed clear holes in the plasterboard. This was worse than he could have ever imagined.
What kind of people could do something so despicable to a rented home? It took him half an hour to calm himself down before continuing to search the rest of the apartment.
The Disrespectful FamilyIt almost seemed illegal for someone to keep their children in such an unhealthy and unclean environment. As if the family's own garbage wasn't enough, they had even left an outside trash bin inside their house.
Ravaux slowly realized the extent of the damage this family had caused to his apartment. On top of it all, they essentially lived there rent-free. In the end, the landlord was left without rent and with a vandalized apartment suffering significant damage.
The KitchenFilled with fear of what else he would uncover, he stepped into the kitchen to take a quick look at the scene. Cardboard boxes, take-out containers, dirty dishes, and spoiled food were scattered all over the kitchen.
Upon closer inspection, he even found spoiled food in the fridge. The sight was heartbreaking for Ravaux, who had worked so hard to renovate this apartment. However, he was not going to let his sadness get in the way of the revenge he was planning.
Furious as he was, Ravaux was ready to come up with a plan that would teach his former tenants a lesson. He set aside all regret and disappointment and decided to channel his energy into executing the perfect revenge plan.
Soon enough, Ravaux had a cunning plan to get back at the horrible tenants. However, his devious plan proved difficult to execute. He also wondered if it would land him in legal trouble.
Seeking Legal AssistanceTo ensure that his revenge wouldn't cross any legal boundaries, he reached out to his lawyer. He took photos of the apartment and sent them to the lawyer to better explain his situation. He then went to his neighbor's house to gather some information.
He asked the neighbors if they knew when the apartment had been vacated. According to them, his apartment had been empty for weeks. However, they couldn't precisely say when the family had left the apartment.
Dealing with AngerIt's understandable that Ravaux was more than enraged by the way he was treated by the tenants. His patience and kindness were met with complete betrayal. Though he had the urge to physically harm someone, he had to control his anger in order to get things back in order.
The landlord believed that engaging in a fight with the tenants wouldn't lead to any form of resolution. A family that could live so savagely and evade rent for a year would likely refuse any negotiation. He decided that he needed to give them a taste of their own medicine.
Intentional DestructionIt was impossible for all of this to have happened by accident. The holes in the wall, the damaged furniture, and the horrendous living conditions were all an intentional effort to destroy the apartment. The landlord wondered if the couple had an ounce of decency.
In hindsight, it made perfect sense that the couple had ignored his phone calls. Perhaps they had completely lost their minds and thought they could do whatever they wanted with a rental apartment. Whatever their motivations were, Ravaux had never experienced something so repulsive.
Seeking HelpThe first thing he had to do was call in a witness who could corroborate his story. He called someone to inspect the vandalized apartment and also took plenty of photographs as evidence. It was important to gather his narrative and substantiate it with proof.
Then, he enlisted some services to help him clean up the apartment and remove the trash. However, he didn't throw away the garbage just yet. He had other plans for all the waste that the family had left behind.
Time for RevengeYou must be wondering what the landlord did with all the scattered belongings in the apartment. Well, he decided to use them for his revenge plans. He didn't want to be the only one dealing with a ransacked apartment.
The landlord hired a truck to load all the garbage and personal items. The apartment was completely cleaned, and all the trash was loaded onto the truck. The plan was finally set in motion, and the landlord couldn't wait to exact sweet revenge.
Ravaux believed that the best revenge he could take on the disrespectful couple was to mirror their actions. This meant he had to do exactly what they had done to him. But first, he needed to find out where the tenants had moved to.
He discovered that his tenants had rented a new apartment somewhere else. He drove to the location with a garbage truck right behind him. He planned the whole thing unexpectedly, without giving the couple any warning of what was about to happen.
A deliveryThey arrived at the location, and Ravaux pulled out his phone to capture the moment he had been waiting for. He kept filming as the truck backed up into the driveway. The whole event became quite a spectacle as people started to gather to see what was happening.
The landlord chuckled with amusement. He watched attentively as onlookers were shocked, wondering what was going on and why. Ravaux kept his camera focused on the truck as it backed up and dumped all the garbage at the couple's doorstep.
Sweet, sweet revengeNothing could soothe the fire within Ravaux like this meticulously planned act of revenge. By dumping all their garbage on the driveway, he finally felt that they were even. They had dared to vandalize his apartment, so he took the liberty of doing the same to theirs.
He uploaded the video he had captured to YouTube, but he never expected to receive so many reactions. Soon, he became a viral sensation, and the comments flooded in. It seemed that the video garnered mixed reactions from the public.
Opinions are dividedMany people were impressed by Ravaux's plan to teach the tenants a lesson. They fully supported his actions and even voiced that all bad tenants should pay the price. However, not everyone thought highly of the way Ravaux handled the situation.
Many pointed out that the place Ravaux had vandalized did not belong to the family. Since the family was renting from someone else, it seemed that their new landlord would have to endure this nightmare instead of them!
Not the best ideaOne person made a valid point when they said that Ravaux had created a huge mess that the other landlord had to clean up. This could even be considered illegal, and the new landlord could sue him for doing this on their property.
However, Ravaux was a clever man and had a few cards up his sleeve. He had made sure that the new tenants would be held responsible for this mess instead of their landlords. He also confirmed the legality of his actions to avoid any troubles.
Was it justified?Many people didn't understand just how bad the situation in the apartment had been. Ravaux claimed it was nothing short of a massacre. From the walls to the carpet, everything was destroyed and needed urgent repairs.
He believed that the photos only showed a fraction of the damage he had to cover. He even had to disinfect the entire apartment before he could rent it to someone else. That's why his revenge had been so brutal. According to him, the family deserved what happened to them.
Anyone who entered the apartment could smell the awful stench emanating from inside. Ravaux couldn't understand how the family could have lived with it, but he couldn't rent the property in such a condition. Since the photos could only provide a very superficial view, the true state could never be experienced.
To back up all his claims, he had called a legal representative to witness the situation firsthand. He had no doubt that his revenge was justified. The family's lack of respect had left him in shock, and perhaps his lesson would teach them some manners.
Cleaning up the messMany people speculated that the new landlords would have to clean up the mess. However, Ravaux was informed that the couple had cleaned up everything themselves. That meant he had succeeded in his plan to make them take responsibility for their actions.
As for the legal issues, the landlord had it all figured out. He had spoken to the authorities beforehand and had the law on his side. He had discussed everything with them, so he didn't have to worry about legal repercussions.
The viral storyWhile there is nothing new about this type of tenants, the unique way Ravaux decided to teach them a lesson quickly went viral. Many landlords online could empathize with his struggle and were inspired by how he handled the situation.
We can only hope that this family will learn their lesson and keep other rented apartments tidier. If we had to award someone the title of "Worst tenants ever," this couple would be it! In the end, Ravaux got his revenge, but he still had to deal with all the damage.
The landlord's stroke of luckDespite the whole fiasco, Ravaux had a bit of luck because the tenants were not home when he went to their place. If they had been home, the eviction would have been a nightmare. In most Western European and American states, it's not that easy to get rid of tenants.
There are many laws that protect tenants from eviction, and even obtaining an eviction order can be a long and difficult process. Fortunately, the family moved out voluntarily, and Ravaux didn't have to force them to leave.