Seen It All - Part Two

[andy-hughes]

With reference to Nailit's post about a charity shop needing a security guard - there really is no limit to how low some people will stoop - 

We have just returned from a lovely holiday in Wales at a house owned by a charity that provides accomodation for disabled children.

The house we rented for a week is adapted for autistic children - our youngest grandson has autism.

The charity offers the house for rent at less than half the standard market value for a house of that size in that area - it's near Tenby.

When we were travelling down, we got a text asking what time we were arriving - the usual arrival time is four p.m., it gives the cleaner - a volunteer of course - chance to clean the house and change the beds from the previous occupants, who are required to leave by nine a.m.

While we were there, the handyman - another volunteer of course, arrived to repair a fence panel that was damaged in the recent winds.

In conversation, he advised that, when the cleaner arrived to sort out the house before our arrival, she cried at the state the house had been left in.

It was so bad, that they had to draft in two additional cleaners in order to have it ready for us by the arrival time.

The previous family had pled poverty, and somehow secured a grant to reduce the cost of rental even further than the low rent already charged.

But they arrived in two brand new electric cars, which they promptly plugged into the house's electricity supply to charge them.

The charity have a private refuse collection service, and they are fined considerably if rubbish is not sorted into the correct bins before collection - the family had filled the sanitary bin with wine bottles and Guiness cans.

In addition to damaging the dish washer, which may have to be replaced, and leaving the house full of rubbish, and filthy dirty, they also stole around five hundred pounds worth of bedding, duvets, and kitchen equipment, which the charity will have to replace.

I don't bother asking myself how people can behave like this - there is no answer.

It's not rational behaviour, so there is no point looking for reasons for them to do things like this, only ponder that they can take advantage so cruelly.

I have suggested to the charity that they take a £250 security deposit on all bookings, refundable if the house is left in a proper condition - it's what most commercial landlords would do.

I hope they implement it, to prevent this kind of thing happening to them again, they don't deserve it.

[Giggsie]

That is shocking how can people do this? 

[Rosetta]

If I was the charity I would be inclined to tell the police, £500 's worth of theft.

There is no excuse for behaviour such as that, the charity workers must have been very upset at such disrespect and unappreciativeness  

[Canary42]

I grew up in a seaside guest house run by my mum and step-dad. After he died and my Mum got a bit old to run it, I converted the upstairs into a holiday flat (much less work and cleaner in at changeover to help out). Most people left it spotless, but there were the odd one or two who left it in a terrible state. Never ceased to amaze me, I wondered what their homes were like.

[anneasquith]

Inform the police .

[Smowball]

Omg that is just despicable!! How can people do this?? : (

[Canary42]

It's probably how they live at home Smow - dregs of humanity

[fripfrip]

Hi andy,so sorry about the state the previous occupiers left the house for you,but if the charity were to ask for a deposit which is a good idea unfortunately people like the ones who had been their before you and pled poverty would find a way to get away with payinga deposit,it's a sad situation when some take advantage of a charity like the one that rents the house, out but it must be even worse for the children with parents like that.