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USo gather around everyone, because I need to vent and also warn every property owner in this city.
Three years ago, I rented out my shop to a laundry business called **Tumbledry**. Seemed like a legit business, right? A *laundry* service. You’d think cleanliness would be in their DNA. **You would be wrong.**
Fast forward to yesterday. Tenant serves 1 month notice, I hand her a ₹3,00,000 deposit cheque like the generous, trusting landlord I apparently delusionally am. I couldn’t be there in person so I ask her to clean up and leave the keys with the neighbour. Simple enough.
Today I show up **with a potential new tenant.** Excited. Hopeful. Full of dreams.
I open the door.
*I should not have opened the door.*
What greeted us was not a vacated shop. It was an **archaeological dig site** meets **post-apocalyptic movie set.** Debris everywhere. Wires hanging from the ceiling like spaghetti. Mud. Filth. Destruction.
Oh and here’s the fun part — **she took the lights. She took the fans. She dismantled and took the FALSE CEILING that I had installed before giving the place on rent.** The signboard I had put up? Also gone. GONE. Like she packed up an entire renovation and walked out with it.
My new potential tenant took one look, turned around, and left. Can’t blame him honestly. I would have done the same.
But WAIT. The cherry on top of this disaster sundae? I called the electricity board. **₹25,000 in unpaid electricity bills.** Pending. In MY name. Because of course.
So to summarize:
* Got back a shop that looks like it survived a small war ✅
* Lost a new tenant before even saying hello ✅
* ₹25,000 electricity bill surprise ✅
* Ceiling, lights, fan, board — all stolen in broad daylight ✅
* Deposit already handed over like a fool ✅**What do I do now?**
Seriously asking. Can I stop the cheque? Can I file a police complaint for taking fixtures that were part of the property? Is there any legal recourse here? Any fellow landlords who’ve dealt with something like this?
Because right now I’m standing in rubble, holding an empty key, and questioning every life decision that led me here.
📸 Photos attached because no one would believe me otherwise.
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