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Renting is the norm for young people in big cities, after all, most families find it difficult to bear the pressure of buying houses in first- and second-tier cities, which also makes many indigenous residents of big cities find business opportunities.
They have chosen to rent out their houses to make huge profits, but at the same time, many landlords do not meet the existing rent and choose to black hands on the tenant's deposit.
These landlords will find various excuses to deduct the tenant's rent, and because most of the terms in the rental contract are favorable to the landlord, many tenants have no choice but to accept.
But some tenants are not so "talkative", and their practices will make landlords want to cry.
First, the turmoil of renting a house
Sister Qin is from Jiangxi, the family is relatively wealthy, her husband is engaged in the real estate industry, the income is quite large, she herself also works in the bank, the income is very stable, so Sister Qin decided to rent out her own house, and there is an income of tens of thousands of yuan a year.
Due to the good location of Sister Qin's house, it was renovated and soon welcomed the first tenant: Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen is a young man who has just graduated, and because of his level, he just graduated and joined an Internet company.
Since there are more jobs in the Internet company, Xiao Chen wants to find a house closer to the company, even if the rent is higher.
After coming and going, Xiao Chen found Sister Qin's house, and because both of them had intentions, they quickly finalized the rental contract, and Xiao Chen did not care about the unreasonable terms in the rental contract.
But what Xiao Chen didn't expect was that he would encounter such a "rogue" landlord.
In the first few days of coming to the house, Xiao Chen was still quite satisfied, all kinds of living facilities were available, but who knew that after less than half a year, there were various problems in the house, the biggest of which was that the air conditioning of the house was broken.
You must know that Jiangxi is very hot in summer, and it is almost impossible to sleep without air conditioning, so Xiao Chen immediately contacted Sister Qin and wanted her to come for maintenance.
But Sister Qin insisted that the air conditioner was broken by Xiao Chen, and asked Xiao Chen to pay compensation.
This was obviously an unreasonable request, and Xiao Chen had many quarrels with Sister Qin because of this, but in the end there was still no result.
Until the summer passed and the weather turned cooler, this matter was over, and the air conditioning matter also became a thorn between Xiao Chen and Sister Qin.
If there was only the problem of air conditioning, maybe the two would not have a stiff fight in the end, but Sister Qin's messing around afterwards made Xiao Chen completely helpless.
One day, when Xiao Chen was drying clothes, the steel wire on the drying rack broke, and Xiao Chen could not dry his clothes, so he told Sister Qin about this, hoping that she, as a landlord, could find someone to repair it.
Who knew that Sister Qin once again blamed Xiao Chen for the matter, and asked him to pay for repairing the drying rack and air conditioner, and then the two had a big fight.
Due to various problems before, Xiao Chen did not want to continue renting, so he contacted a friend to find another house.
Because there was still a period of time when the rent was due, Xiao Chen contacted Sister Qin to check out and asked to return the deposit when renting the house, because this deposit was enough for 6,000 yuan, but Sister Qin insisted that the early departure deposit would not be refunded, which made Xiao Chen very angry.
2. Acts of retaliation
Because of the deposit problem, Xiao Chen and Sister Qin broke up again, and Xiao Chen was reluctant to accept the deposit, so he had no choice but to find Sister Qin again to communicate.
But who knew that Big Sister Qin didn't return the deposit, and even threatened Xiao Chen; For a young man who has just graduated, 6,000 yuan is a huge amount of money, and Sister Qin's attitude made Xiao Chen angry and finally made the wrong decision.
After the quarrel, Xiao Chen never took the initiative to contact Sister Qin again.
Sister Qin thought that Xiao Chen had given up the deposit and did not entangle herself about this matter, but seeing that her and Xiao Chen's rent was about to expire, she wanted to ask Xiao Chen if she continued to rent this house, if she did not rent her, she would have to find someone else.
So Sister Qin dialed Xiao Chen's phone, but every time she called, she either couldn't get through or no one answered, which made Sister Qin suspicious.
When Sister Qin came to the door of her house, before she opened the door, she heard the sound of water flowing inside, which made her heart very nervous, because she had seen some examples of tenants maliciously destroying houses before.
So she immediately rushed up to open the door, but found that the key could not reach in, it turned out that it was filled with glue, and in desperation, Sister Qin could only call the lock opening phone, please the lock master to come.
When the door opened, Sister Qin's whole person collapsed, the whole house was like a small lake, it had been completely flooded by water, the floor, furniture, etc. were soaked, and the whole home was like a water curtain hole.
In addition, the walls of the house were also damaged, not only did they have various stains on them, but there was also a faint stench, which was clearly a feces smeared on the wall.
And the kitchen and bathroom are even more miserable, messy, and you can faintly see cockroaches and other bugs, such a house no one wants to live in in the future.
Sister Qin never thought that Xiao Chen, who looked at Sven, would do such a thing.
In order to sublease as soon as possible, Sister Qin can only contact the decoration company to renovate the house, because the floor and walls are blistered, the furniture has also been damaged to varying degrees, and the overall decoration needs at least 100,000 yuan.
Seeing the bill, Sister Qin's angry lungs were about to explode, but she couldn't contact Xiao Chen, and finally could only rely on the intervention of the media to contact Xiao Chen.
After the phone call, Sister Qin immediately questioned Xiao Chen imposingly, but Xiao Chen's attitude was not weak, the two could be called needles and needles, if it were not for the reporter persuading on the side, this communication was destined to end in a quarrel.
After learning that it was a reporter, Xiao Chen did not get angry for no reason, but said the "evil deeds" of Sister Qin.
Especially the deposit matter, Xiao Chen said very atmosphere, hearing this sentence, Sister Qin seemed to have caught a life-saving straw, and immediately said: "I can refund your deposit, but you have to deal with the problem of the house."
However, Xiao Chen seemed to have thought of this for a long time, and responded very decisively: "The deposit is sent to you, I don't want it", and in the end, the call ended in an embarrassing ending.
Afterwards, Sister Qin said that she would not give up on this matter and would choose to call the police to deal with it.
According to the current damage caused by Xiao Chen to the house, Xiao Chen is likely to be sentenced by the court to compensation or more than three years in prison.
In fact, the situation of Xiao Chen and Ms. Qin is not unique, and there are many tenants who retaliate against landlords on the Internet.
Why is this happening?
The problem is mainly with bad intentioned landlords, because they always have their own house, write down some overlord clauses, and do not travel as a landlord, so that tenants choose the wrong way to protect their legal rights.
3. Reasonable rights protection
Although Sister Qin made mistakes first, Xiao Chen was also a little irrational, and there were some mistakes in the process of renting a house.
The first mistake is not checking the damage to the contents of the house in advance, and every tenant should carefully check the condition of all the contents of the room before renting or even before entering the hotel.
If you find that there is damage or is about to be damaged, you can react directly or choose to check out. At this time, the landlord or the hotel has no reason to refuse, even if there is a contract in hand, you can ask for your money back according to the law, which is that the landlord himself has not fulfilled his contractual duties.
The second mistake was not to use the law to defend rights, but to use violent means to maliciously destroy houses with only the right to use.
The matter itself is illegal, and the landlord has the right to sue Xiao Chen, but if this matter is changed, Xiao Chen directly calls the police or applies for arbitration to ask for the deposit back, and the law will support Xiao Chen. Because the landlord has no reason to deduct Xiao Chen's deposit, even if Xiao Chen has an early return or damage to items, he should list the relevant bills and return the remaining deposit.
So what should I do if my belongings are damaged during the rental process?
This requires attention to two aspects: one is the way of damage, and the other is the age of the item. If the air conditioner damaged during Xiao Chen's use is damaged during normal use, Xiao Chen can directly ask the landlord to repair or replace it.
Because there is no man-made intentional damage, Xiao Chen can not compensate if he has the right to use.
Another aspect is to specify in the contract in advance who will bear the responsibility if the items in the room are damaged.
This point is clearly stipulated in the Civil Code of the mainland: the tenant has the right to require the landlord to repair the damaged items, and if there is no repair, the tenant can ask the landlord to bear the maintenance costs, or reduce the rent, extend the lease period, etc.
At this time, some people will ask, Xiao Chen quit the lease early, violating the contract, is it reasonable for the landlord not to return and exchange the deposit?
This is naturally unreasonable, because the deposit itself has nothing to do with rent, and the deposit is deducted in the case of Xiao Chen's malicious damage to the house or items.
If Xiao Chen's early withdrawal does violate the contract, the landlord has the right to demand compensation from Xiao Chen, but compensation is not the same thing as a deposit.
To put it simply, it should be to claim compensation after returning the deposit, and it is also illegal to directly deduct the deposit and not give it.
In fact, Xiao Chen's affairs are very representative, many landlords will write some "overlord clauses" when writing contracts, so that tenants are restricted everywhere, and will deduct tenants' rent for no reason, and many young people can only use "absurd" actions to vent their anger because they do not understand the law.
So as a young person, how should you protect your legitimate rights and interests when renting a house and avoid doing "absurd things" like Xiao Chen?
First, carefully watch the contract, and understand the relevant knowledge of the contract before renting, do not sign some "overlord contracts", even if you like the house, no matter how low the rent, you must refuse to sign the overlord contract.
For example, in the contract of Sister Qin: "The deposit for early surrender is not refunded" belongs to the overlord clause and cannot be signed; At the same time, some problems encountered in the process of renting a house, such as the repair of items, must also be written into the contract, and cannot be agreed orally.
Second, you should not be blindly impulsive when encountering any problems, and you must protect yourself in a legal way. Law has absolute authority in many areas, and even within the scope of contracts, any unreasonable contract law can directly nullify it.
Just like Ms. Chen's refusal to refund the deposit on the grounds of contract, we can completely obtain her to return the deposit through legal means, which is also a problem that applies to all tenants.
So are there cases where landlords insist on not returning rent?
There are many such cases, because many of the contents during the rental period are verbal agreements, and the tenant does not assert his rights in the first place.
Therefore, in the end, there is no good result, which means that many problems must be prepared in advance, if the landlord insists on verbal agreement not to write into the contract, you can consider using audio and video recording.
epilogue
Renting a house is not a trivial matter, if you encounter an unscrupulous landlord, the final deposit is not to mention, and there may be a large amount of compensation, so we must prepare in advance and avoid renting directly from the landlord without sufficient understanding.
After encountering problems, you can seek legal help as soon as possible, do not be afraid of calling the police, etc., and at the same time, you can tell your own experience truthfully on social media to avoid more young people being harmed.