At the end of 2019, Mr. Tan from Changsha rented his 87-square-meter house to a young couple. After the one-year lease expired, the other party asked to renew the lease and continue to pay the rent monthly.
Until this month, the property owner called and reported that the tenant had been owed property fees and water fees for a long time. Mr. Tan immediately contacted the couple, but unexpectedly the other party lost contact. Mr. Tan rushed back to the rental house and opened the door and saw that the scene in front of him made him angry and anxious.
The rental house was secretly used as a cathouse
The garbage was everywhere and the smell was pungent
The young couple rented a house
and said that they only had two pet cats, but they could not contact the tenant on the phone and WeChat, Mr. Tan took the weekend to check it. As a result, he opened the door and saw garbage all over the floor and cats jumping up and down on the sofa in the living room.
The reporter came to the house that Mr. Tan used for rent. There were all kinds of garbage on the ground. A very thick layer of cat hair had been piled up on the sofa. In the living room, three or four cats were still staying here. Judging from the scene, it was no longer an environment that people could live in. The rental contract shows that on December 1, 2019, Mr. Tan rented out an 87-square-meter house to a young couple for a monthly price of 2,200 yuan. The woman who signed the contract was born in 1997 and is 24 years old this year.
Property and water fees have not been paid for one year
There are more than ten cats in the house
He felt sorry for the house being "spoiled"
The landlord of the tenant called the police
Mr. Tan said that when the tenant rented the house, he said that he only raised two pet cats. Until they opened the door, they found that there may be more than 10 cats of all sizes in the house.
Seeing that the room was extremely hygienic and the furniture was seriously damaged, Mr. Tan called the police and contacted the tenant again.
Mr. Tan's wife took out photos of the original appearance of the house before renting it out in 2019 to prove that the house has been damaged so severely. At the scene, the reporter noticed that this two-bedroom and one-living house has completely become a cat occupancy, and every place and every corner is a cat's activity place.
The kitchen and floor are dirty and messy, as well as the moldy summer clothes drying on the balcony, show that this room has not lived in a long time. So, when was the last time the tenant contacted the homeowner?
At noon on October 16, after contacting the other party by phone again, Mr. Tan told the other party through WeChat that he had called the police, but the other party still had no response.
The tenant's "Salted Fish" account sold cats, has not logged in for 215 days, because of the bad smell, the neighbors complained that the cats were dealt with and seek solutions, and the property management in the community confirmed that in October, Mr. Tan's neighbor did complain that the "odorless smell" was indeed complained. At that time, the property management visited the door, but the tenant did not open the door, so they always thought that there was only one cat in the room.
Regarding the current situation where the tenant is missing, the lawyer suggested that Mr. Tan has the right to terminate the lease contract and take back the house, but how to deal with the cat in the house has become a problem.
The last time the cat-selling salted fish account was logged in was 215 days ago. The cat-selling account was unsupported and the cats in the rental house were unsupported. All the signs made Mr. Tan and his wife anxious. For this reason, the reporter accompanied the two to the property company and learned that because the tenant raised a cat smelled bad, the neighbor next door had complained and reported to the property. The photos provided by the property show that on October 2, staff came to the door to learn about the situation. Because the tenant did not open the door, they failed to enter the room, so they had no way of knowing the number of cats in the room.
In response to this lawyer, if the lessee fails to pay or delays in paying the rent without a legitimate reason, the lessor may require the lessee to pay within a reasonable period of time; if the lessee fails to pay within the time limit, the lessor may terminate the contract. However, the lessor is obliged to return the property in the house to the tenant.