Johannesburg - If you are leaving it behind, it probably wasn’t important to you
. And when you move into a new home you might be lucky enough to find useful items, such as coffee tables, dressers or even a lawnmower, left behind by the previous renters.
But what no new tenant wants is to find items which will make them blush or prove a nuisance.
Recently the Tenant Profile Network (TPN) conducted a survey of 500 members to uncover the weirdest things left behind by renters. And the results were, well, interesting.
TPN found by far the most common weird items abandoned were dildos and vibrators.
People also neglected to dismantle their sex rooms, complete with whips and chains, before they left – nor did they take their nude selfies with them.
Renters often left their pets – dogs, cats and rabbits. It was unclear whether the animals had been abandoned intentionally.
Moving tenants sometimes forgot their voodoo paraphernalia – including monkey heads in jars and a decapitated parakeet.
But perhaps most bizarre was one tenant who left behind her spouse. Yes, seriously.
Then there was the usual trash left for landlords and agents to mop up. It was apparent from the survey it was not uncommon for tenants to leave a home in a filthy state.
Because of the Protection of Personal Information Act, your landlord won’t be able to name and shame you if you leave a husband, sex toy or pet behind, but chances are you didn’t pay your rent on time and regularly.
“Unlucky for them, TPN can share information based on a tenant’s payment profile and it has repeatedly been shown that a tenant who pays on time is far more likely to care for your property and investment,” says managing director Michelle Dickens.
Saturday Star