The end of tenancy cleanup can often make or break the decision to hand back a deposit so spare a thought for this student whose video of the mess he was left to clean after his housemates left has gone viral.
22-year-old University of the West of England journalism student Matt Sterling returned to his student digs after six weeks home to pick up his belongings and return his keys, only to find his housemates had left sewage in the sink, a broken toilet and a flooded washing machine.
As is required in these modern times, Sterling quickly filmed the mess with his own witty commentary and posted it to social media such as Snapchat, Facebook and Twitter, attracting millions of views.
https://www.facebook.com/matt.sterling.5036/videos/vb.711569222/10155365116564223/?type=2&theater
Even the lettings agents were talking about the video when he went to return the keys, with Matt overhearing them saying it would be fine as long as the mess was cleared.
Luckily, he thinks they didn’t know it was him when he returned the keys.
He told EYE he had spent three days cleaning the property and making it spotless with his mum and another housemate. His poor mum had sink duty though!
Deposits are usually returned in August so he hopes his efforts will be enough to get a good chunk back.
Comments (4)
Tip of the iceberg. Many lettings agents can beat this hands down and we are being told we will have a cap on deposits to recover costs.
I wonder what the toilet was like.
Sorry Matt, but you only showed up to collect your possessions and return keys. Maybe your flatmates weren’t to happy that you had no intention of cleaning yourself.
Awww ……bless…. (eye roll)
Ugh. Student houses. Never again!
Maybe we should start a GoFundMe for that poor mother who had to clean the sink.