Feb

Landlord’s snap of tenancy welcome pack cleans up on social media

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Australian landlord’s collection of gifts to new tenant goes global on Facebook after it divides opinion what ‘passive aggressive’ means in the private rented sector.

Do you thoughtfully provide soap and loo roll for weary new
tenants moving into your property? Maybe you leave out wine or a box of
chocolates to welcome them after a busy day moving house?

But a basket of cleaning products? A dirty trick,
according to social media users who slammed one landlord for providing a washing
basket, bleach, cleaning products, sponges and toilet paper – as well as a
packet of chocolate biscuits – with the note: ‘A housewarming gift for a new
tenant, to help keep our renovated unit in good order’.

While some posted about the Australian landlord’s generous
gesture, others labelled it a passive-aggressive ploy. Wrote one outraged
social media user: “Yeah, now every time they clean they are going to feel your
presumptuous judgment of their cleanliness. I’d chuck it all out so it didn’t
p*** me off.”

Perhaps these
bolshie Aussies are more judgemental than their British counterparts. A survey
by insurance firm Endsleigh found landlords who gave tenants presents usually
chose a bottle of wine, although a quarter gave flowers and plants as
housewarming gifts.

Although it didn’t mention cleaning gifts, about 70% of
the tenants who received presents stayed in their rental property for over two
years, whereas 54% of those who didn’t receive a gift stayed for more than two
years.

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