I was deeply shocked by my tenant’s bizarre act after she moved out – yet she’s calling ME dramatic

A landlord was gobsmacked after discovering his tenant had taken his big-ticket items when she moved out – despite them being part of the furnished rental.

Renter Katie was living in the apartment, which included essential appliances such as a fridge, washing machine and dishwasher.

But when she moved out, she took the bulky gadgets, worth more than $2,000, with her, mistakenly believing they were hers to keep – leaving the landlord baffled, as they were his property.

‘Hi, just wanted to say I’ve left the keys on the counter. Thanks for everything,’ Katie said in her goodbye text message to the landlord.

Baffled, he replied: ‘Hi Katie. Just been to the property. Where is the fridge?’

Appearing unfazed, she casually replied: ‘Oh, I took it. Same with the washer and the dishwasher.’

Taken aback by her response, the landlord said: ‘Sorry? Those weren’t yours to take. They were part of the tenancy.’

Katie tried to justify taking the appliances, saying: ‘Yeah but I used them every day. I assumed they were mine?’

As the products came with the rental property, he explained: ‘They’re listed on the inventory. You signed it. Can you return them please?’

‘That’s a bit awkward now. They’re already in my new place,’ Katie replied. 

He demanded she bring the gadgets back because ‘they don’t belong to you’.

‘I genuinely thought they did. Like, I used them. They felt like mine,’ Katie insisted. 

Furious with her response, he replied: ‘Katie. You’ve taken items worth over a grand. This isn’t a grey area.’

Trying to find a way out of the situation, she suggested: ‘Can’t you just claim it on insurance or something? I’m not trying to cause drama.’

However, the landlord gave her an ultimatum as he accused her of stealing.

‘If I don’t have them back by Friday, I’ll have to treat it as theft. This is serious,’ he said.

Katie ended the conversation with: ‘Wow. Over a few appliances? Bit extreme, don’t you think?’

It’s unclear what happened between Katie and the landlord – but British property strategist Jack Rooke re-shared the pair’s text exchange.

‘She took over £1,000 ($A2040) worth of appliances… Then told the landlord he was being dramatic. And people still say landlords are the bad guys,’ Jack said.

‘That’s a bit extreme. She’s just robbed him.’

His video has been viewed more than 770,000 times, with many divided over the situation. 

‘She’s been paying the guy’s mortgage for years, the least he can do is let her have a few white goods,’ one suggested. 

‘To be fair, she’s used them. Every day the new tenants won’t want secondhand appliances – she’s saved the landlord a job by removing them,’ another shared.

‘Dammit Katie you’re making me agree with a landlord here,’ one said.

‘I never rent anything out furnished, literally they steal something every time. Over 10 years there was nothing left – no sofa, fridge, dryer, bed, table and chairs. Every single item stolen,’ a tenant revealed.

‘My last tenant left with my fridge. Exactly the same conversation,’ one added.