‘Greedy’ NYC landlord blasted for rent hike on rat-infested apartment
This Brooklyn girl’s landlord is completely buggin’!
For a roach-infested Williamsburg residence vulnerable to flooding and overrun by a sea of useless rats, TikTok knockout Trina Rose’s landlord is tacking on a staggering $800 improve to her already sky-high New York Metropolis lease.
“Hello Trina, we’re increasing your rent $800 as a result of it’s what the residence [is] value,” Rose, 28, penned within the closed captions of her trending TikTok tell-all, which has commanded greater than 148,300 views to date.
Her publish comes as controversies surrounding inflation and Massive Apple lease hikes development on social media. Nevertheless, current analysis performed by Redfin confirmed that lease will increase might quickly be “coming to an finish.”
That chance however, by the appears of her viral video, Rose’s landlords ought to be paying her to stay there.
Rose didn’t instantly reply to The Publish’s request for remark.
In her cringeworthy clip, Rose, a intercourse and physique positivity advocate, provides her greater than 40,800 followers grotesque glimpses at her inhabitable digs whereas a cheeky “as a result of that’s what it’s value” sound chunk performs within the background.
She kicks off the video tour with scenes from her toilet, which is flooded with a number of inches of water. The footage then transitions to a serpentine line of hulking, but useless, cockroaches littered throughout her tiled flooring. However essentially the most egregious sight is the horde of drowned rats which can be strewn about her home. Rose even movies herself scooping up the vermin, by hand, and disposing of the little menaces in a plastic bag.
And with that, sickened cyber spectators begged Rose to carry authorized motion in opposition to her “grasping bastard” of a landlord.
“Woman take your landlord to housing courtroom, you’ll win,” wrote a involved commentator.
“Breach of lease my good friend. Go away there [please],” urged one other.
In response, Rose shared a follow-up testimonial, explaining to her digital disciples that after she and her roommate informed the property supervisor they wouldn’t be capable of afford an additional $800 on their $3,000 lease, he listed the unlivable crib on-line for $4,700 a month.
“The grasping bastard … listed it for $1,700 more than what me and my roommate are paying now,” the brunette barked.
“He listed the residence for [$4,700] a month,” she yelled. “And is he going to place $1,700 of enhancements into this place? No. It’s nonetheless gonna have the roaches, it’s nonetheless going to be attracting rats within the again and if there’s a f–king tropical storm, it’s gonna flood.”
Rose ended her recorded rant — which she titled “Brooklyn Hire Rip-off,” and punctuated with a sequence of “alarm” emojis — by providing a stern word-to-the-wise for home-hunters hoping to relocate to her borough.
“In the event you’re wanting in Brooklyn, on Woodpoint Highway, for an residence that’s listed at $4,700 a month, your getting scammed,” she suggested.
“You’re getting scammed.”
