An owner was completely traumatized by the advanced state of unsanitary conditions in which she found her accommodation, near Drummondville, on her return from vacation.
Dozens of adult diapers soiled, remnants of decomposed food on the floor, cat droppings on the walls… Carole Forcier mightn’t believe her eyes when she repossessed her apartment on August 4th. .
“As soon as I opened the door, a chill went through my whole body. It smelled of corpses and there were bugs everywhere… With each step I took, my heart lifted,” says the owner of the accommodation in Saint-Bonaventure, in the Centre-du-Québec region.
For three days, Ms. Forcier and her husband have been desperately trying to clean up the mess, which now looks like a real “pig sty”, but she can’t see the end of it.
“We spent a full day burning waste, but it’s far from over,” sighs the one who has just returned from vacation in the South, between two sobs.
de tensions
Carole Forcier never suspected that there might be any problem with her tenants who lived in a house divided into two dwellings belonging to her.
The neighbors never complained and the rent was always paid.
But things started to go wrong at the beginning of the year, when the landlady told them that their lease would become monthly. She was then trying to sell her own house and intended to live in her rent when it was done.
“Every time I gave notice that I was coming for a ride, they found a reason to prevent me from coming. I was [crédule]I did not think that it existed of the world of the same, ”she lets go, reporting tensions more and more regular in their exchanges.
The couple of tenants suddenly stopped paying in July, blaming it on an alleged fraud, before finally leaving the house a month later.
Nothing to do
Ms. Forcier filed a complaint with the police, but to no avail. According to him, the authorities would have told him that there is “nothing to do in these cases” since there is no criminal impact as such.
If she intended to live in her apartment once her house sold, it is no longer in her plans. She was traumatized by the events.
“All I can do is denounce the situation and tell the owners to be vigilant, to prevent others from suffering the same fate,” she concludes.
- The tenants involved did not respond to our interview requests.