Beautiful home in Melbourne’s southwest trashed by renter
A Werribee home has been trashed by a tenant who has “taken to the hills”, leaving an “absolute horror show”.
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A couple has been left reeling after the Werribee property they called home for 12 years was left trashed by a woman they trusted.
Andrew Robson and Jan resided in the property under an agreement with the owner for years before they decided to move interstate in 2019.
“During these 12 years, this wasn’t only a house but a home full of loving memories,” Mr Robson said on a GoFundMe page.
They left the property to a friend named Emily in 2018 —a single mother of three desperate for somewhere to live — after they left.
“The owner of the property asked us to find someone to take over and what perfect timing! Emily was struggling to find a place for her and her kids so we offered her to move in and take over,” Mr Robson said.
But by July this year Emily was given three months to vacate the property.
“Over the past year, every attempt to inspect the property was met with excuse after excuse,” the post continued.
“Her kids were sick, she was ill, Covid, her father had passed. Finally we start to see the red flags.”
The date Emily was supposed to leave the property came and went without her moving out.
“She had stopped paying rent and claimed fear for herself and her children,” Mr Robson said.
In November the real estate agent managing the property received an anonymous call to say the property had been vacated.
Mr Robson and his partner Jan returned to the property expecting the “nightmare” to be over.
“What we found instead of the beautiful home we remembered is nothing more than an absolute horror show. Every wall drawn on, broken furniture throughout, rubbish and bodily fluids everywhere,” he said.
“Now Emily has taken to the hills and left us with this destroyed memory and heartbreak.”
A GoFundMe page has been started to try and raise funds to fix up the house, with any extra being donated to a mental health charity.
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