‘Gasped’: 24-year-old expat moves into rental, makes gross discovery

A renter has gone viral for sharing her gross discovery after moving into an apartment in Sydney - revealing a wider trend

A young woman has gone viral for sharing her gross discovery after renting an apartment in Sydney.

Mia Sukru, 24, moved to Sydney four weeks ago from London and was delighted when she and her mates landed an apartment in the eastern suburbs.

Ms Sukru explained she has the habit of “always giving everything a good clean whenever I move somewhere”, but she didn’t expect their new rental to be quite so dirty.

The 24-year-old was shocked when she started mopping the floors of her new place, only to be met with an insane amount of dirt and grime.

She had just mopped the kitchen and sunroom when she shared a shot on social media of her mopping bucket filled with water that the most disgusting colour of brown.

“It really grossed me out,” she told news.com.au.

Ms Sukru explained that the kitchen and sunroom were in such bad shape because the property had been vacant for two months.

The 24-year-old said it was “probably clean” to begin with, but after countless inspections, the apartment clearly got dirty, and no one bothered to give it another scrub before she moved in.

After seeing how filthy the place was, Ms Sukru said she cleaned it for over six hours before she was satisfied.

Ms Sukru moved to Sydney just over a month ago. Picture: Instagram/miaxshukri

She said it was tough to get approved for a rental. Picture: Instagram/miaxshukri

The sight of the dirty water struck a nerve on the internet, with the clip amassing over a million views and renters commenting on their similar experiences when moving somewhere new.

One pointed out that rentals are cleaned before inspections, but then hundreds of people walk through to inspect the apartment, and “they don’t get cleaned after,” meaning tenants move into very dirty places.

Another woman said, “This happened to me,” and she swung into action, took photos, consulted fair trading, and the homeowners reimbursed her for cleaning fees.

Another renter said she always leaves her rentals “immaculate” but then has “never moved into a rental clean”, which is frustrating.

Someone else shared that she was told her apartment was deep cleaned before she moved in, but when she opened the dishwasher, “50 cockroaches flew out.”

Others online just commented on the state of Ms Sukru’s apartment; someone called it a “crime”, another said they “gasped” when they saw the dirty bucket.

One cruelly commented: “Just buy a house then.”

She spent hours cleaning the apartment. Picture: Instagram/miaxshukri

The 24-year-old has chosen not to take the issue further. Picture: Instagram/miaxshukri

The 24-year-old said she didn’t want to raise the cleaning issue with real estate because she was just happy to find somewhere to rent.

Ms Sukru said it was “really difficult” to land a place in Sydney, and she and her housemates were “rejected a lot”.

“We haven’t bothered because we’re happy we found something,” she explained.

“It took such a long time, and we’re all planning to be here for a few years; I don’t want to cause issues.

“I’d rather just keep my mouth shut.”

She also found that being young and single didn’t work in her favour, which was a surprise. “We were told quite a few times that a family has taken preference,” she said.

“In the process, we were discriminated against because owners wanted families, but we’re all working so much we don’t have time to throw parties.”