Landlord From Hell: My Crazy Experience in China
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- Опубліковано 1 лис 2023
- China, Chongqing: here is my worst experience and I'll tell you 100% the truth of what happened in China! I had a crazy landlord, and every time I tried to speak to him he got worse!
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🇨🇳 many Chinese believe I am paid by the Americans,
🇺🇸 many Americans believe I am paid by the Chinese.
All these people have been clearly brainwashed by their own media,
and they are not able to think for themselves.
Liking or disliking an aspect of a country,
doesn't mean being paid by any of their governments.
When I was making a positive video in Philadelphia 🇺🇸
I didn't show the negative aspects of the city.
Why should I show the negative aspects of a random city
in China if the theme of the video is positive?
My channel is my life experiences.
Sometimes they are positive,
and sometimes they are negative.
Liking or disliking an aspect of a country,
doesn't mean being paid by any of their governments.
If you don't appreciate honesty,
look at yourself in the mirror
and figure out what is wrong with you.
_________
Goodbye China, it was nice.
Now let's start the Vietnam series!
you never know....those Chinese who believe you are paid by the Americans are actually 1450 cyber trooper from Tsaiwan....
@@bapak9832ya I seen people tell another UA-camr that they need to show the bad parts too. Can you imagine telling someone else how to run their channel. They should start their own channel
I was watching your first vlogs from China and honestly I had impression that you were invited here by China tourist/propaganda company. It was because you always were with 2 Chinese girls + there was one more english speaking vloger with you. I am looking forward to your Vietnam vlogs coz its more my cup of tea. Concerning China I didn't watch all your vlogs but I can imagine you were impressed with this country. I personally visited Hong Kong and China in 2004. I was invited there by Microsoft and I had occasion to visit several China cities and companies and it was eye opening for me how well China was developed. I had chance to compere these China tech companies to mine and it was no compression to be honest. It was almost 20 years ago so I can only imagine how it can look today. Powodzenia w Wietnamie!
Sad to hear that China was so bad. :(
You are really showing the scenes in China! I admire your video for both the positive and negative scenes, since they are truths. Never mind those who slander you. We all believe in you❤
As a subscriber of yours for many years, I have followed you through numerous countries around the world. Europe, central and South America, Asia, and Africa. NEVER, have I seen you dealing with a situation such as this, that you recently encountered in China, with this A-Hole of a landlord. I also find it interesting that the contract you signed with the agency, so conveniently could not be found! I’m inclined to think that this landlord was doing some dealing under the table. I do understand that as a foreigner, and not speaking the language created barriers for yourself to deal solely with this situation. Thankfully, your Chinese friend has stood by your side, and helped you to retrieve that two hundred dollars! For what it’s worth, I hope this friend of yours can spread the word about this jackass landlord, so that other future travelers will avoid this place. I also realize that this landlord does not reflect all landlords in China, because you’ll find the same type of crooks here in the USA. Not a fun experience for you this time around, but another chapter to add in your autobiography! Be well and remain positive! 👍💯⭐️👏😁
You''re right, the contract disappearing - despite being digitally signed - sounds pretty weird!
One bad apple doesn't represent the tree, but this bad apple really tried to poison me!
Randy, if we ever go to China together I will get you a reservation there. I personally will be staying at the Hilton. 🙂 So sad that Michele would have to put up with this basically thievery. I would have called Alex for some iChongqing support.
@@KenWiggerAnotherAncientGamer Michele was indeed pissed. Were it myself, I would have been much worse. Being a foreigner and not speaking the language put him at a great disadvantage. Yes, he did have the option to contact Alex, yet thankfully his female friend, who he never named did manage to get him that deposit back, along with a bit more (so he claimed). If we ever go to China, take into consideration that there are many bridges to cross on the way to the Hilton. Careless and unfortunate accidents do happen in life. Just saying!
@@randydergantz 🙂
I'm sorry you went through these terrible things in China and wanted to give you a hug😢
Thank you
What a nightmare! I’ll look forward to reading your trip advisor review 🙃🍄
AHahhah
Michele ! So sorry hear you have that bad experience in China ! As a Chinese , I feel so sorry for a foreigner feel like that ! Anyway , I live Hong Kong , hope one day u will consider come to Hong Kong and look what have here ! Good luck ! 👋🏼
Thank you so much, I'd love to come to Hong Kong!
Maybe next year :)
Hi Michele good luck with everything 🎉
Thank you! You too!
Like #245.
Terribly sorry you've had to endure such a terrible experience. Wow!
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Mój Drogi Michele, I know it is halloween week, but this is the worst nightmare scenario of all your videos! Felt so stressful, like a real horror movie. When you mentioned you would explain about the balcony later I thought the landlord was going to turn up and you would be fighting to see who would be thrown off it. Sheesh! Really glad you are leaving that piece of "rotten chocolate" behind you. Seriously. Please,...wish you a kind and calm welcome in your next destination. Stay safe.
Ahah, dzieki Franko, it really felt like being in a movie where bad things keep happening one after the other!
Stay safe too!
Wow! I'm so sorry you went through this, Michele. Landlords are a problem in every country. It's crazy that he wanted you to clean the room after he rented it to someone else. That landlord is a scammer. I'm so happy you got your money back. Hopefully Vietnam will be a better experience 🙏. Thank you for sharing 👍👍👍.
Thank you so much Mike!
With my travels I show that every country is exactly the same
I feel sorry for you Michele, stay blessed! 👍
Thank you! You too!
Stay strong michele :) youll reach 1 million subs faster as you can imagine.
Never give Up
I will never give up, that's sure!
@@MichelePonte Im from southern most Germany directly at the Border to Switzerland, If you ever plan going to some places Here Like Switzerland or the black Forrest I can give you some Tips for places for some good Videos :)
That would be awesome, thank you!
As a kid I passed by your area many times
Hi Michele so sorry for your troubles with this crazy landlord. The situation is really very complicated as you are a foreigner in China or any other country. I also believe this was the worst experience you've been through, but I'm glad it ended well and now I hope to see your next adventure. Be safe Michele.🙏🙏💪💪
What matters is the end results, but so much trouble to get there :)
Thank you!
Right Michele!
I will remember not to stay at that place if I visit China. Wow, I'm surprised you were treated so poorly. Thanks for sharing Michele!
Thank you Ken!
@@MichelePonte 🙂
The only negative experience for us in our twenty-day stay was in Chongqing. In our hurry we picked the wrong kind of taxi and after boarding we noticed that his meter was running fast. It was not the usual green or black taxi and when we informed that to the driver, he started to get belligerent. It was our fault, this guy unlike the rest was standing at the door of the mall entrance peddling his taxi. Halfway down when my wife told him to let us down so we could take another taxi he started getting loud. One word silenced him and that was when my wife, through our translator app, mentioned POLICE. He went quiet as a mouse and dropped us near our hotel, but he wouldn't go to the hotel entrance in fear of getting reported. Contrary to our expectation with cops elsewhere, the POLICE still have respect.
Yes, calling the police is what gets you the respect and fear in them. Sorry for your negative experience in Chongqing, I mostly have good stories to recall from this city.
just one and partially it was out fault.@@MichelePonte
Most of the chinese police is not corruption..And maybe special efficient when they handle the crime with foreginer
Makes China the best place for tourism and of course the country and its people@@soulhackercn
Like #250.
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Another great video.
Thank you Oral V, glad you're all over my catalogue!
something very similar happened to me in korea! I booked a room for 1, 5 months and I asked the owner if it's fine to pay half of the second monthly rent, so I don't need to book 2 months (that would be cheaper), so he could rent out this room. In the end he pretended that he didn't understand me and I had to pay waaay more than for 2 months. i was so angry! also my place had no bed & sheets when I arrived and no heating for 3 days and it was -10°C outside 😅
Wow
And he also only gave me only the half of the deposit and said that the rest ist a "cleaning fee". Such a mess!
I would go to the police station
it looks like he was living in an illegal subdivided unit ( his unit was a bedroom ) . That's why the "landlord" ( likely another agent) gave all his money back when threatened with police involvement (not because of the contract ).
Landlord from hell 😂 He just didn't want to refund the deposit
Its beautiful, it looks like San Francisco and New York all in one
It’s really nice
Question how long did you live in the apartment ? You said the place was filthy when you moved in. Did you attempt to clean when you moved in ?
I cleaned my own apartment, but I didn't clean the corridor that goes to all the apartments. That's the duty of who owns the building. Sometimes on that corridor I would find abandoned food and throw it away myself: I have clips of it, but this video is already 26 minutes, so I cut them
Landlords like that exist everywhere,i am very surprised you have stayed so composed during your travel in China even when facing such situation for such prolonged time.I think Japan is better for rentals,especially agencies in there,you would never face things like that.That landlord was obsessed with his financial reasons.Thats why i try to rent hotel at all times,but sometimes apartments if you stay for like 2 montths is really nice.About brainwashing thing,let those idiots be where they want to be.They are attention whores,so try to avoid and i know how hard it is to not pay attention to such people.Hopefully Vietnam would serve you better.I have learnt from your experience Michele,thanks a lot of posting such honest video.I have been to Vietnam last year for a week and i really liked Da Nang.May your trips gonna be blessed in Vietnam,but bad experiences in China exist for good experiences in Vietnam.So thats why i know Vietnam would be better,if not the best.
Jason did a co-op ad (I Bought This $4 Million Apartment) with ziroom, for your short term stay probably would have been better.
I didn't know about this website, all the people in Chongqing were suggesting me 58
Zi company is agency, so they send out a person to clean the place first. In China the culture is not that the person moving out has to do it or get security deposit deducted.
But using an agency is a premium service so maybe cost way more, and I only see Chengdu nearby.
@@MichelePonte 58 It's a scam site😔I dare not use it as a Chinese，China is not very friendly to short-term rentals，I've already fallen for it
Oh no😱 I cannot imagine living in such a place. Maybe the next time you should go for a look before renting it😢
I went, but it didn’t look so bad. Only after paying I found out all the bad stuff
What a bad experience 😳😱 The complex looks beautiful but interior unsanitary! People should know about this dishonest landlord and not rent, then he will lose. Good u escaped his craziness👍
I don't think he hate foreigners or women, he is just greedy. As a Chinese I also met some owner like this. And I didn't fight so hard like you guys, good for you.
1. 1550rmb/month is pretty cheap for rental fees in ChongQing and even so considering the building compound is beautifully located. It’s not a premium premium price. With low rental fees, you should have few expectations.
2. Usually the tenants should maintain the cleanliness of the house. If the living room and public toilet are not clean, you should talk with your roommates to do some regular cleaning work.
3. Isn’t it a norm in everywhere that you should clean the room before moving out? You are from Europe, I think you know it.
4. In China, a lot of people don’t sign rental contract, but rent the room by oral agreement.
5. You complain a lot since you entered China. I think you should stay in your comfort zone, you are not qualified as a low-budget traveler.
6. If you don’t move out timely, who will compensate the landowner’s loss for not being able to rent the room to next potential tenant? You only consider your own interests, not others.
1) 1550 per month rent
42 internet
150 property fee
100 water fee
X electricity fee
+
1000 agency fee
1500 deposit
=
real cost was around 2400 per month
2) the rest of the house was randomly rented to people that were leaving after a few days cause the owner was shitty, the smelly toilet is not part of my rent, I had my own private toilet
3 I left it better than he gave it to me, but he wanted me to go back and make video proof, and instead I found some
4 we signed the contract
5) you clearly don’t know me
6) you didn’t understand that he kicked me out before time cause he had already rented the place to someone else
Bro once you are in Vietnam just let me know please i can host you
Thank you!
Where are you based?
😱😱😱😱😱The owner sounds very arrogant... Which is unfortunate because he's probably going to miss out on a lot of opportunity because of his arrogance. Building looks really nice with great facilities, the apartment itself is neglected and rather filthy. I hope you have far better experiences in your travels. Is there somewhere you can report? Like trip advisor or something similar?
*very sweet you went back to greet the elderly lady 😊
I am sure he is not going to get any extra business with these behaviors!
Taxi chair idea won’t take off 🚕🪑
Ahah, we already have benches!
Airbnb is nice because you'll have recourse if issue like this arise. Daily always more expensive than long term as well
Airbnb is not present in China, and in general is too expensive for 2 months stay. By the way, Airbnb just got banned from NY. It's gonna be complicated for tourists, but maybe better for locals!
@@MichelePonte I think Georgia is putting restrictions on it too. How'd u find this guy? Gotta be a way to escalate this owner
got ripped off by Airbnb in the Philippines, India as well as Europe so my experience is sadly the opposite.
@@RoyFJ65 I can see that. The downside of abnb is you get there and it's not like the pictures. I have only used them like 2x. I prefer hotel cuz I can switch rooms if there's. A problem
same here now we prefer hotels only but problem arises when you need to stay for a week or more@@rillyjo5810
That landlord will probably keep all of that stuff for himself.
I'm so sorry you went through this but you'll be better next time doing a contract with others
Thank you Carey!
Hello Michele and sorry to hear about your bad experience at the apartment and difficult landlord and good luck in Vietnam and l heard south east Asia countries are very affordable.
Fingers crossed Kimberly!
Always happy to see you here in the comments!
😂😂😂
That place is roach infested. May have bed bugs too.
This is a common problem with the land lords in China.
That's sad. But also in other parts of the world is pretty similar the situation
landlords are sucker but bro did y said you were paying 1650 yuan? that's like 220usd that's cheap as F LOL. I would live there for 200usd but I would hire a deep cleaner before entering the apartment. Lesson learned never do any under the table deals.
1550 per month rent
42 internet
150 property fee
100 water fee
X electricity fee
+
1000 agency fee
1500 deposit
=
real cost around 2400 per month
I wonder if you had ever considered using a real estate agent so that you wouldn't have to deal with the landlord directly? I know it's too late to say this but the result could have been much better.
It seems like a second hand rent, because the room is separated into many part to rent. In China, this is what a second rent business always do. they rent the house from the real owner, and then find more people to live and earn some money.
@Thomas-Chin10 I did use a real estate agent...
that might be a possibility @@lei-ic5ig
Buddy are you in China or Kenya?
Vietnam :)
@@MichelePonte oh man!
I'm from a Southeast Asian country. Do you like Southeast Asia? Have you ever been to Southeast Asian countries? Such as Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia
I am going back to the countries you suggested very very soon!
Here my videos from Thailand: ua-cam.com/play/PLhZs1CjvnFa2rg47nP1Q3PwJ10pPme1yd.html&si=AGYW6dUwyoZoLA3Y
Philippines: ua-cam.com/play/PLhZs1CjvnFa37atsm3BFpyUeXtkezBi67.html&si=9m_7-2R73S-jpUAh
Malaysia: ua-cam.com/play/PLhZs1CjvnFa2StyyH-FsYBUkjARRhPtKa.html&si=uCMXAc7Ff7tkTQGP
@@MichelePonte Not only Southeast Asia, Northeast Asian countries are also very nice , such as Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
Here my videos from Taiwan ua-cam.com/play/PLhZs1CjvnFa1wjYUJo72oSCSH1RVFupK6.html
subtital is easy for me to understand what you are saying
subtitles are not easy for me to make, and very expensive in term of time or money either.
But you can click on the captions button, and youtube will translate them automatically to you from english to chinese.
Great content, pls try and update me
I will let you know when I’ll reach Cambodia :)
@@MichelePonte cheers 🥂🤝
you should call to 110,China policeman will help you.警察很狠狠地处罚他到😊
Don't punch anybody leave him to God. Pole sana.sometime you makes me laugh too much ur upset then that bed need a beautiful woman with you.mens will always be men's
😅😅
Michele, I suggest you try to visit the Philippines where foreigners from all continents flock because of our extreme hospitality. We will definitely welcome you like a member of our own biological family. 95% of Filipinos can speak English from the basic to the most fluent. Although some speak grammatically incorrect, but everyone can understand you and may be able to communicate even in their simplest way.
I love the Philippines! I will go back there next year, but in the meantime you can check the videos I shot there ua-cam.com/play/PLhZs1CjvnFa37atsm3BFpyUeXtkezBi67.html&si=U74F22B25CbmEovc
我在意大利米兰租房子，遇到两个意大利房东找各种借口不退押金，非常恶劣，恶心。
I feel you
You look very unhappy and tired. You should go to Southeast Asia for a vacation and relax.
That's where I am heading :)
Sorry you had to go through this. But one thing is universal. There are A-holes everywhere in the world. With that said I think that China is not on my list of places to travel. It just seems that their general isolation from the rest of the world in terms of day to day life, make it pretty difficult as an independent traveler.
Yes, unfortunately it is a universal thing
可怜的家伙，这只是人生中的一件小事，希望你能笑对生活。我感觉你需要赚到更多的钱，才能开心起来。
What now ????????
Chi-na... no more words needed...