The increasingly toxic struggle to control the popular Bryant Park Grill is leaving a bitter taste for hungry visitors to the iconic Midtown oasis. The nonprofit Bryant Park Corporation (BPC), which manages the park, is booting longtime Grill operator Ark Restaurants in favor of world-famed chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. But Ark owner Michael Weinstein says he … Read more
It was the light-mare before Christmas. A UK family has labeled their landlords “scrooges” for ordering them to switch off their Christmas decorations at night over “light pollution” concerns. “We just can’t understand it — we’re just trying to spread a bit of festive cheer,” Michael Stonier, 21, told South West News Service while denouncing … Read more
A Sydney landlord has advertised an enclosed balcony for rent at $969 a month, as the dire state of Australia’s housing market is laid bare. The Facebook Marketplace listing describes the balcony in Haymarket in Sydney’s inner suburbs as a “sunny room” that is fit to accommodate one person. Images show the room decked out … Read more
A former member of the Queen’s household said she now lives in a bug-infested home — that reeks of urine. Ex Royal clerk Hazel Speed, 73, has been reduced to washing from a bucket after a leak from a botched toilet repair left her London home “uninhabitable”. She claims the leak means her rental house … Read more
Forget boring office buildings with little-to-no coffee offerings, endless floors of beige cubicles and monotonous, marble-clad lobbies. Commercial landlords are wooing major tenants and their work-from-home-loving employees back to the office with unprecedented amenities — from golf simulators and rock-climbing walls to gourmet food and transcendental meditation rooms. With Manhattan vacancies at a record 21%, building owners … Read more
A 28-year-old single mother and registered nurse in Perth, Australia has had her landlords more than double her weekly rent in a disastrous move just days before Christmas. In an emotional video shared on TikTok, Jakki Brooking spoke of her dire living situation, which could leave her and her son homeless by the New Year. … Read more
She was living the urban dream — until she moved into a costly, filthy nightmare. Excited to begin her tenancy in a new Big Apple apartment, a Gen Z fashionista was crestfallen to find her new home strewn with garbage on move-in day, leaving her temporarily homeless and forced to pay an extra $250 to … Read more
A Sydney renter had to threaten to take their landlord to court after copping a $628 demand over a tiny, barely visible blemish on the floor. Their landlord reportedly claimed they would need to replace all the floor boards because of the damage incurred. As a result, the tenant received a demand for a $628 … Read more
There’s something fishy afoot — but this renter is not taking the bait. Refusing to be reeled in by her slippery landlord’s apparent money grab, an outraged tenant is virtually deep-frying her property owners for attempting to hook her with a pricey “pet fee” for a tanked goldfish. “Tell me why my mother f- -king apartment complex tried … Read more
Forget free rent. How about free food? A Manhattan landlord is is asking an admittedly steep $20,000 a month to rent a three-bedroom apartment in Midtown — but meanwhile dangling a $20,000 monthly food credit at the posh restaurant downstairs to entice a hungry tenant, Side Dish has learned. The fully renovated, 2,000-square-foot apartment at … Read more
She’s the trashiest tenant he’s ever encountered. A landlord named Xie from Qingdao in Shandong Province, China, was stunned when he entered the apartment of a resident who hadn’t taken out her trash for more than a year. Video of his dirty discovery, filmed Aug. 10 and obtained by Newsflare, shows the female tenant, who … Read more
An Australian comic known for his savage take-downs of the real estate market has found himself on the receiving end of an outlandish fee from his landlord after an “ant infestation.” Sydney comedian Tom Cashman and his two housemates had moved out of their apartment when they received an email from their real estate agent … Read more
This seems fishy. An astonished TikToker recently discovered caring for a pet fish could tank her monthly budget. In a viral TikTok that has netted over 60,000 views, the Missouri woman, who goes by @nicr__ online, seemed at a loss for words over the fees a Kansas City landlord is charging for a little swimmer. … Read more
A couple in the US have shared their bizarre altercation with a landlord who denied their application because they said they were Christian. The couple were asked to answer a questionnaire when applying for the property, with the landlord asking if they’d have a problem with him “expressing his faith” around them. Tenants were able … Read more