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A TikToker claimed the landlord of his luxury apartment is refusing to renew his lease after he made videos exposing broken utilities, stained walls, and bats

A TikToker claimed the landlord of his luxury apartment is refusing to renew his lease after he made videos exposing broken utilities, stained walls, and bats
  • A TikToker went viral exposing the less-than-stellar standards of his luxury apartment complex.

  • He took viewers on a tour of the building's many issues, including broken utilities and even bats found around the property.

  • Since posting his TikToks, he said he received notice that he would not be able to renew his lease.

A TikToker has gone viral with videos showing off his "luxury" apartment complex and exposing its not-so-luxurious issues, like malfunctioning doors and elevators and bats found around the premises. Shortly after his videos went viral, he said he received a notice from his landlord that he would not be able to renew his lease, suspecting his TikToks played a role in that decision.

Donny Skipper told Insider he's now in the process of finding a new place for him, his wife, and his toddler before May, when they'll need to leave.

Skipper began making videos about his building issues in February. He lives in a complex called The Lofts at Harmony Mills, located in Cohoes, New York, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Albany. He moved in during the height of the pandemic and initially thought it was his dream apartment.

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In the first video, which has over two million views, Skipper vlogged himself walking around the building and pointed out several malfunctioning features.

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The TikToker showed that the front door was finicky, an elevator was out of service, and random water spills were on the ground. At one point, he showed a bat hanging in an elevator and one flying around a hallway.

"I love the bats that live in my luxurious apartment," Skipper said sarcastically. "They're so awesome and they keep things very luxurious."

In further videos, he detailed even more issues, like random "decorative" splatters on the walls, mysterious stains on the ceilings, nails that were sticking out of the ground, and parts of a roof that appeared to be falling off.

Skipper said he contacted the building's office about the roof after he noticed other tenants inspecting it as well and thought it could become a serious safety hazard.

"This section of roof that I'm noticing looks very bad condition and is right above my apartment," he said he wrote in an email, which he showed in the video. "Is this something to be concerned about? What was the nature of this inspection?" According to Skipper, he received a response from management that stated that there was nothing to be concerned about.