Landlord Sells Off His House, Shares Profit with His Tenant, Gives Him R35k as Appreciation Money

Landlord Sells Off His House, Shares Profit with His Tenant, Gives Him R35k as Appreciation Money

  • After selling his house, a generous landlord reached out to a former tenant and shared the profit from the building with him
  • In a letter sent to Chris Robarge, the landlord said that he is giving back to the tenant who had stayed in the house and contributed to its worth
  • Many people who reacted to the development on Facebook said they hope there are more landlords who behave kindly

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A landlord has surprised his longtime tenant, Chris Robarge, with a cheque of $2 500 (R35 000) and the man could not just believe it.

In a Facebook post on Wednesday, August 11, Chris said that his former landlord called him and asked where he now lives.

Many people were surprised by the landlord's generosity.
The landlord said the money be small, but it is the tenant's. Photo source: Chris Robarge
Source: Facebook

The tenant went ahead to narrate that he rented the house at a time he just needed a place to stay following a divorce he had.

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Take this, it is yours

After giving the landlord his address, he got a letter with a cheque inside his mailbox. In the letter, the man informed Chris that he sold his house for a good sum and he is sharing the profit with all the people who had stayed in the building, Understanding Compassion reports.

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A part of the landlord’s words concerning the given sum read:

“While it’s not much, it’s yours! It was a great house and I’m glad that I was able to share it with you.”

Read the full Facebook post below:

As at the time of writing this report, the post has gathered 5,000 shares with more than 600 comments.

What a kind heart

Briefly News compiled some of them below:

Chris Mary Bo said:

"WOW!!!! WE NEED MORE LANDLORDS LIKE THIS ONE!!!!"

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Lynn Prindle

"Giving back or paying forward however you want to put it, very Biblical principal. Always reaps more than is sown."

Mitzi Schobert said:

"That is just one more confirmation on being kind and kind will be given to you! Cheers, Adrienne for sharing such a wonderful event in your life."

Lynn Mashiska Yovanovich said:

"This is what a true human being is....just being thoughtful, kind and appreciative. You are an amazing person to help others."

Neighbours helped a retired teacher

Meanwhile, Briefly News earlier reported that a retired school teacher, Anne Glancey, one day received an invoice that she was going to be fined up to $3,000 daily for all the repairs that needed to be done on her house.

The development made the woman really confused as she did not know where to get that kind of sum since she had no family or friends.

Adam and Kristin Polhemus were the only neighbours she had known for five years. The woman took the letter to them and they helped her find a solution.

Source: Briefly News

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Kelly Lippke (Senior Editor) Kelly Lippke is a copy editor/proofreader who started her career at the Northern-Natal Courier with a BA in Communication Science/Psychology (Unisa, 2007). Kelly has worked for several Caxton publications, including the Highway Mail and Northglen News. Kelly’s unique editing perspective stems from an additional major in Linguistics. Kelly joined Briefly News in 2018 and she has 14 years of experience. Kelly has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her at kelly.lippke@briefly.co.za.