Auckland woman evicted for swearing in front of landlord

An Auckland woman claiming she is being evicted after her landlord heard her drop the F-bomb said the situation is now “too weird” for her to want to stay in the flat.

Mt Eden tenant Vrnda Torckler swore in front of her landlord last Friday at her Tarata St rental after he left a gate open and her dog fled onto the road.

The 27-year-old office manager said she had taken a break from work, where her dog frequently accompanies her, to drop the pooch back at the flat.

Torckler panicked when she saw the front gate was open and then realised her three-year-old poodle-spaniel cross Aster escaped.

“We live really near Valley Road, which gets a lot of traffic.

“She could have easily made it to that road before I realised she had gotten out.”

Scared for her dog’s life, Torckler said she had dropped the F-bomb several times as she was running out of the gate.

It hadn’t been directed at her landlord, but he seemed to take offence.

“He was just standing close to me. Maybe he felt guilty, as he left the gate open in the first place.”

The tenant said when she had first moved in, landlord Vincent Calzone had assured her that security for her dog would not be an issue.

Torckler said she received a series of texts from Calzone on Sunday, with one text calling her swearing “disturbing” and “not normal behaviour”.

The interaction ended when Calzone said he would think about whether he would let Torckler stay in the house – but on Tuesday the tenant received several more texts.

On Tuesday morning Calzone told Torckler she could stay in the flat, but by that night he had changed his mind and gave her three months to vacate the property.

The New Zealand Herald reported Calzone defended his action when questioned, and said his tenant’s language showed she was a “personality type” he did not want in his house.

Torckler said she believed she could have a case against Calzone if the case was taken to the Tenancy Tribunal.

However, Torckler said she had no plans to take such action, as she no longer felt comfortable in the property.

“I don’t really want to stay there anymore,” she said.

“It’s gotten way too weird.”

This story was first published on Stuff.co.nz