A Texas family was left in shambles when they came home, only to find their house was emptied of their belongings. Due to an oversight, the family is now trying to rebuild their lives after losing numerous personal items and memories destroyed.
Posted on TikTok by user Angiealesss (Angie), she says her and her family came home to a horrifying situation: their apartment was being “completely emptied” by the apartment’s maintenance crew. In her video, they’re standing outside in the rain, which you can overhear Angie saying, “They took everything.”
Overnight bags and trash bags are left in a pile, filled to the brim with their stuff. She weeps on camera as she pans around, showing everything that was removed from their home. Even worse, some of the stuff belongs to Angie’s children.
As Angie says in the caption to her video, this happened due to a “severe oversight” from the company that manages their apartment. Maintenance mistook her family’s home for another apartment and cleaned out their entire home. In reality, it was another tenant that was being evicted.
This included disposing and or throwing away their personal belongings. Not only did they get rid of most of their stuff, but some of that included “irreplaceable family keepsakes.” All of their sentimental items were thrown away.
Angie said she immediately called law enforcement to assist them. She said they came to help out and “address the missing property.” However, Angie says so many of their essential items are still missing and are no longer in their possession. On Angie’s GoFundMe, she also claims “maintenance men stole our property” which she says they gave back “when we called the police” but some valuables were still missing.
People online offer their condolences and advice
Given the sensitive nature of the situation, people online suggested Angie seek legal advice. Even if she wasn’t ultimately evicted, the fact that many of her family’s belongings were destroyed is cause for concern. “Please get a lawyer ASAP” one commenter among many recommended.
Angie did respond to the post, stating “that’s the goal” and that she was hopeful they would “save up enough money” to get a lawyer. Others pointed out that lawyers take a cut after-the-fact, but she pushed back, saying the GoFundMe was for more than just lawyer fees.
Some disparaging comments were lobbed at Angie, suggesting she was lying about being evicted or that there was more to the story. Except her caption clearly states she wasn’t. “Why are you asking for a GoFundMe,” one commenter asked, which resulted in many TikTok users defending Angie.
One commenter offered some hope for Angie, stating, “This happened to my brother in law. He sued and won.” Angie commented back, asking for the kind of lawyer he had.
Given the context, this seems pretty cut-and-dry: being a mistake, it should be rectified by the apartment’s manager and the belongings should be replaced. This is a mistake that can be unmade!
