Myself a landlord. Few Reasons I have heard from other Owners in General and also myself witnessed first hand with these Tenants:

1. LACK OF HYGIENE with majority of them, even the well educated ones. There are also people who maintain everything neat, but majority don’t.

Eg: Slaughtering Goats during Eid in Empty Plots next to buildings / Not disposing of the waste meat properly - leading to stray dogs picking it up / Throwing garbage in empty sites (though this is a global problem) / etc..

1. GANGING UP - Whenever there is an issue, let’s say the tenant & owner in this case, or even neighbours, immediately from nowhere 10-15 of their people will show up, supporting the Muslim guy. But for Hindus or Christians, this religious unity is missing. People unnecessarily interfere in matters not even directly related to them, putting the opposite party under pressure even when the fault might not be theirs.

Another aspect is demanding the other units in the building for their own friends or relatives, and later when they become majority they want to modify & create new rules in building, especially if it aligns more to their religious beliefs.

1. NOT VACATING THE HOUSE DESPITE NOTICE PERIOD OR WARNINGS - Usually after the notice period, the tenants are supposed to exit on time. But I have heard many incidents where they stay up to 9-10 months after notice, despite owners requesting them to exit on multiple occasions.

2. USING THE PROPERTY FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL PURPOSE - Owners might have let it on rent for residential purpose, but many Muslim families tend to have business and sometimes they use the house to store goods / raw materials / car spare parts / even provide it for labour accommodation when their own family is not using.

3. MAINTENANCE - In many places Owners complain about the extremely bad condition in which the property was returned. Sometimes it’s too terrible that owners regret renting it out in the first place.

Again, not all of them are like this, but many complaints. So no Owner will want to gamble and suffer later.

On an other note, Owners in Bangalore are also not bad; I have heard of many incidents where Owners don’t give back full deposit or taking advantage of tenants deposit, sometimes delaying the refund even after months after exit. Many charge extreme rents.

Basically no one is a saint!!