It all started IN LATE 2019…

Our landlord started gaslighting us when he blatantly denied that there was any structural damage to the roof of our local at Pere IV 385, 08020 in Barcelona. For almost two years we lied to, ignored, verbally assulted and basically left to manage a flooded restaurant and kitchen space with no support or acknowledgement of the issues. Our landlord attempted bribery by lowering our rent to ignore the hole in our ceiling and never once came to clean or empty buckets inside of the local, telling us that we could "discount our rent on the days that it rained," essentially telling us that it is completely normal to have it raining inside a restaurant to the point where we could not open and had to cancel events. This all took a very real toll on our mental health. Very recently our landlord´s new lawyer informed us that we have no evidence of damage to the local and so our response was to make all of the photos, videos, emails and damages to our space. We made the grave mistake of trusting our landlord early on and were naive to not take more photos and videos, and these proofs do not even begin to comer the emotional toll this has taken on us. I want to say this is an isolated event but unfortunatly this kind of neglect happens very often in Barcelona, and we are fully fed up. If you are living in Barcelona and experiencing something similare please reach out to itsalwayssunnyinbarcelona@gmail.com and we may be able to help you publish your story.