A single mother was shaken final week to search out that all the pieces she owned had disappeared from her new condo.

Stephanie Gunia had simply moved into an Inwood Village condo in La Vista, Nebraska, along with her three kids. The household had solely been dwelling there for per week when she walked in on April 14 and found all the pieces was gone, the distraught mom advised KETV-TV. It turned out that her personal constructing administration was at fault, mistaking the move-in for a move-out.

"We walked in and there was nothing in our condo apart from a mattress," Gunia advised the native station.

At first, Gunia thought she had been burglarized. She known as the police, however an officer discovered only a locked door and home windows and no signal of pressured entry.

That was when a neighbor advised Gunia he had seen folks bringing gadgets out of her condo and tossing them within the trash outdoors.

Move-In Mistaken For Move-Out
A single mother was shaken final week to search out that all the pieces she owned had disappeared from her new condo. It turned out that her personal constructing administration was at fault, mistaking the move-in for a move-out.Smith Assortment/Gado / Contributor/Archive Pictures

The mother was pressured to dumpster dive for her life's belongings. The groceries she had simply purchased, her kids's toys and all their garments have been blended with trash throughout 5 completely different dumpsters.

"My children have been crying as a result of they have been scared, they do not know what is going on on, they do not know why any individual threw their stuff away in a trash can," Gunia advised KETV-TV as she broke down.

Richdale Administration Firm, which operates Inwood Village residences, confirmed to the outlet that movers cleared the unsuitable condo and mistook the household's move-in for a move-out. The corporate issued Gunia a $250 present card and mentioned it could exchange any lacking gadgets.

However for the one mother, who mentioned she works 50 hours per week to look after her kids and did not need them sleeping on mattresses dug out of the trash, the present card was not sufficient. She mentioned her children have been nonetheless frightened and struggled to grasp the incident, notably her son with autism and ADHD. She additionally advised KETV-TV that a few of their belongings remained misplaced, together with money that was within the condo, and the advanced promised to ship cleaners who by no means confirmed up.

Even when property is deserted by a former tenant in Nebraska, landlords are required to offer discover earlier than disposing of their possessions. The previous resident has seven days to say property if the discover is personally delivered by their landlord and 14 days if the discover is mailed, in keeping with authorized writer Nolo.

Newsweek reached out to Gunia and Richdale Administration Firm for remark.