Woman claims former landlord towed her car away

Christy Schweitzer was excited to secure her first rental on her own in Brisbane's east.

But she soon regretted the day she moved into the Coorparoo home she rented from landlord Peter Chen.

"There was mould in the bathroom, in the paint, the whole structure of the building was not right," Schweitzer said.

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"There were exposed wires, a ceiling fan hanging by those wires."

Schweitzer also discovered broken asbestos underneath her old bedroom and stumps that had fallen away from the floor.

Not to mention, she said, countless people visited the house at night and interrogated her about the tenant who lived there beforehand.

"I'm five foot one and I'm terrified of these people," she said.

"The landlord wasn't doing anything, he actually became one of those people."

Schweitzer claimed the problems started the moment she moved in.

"He would stop in and say, 'Oh hi, how's it going? Come by mine at some point and make me dinner'," she claimed.

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"He'd make little comments like that.

"I lived alone so I was like 'ok, this is inappropriate.'"

Schweitzer claims maintenance requests on the oven and hot water system were ignored for more than 12 months before Chen tried to increase the rent via text message.

"I responded, 'Can we discuss this? Because none of the things have been fixed'," she said.

"After that, he became hostile, he became really aggressive, no longer making creepy comments, just straight up being like, 'You owe me this money, give me this money or I'm gonna evict you.'"

She also claimed he often turned up unannounced and invited himself in.

"At one point, he came into my house, sat down and then just continued to follow me around my kitchen.

"[He] was like, 'Oh, you have to do this, you don't know anything, you don't talk to me, you're a little girl.'

"I was like, I'm not a little girl, that's ridiculous."

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At her wit's end, Schweitzer moved out and took the curtains she had purchased with her.

Chen claimed the curtains should have been left behind.

For the missing drapes, Schweitzer said Chen refused to return her bond and she complained to the Residential Tenancies Authority.

Schweitzer was eventually successful and got her bond back.

The only thing left was her car, which was parked on a public street next to the rental and needed repairs.

Schweitzer said before she could return, neighbours told her a tow truck took the car away.

The vehicle wound up smashed in a wrecking yard and Chen later admitted to Schweitzer it was him who'd arranged the pick-up.

She said Chen sent her a text message which said, "You left an unregistered car in front of my property. I called the tow truck to tow it away."

When A Current Affair asked Chen if he sold one of his tenant's cars, he responded: "I don't know if I have an appointment with you."

Queensland Police said their investigations into Schweitzer's Holden Commodore are ongoing.