A private sector landlord has become a huge social media hit after he rewarded his tenants with a bonus when returning their deposits.

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The landlord did not want the press to know his full name so when interviewed he was just known as John, ‘rewarded’ his seven tenants living in Leeds by giving them each a £50 bonus, along with their full deposits to spend on “something nice”.

One of the tenants, Maisie Gardener, 22, shared the exchange between her University of Leeds fellow students and their landlord, and Twitter went mad over it.

Maisie a psychology student had lived in the house for three years whilst studying for her degree and had just expected to be paid back her £250 deposit. However she did not expect to receive her landlord’s message saying that she will receive £300 instead.

John, the landlord, texted: “As a thank you, I have added a small bonus of £50 to each of your deposits making it £300 and now the shops are opening again I hope you’ll be able to buy yourself something nice.”

She tweeted: “A nice student landlord!!! Love you John.”

John the landlord was nicely shocked to learn of the reaction to Maisie’s tweet which has so far been shared 11,000 times.

John told the press: “I’m the sort of landlord that looks after his houses and I keep them very well maintained, they have respected that. They deserve a little bit of a bonus.

“I can say thank you in a text or in an email but thought I should give them something now that the shops are opening again.

“I wish them well in the future. If they carry on how they did in my house they will be fine people.”