What happens when your landlord dies? Usually, the new landlord either honors or cancels your lease. You might be able to stay, or you might have to move. But for 75-year-old Jane Sayner, things went differently.

Jane had lived in St. Albans, Melbourne, Australia, for over twenty years. She rented a two-bedroom apartment from multimillionaire John Perrett for AUD$250 a week and had been paying the same amount since she moved in.

Jane had worked at her previous job for twenty-five years and was done with it. She didn’t even want to think about going back because she had rent to pay. But then, something amazing happened.

John Perrett, her landlord, passed away in September 2020. Despite being a multimillionaire, he never married and had no kids. Thirty years before his death, a kidney transplant extended his life, and he appreciated the care he received. So, he left a large portion of his fortune—about AUD$18.6 million—to the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s Nephrology Department. He also left them a flat that was sold for AUD$400,000.

Jane, one of two long-term tenants, received an incredible surprise. She inherited the two-bedroom apartment she had been renting. John had once called her to get her full name, which seemed odd at the time.

“Then one day he just rang me and said, ‘My solicitor’s here, can you please give me your full name, because I’m leaving you your unit.’ I thought I hadn’t heard it right. Surely not. For the whole time I had known him, (leaving all his money to charity) was always what he was going to do,” Jane recalled.

Despite being sad about John’s death, Jane felt a huge relief knowing the house was now hers. She had made it cozy over the years.

“I treated this place like it was my own. When I first came here there was no garden out the back. Because I was living here, I planted lots of plants and flowers, which are still here today,” Jane shared.

Instead of getting upset, John encouraged Jane to make the place feel like home. He even brought old pots from his father for her to use for more plants.

John and Jane were more than just landlord and tenant; they were friends. They would chat for about an hour, and John often talked about his father. Sometimes, Jane even cooked for him.

John was not only childless and single, but he was also an only child. It made sense that he left Jane the unit because she had shown him friendship.

Jane’s story is heartwarming and shows how kindness can come back in unexpected ways.

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