A woman who rents a home for over 20 years never knew that her life will change as her landlord passed away.
In Melbourne, Australia lived an elderly woman named Jane Sayner. Jane, who was in her 70s, had a simple dream – to find a home with a garden. One day, when she was 51 years old, Jane’s dream came true as she stumbled upon a two-bedroom unit with a garden in St Albans, a quaint suburb just northwest of Melbourne. The house was owned by a kind-hearted man named John Perrett, who agreed to rent it to Jane.
For the next 22 years, Jane worked tirelessly to make ends meet, waking up at 3 am to work at a market in Epping. She paid her landlord $200 a week, never late and often in cash, just as John had requested. As the years passed, Jane’s rent never increased, allowing her to continue living in her dream home.
Jane cherished the life she had created in her community. She was older than her landlord, but she never really considered what would happen when he inevitably passed away. But it turned out that the generous and courteous John Perrett had a strategy.
John was a multi-talented individual who excelled in football, real estate investing, philanthropy, and pharmacy. Over time, he had accumulated a sizeable wealth. John had to enter a nursing home after receiving the tragic news that he had Parkinson’s disease. As John’s health began to deteriorate, he made the decision to organize his affairs. At that moment, Jane got an unexpected call that would forever alter her life.
During the call, John told Jane that he was leaving her the unit she had been renting for over two decades. Jane was in complete shock and even questioned whether it had actually happened. But John’s kindness didn’t stop there. His incredible $19.6 million donation to the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s nephrology division, where he had gotten a kidney transplant thirty years previously, was only discovered after his death.
Professor Nigel Toussiant from the Royal Melbourne Hospital spoke highly of John’s generosity, expressing immense gratitude for the bequest. He mentioned how John’s kidney transplant had lasted over 30 years, and it was still functioning when he passed away in his mid-80s. John had been truly grateful for the care he had received at the hospital.
“Words can almost never describe how unselfish and incredibly generous [John Perrett is]. We are extremely grateful as a department of the hospital at the Royal Melbourne Hospital for such a bequest. It’s just amazing,” Professor Nigel Toussiant said, “That kidney transplant lasted 30-plus years, and it was still functioning when he passed away in his mid-80s, that was a life-saving gift, I guess, to take him off dialysis and he was obviously grateful for the care that he received, for all the doctors and nursing and medical staff to look after him at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.”
John Perrett’s memory lives on through his record donation, which has been invested to support the hospital and its patients for decades to come.
As for Jane, she is forever thankful for John’s last act of kindness. Every day, she privately thanks John for his incredible generosity. Because of him, Jane was finally able to retire and live out the rest of her days in her beloved garden, rent-free.
The amazing story of Jane Sayner and her landlord, John Perrett, comes to an end with a lasting effect on the hearts of all affected by it. Their story serves as a reminder that there are still nice people who make a lasting impression on other people’s lives and whose deeds of kindness resonate across generations, even in our busy world.
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Sources: TapHaps, Upworthy, Mypositiveoutlooks
