The Wonderful World of Renting

I've just signed a lease, for another year here. I've been here for nearly three years and I like my house. The agent has always been a wanker, but I usually only have to deal with him every three months, so I've kinda just put up with it.

The owner moved into the property next door... maybe six months ago? I can't remember exactly when, but he said not to worry about him being there, that he wasn't going to watch my every move... well, after getting that letter, now I do feel like I'm being watched.

I'm not happy about that, considering this is my home and I'm paying a high price to live here *and* I've been a fucking good tenant... but at the same time, I don't particularly want to move as I'm not in a financial position to do so. I've checked out other properties to rent and they're either not in the area I want to live in, not the nicest of houses or they are far too expensive.

Nothing has ever needed repairing here before. I don't think I'm asking a lot to have the air conditioner serviced, it hasn't been serviced the whole time I've been here... and it's costing me a crapload of money to run an electric bar heater because the air conditioner isn't working. I've put up with the permanent louvres in the toilet for years and I only asked to have something done about it because I'm sick of having a freezing cold toilet and laundry throughout winter and stupidly hot and stuffy throughout summer.

I don't really want to go through the tribunal, I'd prefer to resolve it with the agent or the landlord first...

And what can I do about living next to the owner? What are my rights in this situation? I don't want to feel like I'm under constant fucking surveillance.

i kinda hate that im moving out of my rental. i only have to pay 100 bucks a week to live 3kms from the city, i think ive seen my landlord about 5 times in 3 years, and maybe one of those times was an actual inspection, rent has never gone up, plus my landlord fixes everything asap - including installing a brand new hot water system on a sunday!

Wow. That sounds like bliss.

My rent has gone up 3 times.

my landlords are my parents, and as much as that has its benefits, they also rock up whenever they want to unannounced.... i hate that...

i've told them i want 2 weeks notice before they just let themselves in...  but its never gonna happen!

man renting is the bane of my life... i've lost count of the amount of useless cheapskate wanker landlords i've had to put up with.

a few years ago i actually dragged a letting agent across his desk by his tie because he thought he could stitch me up over my deposit.

this last place has really taken the cake though... we were left with no heating or hot water for 4 weeks in the middle of winter and it was only after i lodged a complaint with enviromental health services that it was resolved.

that said i'm moving in less than 2 weeks!

Congratulations on getting your new house! I can't wait to see pictures! 

all ill say is dont use ray white unley

we are renting out the piece of crap house at bargain rent until we are ready to demolish the place. ray white are seriously the most retarded real estate agents i  have ever had the misfortune of dealing with - and this time we are the landlords!!! stupid fucking mindas, have to explain everything to them about 5 times and they still fuck it up, charge the wrong rent or expenses, from other peoples properties, dont pay water bills so we get fined, dont fix things we repeatedly ask them to and then we get charged excess water etc etc etc
if they were doctors, they wouldve killed someone by now and be facing malpractice.

we just sacked their arses cos it was taking up so much of our time dealing with them and we were paying a cut for the privelage!

hell yeh! you guys think renting in oz is bollocks you should fucking try it in the uk. rent prices are OBSCENE, and on top of that you have to pay land rates, water rates etc. as gary says, we didnt have any hot water or heating in our joint for 4 weeks running and that was the first 4 weeks of me living here! way to make a great first impression england! he he

change the locks on em

 Have never really had much issue with landlords.

 Had the same ones at our last place for 6 years, never any probs. They always fixed things, we always paid the rent and we never trashed the place or went too overboard with parties ( except when gary was here ).
 
 

 

 

lidia and john are great at labrina too.

my landlords are pretty decent. never had an issue and they let us do what we want in the property.

 Indeed

except get foxtel. *goes and hugs foxtel*

*shoots self*

I've never rented but this thread needs a poll to ask "In your experience has renting overall been positive or negative?"

positive.

except for my first landlord. though that wasn't her fault. was my housemate at the time's...

hmm, from my experience, half & half.

when they were good, they were good, when they were bad they were horrible.  but then we turned pretty horrible back...  you get what you give!  (but that also had a lot to do with other housemates!)

Always positive. And I (or the people I've lived with) haven't always been model tennants.

I look at it this way. At this moment I am living in one of the nicest places I've ever seen. There is no way in a million years I could afford to buy a place even close to this standard. Because of that big up renting.

Im renting for the first time in ages!!
Had an inspection today, all went well!
Its is stressful though to make sure the house looks perfect!! - and no the dog never goes inside *cough* *cough*
Cant wait to buy a house so i dont have to worry about things like that!

I'm don't understand why people always freak out about inspections.

I've always kept the places I live in clean and the garden looking perfect anyway. Its not that hard.

im renting at the moment and i hate it in so many ways. I have a house which i kind of rent out. Renting for a year or so to rinse the taxman to get some coin for another place though so it will be worth it.

I was surprised at how hard it was to find a place and how competative the rental market is. We got our current place through a friend in the end. At some inspections there were like 30+ peeps all there for the one place FARK>>>

I look after my place its always kept neat and tidy,,,I guess theres no need for me to worry about inspections!!
Im just a worry wart!!!

My current place was the first one we applied for. Had been on the market for quite some time as well.

I think once you go over the $400 pw price there are less and less people trying to get it.

it really depends on the landlord
ive had some great ones, ie theyre chilled and easy to get along with
ive had some cunts, breaking the law, taking the piss so much we took them to the residential tribunal *(and won)
and then there are the shit ones - just useless fucking real estate agent types...

If you are renting are inspections always planned or are they sometimes random? If they are random are you made aware of this intention of the agent when you sign the contract?

Also, if you are renting is there always another person/organisation who has keys to the place? Ie. complete access to the property?

By law they can't be random.

I believe landlords need to give at least 2 weeks notice before they can make an inspection.

Interesting - but that's a good thing. Reading the other thread here made me think some people had been subject to "random" inspections. Maybe I misunderstood the posts...

Hence the reason why I'm scared to try and find another place cos I can only afford to pay up to $220 a week... and that's stretching the budget.

Adelaide needs more affordable houses to rent.


Useless real estate agent type right here.

I had a really awesome landlord when I was renting in Klemzig. She was a friend of my Dad's and she was really chilled out. She'd let me do her washing at her place around the corner and sometimes I'd look after her cats if she was going away. I didn't have regular inspections, she'd just come round to have a chat, it was obvious I was looking after the place.

Then... she bought more properties and got a property manager to handle it all for her. Then I started having inspections every three months and they were complete assholes. When I moved out, I made sure the place was spotless, had the carpets steamed cleaned etc etc. They tried to take over $300 out of my bond to clean *behind* the gas stove. I told them to shove it because I would have cleaned behind it if I could, unfortunately, I didn't think it would be safe for me to be pulling the GAS stove out from the wall. They tried to take more money out of my bond to have the carpets steam cleaned *again*... I had them cleaned a few days before I moved out and they were fine. I told them they were being unreasonable and got all my bond back.


They are required to give two weeks notice as per the tenancy act, or whatever it's called. Unfortunately, my agent never gives me a full two weeks notice.

Is it unreasonable then to politely decline to let them complete an inspection when they turn up at the door, and remind them of the tenancy act?

I'm not sure. I should probably call him once I've received the letter advising when the inspection is going to be and tell them it's not two weeks notice... but to be honest, my agent totally gives me the wiggins and he's a creep, so I don't want to get on his bad side. It's easier for me to just go along with the date he gives me.

Lexy, fair enough. You mentioned in the other thread something about this creepy guy "going through your things". Am I right in assuming that means he has access to the place and could go in if you weren't around?

pretty happy where i am now. $160 a week, 10 mins (in good traffic) from town. no heating/cooling sucks but ocnsidering i work in town usually i wouldn't wanna move further away from town.

I have no evidence that he's been through my things, but it has worried me that he would do that in the past... like when my neighbours told me he spent way too long in my house for an inspection one day. That's why I make sure I'm always home on inspection day now, so he's in and out of here in a few minutes.

He, of course, has a key to the property to conduct inspections and yeah I suppose, if he was a total stalker creepo, he could let himself in at times when he knew I wasn't going to be home, however, I think the chances of that happening are very, very, very, very remote. Not to mention the amount of trouble he'd get in for doing that if he got caught.

If I *knew*, without a doubt, that he'd been going through my things... then I would have hotfooted it out of here years ago! 

you need some sort of tricky Disney movie type trick to catch him in the act.

Oh by the way, thank Luke for those knickers of yours he sent me the other day. Nothing like having a man on the inside.

*falls off chair laughing*

As far as renting goes i reckon i have got it pretty freaakin sweet, livin with my best mate and the living situation is so fucking comfortable and easy, not one headfuck in over a year, said best mates dad is our landlord so no inspections and 1 min walk from the beach with killer views from our lounge room.. all for $250 a week.. *puts feet up*

Well Keely just moved out of Crue:Holbrooks so its just me and Lisa now. Rent goes up to $85 a week!@!!




how will we cope:)

i've had mostly good experiences, at the last place the agent was a fuck but he had to deal with vanessa, so she kept him honest!!! thank goodness, cause he took us for a major ride. the new agent is pretty nice, they are very professional and responded pretty fast to our initial moving in issues. and even let us amend the ingoing inspection report, as we forgot to fil lit in ourselves and had a few disagreeances with the report filled out by the agent before we moved in.

all good now, its a sweet house

I must say that Klemich @ Kent Town are pretty good. Rushed our application through when we were gettin pretty desperate. Been fairly understanding in terms of complaints and shit and are now being quite reasonable with our eviction... but they are still evicting us

Had some dealings with Toop & Toop on the parade and they were majorly anal about cleaning and shit after we moved out of a place. Really tried to take us for a ride. Ended up getting out of it all but not without puttin up a fight!!!

My very recent letter says "we will carry out an inspection on blah blah blah this date being not less than 7 days and not more than 14 days notice as required by the above act".

perhaps your agent is acting perfectly in accordance with the law?

I miss our little place in Blackburn St (Ribbo is likely to agree with me here)... sweet city location right next to Hutt St, great little freestanding cottage with a pretty big courtyard and newish kitchen and bathroom for $250/wk... It was a pretty sweet deal.
Paying WAY more to Peachey on the mortgage for our shoe box at Kurralta Park, and there isn't even a decent cafe around here 

Perhaps. However, in the nine years I've been renting, I've never ever been given less than two weeks notice for an inspection.

Well now that you have found my man on the inside and banished him I will have to re-think my strategy. Maybe I will just picture you and Rina in frilly knickers having pillow fights and giggling. Hmmmmmmm.

We pay $300 a week for a high set 3 bedder on the sunshine coast, Timmys avatar is our backyard so no complaints about that view 

Although we do live in a lawless hobo village...  Compared to the $600+ a week mortgage to buy a similar house here, I'd rather spend the extra cash on having fun and investing in other places.

Looking for a house ATM.

Will start checkin properties tomorrow.

MIGHT need a third person.

somehow managed to convince my landlord to cough up my deposit a few days before i actually move out!

yeh that place was so rad, so many hazy memories....

my sis had similar troubles...luckily she had taken photos of all rooms before they moved in!!! smart lass 

lexy you should complain to the real estate association should anything else occurs (if he is a representative from an agency), google to find the association. your neighbour can be a witness to the fact

Unfortunately, the neighbours who lived next to me at the time have since moved out due to continual problems with this agent. In fact, he just swung by earlier today (without giving me any notice mind you) to check and see if the lawns were done and HAH they were. Nothing has been done about the air conditioner yet though.

well he is already in breach of contract for not giving you two weeks notice via mail. report his ass to the real estate association - gave the same advice to nes who coped a lot from this s.o.b and his tune quickly changed in a nano second!

trust me - its the law, file a complaint 

are you serious?

you should have said, yeh so what if they havent? is this an inspection?

what a bastardado

yeh but he lives next door.. he might be a creepo and you never know what can happen. a dude with a key to my place and only a few steps away.. ewww. sometimes it pays to stay on the same side, and not peeve him off?

that would wierd me out a little hey my landlord being so close.

I was wierded out by the fact my landlord was the property agent who rented out the place to me, and she never said anything to me... she was like "oh i have to check with the landlords this and i think the landlords that....!" She didnt realise I could check up all of the land details on a property, as I work in property (well anyone can really off of property assist), and when i checked up the place i was renting, i found out it was her! she still hasnt said anything to me yet... or me to her.... but still made me a lil wierded out

fucking, get out of there now!!!! sounds like a creepy situation. but, then again, its ur choice, if u need any support u know where to get it!

yeh he sounds a lil wierdo matey

is he short and bald and slimey

I know I should report him, but I don't really want to jeopardise me living here because I don't have any money to move out (really not in a position to move in any capacity) and I don't want to be thrown into a situation that's super stressful, I don't think my health would respond well to that  


Yeah. He sent me a letter the other week, telling me if I didn't get the lawns edged and shit within 7 days, then they would employ a professional service to do it... but I didn't want that because I know businesses like Jim's Mowing are stupidly overpriced - AND - I have a guy that does it for a much better rate, he's also real friendly (and doing it as a retirement kind of thing I think)... so I'd rather have him do it. I assumed that the owner would just look over the fence if it wasn't done within the 7 days and tell the agent, then they would just send someone over to do it.

So yeah, there was a knock at my door this morning and I answered and it was the agent. He said he just wanted to check that the lawns had been done. I said they had been and he said OK and left.


Nah, it wasn't the owner (who lives next door) but the agent who looks after the propery for him. The owner has been ok... but yeah sometimes it's weird having him right next door.

Why is your landlord pretending to not be the landlord? That's fucking WEIRD. You should ask her about it next time and see what she says


Thanks babe! But yeah, like I said... I'm really not in a a position to move financially and getting my health back on track is really a priority for me right now, so it's something that's probably gonna have to wait unfortunately 


He's short, I can't remember if he's completely bald, cos I think he has some grey/white hair... he's pretty slimey. He's really arrogant and condescending.

btw, it is only 7 days notice they need to give you before an inspection.

http://asset2.clinicdesign.com.au/mam_asset/SA%20rent_eng_9?id=01ffa7c0647382b00000010b17362227&col=/client_db/STAD&ext=jpg&type=pdf

or 48 hours notice for repairs or maintenance provided they give you written notice.

Yeh dont worry Im onto her.

And through my property systems i have found out she is living with her mum, and then by deciphering what block of land she lives on I have accessed a mapping system where I have zoomed right in to analyse that house, her backyard and look right in through the window

Shesh those fkn wierdos. Shes a sicko! dont fk with me  :lol: I will decipher your life in a click of a button. hahahaha

maybe i should say that to her next time i see her, so i heard you bought this place for $200 500, whats  it like living with your mum and wearing pink PJs at night? bahaha



 :aargh:

Yeh dont worry Im onto her.

And through my property systems i have found out she is living with her mum, and then by deciphering what block of land she lives on I have accessed a mapping system where I have zoomed right in to analyse that house, her backyard and look right in through the window

Shesh those fkn wierdos. Shes a sicko! dont fk with me  I will decipher your life in a click of a button. hahahaha

maybe i should say that to her next time i see her, so i heard you bought this place for $200 500, whats  it like living with your mum and wearing pink PJs at night? bahaha



 

 :rofl:

 

As I explained to someone somewhere, I am in a bit of a pickle with getting a decent place to live.

Neither me nor my proposed housemate have been on a lease before. Also my work history does not look good to anyone who does not understand how my field is run. Also I am currently unemployed.

How and why would anyone choose us as tenants over another applicant? Thing is I have plenty of coin, I could pay for 5 years of rent upfront, and I have past employers waiting for my call to return to work anyway.

What can I do to up our chances for a successful application?

I have already considered writing a note to explain my situation, offering double bond as a safety net, bribes, and paying for a months rent in advance.

I don't know how this system works and what would be the best bet, or how the 'best' application is chosen. Please help me because I dont want to live in a bummed out crack house.

I knew a guy who rented and hadn't worked in 5+ years... he paid cash every month and they didn't have any issues.
Like you said, just offer them some money upfront and most people won't give a rats. Don't forget that the final decision is made by the owner, not the agent.

yeh when i did an application for the place ive got i offered to pay a month up front in rent and the bond straight away. fkn wicked. i got every place i requested

not an ideal situation mate especially with the competition everyone is facing with rentals in such demand. I would focus highly on references. And hey, why not bend the truth a little. get someone you know to be a previous or current landlord. Say your parents own a second house which you have been living in and paying rent to them with no fixed lease.Tell them what they want to hear. Not entirely honest but you can bet others are doing it and getting the lease.

yeh when i did an application for the place ive got i offered to pay a month up front in rent and the bond straight away. fkn wicked. i got every place i requested

fuck paying rent these days people houses are only going to get more and more expensive geting into your own house as soon as possible is the way 2 go

thanks for putting it that way mate :thumbsup:

see how we go...

not an ideal situation mate especially with the competition everyone is facing with rentals in such demand. I would focus highly on references. And hey, why not bend the truth a little. get someone you know to be a previous or current landlord. Say your parents own a second house which you have been living in and paying rent to them with no fixed lease.Tell them what they want to hear. Not entirely honest but you can bet others are doing it and getting the lease.

thanks for putting it that way mate

see how we go...

I'm going to be paying $1000 per month for a decent one bedroom apartment in Melbourne...

Makes me realise how good I have it in Adelaide...

Whereabouts in Melbourne?

Whereabouts in Melbourne?

Everywhere I looked :E

Basically in a 15 km radius of the city. I want to be close to the action.

I know I can get cheaper if I move out of the city, but at this stage I don't want to be traveling for more than an hour on public transport...

Everywhere I looked

Basically in a 15 km radius of the city. I want to be close to the action.

I know I can get cheaper if I move out of the city, but at this stage I don't want to be traveling for more than an hour on public transport...

Thank yourself lucky you're not looking here.  We're paying more than that a month for one bedroom in a share house!

and that's why i'd never live in england. screw that for a joke.

and that's why i'd never live in england. screw that for a joke.

well... i'm finally in my ridiculously expensive new pad!

and so far the shower doesn't work, the spa bath doesn't work and the washing machine was full of mould!

but... NO MORE HOUSEMATES

 All you need now is a wardrobe full of pyjamas and a pipe!

spa bath hey.... well you've got 6 months to get it working!

Tis all relative tho mate.  Still manage to save more a month than I did back home and that was while I was livin with my parents and payin nothin!  :)

Tis all relative tho mate.  Still manage to save more a month than I did back home and that was while I was livin with my parents and payin nothin! 

well nuts to you then! :jealous:

We've done this with some apps now, will let the massive know if we get busted ie. how thorough they check this info.

 :cross:

well nuts to you then! :jealous:

We've done this with some apps now, will let the massive know if we get busted ie. how thorough they check this info.

 

Trust me they do check. There is a database within the Residential Tenancies Commission that has all your rental history. Trust me Im a landlord myself. And I can asure you, agents and landlords do not favor renting from your parents without paperwork purely for the fact that you can be bullshiting to them. They like cold hard facts and they will do eveything to check refferences. They then consult with the property owner and lay out the facts to them for them to make the decision . Sorry to be so blunt, but that how it is.

Well there are some dodgy agents out there that dont give a shit. The majority however do follow procedures and check pretty thoroughly.

Trust me they do check. There is a database within the Residential Tenancies Commission that has all your rental history. Trust me Im a landlord myself. And I can asure you, agents and landlords do not favor renting from your parents without paperwork purely for the fact that you can be bullshiting to them. They like cold hard facts and they will do eveything to check refferences. They then consult with the property owner and lay out the facts to them for them to make the decision . Sorry to be so blunt, but that how it is.

we got our property at labrina by stretching the truth. considerably as well.

it all depends on who you are going through i guess.

Trust me, it was worth the risk!!! If it doesn't work then we'll have to go back to square one and give the proper info next time.

Hopefully find out today...

Well there are some dodgy agents out there that dont give a shit. The majority however do follow procedures and check pretty thoroughly.

goodluck mate, hope you get it

Trust me, it was worth the risk!!! If it doesn't work then we'll have to go back to square one and give the proper info next time.

Hopefully find out today...

goodluck mate, hope you get it

Get the one in North Adelaide  :mrgreen:

Alright, I've just had both agents ring me and say that we have the place... now to choose one?!?!

And this is bullshitting about our last 1-3 years (all three of us bent the truth) of rental history. So the claims that they check this database is bull. Because our current agents lodged all the stuff with the Residential Tribunal to get us evicted and it hasn't come up anywhere.

 

Get the one in North Adelaide 

http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin/rsearch?a=o&id=402926504&f=0&p=10&t=ren&ty=&fmt=&header=&c=32439200&s=sa&snf=rbs&tm=1192089880

Def my first choice!!! Just need to convince Jonno.

haha yeah no shit! gonna have to tone it down otherwise you'll get booted again!

That is def the plan!!! Need to start saving for travel plans next year. But saying that, we have to take advantage of what we'll have at least a few times 

I want it!!!!!!

No, you can't!!! Goin to be great for Wednesday night cookups during summer, the kitchen is FUCKING BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We've decided (if it goes ahead) to do a 2 month rotation for the master bedroom and splitting it something like $170-$140-$140

It's that or this one...

http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin/rsearch?a=o&id=402871336&f=0&p=10&t=ren&ty=&fmt=&header=&c=22911334&s=sa&snf=rbs&tm=1192092178

Wasn't bad inside, but over 3 levels with fuckin tiny staircase up. I've lived in something similar and the fridge alone was a nightmare to get up the stairs because of it's size. Immense concerns about getting those big red couches (that I've aquired since that old place) up the stairs... not going to happen!!!

hmm, both are hot. nth adelaide looks blinging!!

now, u gonna take it a bit easy and not piss of the neighbours? u guys are the tenant/neighbours from hell!!

oh that's close to us 

I'm glad you got it mate, and your lucky to have come across agents that seem not to have done the right followups for their clients (property owners) Trust me, there is a database. I personally made queries to that database when first leasing my place out privately. I have an agent taking care of that now as I'm too busy to be an outright Landlord myself. Last time we had to find someone to rent our place, our agent had a few applications submitted, two of which we had to deny because of previous evictions. So in your case, i dint know what happend, maybe your name was incorrectly entered into the database or they simply didn't check. That does happen mate anywho, consider yourself lucky

Just curious, can anyone access this database??? If so, how???

 ...Im sure you can if your a landlord and want to find out about dodgy tennants who lie about thier rental history. Simply go to the residential tennacies commision and register your property for lease and become a landlord. 

So, no then, not everyone can access the database. Do you still have access to it???

Here is the public Database run by the University Law department according to the fredom of information act (1991)

This one holds some outcomes of tribunal procedings and cases in South Australia. This one doesnt get updated often at all.

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/sa/SARTT/

There is however a confidential database ran by the Residential Tennacies Commision with info on rental history and tribunal outcomes.

(Link not posted for obvious reasons)

Not taking a punt at you mate, but trust me, Ive delt with dodgey tennants and also my other halves parents past tennats took 6 months to get evicted and left them owing over $4000 in rent. Ive done my homework, I can asure you.

Hope this helps mate

But what I'm trying to figure out is do you only get put on these black lists if there are tribunal outcomes against you... or can any agent/landlord put you on it for things like excessive noise complaints, etc.

I think that they still record each case whether the outcome is for you or against you. They just give you a report of any case made against you in the Tribunal whether it be complaints or eviction notices or whatever complain that is actually lodged with the Tribunal. The majority of noise complains do not even make it to the Tribunal. A lot of agents issuing the Tennant a noise complaint or whatever say that its been recorded with the tribunal just to scare the tenant when in fact they haven't.

Its like a credit or police check, agents or landlords don't actually access the database, only you lodge an application and they give you a report. Which costs a bit from memory.

I ask because something was lodged with the Tribunal to get us evicted. But I basically told the landlord that it wasn't necessary and we would go on our own accord. So they stopped the proceedings before the date we had to appear.

You never know, it may have been withdrawn without a record. Not sure there. Lucky I say.

anywho, im glad you got the place mate, im sure your excited. Next is the fun part..moving. Man I hate moving.

Had lots of experience with that

I've hopefully found a new place down the bay that I'll get approved for. Can't be screwed moving all my stuff though

Woops, well I would be saving more if I didn't keep going shopping and travelling.  Still lookin good tho.

Just moved into a two-story town house in Felixstow. Good shit, got a room for all my studio-related crap. Missus has a room for all her girly shit. Fucking HATE moving though, and I was sick as a dog when it had to be done! Rented a truck from Budget. Man those things are wicked fun to drive around!

That's the best! We have three bedrooms between two of us - one each and one to share... it's the only way to live 

Agreed. Two bedrooms was a nightmare. We've now got a lounge AND dining room downstairs as well. Previously it was all in with the kitchen. Don't know what to do with all this space! Oh yes I do, fill it up with all my shit!

Finally got a place down the bay. Have to sort out moving all my shit and electricity phone etc by next monday. This is gonna suck. If anyones looking for a place to stay I might be looking for someone else to move in in about a month or so

We have an inspection tomorrow and I seriously cant wait.

We always keep our house spotless and have even done work on the garden since we moved in.

The agent better love us.

I thought you've mentioned a few times that you bought your own places somewhere close to town? Or don't you actually live in that house yourself? 

My ex-wife and kids live in that place.

I on the other hand just pay the mortgage there whilst renting elsewhere.

Ah, OK. That makes sense then.

Woo hoo,

Just got a new flat mate for our place here.  Just for asomething different she's from Adelaide, heaps good!

Do most places accept pets when your renting?

most places i've applied for/rented have a No Pets Policy!! u CAN ask I spose...some people just dont tell the landlord and ship their pets off when inspections are being done...

soooo different to say, New York, seems most people there OWN DOGS! but there are restrictions on their size etc, depending on the apartment.

ahh thanks chick.

I might just lie then 

Thats exactly what we did this week.

Unless you've got a crazy dog thats destroyed your back yard and scratched the hell out of the back door or something, its not hard to hide or move a pet for a couple of hours.

hahahaha

http://www.amazon.com/How-Hide-Your-Cat-Landlord/dp/0973905077

I just had a landlord come round to my place this morning. I dropped off my cat elsewhere earlier and she didnt even know a thing. EZ. Im pretty spotless neat and tidy though (friends say I have OCD  ) and the land lord lady said to me "wow you are like a 1 in a million tenant, where did they find you? This place is so nice.. I love what you have done with this place"

I proudly say that I was very happy with that. fricken annoying thou, she was in and out in 2 mins, all of that effort for a 2 minute wander.

 Hopefully the rent stays  the same and doesnt go up 'as I am such an amazing tenant'

OCD pays off bitches 

Because of the retard junkies who used to live in these apartments we started having weekly inspections here.

The chick came the first week, took one look in the door, and went "wow, I wish they all looked like this".

Then every week after she'd come and check the other places but not even bother with mine 





Although, if she came round now I'd be screwed :MESSY:  I blame Howard.

 

All the flats and houses I can see in Australia are HUGE for your money. We live in Shoe box's compared to you guys over there...

yep, its the life!!!

our place in brompton is soooo roomy!

Furniture quite cheap too or reasonable? You dont have plugs like

wat do u reckon?

http://www.buytravelconverter.com/australia.aspx

I reckon furniture in Aus is reasonable, but it depends what you want and where you go.

Haven't had to buy much over here cos our place came fully furnished so I don't really now if it is comparable.

Where abouts do you live in the UK now ATM?

ahhh ok thank you. 
(Google is my friend im just lazzzzy)

Yak im in Gloucestershire UK and its freezung 

Really?  I hope it snows this year, I love snow the most!  Not so fun in London tho.

are you a brit too?

No I'm not, I'm an Aussie but I have lived here for over 2 years and plan to do so for at  least the same again, if not more. Totally love it!

I havent met one person who hasn't loved Australia. 

i actually reckon she means london. 

hopefully not going to have to rent for much more than a year now. pretty happy to leave it behind me, that's for damn sure.

ahh my bad sorry.
I hope it snows too. Everything looks so clean again when its snows. 
It doesnt quite feel like Christmas otherwise.

Got a new flat down glenelg. Good landlord and good location. Hell stoked with it. When I went to look at it I asked the guy if I needed to do an application form, and he said no, I can see you're a nice guy, if you want it you've got it. So yeah. Nice. Now I just need someone to move in with me in about a month or two.

Glenelg aye? Do you consider it expensive?

From what I have read there is a lot of oversupply of flats and general residential accomodation down the at Glenelg. I am not sure if this is an overall thing or a thing for renters and buyers or just for one of those...

I would consider it expensive but for the location it's not really. Think it's like 320 or something. cant really remember which probably isn't good. There are a fair few down there up for rent but the large majority I looked at were dodgey as all hell. Went to look at one and there was a domestic happening next door.

with Subbo moving in rents back down to $58 a week.




solid

Ok.

Today, I was due to have an inspection.

I always get a letter from my agent telling me the date of the inspection and he always says the inspection will be between 11am and 3pm. He specifically says in this letter... "It is not possible to make a specific time or change the day of inspection"...

It's now 3.10pm. I have made my home available for inspection for the allocated four hours. It doesn't really seem fair to me, that he dictates the time and day of the inspection... it cannot be changed if it is inconvenient for me, however, he can't even rock up in the designated hours?!

If he rocks up, I wish I could have the guts to tell him to nick off... but I'll let him do the inspection just to get it over and done with.

If he doesn't rock up at all today, does he need to send me another letter giving me another two weeks notice?

 

Pretty sure he would have to, but like you said, just let him do it to get it over with.
I've been through this before. We were due to have an inspection and the carpets were fucked, so we got them cleaned the day before. Then they didn't even turn up. So they rescheduled for the next week and the carpets got fuckin trashed again. So we got drilled over the state of the carpets and told that we should have had them cleaned before the inspection... fuck you bitch!!!

Dont be afraid to hammer your land agents, or inspectors if they pull shit like that. As long as you keep the house in good order they know they are in the wrong. I used to have the same problem with inspections, and a couple of harsh drillings changed things pretty quickly. I had to remind my old land agents a few times that my life doesnt revolve around them as well. They became incredibly respectful of my wishes, even though they probably regard me as a grumpy shit.

Just give them a call and they will usually organise a time later in the week as well...but also in a case where they have missed their own allotted time, you can pretty much dictate the terms of the new time.

He just rocked up then and did the inspection. Said the landlord (who lives next door) called up a week ago to complain about the lawns.

I just explained to him that I'm living off Centrelink benefits at the moment, which means I can hardly pay for bills and food, let alone paying for someone to come and do the lawns every two weeks. Ugh. I'm not happy with how the lawns look either!!

Anyways, the house is perfect inside so everything is ok I think. He mentioned something about the air-conditioner, wanted to know if anyone had come round to service it yet as they had not received an invoice. I told them no one had been here to fix it, but he said he'd get that sorted out... so that's good.


I am totally afraid of him. I'm scared that if I pipe up, I'll get kicked out of here pronto. It doesn't help that my landlord lives next door and has turned into a total fucking cunt.

lex how big is your lawns?  pretty big if my memory serves me correctly!  but i could lend you my big push along mower and you could make griff do it!!!

Front lawn isn't too bad, but yeah, the back is huge! That would be fantastic babe, I'd really appreicate it 


He's done it before.

the only thing is, if the grass is quite long, you'd need to cut it a bit with grass clipper shearer thingys first!!  it's so gay!

It's not *that* long, heh 

a hand-mower?? ohh i have one of them too. long grass is TEH suck. but least its a good workout!

a hand mower does bugger all on long grass. (we got one too)

i reckon sera means a whipper snipper needs to go over it first.

well that would be easier, but i was really talking about hand held clippers coz that's all i got!! 

but yeah, lex, a once over with the clippers, then the mower and you'll be fit as a fiddle in no time!!  (i obviously don't do mine often!  )

 Dude what happens at your parties seriously

 

320? fuck is it a modern nice apartment? I would hope so, I live in Hove in a nice modern unit just off brighton road and I pay 250. walking distance to the espy which is good. . All in all, after looking at the market, units (well nicer ones) are all about 250 now so i guess im going ok. I consider 250 pretty expensive and hoping to get a girlfriend move in the next few months. However not sure if she will cos shes travelling interstate for a bit. I kinda like living by myself too. have my own space

thats what i was just thinkng. how the fuck do ya ruin carpets in a week

shesh. boys will be boys 

not without trying though!! good times!

No, crackheads will be crackheads.
And they weren't ruined... just pretty fuckin dirty.

 :lol:are you saying youse guys are crackheads 

Don't include me in this.
So the house is nearly empty. Cleaning has begun.
Now to finalise the bond, utilities, etc.
FUN, FUN

no trubs where i'm at.... 
best place i've been at since i got back from Okayama.... everything i need is within 5 mintues walk and most other things are within 20 minutes bike ride (town, friends, work)
and no-one has any idea where its at from the street side,  it's quiet and mellow for $125 a week,
i'll let you cats all know when i decide to move out, it's perfect for non-k heads and the like

http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin/rsearch?a=o&id=401504773&f=0&p=10&t=ren&ty=&fmt=&header=&cc=&c=12699518&s=sa&snf=rbs&tm=1201065632

This place is available again and right next door to me!

ooh rent it! rent it!! get away from ur dodgy landlord neighbour!!!!

get an indian or singaporean uni sa student in, they just study all night and day anyways. and they may cook u yum food too

LOL

I wish I could, unfortunately it's not possible just yet. My lease here doesn't end until October and that would be one hefty break lease fee.

An African couple just came to look at it and they were really nice and friendly, I was out the front doing some gardening and had a chat to them!

cool! mebbe they will move in and have crazy african riddims at their housewarming, hey if they have kids the naming ceremonies are massive affairs! mmmm goat stew

i miss living near cool non-caucasian people, in carlton we had the housing commission flats across the road and they played some cool music at their reggae parties etc 

Wooo! 

There's heaps of different people around my area, it's pretty cool.

now i know where you live



:stalks:

join the cue!!

Oooh goody!

Now boys, don't forget to write me uber creepy love notes ok?

 
too much effort, i'd rather just stalk around the place 

It's not real stalking without creepy love notes! However, failing the love notes, you could at least leave dead roses on my front doorstep or something.

I prefer hiding in the garden masturbating.

 

i'm thinking maybe some offerings of vegetables, carved in the shape of penises.

That's all well and good, but creepy love notes really do it for me.


That's SO not creepy. I would totally laugh at that and then show my friends.

it's already been done in thailand and japan anyways...

 

Leezee is Catastrophic!

I KNEW IT!

 

Someone come and live next door to me. It'll be fun.

 

You lot are funny buggers

Bawahahahahaha

Gimme about 5 years and then maybe 

You have until Feb 1. What's it gonna be LADY-O?

I'll still be in Finland, Tuff tits missy! xoxo