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Ron Pestana |
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Fai Nguyen (Eddie) |
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Dragan Bondzulic |
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Lee Knutsen |
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Chee Yap |
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Rajen Kantaria |
What our clients are saying
A great reason for hiring independent property managers! Managing your own property can turn into a nightmare, as one landlord discovered to her
detriment recently when a tenant sought compensation from her for breaches of the
tenancy agreement. Prior to this claim the landlord had used her husband as her
property manager but has since hired an independent property manager.
Evidence submitted by the tenant included:
• Claims of abuse by the agent (it is unclear what type of abuse).
• An extra unwarranted $10 per week for a water charge.
• Some of the rooms were uninhabitable due to a leak.
• The ingoing condition report was false.
• The tenant was charged for all three electricity meters on the property.
• The dishwasher had broken twice and was unusable.
• The oven top was rusty.
• There were problems with a sliding door.
• Screens were missing.
• The back toilet leaked.
• Cockroaches & mice infested the property.
• The house was mouldy and the backyard was too rocky to mow.
The landlord accepted that the premises were old when the tenant moved in, but said that
the carpet had been replaced, the leak had been rectified and the mould had been remedied.
The landlord noted that the sliding door was indeed difficult to open and close. The
landlord also agreed that there was some rust on the stove top but this had no impact on its
use, and that the dishwasher had been broken twice and it had been repaired only once.
The landlord denied that there were screens missing and counterclaimed that the tenant
had moved the screens around, the back toilet had been fixed on two occasions and there
was no evidence of cockroaches.
The tribunal found in favour of the landlord on the grounds that the tenant had altered the
tenancy agreement and the evidence tendered by the landlord was preferable. This case
highlights the need to remain independent from the tenant and to hire a professional
property manager. |
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