agreed

There is but ONE good real estate agent I know. She is evil though.

oh yeah...forgot about her...i retract.

Good job Crak.

fuck... speaking of which, anon i forgot. again.
tomorrow.

no probs, nother day won't mean much.

paging coz....

i despise landlords far more than RE agents.

i love our veryvery own rea even though i don't see enough of her

real estate agents and landlords

such a tough call.

destroy both.

someday i might get a 'free market appraisal' just so I can eat REA flesh

argh.

we got a phone call from our real estate agents demanding a week's rent extra for bond. we have been in this house for a year, almost. on the tenancy agreement it says that we were to pay 4 weeks rent. we assumed they wanted 3 weeks rent for the bond and 1 week rent in advance. on the bond lodgement form it has 3 weeks rent on it.

now they want extra moneys. can they act inthis low and dastardly way and get away with it? i kind of figure that if they wanted more money, when we signed the tenancy agreement was the time to tell us.

any hints or tips about this?

I've never heard of a bond that wasn't equivalent to four weeks rent. Sorry dude.

yeah, ditto

generally you pay 1 months bond, and 1 months rent, not 3 weeks bond 1 weeks rent

in any case, it was a year ago, and i can't remember what the deal was. in any case, the agreement was signed after money was handed over (so whatever money was paid then was obviously fine as far as they were concerned then), i don't recall thinking there was any funny business at the time, and i'm sure they're trying to shaft us.

have you got a signed lease? Your copy of the bond lodgement form?

yeah, the signed lease says that 4 weeks rent was to be paid before the signing of the agreement, and the bond lodgement form has 3 weeks rent on it.

does your lease agreement have anything about bond on there? If it does and it states that the equicalent to four weeks rent to be paid as bond, and it's signed then they really stuffed up by only accepting the equivalent of three weeks' rent, but I don't know if they're legally able to claim that extra week.

by the way, it sounds like someone in the RE agents office wasn't paying attention.

but won't the money just be going to the bond agency anyway ?
and won't it just be 1 weeks rent ?

why not just pay it ?

So Consumer Affairs followed up on our complaint today. They spoke to Dodgy REA, who told them that he'd served us with a Notice to Remedy, not a Notice to Vacate. CA rang me, and I took our NTV (which is definitely NOT a Notice To Remedy) down for them to photocopy. Consumer Affairs now know that Dodgy REA is dodgy and a liar. Today was a win for us :)

Nice one Lilo. It all worked out in the wash. Something tells me the owners are going to get very angry with mr agent.

I hope so - he will have been lying to them, too, I imagine.

Signed new lease today and new landlord is dropping keys off to me tomorrow. Moving on the weekend. Hurrah!!

We had a pipe burst at our place this morning, water gushing out so I had to turn the water off, which means we have no water to shower/flush toilets/drink etc.

REA so unhelpful, I've called her 4 times, emailed her 3 times, receptionist said it's not an emergency so they wont' approve it, our REA is in meetings all day so won't be able to help until tomorrow.

After pulling out the tenancy act from Consumer Affairs about how this situtation is considered an urgent request then it needs to be fixed, receptionist said that it can only be approved by our REA, I asked her if she was on holidays this week who would I need to speak to, who she finally put me through to.

Every other request has taken over a month to fix (problems I fix I fix myself), so was happy to get this sorted today, rather than wait until at least next week.

My real estate agent called today to see if we wanted to stay on beyond our lease end. Only thing is our lease still has 3 months on it and they want a decision in 2 days. If we stay on they want a new 6 or 12 month lease. I dont even know what I will be doing tomorrow, let alone in 3 months.

Plus they are jacking the rent up $10, which isnt too bad. Thought it would go up more.

After a nail-biting few weeks, I finally got a decision from the Residential Tenancy Commissioner about my bond dispute. And... I get my full bond back! in your face, dodgy slimeball real estate agent!!

Fuck it.

This is going to court now.

Has anyone else ever been taken to court by their property manager? How did it go?

Court or Tenancy Tribunal? Tenancy Tribunal I have and nearly won all disputed matters. Owner was absolutely furious.

Magistrates Court. The property manager appealed the Residential Tenancy Commissioner's decision to give me all the bond.

What a drag.

I know. What a fucking waste of time. At least I'll get to dress up.

One rental application + two un-returned follow up calls + one non-replied email = over it!!!
These guys must have a policy of poor customer service.
I'd be fine with that, if they hadn't stated that they WILL let me know either way.

Wednesday: ''Yep, get the applications in and I'll be back to you within a few hours.''
Thursday: ''Haven't had a chance yet, sorry mate''
Friday: ''Haven't had a chance yet, sorry mate, but by all means, keep hassling me.''
Monday: Email not responded to
Tuesday: ''Haven't had a chance yet, sorry mate.''

So. Fucking. Annoying.

I got an email and a text last week from my old real estate agents to let me know they were going to be inspecting the flat soon. Thanks for the warning, guys, but you actually kicked me out 6 months ago, remember?

Once at a job network my case manager suggested I do a course to become a real estate agent. I said I'd rather poke my eyes out with a stick.

Our (former) property manager is quibbling the dust on the fan in the bathroom. The bathroom that is getting renovated now that we're gone. God, the rage.

what a cunt

https://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/139150/default.aspx

AT THE age of 64, and with a 40-year career in football under his belt, Denis Pagan could now be enjoying a relaxed retirement.

But putting his feet up is not something that appeals to the two-time North Melbourne premiership coach.

Instead, Pagan has jumped into a new vocation: working as a real estate agent in Melbourne's northern suburbs with his son, Ryan.

This is more landlord the rea but, recently got notice to vacate so a family member could move in, yesterday saw a for lease sign out the front (private not through agent that handled our tenancy). Spoke to consumer affairs and they said take it to vcat to claim compensation. Worth it?

do you have it in writing that it was for a family member? (email or something)

Yes it was stated on the notice to vacate.