Recent content by Louwai

Brisbane is typically 9%, although you can get cheaper. I pay 5%, but I also do most of the work regarding arranging maintenance etc.

My experience has been that the water provider will not charge for the "lost" water if the repair to the burst pipe is done by a licenced plumber & the relevent invoices are produced to the water provider to prove as much. Therefore, neither the tenant or the owner are liable for the excess...

I rented in Melbourne for 12mths in 2007. The lease said "Landlord to maintain property". All I had to do was water the gardens. Getting into the 4th month of the lease & I had to chase the LL to come & tidy the place. After 7mths there were 8 foot high weeds in the front yard. At the end...

I'm in a group of 5 townhouses. At present there is a communal water meter at the boundary, but in addition, each unit has it's own water meter. 1) currently all 5 owners pay equal shares of the communal water bill. 2) We have applied to Allconnex to have the individual meters read instead...

How old is the property? How long has the gas pipe been there? Is the gas pipe buried at regulation depth? If the property was built within the historical liability period & the gas pipe is not buried at regulation depth or deeper, then you may have a case against the builder. But...

As far as I can see, that's the $1m question. Under a BFP the gutters are considered Common Property & are BC responsibility. But under a SFP the gutters are the owners responsibility. In our situation, the complex SHOULD have been set up as a SFP, but was actually set up as a BFP. So...

I'm in a group of 5 townhouses. I am the only owner occupier. 3 of the 5 owners are very active, 1 lives in the UK & 1 just follows along. The complex was built in 2001. I've been here 3yrs. 3 of the 5 are completely seperate & detached lots. The remaining 2 share a dividing wall. The...

In 2010 we became tenants for the first time in over 30yrs. It was a very short tenancy of 9mths. At the end of the tenancy we just moved back into one of our own properties. The issues you are having with your PM are amazingly similar to the issues we had with ours at the time. We also...

Peter at TPM does a good job with 4 of our properties in Brisbane. Herston, Ashgrove, Red Hill & Cleveland. Whatever you do DON'T use Rental Express. Worst PM we've ever dealt with.

OK. Thanks. I was actually thinking it would be the 4th March as the post mark was 4th Jan. My reason for this thought is that, even though it was not sent to a postal address requested by the tenant, it was actually sent to the street adress of the rented property. But, you've answered...

I have a situation which I hope someone here can offer advice on. The PM drafted & dated a Notice to Vacate on the 17th of December 2010. The envelope was stamped with the PM's franking mark (no postage stamp required) on the 17th of Dec 2010. #1 - At the beginning of the lease, & also...

I'm glad Jason was able to help you guys. He did absolutly nothing for me. He started out full of enthusiasm taking my issues to the GM. Obviously someone told him to drop me like a hot potatoe, beause he came back with comments about how good RE is but didn't say anything about the issues...

Just for general information to all, I emailed a detailed letter to Jason as requested in the previous posts. We exchanged 2 or 3 emails back & forth. Jason said he would pass my letter onto the Rental Express GM for further investigation. That was 2 weeks ago. I had heard nothing from RE...

Similar issue at one of our IP's. I have been advised that; Adjoining fence between 2 individual unit back yards that does not come in contact with Common property, is not the responsibility of the BC. The 2 unit owners pay half each. If the fence is seperating a unit from common...

Jason, I will send you an email & I would be happy to sit down with you for a discussion of our journey with Rental Express for the last 9mths. Hopefully no one else in the future will have to endure what we have. Bryan