Recent content by purplemonkey

This reminds me of a quote I heard once that I think is appropriate here: "Once you're no longer available for emergencies they suddenly stop happening". The reality is that a significant percentage of the general population (of which tenants and landlord are a part) lack empathy and the...

I'll definitely take heaps of photos, maybe do a video (where I start by showing the smh.com.au homepage so you know it's from that date) and document everything. I have signed the lease. So my question is: does the lease take effect as soon as it is signed or from the commencement date...

Thanks for all the replies, much appreciated. I am on mobile so excuse any typos or if this is brief. Can post more later. A fair clarifications: - the old lease ends in the 17th of January. That's when my lease will begin. Technically my former flat mate is subletting to me and the...

Hi all, I couldn't recover my old username but I used to post heavily on here eons ago (3 years ago now). Anywho here's the quick outline of the situation to save you time. BTW, I know this is a forum skewed towards owners and PMs and I like that as I want to be in the owner camp myself...