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    vendor finance-ee having a whinge

    Well done lizzie, Congratulations on taking action and refusing to tolerate a bad situation any longer. Your decisiveness and commitment have brought about this result, so congratulations. Must be a relief and you must feel pretty good right now :-)
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    From the other perspective - crazy landlord!

    I know you're right Kathryn, myself, if I felt in the right and that the vidence backed me up I would rather lose at the tribunal than concede an inch. Now she's living alone in a granny flat. It's really nice. The main house has a lovely (and ver ywealthy it would seem) Brazilian family...
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    which tenant

    The fireman smokes? Surely there has to be some irony in that, considering how many fires are started by smouldering cigarettes or people smoking in bed drunk... Take the 12 month dude, have it stated in the lease that he cannot smoke indoors and that he'll have to bear any costs for...
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    From the other perspective - crazy landlord!

    Ok, so is the info below and a one page outline. I'm pretty sure all the facts are in there. So now you know what the story is. I've colled down a bit, but I'm still annoyed it didn't go to the tribunal, I reckon the landlord would have been creamed. Summary of Breaches 7.1 – Privacy...
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    From the other perspective - crazy landlord!

    If it were me, I would send a letter of complaint to the bond board. However, I suspect my sister will want to try to totally forget all the unpleasant feelings associated with this situation. One thing I'm struggling with is having to accept that there is very little I can do and that my...
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    From the other perspective - crazy landlord!

    Argh, I'm so annoyed! Here's what happened, they went to concilitiation and the Landlord asked my sister to pay for electricity, water and gas, as that was in the lease. Fair play, makes sense to me, only she never recorded the metres and there was a third person living there for half the...
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    From the other perspective - crazy landlord!

    Thanks for the replies guys, it's a relief to know that I'm not going crazy or have unrealistic forum expectations. I also think you guys are right and that it's probably more to do with her (JennyP's) terrible situation at the moment. Last thing I want to see is for her to feel cut off from...
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    From the other perspective - crazy landlord!

    Dazz, you hit the nail right on the head. Very well put. That's why I don't share. I myself had a nightmarish experience of moving in to a spare room this girl had. She was totally batsh*t insane. There's a reason it only lasted eight days and I spent half of those at a girl's place who I...
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    From the other perspective - crazy landlord!

    Smart Kathryn, I don't think the LL will be claiming any damage though. Either way, Landlord or tenant, I guess the principle is the same: read the agreement and abide by it. Although, some issues can't be put into an agreement, are very hard to define or very subjective in their...
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    From the other perspective - crazy landlord!

    Re: Jenny P, I wouldn't say it was a hypocritical assumption, I was using short-hand because I was pretty sure people aren't interested in reading the full description of me and my sister's personality types. My view of intelligence is that it takes many forms and expressions, some people are...
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    From the other perspective - crazy landlord!

    I wasn't going to reply until Monday, but I feel tempted enough. I'll give more details after then. There is a lease and there are a few big points on it that the landlord has breached. Also, my sister communicated everything with the landlord via email, just in case and so she would have...
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    From the other perspective - crazy landlord!

    Thanks so much for the idea Wylie, I just finished having dinner with my sister and she had all her documents there. My sister informed her Landlord that she was going to move out subject to breaches of 7.1, 7.2 of the Tenancy Code (whatever it's called) - namely, breach of "quiet enjoyment" by...
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    From the other perspective - crazy landlord!

    Ok, so maybe not crazy, but here goes. My sister was living in a place here in Sydney with another girl, who owned the place. A normal two-bedder. They didn't know each other overly well but they went to the same school together, although in different years. Anyway, this all started...
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    Non responsive tennants-what would you do

    The bludger beat me to it. If that's the case, then they're playing for time to get their product out of your place before leaving. Now, if you want the most thorough inspection possible, you could call in an anonymous drug tip - just kidding, lol
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    Tenant wants a credit for two baths full of water??

    As for the petrol question from cu@thetop, is this going to become one of those: "It's the principle" things? I think that's going to waste a lot of your time in business and property if you keep trying to challenge the way the world is, and get over it when there really is no difference. "But...
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    My first tenant is leaving - Couple quick questions

    Y-Man, I guess it depends, if it's from Japan, then that's my style, not sure if they make them in Italy, I heard the Koreans are starting to push the right buttons. I hope the problem isn't too rich. (I couldn't help myself, please forgive me)
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    White guilt and racism double-standards

    I, for the most part, agree with WW. The question then becomes how do you implement, check, police, and regulate all those points on the list? Perhaps we should colonise Tasmania and send all the criminals, misfits and malcontents down there. Wait a minute, I think we already have...
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    White guilt and racism double-standards

    Wow, didn't realise this stuff was going on. I went to private schools and I can't remember hearing this stuff much. In fact, growing up, my best friend was half Cambodian half Lebanese, he stayed over at our place and I stayed over at his. I only remember one student yelling the word...
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    White guilt and racism double-standards

    Lol, don't worry about it Nathan, I'm a traitor to my profession. I see language as a tool, not an art form. Sure, i love great books, poetry and works of literature, but unless you're trying to write one of those, it really doesn't matter, so long as your audience understands you then you're...
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    White guilt and racism double-standards

    Well, nicolina, I'm about to reveal something about myself... I am an English language teacher. And one thing I will say is most native speakers of English are absolutely shocking at trying to teach non-native speakers, which is understandable. I may have a body, but that doesn't make me a...
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