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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

For a little more expense you could put a 2nd grid connection onto the property. Have the Solar system dedicated on 1 connection which would be in your name & sent to your address. The 2nd connection would be a normal connection for the property. then the tenant gets a standard usage power...

I lived in China (Nantong) for 2yrs. 2001 thru 2003 Absolutely FANTASTIC place. I loved it. I used to live in Rowville, not glen Waverley, but close :). I live in Brisbane now. All that said, moving back to China wouldn't phase me too much. I prefer Australia, but...

I own a number of IP's but right now I am also a tenant (personal reasons). The property I'm currently renting is managed by Rental Express. Going by the treatment we have received as tenants, there is NO WAY that I would ever get Rentral Express to manage one of my properties. I would be...

I suppose it's how you look at it. I was tagged a "Whinger Tenant" for complaining about things. On the day I was supposed to move in I received a ph call saying,"sorry the property is not ready", the fact that I was already packed into a moving truck was of no issue to them. My tuff luck...

I wish my PM had your attitude Lura. We have a number of IP's but we are renting ourselves at the moment while looking for "our" place.. The PM that we are dealing with is unbelievable. Treats tenants like dirt. Is extremely condesending. She seems to have the idea that, if you rent you are...