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What's wrong with $40 a week for electricity? It's not the fault of a small heater. I spend $40 per week in the middle of winter with a big reverse cycle air con unit.

Make sure the PM has actually passed on the water charges. A number of years ago when I moved to a new state, I rented for 12 months. Being pedantic with all things financial, I contacted the RE on a number of occasions to ask if they had received the water usage charges as I had not...

Legally, no you can't insist on that. http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/Tenants_and_home_owners/Being_a_landlord/Ending_a_tenancy/Making_a_bond_claim.html Personally I think you would be wasting your time having it cleaned prior to the tenants moving in, as they only need to return it to you...

Thanks Scott No Mates, glad he will be ok to go quickly.

There's a flat break lease fee is his agreement, so the rent till someone else moves in is void.

He hasn't been able to get hold of the PM, they never answer their phone and messages go unreturned. He went down to their office but the Receptionist said no one was in and was unable to help with any information. He's just handed in his break lease letter and is vacating this weekend. I...

Hello I have a friend who wishes to break their lease in NSW and I am unsure of the answer to his question. In a normal situation 2 weeks notice would be required to end the fixed lease at the end of the fixed lease term. In a break lease situation he has been advised (by another...

From what I have heard there are quite a few people leaving or looking at leaving Canberra at the moment. Much of the public service isn't hiring (or at least not long term) so people are reluctant to move or commit when employment is up in the air. I have a number of friends in the area who...

I experienced bait advertising recently. Applied for a property, agent called and said my application had been accepted. When I went in to sign the lease it was on the lease as being $50 more per week than what was advertised. When I queried this she acted like she had no idea what was going...

They sure do, but they make the fee free way as difficult as possible.

As a tenant, I've never had any desire to arrive on the landlords doorstep nor ring them when we have a property manager who looks after the tenancy. When I receive copies of the water account the property manager crosses out the landlords address with a texta, but it's still readable. The...

Do you not incorporate the rates into the weekly rent? As a side note - I know of quite a few people who live/have lived in the UK and never paid council tax. It was never followed up on.

And this is why I don't have social media accounts. Not that I have anything to hide from a prospective landlord but lowbrow snooping? Really? If you snoop into their Facebook pages do you also peep their windows?

All the lies? I thought they just said they were non smokers? Are there other lies? As others have mentioned this may not be an actual lie, perhaps they just took it up again having quit previously. Don't just jump to conclusions. Seriously, it's not worth getting so upset over. With...

Your PM/landlord sounds very pushy! I've rented for many years in a few different states, and I've never been contacted that early regarding an end of lease/renewal. Most PMs contact me about a month prior to the lease expiry, some have written to me and others a phone call but never...

I would have expected the tenant to make contact within at least a week of the heater not being fixed, however I'm leaning toward the PM not following up. They are the property managers after all - that's what you pay them for.

Sounds like an ideal rental property for many people. There's lots of tenants that would love not to have to worry about garden maintenance.

Many rental properties I've been in haven't had any manuals but they are easy to find on the internet.

Well done? Seriously? I certainly did not appreciate Dazz telling me to 'toughen up'. There's no need for being rude. I'm an older female with a sprained ankle and I have no ability to climb a ladder now or in the next few days so excuse me if I don't suddenly 'toughen up'. The...

Bit difficult with a busted ankle Dazz :) Besides that, the property manager/owner doesn't want me cleaning out guttering or doing anything from a height (such as tree trimming), they've said they hire the professionals who are covered by insurance. It's noted in the lease agreement. I've...