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Yes to all of the above. These orders are *incredibly* hard to get off. Even if I spent a fortune putting in a silicone dampcourse in my house it would still take some years for the walls to completely dry out and I'd be stuck with the order all that time. The rent we've been allotted is so...

Update - our HIA order (which now ONLY lists damp and nothing else) has reduced the rent for the house down from market by $85 per week, which is insane ... right now it means no investor will buy it, as that reduces the yield something savage. The assessed rent is $50 lower than the unrenovated...

Tell this to the HIA guys :mad: Which is, I assume, what you're planning to do? If you're petitioning or something, count me in for a signature. Edit: I'd actually have less problems with the HIA process if it applied to *all* houses and was, say, something administered at change of...

The worst is when they trash the house THEN seek an order. I had the HIA guy out a few weeks ago, it looks like we can remove everything except the damp walls and cracking. The house is 110 and made with 50cm thick limestone walls with a topcoat of render on the outside - no dampcourse, no...

Order to improve. Sometimes the things you need to fix are so expensive it is easier to demolish and build new. Its a South Australian thing. I've had two houses with a HIA order now. They don't mean anything if you live in them, they are an issue if the house is rented as SA Housing sets the...

I don't think many have been there and done that at all - I think mmgg means removing the HIA orders from being able to be applied to ANY house STATEWIDE, not just a particular house. Right now it is just a good system for low earners to be able to **** their landlords off and get cheap rent...