Hi all
I'm interested to hear if this is a one-off case or if it's quite common.
Some friends of mine were recently renting a house in the Hawthorn/Kew area through one of the well known Melbourne agencies, one of the ones with a double barrel name. (But not HS, BP, BA, MW or NJ)
At the end of their 2-3 year tenancy, they were astonished to receive a VCAT notice (summons) from the agent, for a session date a few days after the end of their tenancy.
When my friend questioned it, he was told that they always book in VCAT dates in case there are any issues with the end of the tenancy, and that they could ignore the notice, assuming there were indeed no issues and they moved out on time, etc.
My friends are a professional couple, who both happen to be landlords in their own right, and there were absolutely no issues throughout their tenancy with paying bills, causing damage, etc.
Incidentally, when the final rent notice came in, they were undercharged a few hundred dollars, due to a mistake that the agent made in calculating the rent due. They're the type of people who would normally say straightaway that there was a mistake, particularly being landlords themselves, but because they were so annoyed at receiving the VCAT notice, they decided to pocket the unpaid rent. Not good for the landlord, but I can't blame them.
Anybody else heard of similar stories?
Cheers
Jonathon
I'm interested to hear if this is a one-off case or if it's quite common.
Some friends of mine were recently renting a house in the Hawthorn/Kew area through one of the well known Melbourne agencies, one of the ones with a double barrel name. (But not HS, BP, BA, MW or NJ)
At the end of their 2-3 year tenancy, they were astonished to receive a VCAT notice (summons) from the agent, for a session date a few days after the end of their tenancy.
When my friend questioned it, he was told that they always book in VCAT dates in case there are any issues with the end of the tenancy, and that they could ignore the notice, assuming there were indeed no issues and they moved out on time, etc.
My friends are a professional couple, who both happen to be landlords in their own right, and there were absolutely no issues throughout their tenancy with paying bills, causing damage, etc.
Incidentally, when the final rent notice came in, they were undercharged a few hundred dollars, due to a mistake that the agent made in calculating the rent due. They're the type of people who would normally say straightaway that there was a mistake, particularly being landlords themselves, but because they were so annoyed at receiving the VCAT notice, they decided to pocket the unpaid rent. Not good for the landlord, but I can't blame them.
Anybody else heard of similar stories?
Cheers
Jonathon