Hi,
Calling on those who have had experience with DHA end of lease....
My wife and I have an IP through Defence Housing and the lease expires in 2 months.
Yesterday we inspected the property and were asked by the rep if we would be replacing the carpet/paint or taking a cash payment (The carpet/paint was replaced by them 2 years ago due to a rouge tenant).
I replied that this was the first I had ever heard of a cash payment. She then rang her boss and passed the phone on to me. I asked for info about the cash payment and was told an amount. I then asked when a decision needed to be made......Here's the crunch....."Right Now"!
I couldn't believe my ears. After a bit of chat the boss said I could have till COB Monday. (Question about this below).
Secondly....We then went through the property and there was disagreement about what would be fixed....e.g. the rep knocked back a cracked toilet bowl (not the seat, the porcelain bowl had an obvious crack in it that she said was insignificant, but not to my way of thinking). There were dents to nearly every panel of the colourbond fence (and made by their tenants as the dents came from our side, not the other). Some were a single dents others much more noticeable.
Lastly on a colorbond gate, I saw, after the rep left, had a noticeable dent in it, but she was not around to see that by then.
So Questions:
1. Can they do the heavy and tell me "it's take the money or get a full re-carpet/paint job done by a certain date" only 2 working days from inspection??
(I have a feeling that the payment being offered amounts to the rent till lease end anyway.....in other words they are not giving anything).
2. From others experience, if carpet/paint was done two years ago, do they still have to honour the contract to replace it all now (that's what the contract says) or is there some way for them to not honour that?
3. Do they have to fix every noticeable dent/damage on the property, even if it was not noticed by the rep at the time?...again from your experience.
Thx very much,
John Bradshaw
Calling on those who have had experience with DHA end of lease....
My wife and I have an IP through Defence Housing and the lease expires in 2 months.
Yesterday we inspected the property and were asked by the rep if we would be replacing the carpet/paint or taking a cash payment (The carpet/paint was replaced by them 2 years ago due to a rouge tenant).
I replied that this was the first I had ever heard of a cash payment. She then rang her boss and passed the phone on to me. I asked for info about the cash payment and was told an amount. I then asked when a decision needed to be made......Here's the crunch....."Right Now"!
I couldn't believe my ears. After a bit of chat the boss said I could have till COB Monday. (Question about this below).
Secondly....We then went through the property and there was disagreement about what would be fixed....e.g. the rep knocked back a cracked toilet bowl (not the seat, the porcelain bowl had an obvious crack in it that she said was insignificant, but not to my way of thinking). There were dents to nearly every panel of the colourbond fence (and made by their tenants as the dents came from our side, not the other). Some were a single dents others much more noticeable.
Lastly on a colorbond gate, I saw, after the rep left, had a noticeable dent in it, but she was not around to see that by then.
So Questions:
1. Can they do the heavy and tell me "it's take the money or get a full re-carpet/paint job done by a certain date" only 2 working days from inspection??
(I have a feeling that the payment being offered amounts to the rent till lease end anyway.....in other words they are not giving anything).
2. From others experience, if carpet/paint was done two years ago, do they still have to honour the contract to replace it all now (that's what the contract says) or is there some way for them to not honour that?
3. Do they have to fix every noticeable dent/damage on the property, even if it was not noticed by the rep at the time?...again from your experience.
Thx very much,
John Bradshaw