I am struggling with some maintenance issue here. Tenants lodged a case to VCAT to repair the following things. My agent said the VCAT hearing placed a order to repair them by 6 June.
- vulcan wall gas heater
The heater is more than 40 years old. It was working when I rented the house to the tenants. The fan of the heater stopped working now. I called some gas company and they said they can have a look at it if I could pay $100. But I suspect I might need to pay fortune to repair a 40 years old heater and the ongoing maintenance fee might be very high.
I have installed a brand new split air condition which is cost $1400 in total.
The tenants still insist on getting vulcan gas heater fixed which I don't think it is reasonable. I don't understand why I need to pay the cost to fix the heater which was damaged by them.
- Repair the lock of Garage
I was not given a key for the garage when I bought the house. I never advertised the garage is locked when I rented it out. There is a gate in the back yard which can be locked.
- The tenants never pay rent on time. I've lodged 2 VCAT hearing to get them vacated but all failed. The case was adjourned first time when the rent were 2 weeks behind. Then they paid the rest of money. The second time the rent were 1 month behind. But they paid the full money before the VCAT hearing. Agent told me VCAT took more than 10 days to schedule a hearing even if the case was adjourned before.
I ended up paying VCAT hearing costs again and again without getting any positive outcome.
Now they started to bring up trivial things to make my life harder. I don't mind spending money to get the issues fixed if they are good tenant. But my concern is they will make more and more troubles in the future if I get the heater and lock fixed this time.
I don't think the decision made by VCAT to ask me repair the heater and garage lock is reasonable. Do you think I have an opportunity to change their decision ? What's the process ?
What's the worst case scenario for me if I cant get them fixed on time?
Any suggestion would be highly appreciated.
Thanks
- vulcan wall gas heater
The heater is more than 40 years old. It was working when I rented the house to the tenants. The fan of the heater stopped working now. I called some gas company and they said they can have a look at it if I could pay $100. But I suspect I might need to pay fortune to repair a 40 years old heater and the ongoing maintenance fee might be very high.
I have installed a brand new split air condition which is cost $1400 in total.
The tenants still insist on getting vulcan gas heater fixed which I don't think it is reasonable. I don't understand why I need to pay the cost to fix the heater which was damaged by them.
- Repair the lock of Garage
I was not given a key for the garage when I bought the house. I never advertised the garage is locked when I rented it out. There is a gate in the back yard which can be locked.
- The tenants never pay rent on time. I've lodged 2 VCAT hearing to get them vacated but all failed. The case was adjourned first time when the rent were 2 weeks behind. Then they paid the rest of money. The second time the rent were 1 month behind. But they paid the full money before the VCAT hearing. Agent told me VCAT took more than 10 days to schedule a hearing even if the case was adjourned before.
I ended up paying VCAT hearing costs again and again without getting any positive outcome.
Now they started to bring up trivial things to make my life harder. I don't mind spending money to get the issues fixed if they are good tenant. But my concern is they will make more and more troubles in the future if I get the heater and lock fixed this time.
I don't think the decision made by VCAT to ask me repair the heater and garage lock is reasonable. Do you think I have an opportunity to change their decision ? What's the process ?
What's the worst case scenario for me if I cant get them fixed on time?
Any suggestion would be highly appreciated.
Thanks