Dazz,
We've done everything right by this landlord.... well above what is ever expected or asked of any tennant. I have totally cleaned up and improved the backyard, i have cut down most of the jungle of weeds at the front, we steam cleaned the carpets TWICE, i have fixed things around the house myself without wasting his time or money, and i have paid my rent on time for nearly two years....
.... i have only ever made two requests:
1/ Can i please keep 2 cats that cannot be kept elsewhere? They will live in a cat run outside. I will give you more rent/pay a pet bond.
ANSWER - NO YOU CANT.
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.... lets ignore the fact that the previous tennants had two dogs???)
2/ Can you please install aircon? The property is unbearable to live in during both winter and summer due to the design of the house (sub zero in winter, above 40 in summer). I will pay more rent, or possibly even contribute towards costs of fitting aircon. Look here, I have a quote to install a single split system for just $1800.
ANSWER - NO, I want to look at installing ducted aircon. Oh wait, thats too expensive. NO, YOU CANT HAVE AIRCON.
There are other things as well.
Bascially i've put in some hard yards to be as good a tennant as possible, and he has done nothing. I am therefore voting with my feet and leaving at the end of this lease. Good luck to him finding good tennants again.
Except that teensy matter of unfailingly providing a roof over your head every night.
Dont put me in the same category as the "whinging tennants" that you paint all residential tennants to be...
... we have a couple of investment properties ourselves, which we look after our tennants in those. They pay me money to live in my house, so i make sure they have a good house to live in, and that they are comfortable, so that they might stay for the long term.
Our landlord makes us feel like more of a burden than an asset. So i say good luck to him for the future, he's going to need it... he has obivously been burnt in the past, and will be burnt again.