My mother is being taken to the tribunal this week after holding back a few hundred dollars for cleaning of an IP. I know she is concerned about stories she hears about tenants winning cases that appear to be wrong decisions. And there seems to be a general concern that the tribunal rules in favour of the poor, downtrodden tenant.
I know there are two sides to every story, but this is only the second time she has been to the tribunal (first time she has been taken there by the tenants).
The tenants left the house filthy and we decided enough is enough. We were not going to clean up after a grown woman, husband and their family and overseas students. This is not a case of grubby students, but a business woman and her family. Don't think the bathroom had been cleaned for a looooong time and the grease in the kitchen had to be seen to be believed.
I believe there is no way the tenant will win this but realize the tribunal can be a funny place. We have taken photos which clearly show the filth, so even if she wins and my mother wears the cleaning costs herself, she will have the satisfaction of the "judge" seeing how this family lived and the filthy way they left it. If I had left a house like this, I would be humiliated if anyone saw these photos, so I am looking forward to her reaction when my mother plonks them down as evidence (though I will not be in the room to see it).
Will be very interesting to see how this pans out.
I would be curious to hear anyone else who thought they had a really good case, but lost the case.
Wylie
I know there are two sides to every story, but this is only the second time she has been to the tribunal (first time she has been taken there by the tenants).
The tenants left the house filthy and we decided enough is enough. We were not going to clean up after a grown woman, husband and their family and overseas students. This is not a case of grubby students, but a business woman and her family. Don't think the bathroom had been cleaned for a looooong time and the grease in the kitchen had to be seen to be believed.
I believe there is no way the tenant will win this but realize the tribunal can be a funny place. We have taken photos which clearly show the filth, so even if she wins and my mother wears the cleaning costs herself, she will have the satisfaction of the "judge" seeing how this family lived and the filthy way they left it. If I had left a house like this, I would be humiliated if anyone saw these photos, so I am looking forward to her reaction when my mother plonks them down as evidence (though I will not be in the room to see it).
Will be very interesting to see how this pans out.
I would be curious to hear anyone else who thought they had a really good case, but lost the case.
Wylie