Sick of dodgy landlords
I signed up to this forum just so I could reply to this thread.
i am 5 months into a 12 month lease on a property. i am the first person the rent this property after it was 'renovated' (read painted). Within this time, about 3/4 of the taps leak, some leak 24/7 inside the walls (resulting in a stench of mould coming in through a wall vent in the laundry), the back fence has collapsed, and there is an electrical problem with the lights in the bathroom resulting in light globes lasting less than a week. (there is now a battery operated lamp in there). The lights in the shed are falling off the roof, the rainwater tank is more useful as a colander, and the bathroom tiles are
falling off the wall.
The land agent has been informed of this several times (using their 'official' maintenance request forms, by email, by fax, and now twice by registered post.
A fencing contractor came around to look at the fence, but that was 3 months ago and we haven't heard anything since, and no plumber or electrician has been arranged to come around.
The land agent has completely failed to uphold their responsibility to keep the property maintained.
The only real option i have left now is to get an HIA order on the property.
Stop quit whinging about having to maintain your properties, because all investments require maintaining (even shares; its just that you only see the absolute end result). if the land-agent wasn't such a dodgy bunch, I wouldn't even have to consider this option.
So in this case, it is the only way I can get anything done about this, so from my point of view, the land-agent has given me no option.